Go launcher drain battery - Galaxy S II Themes and Apps

hi guys
i'm using go launcher from months... BUT i wasn't happy with my battery life so i moved to zeam launcher
results:
1% of battery in 3h 45m this morning
with go launcher i got 2% per hour in standby
i'm loving zeam launcher! ;-)

Jesus..I am using Go for a month now, it doesn't drain any extra battery than TW!

ithehappy said:
Jesus..I am using Go for a month now, it doesn't drain any extra battery than TW!
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i know... but try zeam launcher... it seems to be very light... more than tw and go launcher... i'm impressed... i'm still at 1% after about 4h
with go launcher and tw i got 1%/2% per hour

Zeam is a good launcher but as with most things you have to compromise. Slightly higher battery drain is a price well worth paying for all the features go delivers. That being said I see go and my battery doesn't drain at 2% per hour in standby.
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marcadam said:
Zeam is a good launcher but as with most things you have to compromise. Slightly higher battery drain is a price well worth paying for all the features go delivers. That being said I see go and my battery doesn't drain at 2% per hour in standby.
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well... i'll try to just change launcher and see what happen
i know go launcher has more functionalities but i prefer to get more battery life instead of a more good looking theme

j0sh0 said:
i know go launcher has more functionalities but i prefer to get more battery life instead of a more good looking theme
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Will have to charge at the end of the day anyway. Which ever Launcher I use. So I'd rather have a fully-functional and better looking Launcher than a stripped down one

j0sh0 said:
hi guys
i'm using go launcher from months... BUT i wasn't happy with my battery life so i moved to zeam launcher
results:
1% of battery in 3h 45m this morning
with go launcher i got 2% per hour in standby
i'm loving zeam launcher! ;-)
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Does the battery usage show up in battery stats? Or are you just making a general statement.For me golauncher does not appear in battery stats.

I also experience battery drain with Go Launcher and much prefer Zeam or even Launcher Pro Plus or the much maligned Touchwiz (sometimes). Don't have the numbers to compare with OP, but it's something I always notice when I used Go Launcher in the past. I always like my phone to have much juice as possible even if I can charge it at night.

is the 2% per hour drain with WIFI or with 3G on?
I get a 1% drain with WIFI only after leaving the phone in standby over night (about 5 hours)
Sent from my Galaxy S II using XDA App

lambstone said:
Does the battery usage show up in battery stats? Or are you just making a general statement.For me golauncher does not appear in battery stats.
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Same here. It's usage is so low it doesn't even show. Go figure!

I need a quick answer about GO Launcher. In WHICH version can i find the option, to hide the TABS in the app driver?
I had on my phone 2 versions, but i deleted that one, where that option was included...

materijalmen said:
I need a quick answer about GO Launcher. In WHICH version can i find the option, to hide the TABS in the app driver?
I had on my phone 2 versions, but i deleted that one, where that option was included...
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I am running the latest official 2.62, it is there. If I am not mistaken this option was there on the previous versions too, like 2.6, 2.61.
Preference- App Drawer Settings- Tab Row.

ithehappy said:
I am running the latest official 2.62, it is there. If I am not mistaken this option was there on the previous versions too, like 2.6, 2.61.
Preference- App Drawer Settings- Tab Row.
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Ok, will see later what version was mine...

I have been using go launcher for many weeks on different ROMs. (Litening, LeoMar, Checkrom) and I loose around .5%-1% battery per hour in idle mode.

blackspp said:
Same here. It's usage is so low it doesn't even show. Go figure!
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I've used many launchers, and i dont recall any of them ever showing up in battery usage, regardless of high or low usage.
But I have to admit that Go drains much faster on my GS2 than LPP ever did, but i love the cylindrical transition effect too much to uninstall.
Edit: When I refer to drain, I dont mean idle mode (almost nothing drains for me in idle mode: 0.5-2%/h is negligible). Swiping thru screens is when Go drains the most (about .75%/m, vs. LPP, which does not drain as bad even with 3d fx while swiping. It must be zimply better coded)

why u people r debating so much?? i hav used almost all da launchers available in market.
To see whether ur launcher drains battery or not,just go to settings-app-running service.....here u will find SPB shell 3D and GO launcher always runs in background and occupies almost 50 mb.whereas others like tw ,tw4.5,zeam,regina,i,adw,launcher pro plus do not occupy even a single bit
now its ur turn to decide which launcher drains battery the most

ghost.bhoot2k said:
whereas others like tw ,tw4.5,zeam,regina,i,adw,launcher pro plus do not occupy even a single bit
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Now that is some impressive coding! A launcher which does not occupy a single bit of memory. Respect!

