Follow the guide on battery drain i installed current widget, im on RevolutionHD rom (fresh install after wipe) nothing installed apart from CurrentWidget im getting 385mA just with my phone sat there - Wifi is off, bluetooth is off data network in on.
Is something wrong?
Now running at 404mA with no other apps installed and turned off as much as i could, coming from sleep to view the widget...
How much it drains when asleep?
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you can post your currentwidget log file here.
it's normal to have 200,300,400 if you play with your phone. the consumption is come from sync, screen brightness, or gps.
you can only have below 10mA if you put your phone in idle(with screen off) at least 1 hour, and you can check your log file back.
btw, if you dont know how to check the log file, so to currentwidget apps (not the widget) -> view log. post it here so other can help.
yep, when your phone is working with screen on, it's normal to have 300-400mA.
if your phone idle with screen off, it can below 10mA, you can check the currentwidget log.
Hi,
The currentwidget log stops on mine (Gingerbread) when the screen is Off. Weird!
But it logs the current when screen is off on my Desire (Froyo). It shows 5mA, with my SetCPU settings.
Any idea why Current Widget stops working in Gingerbread screen off?
What is the app name to know about the battery. And second thing, anybody knows here how to free mobile rom memory I have just 200 left even all applicable are moved to sd card... Plz help to increase the memory...????
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As title says guys, I don't no why but my battery life is just really bad since I moved from stock 2.1 Rom to custom ROMs :-(
Is it my phone? I can't work pig wot it is. I checked the battery usage #*#*4636*#*#) and it seems the Android system is using A LOT of it. I tried charging with phone off, clearing battery stats, not overcharging, but just can't resolve this issue.
Also, I have sync set to update manually and have mobile internet off always, only on wen needed. Same with WiFi. Screen is on auto and time off screen lock set to 30 seconds
I am using OpenDesire sense Rom
Any help will be really appreciated.
Thanks
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I could feel WiFi siginal of 2.2 is much better that stock 2.1,
I suppose that the better performance will bring the fast battery drain,
if your custom ROM support WiFi N mode,
that really makes your battery life short that before.
I have the same problem and same settings as you. I read on other forum that people who updated to official 2.2 have even better battery life.
I cant even squeze 20 hours out of my battery :/
You guys should always post what ROMs you are using...
Opendesire 3.3, its the same with defrost.
i also had really bad battery life on those 2 roms
even doing nothing the phone would just keep dropping
go to official froyo 2.2
neophye roms for me have amazing battery life = 48 hrs..
Agree with cygnet
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Neophytes's battery life +1
I'm using OpenDesire sense Rom
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Is there another non sense rom? I really like stock better...
Check if the phone goes to sleep correctly. Spareparts > battery usage: other usage, since last unplugged.
I had the same problem, until I found out that the phone was not going to sleep. (running and screen on percentages were way off. Almost 100% running and a lot less for screen on.
update to the last radio
I found that after forcing everything to install to SD card my battery life plummeted. There were apps/widgets that should have stayed on the phone. Once I moved these back, battery life was back to normal.
I use Systempanel to see the battery drain graph and could see a pattern to it.
Same issue here, Will try Neophyte tonight
Using this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741663, and it's fantastic! However batt life on .08 and .20 radio is a shocker. I watched a 1 min trailer on youtube, in and out and I lost 4% battery. Before with OpenDesire I'd be shocked if the battery percentage even twitched slightly.
jamran said:
As title says guys, I don't no why but my battery life is just really bad since I moved from stock 2.1 Rom to custom ROMs :-(
Is it my phone? I can't work pig wot it is. I checked the battery usage #*#*4636*#*#) and it seems the Android system is using A LOT of it. I tried charging with phone off, clearing battery stats, not overcharging, but just can't resolve this issue.
Also, I have sync set to update manually and have mobile internet off always, only on wen needed. Same with WiFi. Screen is on auto and time off screen lock set to 30 seconds
I am using OpenDesire sense Rom
Any help will be really appreciated.
Thanks
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I use Defrost 1.5a and I just use about 2% every hour when the phone is sleeping, and that's with auto sync and mobile data enabled. (disabled it's 1%/hour)
Always underclock to the lowest mhz when the screen is off using SetCPU and when you do use your phone make sure the brightness isn't too high.
