Does anyone use it with their thrive? I just got my thrive today, absolutely love it, plugged it in and charged it, I'm not worried about battery life, just wondering if anyone else uses it. Also what are your settings if you do use it?
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Using Juice Defender
I have it on mine and it works like a charm. I'm typically a pretty heavy user (web, videos, etc...) and I was getting maybe an average of about 6 hours of use before I would hit that magic "15%" of battery life remaining that told me I needed get some A/C action going. After installing Juice Defender and getting it configured (that took a couple of days of tweaking settings) correctly for the way I use my Thrive I started getting slightly over 7 hours. It is not a huge increase but it works for me.
So even without jd I'm getting pretty awesome battery stats, now this is including standby and what not, but I've been using this pretty much on and off for the past few days and I've been getting well over 24 hours of use before having to plug it in, is anyone else getting this?
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Nope, I'm not getting that.
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I am using chads incredikernel with HAVS and i was wondering if. Juice defender would be of any help. I with typical use my. Battery gets to 30 by 7 or 8, and sometimes I cant charge it until 11. By then it's basically dead. So i am looking for ways to improve battery. I have the think 2500mwh battery.
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Towards the end of the day when I hit around 20% I turn off 3g. With 3g off I can get 2 hours out of every percent if I use it like a normal phone... calls and texts.
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I use Juice Defender(paid version) and love it. It's a great app! I have noticed since using it that my battery goes way farther than without it. If you get the free version, you will probably not see the gains as well. I'm using the stock battery and get close to 2 days on a charge with moderate use; internet, phone, angry birds, and etc..
I used to use the paid version of juice defender. I stopped using it because every day my phone got slower and slower, and then i disabled JD and my phone was slick again. It's a great app and it really did improve my battery a lot, but the fact that it made my phone quite slow sucked.
I finally tried juice defender and within 5 minutes of enabling it got a LOS and before that I was on xda and market and it wouldn't load anything. I had it on balanced settings. Any one else experience this? After all I read it does t seem like it does anything more than disables 3g data when your screens off. I don't use wifi or blue tooth so that doesnt matter to me. Uhg this app frusterates me
I have no problems with this at all. I bought the ultimate to use all its features and it does increase my battery life by 3 hours max. Ive tried it on all the settings, Balance, Advance and Extreme and never had an LoS problem with it.
I have heard Green Power Pro is better but I don't use either atm
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Juice defender has been a saving grace. I got a LOS the first time I used it but not once since. My battery is lasting a stupid long time. I mean it takes my phone a hr to go from 99 to 98%
I'm gonna wait to root.the only reason I want to root is for customization.coming from the
Evo which was a killer phone to have due to all the roms that were out for it.
Every time I flashed, it was like getting a brand new phone.I'm just not seeing the
support for this phone that the evo had.this phone unrooted is still an awesome phone.
I too need a reason to root.hope some killer roms come out sooner than later.
Thanks for the feed back guys! Is there a program that tell me what programs are using the most cpu and shows graphs and battery % a hour of usage statustics/
BetterBatteryStats
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats&hl=en
Just installed juice defender this morning. No los so far on balanced settings
Here is a tip on how to increase battery life by at least 50%. For me, it has increased by 83%, given that my S II is relatively new (3 months old). It is an app in the market which you can get for free: JuiceDefender
MUST:
Remove any task killing apps (Advanced Task Killer) otherwise this app is useless as it needs to be on at all times.
I have my settings set to Aggressive, as I don't use my phone much during the day.
My normal on the Bombaridier v3.5 ROM by TricH was 100% at 7:00 AM and 88% at 10:23 AM with only 40 minutes of music and standby with no data connection or Wi-Fi. With JuiceDefender, I get 100% at 7:00 AM and 98% at 10:23 AM with the same circumstances of use. It is worth downloading and will extend battery life. I have 83% more battery life according to my math (which is (10/12)=(x/100)) and it is amazing.
I agree that JuiceDefender is an excellent product for extending battery life.
I have the "Ultimate" version.
JuiceDefender alongside "Battery Monitor Widget Pro" is the killer combination...