Related

[Solved] Htc wildfire s battery problem

Using as much as less widget or using launcher pro will stop your battery drainage.
Find the post useful Click thanks.
I think the dialer is the battery killer. Uses 97% or something stupid.
Dialer is using 97% because no other thing is using the battery.As if you open wifi,gallary then this percentage will be less.so nothing to do with dialer because its the only app that runs inside the phone whole day.So using my described trick will stop your standby battery drainage because launcher pro uses only 10 mb of ram and stock htc launcher uses 50-60 mb of ram because it contains lots os widget + 7 home screens.Decreasing home screens with decreasing widgets will stop your battery drain.
If you dont believe just try it.I am also owning a wildfire s and because of this trick it lass for 2 and half day.
I use Launcherpro and have 1 weather widget and my battery lasts about 1 day. I do listen to music and text people throughout the day so that could be why.
Hi where can I find launch pro
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App
You can find it in market. There are 2 version a free one and a payed one. the difference are few (some proprietary widget and the ability to resize any widget)
imlgl said:
I use Launcherpro and have 1 weather widget and my battery lasts about 1 day. I do listen to music and text people throughout the day so that could be why.
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Text people throughout that day. I think you had enabled the sound and haptic feedback . These both are one of the battery drainers of touchscreen mobiles. Try disabling it. It can help you
Don't have the sound on. Dont think people would appreciate my phone making sounds in college haha. Will try disabling haptic feedback, should help
Hi,
today I recharged the battery for 3 hours, while it was off. After 6 hours 1 call for 2 min, and 3 txt I have 60%
i am using ADW Launcher v1.2.2
@shreyasharusia
is ADW so different like the Launcher Pro?
thanks

[Q] Transparent status/notification bar in leaked GB?

Hi there,
I'm using CM7.1 with Meizu theme now, but I'm looking for another ROM with less battery drain and 720p recording. I decided to go for the latest leaked GB, but I'd really love to have transparent status bar like the one I have now (you can take a look in how this theme look like here) - Launcher isn't a problem, I'm going for XPeria Arc's one.
So, my question is: without the theme chooser app from CM7, is there any way I can get a transparent status bar without having to mess around with framework-res.apk myself? In other words: is there a transparent statusbar there already made for Defy?
I know there is a simple way to apply themes by flashing them via Recovery, 'cause Barebones has various themes available this way here (since this ROM uses CM7 instead of GB, CM7 themes work on it - the themes on this thread are only for the Froyo version).
Thanks in advance!
P.S.: I know it would be better for me to post this in the themes & apps section, but, honestly, almost nobody uses that section for this kind of thing
Wow, that actually looks pretty good.
I'd like to get it too
You can try MS2Ginger fulfills all aforementioned and the best battery backup I've experienced out of any 2.3 rom.
ryan8r said:
You can try MS2Ginger fulfills all aforementioned and the best battery backup I've experienced out of any 2.3 rom.
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No transparent statusbar (only default GB MotoBLUR bar), but seems ok: has good battery life and 720p rec. What are the differences between blurred and deblurred versions (besides MotuBLUR, of course)? Blurred seems to be more updated, any advantage in getting it (since I won't use any BLUR apps)?
My bad, mistook the Notification bar for the Notification pane.
The De-blurred version lacks not just the services but even the Motoblur interface ( ADW included) , not any significant improvement on the battery though. So I dumped it after 2 days of playing around been on on blur ever since and dont worry even the blurred version lacks services like FB etc as the Creator couldnt get it to work and you can always remove unwanted apps.
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ryan8r said:
My bad, mistook the Notification bar for the Notification pane.
The De-blurred version lacks not just the services but even the Motoblur interface ( ADW included) , not any significant improvement on the battery though. So I dumped it after 2 days of playing around been on on blur ever since and dont worry even the blurred version lacks services like FB etc as the Creator couldnt get it to work and you can always remove unwanted apps.
Sent from my MB526 using Tapatalk
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Tried it for a few days, now I'm going back to CM7. My phone is horribly slow since I flashed the ROM (even before I restCored my apps w/ Titanium Backup), with CPU Load Timeline reporting 100% CPU use most of the time. Too much CPU use = crappy battery life: it can barely stand 6 hours. Just as an example, I tried to get it off charge (was 100% charged) while sleeping. When I woke up, 8 hours later, it had less than 60% left - that means 5% per hour, without even USING the phone: mobile data was set to EDGE, WiFi was off, no background apps running... That was enough for me. I'll stick with CM7, even with its faults, it's still the best ROM available, I think.
K3n H1mur4 said:
Tried it for a few days, now I'm going back to CM7. My phone is horribly slow since I flashed the ROM (even before I restCored my apps w/ Titanium Backup), with CPU Load Timeline reporting 100% CPU use most of the time. Too much CPU use = crappy battery life: it can barely stand 6 hours. Just as an example, I tried to get it off charge (was 100% charged) while sleeping. When I woke up, 8 hours later, it had less than 60% left - that means 5% per hour, without even USING the phone: mobile data was set to EDGE, WiFi was off, no background apps running... That was enough for me. I'll stick with CM7, even with its faults, it's still the best ROM available, I think.
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Hmm weird , the battery only drops 3% max for me overnight (10 hrs). The Rom is overclocked to 1100 mhz by default , Did you make sure to underclock and rest assured undervolt it?! I also removed a lot of system apps and services that i dont use. My usage can be classified as average with 2-3 hours of wifi , 1-2 hours of gaming and I am on a 3G network but the data delivery is usually set to off and it lasts me 2 days.