I could make a whole list of tips, but I'm sure you'll find more than enough of those on the net.
djind said:
Check if the phone goes to sleep correctly. Spareparts > battery usage: other usage, since last unplugged.
I had the same problem, until I found out that the phone was not going to sleep. (running and screen on percentages were way off. Almost 100% running and a lot less for screen on.
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I may be dumb but how do you force your phone to go into sleep once screen is turned off ?
nb8k said:
I found that after forcing everything to install to SD card my battery life plummeted. There were apps/widgets that should have stayed on the phone. Once I moved these back, battery life was back to normal.
I use Systempanel to see the battery drain graph and could see a pattern to it.
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Which apps were they?
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Check if the phone goes to sleep correctly. Spareparts > battery usage: other usage, since last unplugged.
I had the same problem, until I found out that the phone was not going to sleep. (running and screen on percentages were way off. Almost 100% running and a lot less for screen on.
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How did u resolve this issue?
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Metalazzo said:
I may be dumb but how do you force your phone to go into sleep once screen is turned off ?
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jamran said:
How did u resolve this issue?
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(using Cyanogenmod 6)
When your screen is off, your phone should automatically go to sleep. Sometimes widgets or apps keep this from happening (like the music player), making it use battery as if you are constantly working on it.
How I resolved this issue was to find out what app or widget caused this. I ended up starting from a fresh reset, installing first all apps I really use (calendar/message widgets, powerstrip etc.)
I tested by installing an app, rebooting (or sometimes not), check the running time of the phone, turning screen off, and check again in 5 minutes. The phone should go to sleep in about 30 - 40 seconds. I am telling you this, because most apps causing this are widgets/apps running constantly.
However, I found in spareparts also that 'settings' was taking alot of usage time in usage statistics. A simple reboot did the trick from here on. But I am guessing I had installed something which made some app not close properly..
Maybe it is better to have a task manager/killer for these situations.
Running and Screen On percentages should not have too much of a difference if your testing and not using the phone while screen is off (music, bg stuff)
You could try juicedefender, it helps improve battery life by disabling unneeded connections while the phone is not in use
My phone loses battery at a phenomenal rate. Overnight it goes from 100% to 75%, then this morning it went from 70% at 9:00 to 10% at 12:00, what's draining it so badly, in both cases it's been inactive.
Check if your phone keeps syncing with your accounts.
That is one area which drains the battery.
I left Wi-Fi off so it wouldn't be that
Battery is disaster... I have same problems.
Could be the /INIT bug, which will go away if you enable USB debugging.
Press Menu then:
Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging (tick it)
Also, check your sync settings as iAltair suggested.
Press Menu then:
Settings > Accounts & Sync
Turn off anything you don't use and for the stuff you do use set a reasonable sync time like 3hrs.
Don't forget to check calendar sync settings too as when I first set up my phone it added calendars I didn't want to use. To do so, open the calendar and press menu.
You can also check battery usage but I can't remember how since I used BetterCut to create a homescreen shortcut for it. It's in the settings somewhere though!
Could also be the problem with HTC Sense sync. Try to disable that completely. For me that was the problem which for some reason made the CPU work at nearly 100% constantly. After I disabled that my battery lasts 18-20 hours during heavy use.
iAltair said:
Check if your phone keeps syncing with your accounts.
That is one area which drains the battery.
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kamranh3 said:
I left Wi-Fi off so it wouldn't be that
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It will still sync over wi-fi which will drain battery, also wi-fi itself will drain battery if left on
mngmng said:
Battery is disaster... I have same problems.
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Battery is fine, for most users!
ghostofcain said:
Battery is fine, for most users!
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After week if usage. I initially it was bad.
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I have this problem when I do OTA 1.72. Right now I'm still in1.72, but with root s.cid,etc...etc..etc... and I see and high use of battery. Read a couple oft thread about and:
disable all sync (htc,google,weather,news) but it's on for market.
On and OFF usb debug
So try everythig.
Today I found the setting/phone info/battey/battery usage.
ALL is fine, all IS under 10% except DISPLAY, it's run from 55 to 69% !?!?!? Possible?
Possible tweak?
How much % your dispaly use?
ROM revolution 2.0.4
Andorid 2.2.1 - 1.72
kernel....haven't the phone in my hand, it's charging at 1st floor.
also check email setting as the on-peak(checks every 15mins) and off-peak(can't remember think every hour) but on-peak starts at 8am-8pm this is by default. depending how many emails you have, this could drain battery quite a bit too.
and doesn't matter if you have wifi and moblie data off the apps will still try an sync.