I did notice one slight bug with JuiceDefender (JD) - there's a known issue with wifi management. Phone turns itself off occasionally. The fix is to simply set JD "disabled" for WiFi management - problem then goes away.
I also listen to music (Pandora) over a Bluetooth headset (about 3 hours per day).
I regularly get about 18hrs+ (combination, on average: 3 hours on voice, lots of email). Stock, rooted ROM... bloat removed.
I agree Juice defender is purely amazing, according to JD stats, I get 1.83% more battery life, that's with aggressive settings.
Ps: Thanks for the Wifi tip
It'll be hard pressed for any app to extend my 3+ days of usage on a single charge. Just sayin..
I just bought the ultimate. I will let everyone know how it goes after a week of using it.
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It'll be hard pressed for any app to extend my 3+ days of usage on a single charge. Just sayin..
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That's not called usage. That's just carrying a weight around with you. I'm sorry but you're not getting 72 hours on a single charge.
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That's not called usage. That's just carrying a weight around with you. I'm sorry but you're not getting 72 hours on a single charge.
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Beat me to it
avarize said:
That's not called usage. That's just carrying a weight around with you. I'm sorry but you're not getting 72 hours on a single charge.
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The first thing that came to mind is; haters gotta hate.
I use it just fine with my purposes.
Check/write emails, make calls. Nifty info widgets for updates. I just don't use it for everything because that's just silly. That's the reason why I get such a long run-time. I already have a dedicated media device, no need to watch videos, etc etc on the phone.
Just because most people don't get more than a day usage, don't mean it doesn't happen.
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I agree that JuiceDefender is an excellent product for extending battery life.
I have the "Ultimate" version.
JuiceDefender alongside "Battery Monitor Widget Pro" is the killer combination...
I did notice one slight bug with JuiceDefender (JD) - there's a known issue with wifi management. Phone turns itself off occasionally. The fix is to simply set JD "disabled" for WiFi management - problem then goes away.
I also listen to music (Pandora) over a Bluetooth headset (about 3 hours per day).
I regularly get about 18hrs+ (combination, on average: 3 hours on voice, lots of email). Stock, rooted ROM... bloat removed.
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whoa 18+ with 3hours voice is killer.
i barely get about 16 with 2.5 voice and roughly 2.5 display on time
just fyi to those who don't know. voice weighs heaviest on battery usage, even more so than display.
I can get 2 days with moderate use but I dont realy tLk on the phone and I use wifi most of the time
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Seems to me that most people who use this app set to Aggressive, get around 83% more battery life. Amazing app and my math was on point.
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will definitely try this out! thanks for the tip!
on a side note, has anyone tried to undervolt and underclock? if so, which is the best program for this? i am using setcpu but doesn't seem to allow voltage tweaks. with JD and undervolting, i can only imagine what type of battery life this would have
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The first thing that came to mind is; haters gotta hate.
I use it just fine with my purposes.
Check/write emails, make calls. Nifty info widgets for updates. I just don't use it for everything because that's just silly. That's the reason why I get such a long run-time. I already have a dedicated media device, no need to watch videos, etc etc on the phone.
Just because most people don't get more than a day usage, don't mean it doesn't happen.
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Not trying to "hate" Just don't see it getting 72 hours. I'd like to see some screen caps of that if it's somehow possible with any use.
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will definitely try this out! thanks for the tip!
on a side note, has anyone tried to undervolt and underclock? if so, which is the best program for this? i am using setcpu but doesn't seem to allow voltage tweaks. with JD and undervolting, i can only imagine what type of battery life this would have
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Use the Darkside X kernel and under clock to 1128000 or something and it still runs smooth.
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Best thing you can do to to increase battery life is to disable all those Google services. I don't know why but I make it pretty clear in the settings that I do not want any auto-update or syncing of any sort but it happens anyway, so I have to manually freeze all the **** that Google insists on running 24/7.
Thanks for the tip! Extra battery life is always welcome.
Although jd isn't exactly new, but there seems to be a lot of people who just heard of it now. Not bashing but this just shows that there seems to be a lot of new android users or well xda members since the release of our awesome device. I bet most are all former ifags (don't take me seriously).