[Q] Why is Battery draining so fast on my Samsung Galaxy W (GT-I8150)?

I have upgraded my Galaxy W to Jelly Bean using Custom Room (4.2.2) Cyanogenmod 10.1 alpha 2. maybe later alpha 3.
Everything runs well. but why my phone's battery drains so fast? and please help me HOW TO SOLVE IT AND MAKE IT LAST LONG TIME???
THANKS VERY MUCH....
Backup your apps, factory reset your phone. If battery drain problem persists, install Greenify or deep Sleep battery saver from Google Play to better manage battery resources.
Lim Wee Huat said:
Backup your apps, factory reset your phone. If battery drain problem persists, install Greenify or deep Sleep battery saver from Google Play to better manage battery resources.
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Thank you for your suggestion... I will try....
Electro Tobib Muhajir said:
Thank you for your suggestion... I will try....
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when you just flashed the battery will definitely be shorter. Let it recharge for a few cycles before determining whether its good or bad battery life. Keep in mind however that even at full potential, the battery will not last for more than 2 days even at light usage.
if battery life is more important to you compared to "the newest OS" and whatever extra features it brings with it, then I highly recommend installing acro's CM9 RC2 (yes it is ICS) as the 2.x.x kernel is far better at battery life than 3.x.x (i'm currently testing it and I can already feel the difference! I believe I can reach 2.5 days at modest usage but I will have to update you on that after my first few discharge cycle for battery to reach potential after flashing new rom). I do, however notice a few annoyances with RC2 (not sure if its really the ROM, or the custom kernel i'm using, or Nova Launcher is to be blamed), so if it continues to bug me I may just switch back out to latest ICS =p.
If keeping with the latest JB is important for u, best thing you could do is download a custom kernel for it that supports UV(undervolting), then get IncrediControl and tune down your UV based on some voltage tables you can find in FAQ. This alone won't bring you a HUGE improvement in battery life but its definitely an observable difference. On top of UV, try to UC(underclock) your CPU to 1GHz. Most daily functions, apps and games (depending on how intensive it is) will work perfectly smooth even at 1GHz. IMO, the most important point of UCing is you will notice a very significant difference in the heat of your battery (ie backcover of your phone). Heat is generally bad for the battery (shorter life + faster draining) so UC is definitely a good thing to do =). Of course, on top of all those, get greenify and wakelock detector(WLD) from market to control your not-so-frequently-used apps. Use WLD to track down what is keeping your phone awake (hence drain more battery) and use greenify to hibernate all the not-so-frequently-used apps you have (example of things you DON'T want to greenify: whatsapp and gmail as you don't want to kill these 2 programs when you lock your screen. You want to continue receiving whatsapp messages and gmail when you locked your screen right? XD! Examples of things you SHOULD greenify: games, music player. Maybe some of the games or other apps may keep a background service active, secretly using your battery even though the last time you used it was 2 days ago!)
Finally, if your wonder is about 1-1.5 years old, chances are your battery is already bloated (perhaps you can feel your battery through the backcover of your phone even!) A bloated battery is a dangerous and short-capacity battery. Even with the best rom you may only push through a day from 100-0%. If your battery still looks fine but your phone is nearing its birthday, go ahead and do some online shopping (ebay or local equivalent, like malaysia we have Lelong.com.my) and get a battery for your phone. Its usually much cheaper than buying from telephone shops.
EDIT: Adding on to all of that, choosing a good governor+i/o scheduler combo is important as well. If our phone is similar with the S+, smartassv2+sio(i've used this, its quite smooth and battery is good) OR OnDemand+noop is thought to be very good in terms of battery life and responsiveness. Lulzactive is also very good but its not so easy to tune it so i usually would stay away from it. Do bear in mind that although the former 2 combo is good, it still highly depends on how you use your phone so there will not be a universally best governor+io combo. Both of those suggested by me are supposingly best in responsiveness as well as deepsleep battery conserving (only if the assumption that our roms work the same as the roms tested in S+, which MAY NOT be true).
TL;DR? try smartassv2+sio (u may change this using IncrediControl, get from playstore). Then if you are not satisfied with your current performance/battery life, you may continue experimenting by changing governor and i/o scheduler one at a time. If you are doing the testing, make sure to have some way to record your tests if not you will 100% be deceived by placebo!(with actual numbers you will clearly see whether your feeling is placebo or if there really is an improvement)
I'm having some seeeeerious battery issues with alpha3. With just 15 minutes screen usage in a day, battery settings says my screen used up more than 20% of the battery! This just for consulting the time and the weather.
oribunokiyuusou said:
I'm having some seeeeerious battery issues with alpha3. With just 15 minutes screen usage in a day, battery settings says my screen used up more than 20% of the battery! This just for consulting the time and the weather.