Do nothing except install currentwidget to log use of battery, for report here.
From 02.00pm to 4.14pm, display use from 30% to 42% .
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Check right now, up to 30m with phone in standby it's on 58% Aldo after few refresh.
Boh.....
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mine's lasting about 2 days...but i recognized a higher drain the last days..
also on 1.72...hopefully the new bugfixes will come..as you know the 1.72 update has some (major) bugs. (not for me btw )
my display is at 30%...
DN41
I had the same issue yesterday I discovered that HTCsync account was getting stuck in an infinite update loop I just disabled that account now battery all good again.
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Display uses a lot of battery. It is Big. My usually uses about 50%. Currently it is at 60%. I use screen display brightness at auto.
Regards, Ales
I set bright to auto. I think it isn't the problem. Sometime it's 60, or45, and also 33% of battery use. I charge phone all night. Pickup at 07.45, i disable also email check. I drain about 10% of battery for hour. After 3h39m I'm at 61%. During this time the phone was standby for 90% of the time.
LOL
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check battery right now, no kind of charge since this morning, when go work.
Unplugged since 5H47M56s!! <----
Normal use.
Display activite time is 1H48M37S
System operative Android 42m12s
tot CPU 27m57S
ALL OTHER info are irrilevant, they are ALL down 5%
DISABLE ALL account, sync etc...etc...etc....
And now...Ladies...and Gentleman...the battery is........drums........drums......drums........32%!!!!!!
Standing Ovation!!!!
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN finally we have THE Winner!!! Wiwaxia !!
Now chargin, then go out again. Brigthness are now set to 25%.
i checked the battery status and the "android OS" is always at the top, is this just my one or does anyone else have this problem?
Current widget constantly shows valued above 150ma on my dhd running android revolution 2.0.11. What could be the cause?
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Is that high? I'm using cyanogenmod 7 nightlies and mine goes to 300 regularly.
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Sounds about right for normal use with screen on.
What's your standby drain? IE, what does it show when you 1st unlock the phone?
Mine is usually around 2 - 5mA on same ROM as you.
171 ma
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sahirhussain said:
Current widget constantly shows valued above 150ma on my dhd running android revolution 2.0.11. What could be the cause?
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Your screen is on
pwraggcan said:
171 ma
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I actually meant whats OP's standby drain, but if yours is 171mA that's pretty high for standby (unless you're charging ).
To be sure, check Currentwidget log and see what it is over a period of time when the screen was off.
You can check what's been running by doing this...
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Go to Battery History
Change Other Usage to Partial Wake Use
Anything that's been keeping the phone awake will be listed.
As I said, my usual is around 2-5mA with screen off, that's with wifi or 3G always on, Facebook sync 4hrs, weather sync 3hrs, Flickr sync once a day and Gmail push.
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Your screen is on
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Haha
pwraggcan said:
Is that high? I'm using cyanogenmod 7 nightlies and mine goes to 300 regularly.
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CitizenLee said:
Sounds about right for normal use with screen on.
What's your standby drain? IE, what does it show when you 1st unlock the phone?
Mine is usually around 2 - 5mA on same ROM as you.
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Your screen is on
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CitizenLee said:
I actually meant whats OP's standby drain, but if yours is 171mA that's pretty high for standby (unless you're charging ).
To be sure, check Currentwidget log and see what it is over a period of time when the screen was off.
You can check what's been running by doing this...
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Go to Battery History
Change Other Usage to Partial Wake Use
Anything that's been keeping the phone awake will be listed.
As I said, my usual is around 2-5mA with screen off, that's with wifi or 3G always on, Facebook sync 4hrs, weather sync 3hrs, Flickr sync once a day and Gmail push.
Haha
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alright guys. i feel quite embarrassed now. i made a passing glance at a discussion about currentwidget where people were discussing their discharge rate and everyone had a single digit in their post and when i saw mine at 150 i panicked!!
haha, thanks anyways!
No need to feel embarrassed... you have to ask these things to find out!
Man, if you were to see 1/2 the questions I asked to begin when I got my old Hero with you'd feel embarrassed for ME
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Can anyone tell me how to get current widget to work i've installed it from appbrain moved it to the home screen on the phone but when i click on view log it says log file not found??? thanks
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Can anyone tell me how to get current widget to ...cut..
