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Juice Defender

I'm installing this as a last resort before sending my phone back. After hard reset and everything, battery is still a major drain.
For those that are using it, how well does it work? Which settings are you using?
I've only the free version for now but would consider upgrading if it does help?
Also, how do you prevent meebo from disconnecting when the screen turns off? Is that an option on the free version?

rwc3b said:
I'm installing this as a last resort before sending my phone back. After hard reset and everything, battery is still a major drain.
For those that are using it, how well does it work? Which settings are you using?
I've only the free version for now but would consider upgrading if it does help?
Also, how do you prevent meebo from disconnecting when the screen turns off? Is that an option on the free version?
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About Juice Defender, for me it worked with ~1.6x batterylife.
About Meebo: get Trillian, they made it for free this week. You stay connected even if your phone is off(for max of 1 day, changeable in settings) and you'll receive al the messages which came while your online the enxt time you login again. You can manage all your accounts on the PC with the regular Trillian program and then login on your phone with your Trillian account and all the accounts will be there. It is a real nice app with very low battery consumption.

The free version is very limited. I use the ultimate version and I'm rather happy with it. I don't want to schedule traffic when my phone is idle, but that would be a massive battery saver.
Yes, you can set different settings for each app in the paid versions. You can set a trigger that makes sure your internet is always on when meego is running, even when your screen is off.
But overall, I have no problem to use my phone for more than 12 hours on battery with moderate usage. Maybe you should send your device back anyway.

I had terrible battery drain as well but ive managed to resolve this. have you tried:
1. Deleting all social hub accounts?
2. Deleting your mail account if you use the stock mail app?
3. Updated to latest official firmware?
I was experiencing 10% idle drain per hour. Now i'm at 1-2%. Battery life is a huge improvement compared to my old desire. Dont guve up on this phone.
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In my experience standard battery drain per hour should be
1~2% screen off / data off
3~5% screen off / data on
12~15% screen on / data off
18~20% screen on / data on
WiFi uses less battery than 3g but as you can see display is main problem...
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TriNeo said:
I had terrible battery drain as well but ive managed to resolve this. have you tried:
1. Deleting all social hub accounts?
2. Deleting your mail account if you use the stock mail app?
3. Updated to latest official firmware?
I was experiencing 10% idle drain per hour. Now i'm at 1-2%. Battery life is a huge improvement compared to my old desire. Dont guve up on this phone.
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1. I froze all Samsung-related apps and accounts with Titanium Pro
2. I'm using the Gmail stock app. Is that bad?
3. I updated to KE2 and hard reset twice
4. I also froze the wifi apps
when my phone is idle overnight - screen off and not in 'awake', it dropped from 100%-56% in 7.5 hours. i posted a screenshot in another thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13875879&postcount=684

rwc3b said:
when my phone is idle overnight - screen off and not in 'awake', it dropped from 100%-56% in 7.5 hours. i posted a screenshot in another thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13875879&postcount=684
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Sounds like you need to clear your battery history, leave it over night, then check what's been using it overnight to me.
I have 5-10% drop at most overnight (7 hours or so).

Uvaavu said:
Sounds like you need to clear your battery history, leave it over night, then check what's been using it overnight to me.
I have 5-10% drop at most overnight (7 hours or so).
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thanks. how would i clear battery history? is that under setting -> applications -> running ?

Also try clearing data on the software update app. That appeared to work for some people. U definitely have a rogue app eating your battery... Can you give us a list of your running processes immediately after you restart?
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So after using Juice defender ultimate for a couple weeks now, with the customizable apps configuration, I see no improvement in battery life.
I lost 50% charge overnight with just push email on (stock gmail app), only synching email and contacts.
For those with this app, what configurations are you using to improve the battery?
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I have it setup to turn the data, and wifi off while the screen is off.
Night mode is enabled, from 11:30, to 7:00am
I also have it only allow wifi via location, work or home.
It eats 1-2% while in standby per hour.
and about 3-4% overnight.

i tried juice defender ultimate and it made no difference. I deleted it just because its another app working in the background...

I found it to be very effective when set up correctly. Lose less than 1% an hour at idle.
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mark2222 said:
I found it to be very effective when set up correctly. Lose less than 1% an hour at idle.
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how did you set it up?
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mark2222 said:
I found it to be very effective when set up correctly. Lose less than 1% an hour at idle.
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Mine does that (1-2% per hour at idle) without Juicedefender and push email/facebook active. The problem with JD is also that when set to switch off Wifi and data in the background when the phone is idle, it doesn't always switch them back on after the phone awakens, resulting in many pain in the ass moments.
I bought it 6 months ago and never use it any more.