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Sounds like your battery is bloated. Can u show me a screenshot of your battery graph and app usage?
oribunokiyuusou said:
I'm having some seeeeerious battery issues with alpha3. With just 15 minutes screen usage in a day, battery settings says my screen used up more than 20% of the battery! This just for consulting the time and the weather.
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that 20% is not actually the 20% of the battery juice. It is 20% of whatever amount of battery is drained due to the display being ON. Like if your battery is used from 100% to 90%, then only 2% is used by the display.
I am not sure if I could explain what I mean.
EDIT: Hmmm maybe I misunderstood what you said... If that is the case, disregard.
And also my galaxy W will use all of its battery charge when the display is constantly ON for about 3-5 hours.
Actually, I've figured out what it was. It was Google Now. Chewing away at the battery without saying a word anywhere in the battery screen. I am now back to my old 3 days battery.
you need to install cpu spay from google play and you need look deep sleep time.
this reaction is typical if your coming from a stock or at least cm9.
there has been a lot of arguments about battery life of cm10 and above.
in my opinion, there really is a difference, i mean cm10+ drains battery faster.
and the reason being is of course the features there is in cm10++.
if you're after battery life, stay with stock or cm9 (for now).
but if you feel like your in with cm10+ and you don't want to go back like me, then may want to try these tricks:
1) using Titanium Backup, freeze the apps that you don't really use.
- in my phone i froze pico tts, voice search, talk back, etc. (i even froze google search )
2) i use an app called "autostarts", it can disable auto starting of app including those of the system.
- in my phone, i disabled google maps in every activity. ex. after startup, connectivity changed, wifi connected, widget updating
3) disable system settings which also contribute to battery draining.
- disable location service when your not using it
- disable automatic backup/restore
- disable haptic feedback
- disable autosync
- disable the top battery drainers when not in use (wifi, mobile data, gps, bluetooth)
- and many more just explore
4) do not use so many widgets (my home screen has 0 widget)
5) do not use live wallpaper
6) charge only using the original charger, not from other phone/brand, not from a usb port
- the best way to charge is to avoid using the phone until it's fully charged
7) finally, install only apps that you really need. just keep a backup of your not so often used apps and install only when you need them
If you think about it, everything i wrote above contradicts with the original concept of Android.
But that's life, sometimes you have to trade something in order to achieve another.
Our phone was baked as Gingerbread, now we want to make it taste like Jellybean.
We have all the ingredients, but we don't have a jelly bean pan to make the candy molds.
So we improvise, we work around, we do some shortcuts, we make alternatives, certainly it will cost something.
egagah said:
when you just flashed the battery will definitely be shorter. Let it recharge for a few cycles before determining whether its good or bad battery life. Keep in mind however that even at full potential, the battery will not last for more than 2 days even at light usage.
if battery life is more important to you compared to "the newest OS" and whatever extra features it brings with it, then I highly recommend installing acro's CM9 RC2 (yes it is ICS) as the 2.x.x kernel is far better at battery life than 3.x.x (i'm currently testing it and I can already feel the difference! I believe I can reach 2.5 days at modest usage but I will have to update you on that after my first few discharge cycle for battery to reach potential after flashing new rom). I do, however notice a few annoyances with RC2 (not sure if its really the ROM, or the custom kernel i'm using, or Nova Launcher is to be blamed), so if it continues to bug me I may just switch back out to latest ICS =p.
If keeping with the latest JB is important for u, best thing you could do is download a custom kernel for it that supports UV(undervolting), then get IncrediControl and tune down your UV based on some voltage tables you can find in FAQ. This alone won't bring you a HUGE improvement in battery life but its definitely an observable difference. On top of UV, try to UC(underclock) your CPU to 1GHz. Most daily functions, apps and games (depending on how intensive it is) will work perfectly smooth even at 1GHz. IMO, the most important point of UCing is you will notice a very significant difference in the heat of your battery (ie backcover of your phone). Heat is generally bad for the battery (shorter life + faster draining) so UC is definitely a good thing to do =). Of course, on top of all those, get greenify and wakelock detector(WLD) from market to control your not-so-frequently-used apps. Use WLD to track down what is keeping your phone awake (hence drain more battery) and use greenify to hibernate all the not-so-frequently-used apps you have (example of things you DON'T want to greenify: whatsapp and gmail as you don't want to kill these 2 programs when you lock your screen. You want to continue receiving whatsapp messages and gmail when you locked your screen right? XD! Examples of things you SHOULD greenify: games, music player. Maybe some of the games or other apps may keep a background service active, secretly using your battery even though the last time you used it was 2 days ago!)