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Although jd isn't exactly new, but there seems to be a lot of people who just heard of it now. Not bashing but this just shows that there seems to be a lot of new android users or well xda members since the release of our awesome device. I bet most are all former ifags (don't take me seriously).
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Lmao. I think this made my day. xD I was using juice defender way back when the droid eris was new and I still do! It works wonders. When I had a dell streak I went from 6-8 hrs of batt life with no usage to over 2 days.
Sorry if I sound like a tool for asking this but if you turn off the Google gmail and calender sync then how do you get your emails?
U have to manually check for mail all the time?
sorry, having issues with my battery also. I use Juice Defender but the free version - everyone that is having success with it are you using the purchase one, Juice Defender Ultimate?
Ive had my phone since october, and the battery has gotten better and better. And im not doing anything special, stock rom, no juice defender, no task killer, nothing of that sort.
I use wifi tether almost all day at work(about 6 to 8 hours) and I still have 20 to 30 percent left when i head home.
Perhaps I'm crazy but I see no real improvement in battery life from ICS to Jellybean. Perhaps I am crazy, but that seems to be true. Thoughts? Anyone else experiencing the same?
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Not crazy at all. Many people have reported the opposite... that Jelly Bean actually reduced the battery life. If you are seeing no change then I would call that a good thing.
Stock everything.
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I'm pulling about 7 hours of battery as of now. Gonna run Juice Defender and see if I note any change.
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Perhaps I'm crazy but I see no real improvement in battery life from ICS to Jellybean. Perhaps I am crazy, but that seems to be true. Thoughts? Anyone else experiencing the same?
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Ah, another Photon refugee. Hope to see you have the same impact here as you did in the Photon forum. I am at 33+ hours with 71% battery remaining and Zdbox says that I still have >50 hours left (I sure as hell don't believe that). That being said, I am running a Hyperion 4200mah battery that has been great. I also have 54 frozen apps (including TouchWiz - I use ADW) and that has to help. Yesterday I downloaded Easy Battery Saver and am running it in intelligent mode and that seems to have had a large impact. We all know that battery life is a fragile thing and personal usage has the biggest influence. I don't use the phone alot, I am not on any social media and I'm usually on wifi. I'm sure that is a factor even though I'm on the Web a lot. Frankly, I' so happy with the setup that I'm currently running that I have not found a compelling reason to install a custom ROM.
Also, I don't auto update anything just to make sure that I update only on wifi.
Dschoms, I have no doubt at all this has a huge impact on it. I am always on my social media and what not. So again, sure that plays a role.
As for the battery, is that one of the thick ones? Like the extended one for the Evo?
And I was quite active on the Photon forums mostly testing and some aiding. Though most of that was working on kernels with Joker. But I'll help where I can.
And thanks for everyones input thus far. Appreciate it.
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Dschoms, I have no doubt at all this has a huge impact on it. I am always on my social media and what not. So again, sure that plays a role.
As for the battery, is that one of the thick ones? Like the extended one for the Evo?
And I was quite active on the Photon forums mostly testing and some aiding. Though most of that was working on kernels with Joker. But I'll help where I can.
And thanks for everyones input thus far. Appreciate it.
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Yeah, it does approximately double the thickness of the phone, but the replaceable battery was the determing factor for getting the S3 over the HTC. I use the GPS a fair amount and the larger battery was more desireable. Actually there were two things that I disliked about thd S3. One was the thinness and the other was the slickness of the case. I think the thicker battery gives the phone a better feel in my large hand. As for the slickness, I went to Home Depot and purchase an aerosol can of Plasti-Dip and coated the battery cover with a rubberized coating. Now I have a heftier phone with a non-slip surface and insane battery life. (2 days and two hours on the current charge with a THEORETICAL 55% and 32 hours lefT, LOL)
That's super rad. I may have to look into that non slip grip idea. Sounds like a good plan. Thanks for the info.
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So I ran Juice Defender and got a extra hour and fourty mins worth of battery life.