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maybe u should tick "log file" first!
with cm7 and radio 26.04.00:
-150,250ma with screen on
-18ma with screen off
with cm7 and radio 26.06.03.24:
-127 with screen on
-13ma with screen on
I use setcpu interactive, as I found as a good compromise
I saw a wierd behaviour, no matter the radio or other settings...
I use h3g, that's proven to be more drainin than gsm...but waste of battery is less with 3hg than italian Tim (gsm)... automatic brihtness seems more battery drainin than 90% brihtness....
another crap is the very poor radio-hardware.....my desireHD goes from umts to roaming whereas my little huawei ideos is always on umts (like old blackstone)....and battery goes down...
Did you get the current widget work now? I have the same problem, never be able to make the apps to write the log file, my two hd2 phone installed with desire_DL 3.5 SD version,both have the same problem. i kicked the log but never get the log file wrote.
Any one know what is the problem?
Thanks for help.
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Did you get the current widget work now? I have the same problem, never be able to make the apps to write the log file, my two hd2 phone installed with desire_DL 3.5 SD version,both have the same problem. i kicked the log but never get the log file wrote.
Any one know what is the problem?
Thanks for help.
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Perhaps, did u move the apps to your sd? If yes, than, maybe try to move the app back to internal phone storage..
Raphael 100 power drain
CurrentWidget displays powerdrain constantly over 325 mA. I wonder how you guys reach anything under 100. I am using Froyo FR06, tried disabling data on backgrund, wifi and gps - no change.
Over 300? With display on, i guess?
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Current widget doesn't work
Hi all,
I did what you guys said:
opened a logfile and moved the app to the phone storage.
still the widget doesn't show in the widgets area.
I made a shortcut on my screen.
Still doesn't work...
DHD CM7
What should I do?
Edit: It worked somehow
Hi!
I am running oxygen 2.0 and i know battery is great for some users, so something must be preventing my phone from sleeping. Sis a full wipe when flashing.
Drain is fairly bad with about 5-10% / hour. Wifi enabled. I came from a stock rooted ROM wich had twice the battery usage. Is there any way to tell what processes is preventing sleep?
Thanks!
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Anyone? No apps or scripts to fix this? Really annoying. In the Oxygen thread people get 1-2 hour per percent, i cant go under 2%/hour even with just idling.
Trying a new ROM now, so will do another test tomorrow
Make sure your wifi sleep policy is set to never. I've not had any problems with battery usage on Oxygen. I also have the screen brightness very low.
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Thanks for the tips. Already set WiFi to never, and i have auto brightness as Adam suggested in the thread. Adjusted it further down even.
What widgets you use?
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Try PowerTutor - it helps to define, what app is showing too much activity, when phone sleeps.
Another app is Wheres My Droid Power which tells you what app is using most of you battery!
Widgets: Pure Calendar, Weather widget (with 6 hour update), facebook, power control.
Thanks for the tips! I will be sure to check those out
Hi,
Just rooted my DHD few days ago and flashed ARHD 6.3.1 and BlueHD theme and everything works great other then a few dropped calls and a MASSIVE battery drain. Anyone know if there is a way to fix this a bit? Even on standby it drains about 2% every hour.
Thanx
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It could be a few things, 1) You didn't wipe properly when installing the rom, could be the source of your dropped calls 2) one application is draining your battery, check in settings - about phone - battery 3) you may need to calibrate your battery, you could check out "current widget" from the market and "batterycalibration".
Also, if you have flashed BlueHD for RCMix Runny 4.x rather than BlueHD for ARHD 6.3.x that could cause major issues.
No I flashed the one for ARHD I'm sure of it. I keep bookmarks about things I install. I'll try those you suggested. Thanx a lot.
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try thjs
I think you should do what everyone else just said, there's probably an app that's draining your battery. Try downloading battery calibration app from the market. It helps. Or use juice defender
Charged and calibrated. Memory usage is ok now (150 before, about 200 free now). Going to see what happens over the night.
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Ok so it went a bit better over the night, spent about 7%, but this is with auto sync disabled, bg data disabled, screen dim to 25% etc, so still a huge waste. Just lost 1% typing this. Anyone have any other ideas before I flash ARHD again?
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