Finally, if your wonder is about 1-1.5 years old, chances are your battery is already bloated (perhaps you can feel your battery through the backcover of your phone even!) A bloated battery is a dangerous and short-capacity battery. Even with the best rom you may only push through a day from 100-0%. If your battery still looks fine but your phone is nearing its birthday, go ahead and do some online shopping (ebay or local equivalent, like malaysia we have Lelong.com.my) and get a battery for your phone. Its usually much cheaper than buying from telephone shops.
EDIT: Adding on to all of that, choosing a good governor+i/o scheduler combo is important as well. If our phone is similar with the S+, smartassv2+sio(i've used this, its quite smooth and battery is good) OR OnDemand+noop is thought to be very good in terms of battery life and responsiveness. Lulzactive is also very good but its not so easy to tune it so i usually would stay away from it. Do bear in mind that although the former 2 combo is good, it still highly depends on how you use your phone so there will not be a universally best governor+io combo. Both of those suggested by me are supposingly best in responsiveness as well as deepsleep battery conserving (only if the assumption that our roms work the same as the roms tested in S+, which MAY NOT be true).
TL;DR? try smartassv2+sio (u may change this using IncrediControl, get from playstore). Then if you are not satisfied with your current performance/battery life, you may continue experimenting by changing governor and i/o scheduler one at a time. If you are doing the testing, make sure to have some way to record your tests if not you will 100% be deceived by placebo!(with actual numbers you will clearly see whether your feeling is placebo or if there really is an improvement)
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thanks a lot. that's very helpful for me..
klacenas said:
this reaction is typical if your coming from a stock or at least cm9.
there has been a lot of arguments about battery life of cm10 and above.
in my opinion, there really is a difference, i mean cm10+ drains battery faster.
and the reason being is of course the features there is in cm10++.
if you're after battery life, stay with stock or cm9 (for now).
but if you feel like your in with cm10+ and you don't want to go back like me, then may want to try these tricks:
1) using Titanium Backup, freeze the apps that you don't really use.
- in my phone i froze pico tts, voice search, talk back, etc. (i even froze google search )
2) i use an app called "autostarts", it can disable auto starting of app including those of the system.
- in my phone, i disabled google maps in every activity. ex. after startup, connectivity changed, wifi connected, widget updating
3) disable system settings which also contribute to battery draining.
- disable location service when your not using it
- disable automatic backup/restore
- disable haptic feedback
- disable autosync
- disable the top battery drainers when not in use (wifi, mobile data, gps, bluetooth)
- and many more just explore
4) do not use so many widgets (my home screen has 0 widget)
5) do not use live wallpaper
6) charge only using the original charger, not from other phone/brand, not from a usb port
- the best way to charge is to avoid using the phone until it's fully charged
7) finally, install only apps that you really need. just keep a backup of your not so often used apps and install only when you need them
If you think about it, everything i wrote above contradicts with the original concept of Android.
But that's life, sometimes you have to trade something in order to achieve another.
Our phone was baked as Gingerbread, now we want to make it taste like Jellybean.
We have all the ingredients, but we don't have a jelly bean pan to make the candy molds.
So we improvise, we work around, we do some shortcuts, we make alternatives, certainly it will cost something.
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yups...nice suggestion... thanks very much...:good::good::good:
Lim Wee Huat said:
Backup your apps, factory reset your phone. If battery drain problem persists, install Greenify or deep Sleep battery saver from Google Play to better manage battery resources.
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THANKS...
oribunokiyuusou said:
I'm having some seeeeerious battery issues with alpha3. With just 15 minutes screen usage in a day, battery settings says my screen used up more than 20% of the battery! This just for consulting the time and the weather.
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me too.... more than 20%, whereas my battery is in sleep screen and in the lowest brightness
Me too
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smeone here is right about cm9 rc2 i just flashed it and used a while.. battery seems to be 2x longer than 4.4 kitkat
here is there link
http://mygalaxywonder.blogspot.sg/2012/09/cyanogenmod-9-cm9-alpha-build-8-for.html
Magpir said:
smeone here is right about cm9 rc2 i just flashed it and used a while.. battery seems to be 2x longer than 4.4 kitkat
here is there link
http://mygalaxywonder.blogspot.sg/2012/09/cyanogenmod-9-cm9-alpha-build-8-for.html
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No....no....no....
That link will redirect you to a website that has kanged Arco's hard work and NOT given due credit....
Here is the correct, original link....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576874
........right here on XDA...
This might be my S2, or it might be my W...but it's definitely CM