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Battery life is going to vary by user. EVERYONE uses the phone for different things.. So the person who occasionally text, looks something up may get extensive battery life, but a user who's online quite a bit.. Syncing FB, Emails constantly, will kill battery quicker. So it's a matter of making adjustments to conserve if that's what you prefer... Screen brightness to dimmer setting, Screen off at 15 Secs inactivity, Email sync to longer duration between, FB sync off, Little things like that will increase the life overall. Programs like Juice defender work awesome as well. leaving the network connected when not in use is a huge battery drain.. send to airplane mode or turn off data will help. I've done these things on all my Galaxy (EPIC). Do a search, you'll see some tips around here..
Yeah I'm akways on my phone. Sending e-mails and texts and all that jazz. Thanks.
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xTMFxOffshore said:
Yeah I'm akways on my phone. Sending e-mails and texts and all that jazz. Thanks.
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I use juice defender to help when i have my screen off, it'll disable data. (Can still get text messages just no email sync and such) turns back on with screen on. But it's all on the usage.. Can always invest in an extended life battery if you feel the urge. Makes the phone a bit thicker.. but gives ya longer battery life.
Yeah. I'm not super worried about the battery life and what not. Was just curious.
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My wife and I have this phone. A few weeks ago I installed Juice Defender (free) on mine and so far it's working remarkably well. Last night I installed it on my wife's phone and the battery level dropped precipitously. She wasn't using the phone much (if at all) and eventually plugged it in to charge it up. After fully charging, the phone wasn't used - overnight it just sat on the kitchen counter and the battery went from 100% to 17%. Never had this problem with my phone and can't figure out what the deal is. Does Juice Defender have a weird reaction under certain settings or installed apps that I don't know about?
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My wife and I have this phone. A few weeks ago I installed Juice Defender (free) on mine and so far it's working remarkably well. Last night I installed it on my wife's phone and the battery level dropped precipitously. She wasn't using the phone much (if at all) and eventually plugged it in to charge it up. After fully charging, the phone wasn't used - overnight it just sat on the kitchen counter and the battery went from 100% to 17%. Never had this problem with my phone and can't figure out what the deal is. Does Juice Defender have a weird reaction under certain settings or installed apps that I don't know about?
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I have exactly the same issue? you get anywhere with this?
Thats strange... I was planning on installing JD myself after a couple of days without it to get a good baseline. Anyone know what the deal is?
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Thats strange... I was planning on installing JD myself after a couple of days without it to get a good baseline. Anyone know what the deal is?
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I installed it one of the first days I got my LGOG, before it was rooted or unlocked and it killed my battery. I went through everything within the app and couldn't figure it out at all. Next step would be to contact the dev to see if he has any ideas.
Why not just use the builtin methods to save your battery?
Assimilated using the interface that interacts with the advanced internet.
I think I'm getting decent battery life with juice defender on
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Man listen you do not need addon software to save your battery. It's useless! You do not need any software or app to save battery life! It's like me using pc with norton protection LOL. Turn your sync off.
I've been using jd since the day I got my phone... No battery drain problems. I have my settings on a semi frequent sync schedule (30mins) and can get about 1.5-2 days if I let the battery get close to 0. Check your settings... Both in jd and not.
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I never partook in using these seemingly useless apps. From what I have seen over the years, these apps cannot really differentiate what processes need to run for system stability versus what is just eating up RAM and metaphorically killing the battery. I have never had success using battery saving or task managing apps, as they eventually always proved counterintuitive.
Want better battery life? Turn on Eco mode; lower your screen display; keep Wifi, NFC, and bluetooth off when not in use; and turn your vibration completely off.
JD does bring a few features you can't find in the native settings - I use it mostly to lower the screen brightness below the lowest built in setting for usage at night, as well as to quickly turn on data when I turn the screen on, and intelligently choose which type of data to connect to.
I think the main value is that I can get the best performance out of my phone (all cores, bluetooth constantly on so it connects instantly in the car, nfc on demand) when I am using it, and battery savings when I'm not. It's a very powerful tool, as long as you know how to configure it! It takes some tweaking but it's worth it.
That said, I'd contact the developers to see if you can send them some kind of log file to see what could be going on with the battery drain... They might be able to help, though JD seems to be out of active development.
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