Richdog said:
The problem with JD is also that when set to switch off Wifi and data in the background when the phone is idle, it doesn't always switch them back on after the phone awakens, resulting in many pain in the ass moments.
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I use Green Power for that... simply awesome... light and stable.
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Vairn said:
I have it setup to turn the data, and wifi off while the screen is off.
Night mode is enabled, from 11:30, to 7:00am
I also have it only allow wifi via location, work or home.
It eats 1-2% while in standby per hour.
and about 3-4% overnight.
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hmm some people talks good, some bad about JD.
I paid for Ultimate version, and must say its brilliant!!
Over night 1-2% /6H
Standby 1-3% /Hour
with screenfilter i get 6 1/2 Hours with display on and UMTS today
from 78% drop to 10% and from 10% to 5% in 5Hours again.
Iam suprised with JD, very well

rwc3b said:
how did you set it up?
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Pretty standard really wifi and mobile data enabled (ultimate version), autosync on ping, 15 minute scheduled check for 30s. I don't have it turn off data at night because the phone is usually plugged in and have data enabled when the screen is on. It also manages the wifi locations so usually it only connects to wifi.

nightranger73 said:
I use Green Power for that... simply awesome... light and stable.
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Hmm I'd never heard of that app, but did a bit of research and it looks like it really does wake the connections well with the latest release... will give it a try!

I lost 4%/idle for 12 hours.

[Q] Would this be an indication of a wakelock issue?

I have a brand-new stock HTC battery although I have never let it completely discharge from when I got it replaced. I've been using Battery Monitor Widget's Calibration setting to calibrate the battery. Still getting bad battery life and awake time is almost equivalent with uptime...with the screen off. Running MIKG2.59 with ChopSuey9.2.7. Any Ideas?

Well u could do is try a different kernel and see if that works. Also I see that to me your times are fine. Just don't constantly keep ur screen on and youll see that after a while, times between the two would be much different. Try and see if those options work for you. If none of those work, there is a posting about this issue. Just click in the search box and it will come up. Hope that helps.
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ruben1221 said:
Well u could do is try a different kernel and see if that works. Also I see that to me your times are fine. Just don't constantly keep ur screen on and youll see that after a while, times between the two would be much different. Try and see if those options work for you. If none of those work, there is a posting about this issue. Just click in the search box and it will come up. Hope that helps.
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Thats the thing about it is the screen was off. I drained it to 0% and it is back to full charge and calibrated again. I still get the awake and uptime as being the same. I would expect the awake time to stop incrementing once the screen turns off and the phone is idle. I'll flash a different kernel and see if that does the trick. Does anyone know where to get the poonsense kernel? it won't download in kernel manager pro.

lostsoul77 said:
Thats the thing about it is the screen was off. I drained it to 0% and it is back to full charge and calibrated again. I still get the awake and uptime as being the same. I would expect the awake time to stop incrementing once the screen turns off and the phone is idle. I'll flash a different kernel and see if that does the trick. Does anyone know where to get the poonsense kernel? it won't download in kernel manager pro.
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I did have it on my phone. But I don't think I have it anymore. But let me double check and see if I can upload it once I find it. I know I seen the the kernel in another forum in the Evolvedroms section. Check in there unless someone can upload it for ya before me.
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There's no wake lock there. Just charge your phone all the way, calibrate battery, let it die, then charge all the way again. Your stats look normal to me.
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If nothing seems to work, try reflashing your kernel(wipe dalvik and cache before flashing) or reflash Rom. Wipe stats as usual.
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Battery issue

After using odin to go back to ec05 and returning to srf 1.2, everything was pretty stable and I am pretty happy with the result. Today I had something strange happen, I booted up voltage controll and it said it was asking for super user rights like it always does except it was just hanging there thinking. Also my albums in my picture gallery would not load. So I held the power button down and chose the reboot button not the turn off. When it booted back up my battery said it only had 5% left, before reboot I had 35%. So what the heck, why would it do that.

First, did u update super user in market, and then go into super user app and update the binary?
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Its an improper display if you boot into cwm and wipe battery stats it would have showed the proper battery also next time you charge your phone play with it once it reaches 100% and leave it on the charger for an extra 20-40 minutes and then you battery should be back to normal. Side note get off of froyo where no longer in the dark ages bud
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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It is a bug that has been reported hundreds of times. Plug into a charger and reboot back to where you were or leave battery out for 5 minutes and reboot. Wish people could search for this but know the search function is not great.
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read this (regarding battery stats)
http://www.androidcentral.com/wiping-battery-stats-doesnt-improve-battery-life-says-google-engineer
this is by a GOOGLE ENGINEER

LORDFIRE00 said:
http://www.androidcentral.com/wiping-battery-stats-doesnt-improve-battery-life-says-google-engineer
this is by a GOOGLE ENGINEER
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Yeah, but that is not the OPs issue. There is a bug in CWM and the battery stats that when you reboot below a certain percantage...let's say 70, it will incorrectly drop to a very low percentage. This is easily avoided by rebooting connected to a charger or can be resolved by removing the battery for a few minutes. It will go back to where it was. All the wiping and recalibrating in the world will not resolve this bug. It is just a glitch.

Phone wakes up overnight causing battery drain

I charge my phone to 100% before bed, turn off the sync, and don't use it at all overnight. I'll wake up in the morning and it's drained down 15% or so without touching it. When I check my battery usage, it shows that about 4-5 hours after unplugging it, something wakes up the phone and keeps it awake causing a dip in the battery level. There aren't any apps that are doing it as the main battery user is the Android System.
Now, if I reboot the phone while still on the charger before bed and allow the phone to return to 100%, this drain doesn't happen. I'll wake up and have 95-97% battery.
Any help or ideas?
BTW: I'm running Calkulins ROM 2.8 with and EL29 but this has happened since before I rooted the phone.

Download betterbatterystats from the market. Let the phone sit overnight again and view partial wakelocks.
Or turn the phone's airplane mode on...

I'll try the app. I can't really use airplane mode because I need to phone on for emergencies. Thanks.
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The Mentalist said:
I'll try the app. I can't really use airplane mode because I need to phone on for emergencies. Thanks.
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If you don't need data, you can turn that off along with sync. Calls will still come through

nibrwr said:
If you don't need data, you can turn that off along with sync. Calls will still come through
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I'll try that too. I got the app today so I'll see what happens tonight when I don't reset before unplugging and check the drain.

Have you tried Lunesta?

polska2180o said:
Have you tried Lunesta?
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Couldn't convince the phone to swallow the pill.
I figured it out with that app. Slacker Radio was the problem. I used the it during the day and didn't exit out from the app. I guess Android killed the process because it was idle for so long because it wasn't coming up in the Active Applications app but it was still active in the background. The app mentioned earlier showed me that Slacker was active for over 2 hours while the phone was sitting, screen off, overnight. That's why when I rebooted before bed, the drain didn't happen. I just have to make sure to exit out and close the app when I'm done with it. Thanks for the help.

Even exiting the app via the in app menu causes the problem. The only thing I've found to completely fix it is to either reboot the phone sometime after using the app or clearing the RAM via the included task manager. I sent an email to Slacker support and they told me to use the app menu to exit out, well that doesn't fix it. Hopefully it'll be addressed in a future update from them.

[Q] cant get calls or anything

ok i am having a problem. all my apps are fc. phone app message app. the message i get is" google service framework(process com.google.process.gapps) has stopped unexpectedly" help please
i am runing era legendary rc 2.2 samurai

Easiest fix is Factory data reset and set your phone back up. If you can get to Titanium Backup you could just try to wipe data in Google Framework Services.
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Ok thanks did that. But now it seem that my battery is draining fast. With wifi off screen on 10 mins. Battery falls 10% in 30 min. Not on the phone or surfing just draing. Would that be Fromthe reset?

dtruth313 said:
Ok thanks did that. But now it seem that my battery is draining fast. With wifi off screen on 10 mins. Battery falls 10% in 30 min. Not on the phone or surfing just draing. Would that be Fromthe reset?
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Just drain it down and recharge and see if problem persists...
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Also if you are going to leave your screen on like that make sure your brightness is down. The biggest drain on our phones is the display.
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kennyglass123 said:
Also if you are going to leave your screen on like that make sure your brightness is down. The biggest drain on our phones is the display.
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But its SO pretty! Ooooooh awwwwwww woooooaaaahhh!
Yeah 56% of battery really pushes it there
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Ok I did that and it is still draining fast even with the brightness down on the lowest setting. And if it is just idle. It drains the funny thing is that it charges really fast. So I was just going to wipe the battery stat. Any other ideas?

dtruth313 said:
Ok I did that and it is still draining fast even with the brightness down on the lowest setting. And if it is just idle. It drains the funny thing is that it charges really fast. So I was just going to wipe the battery stat. Any other ideas?
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Get betterbatterystats from the following thread and see if some process is running or trying to sync that is killing your battery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

Download that app. I have not seen it change anything. I watch my stock battery and it drops a whole % in 4 mins. And my extend battery drops a % ever 40 mins. That is with no wifi,gaming, browser or music or anything. I need help.

dtruth313 said:
Download that app. I have not seen it change anything. I watch my stock battery and it drops a whole % in 4 mins. And my extend battery drops a % ever 40 mins. That is with no wifi,gaming, browser or music or anything. I need help.
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I think you misunderstood... the app doesn't help with battery life... it is a tool to help you pin down an app that could be running in the background and syncing data and killing your battery... just installing the app doesn't help you have to check process and wakelocks and determine what the offending app is...
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dtruth313 said:
Download that app. I have not seen it change anything. I watch my stock battery and it drops a whole % in 4 mins. And my extend battery drops a % ever 40 mins. That is with no wifi,gaming, browser or music or anything. I need help.
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Yeah, what Flast said it's a tool to find out what is using your battery but from what you posted it looks like your stock battery is bad. Your extended battery appears fine.

yea i did not read the app. thanks. do you think my problem has anything to do with the new problem i am having. when i have my phone on wifi it will keep jumping on and of.. reset the router and everything is fine just my phone.

dtruth313 said:
yea i did not read the app. thanks. do you think my problem has anything to do with the new problem i am having. when i have my phone on wifi it will keep jumping on and of.. reset the router and everything is fine just my phone.
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The battery issue should be unrelated. Try assigning a static IP to your phone's connection. That is the only way mine will always connect.
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