[Q] Blinkfeed high battery usage even after removing the widget

Blinkfeed has high battery usage on my Android HTC One M8. Not necessarily high _cpu_ usage, from what I see in SystemPanel (3rd party app), but Blinkfeed consistently accounts for between 15-30% battery usage in battery stats. The gap between its battery usage and any other app's batteryusage is huge. It's like 27% versus between 3-5% for all other apps. Blinkfeed appears to be non-removable. I'd like to know if there's a way to disable or cut down the battery usage without using a custom rom. I had CM on both of my previous HTC devices but I'm not quite ready for it on my M8 yet.
I am also confused about how its extremely low cpu usage between 0-1% (from what I see in SystemPanel) correlates to its high battery usage in battery stats. Average consumption is 0.2%. The process name is com.htc.launcher. Could a different launcher help?
AdamAndEvil said:
Blinkfeed has high battery usage on my Android HTC One M8. Not necessarily high _cpu_ usage, from what I see in SystemPanel (3rd party app), but Blinkfeed consistently accounts for between 15-30% battery usage in battery stats. The gap between its battery usage and any other app's batteryusage is huge. It's like 27% versus between 3-5% for all other apps. Blinkfeed appears to be non-removable. I'd like to know if there's a way to disable or cut down the battery usage without using a custom rom. I had CM on both of my previous HTC devices but I'm not quite ready for it on my M8 yet.
I am also confused about how its extremely low cpu usage between 0-1% (from what I see in SystemPanel) correlates to its high battery usage in battery stats. Average consumption is 0.2%. The process name is com.htc.launcher. Could a different launcher help?
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That still seems very high IF the system panel stats are correct, I think Blinkfeed is what the default HTC launcher is named, as I also noticed it still showing after disabling the widget. Have you tried another battery stats app like GSam? How is your battery life overall?
gsmyth said:
That still seems very high IF the system panel stats are correct, I think Blinkfeed is what the default HTC launcher is named, as I also noticed it still showing after disabling the widget. Have you tried another battery stats app like GSam? How is your battery life overall?
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My battery life is pretty awful if I don't enable power saving mode.
I will try a different battery stats app, as well as a different launcher, just to have some data for comparison. Thanks!
AdamAndEvil said:
My battery life is pretty awful if I don't enable power saving mode.
I will try a different battery stats app, as well as a different launcher, just to have some data for comparison. Thanks!
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Definitely worth experimenting to see what's what. I can't complain about my battery life, but I may well have different usage patterns, apps installed etc, so can't really compare. Generally though I get over a day on a single charge with around 4-4.5 hours screen on time.
Try nova launcher and freeze blinkfeed. It's a non issue for me. ?
Thanks for the tip on GSam. I've found that GSam and the stock Power app have vastly different ideas on how much battery usage Blinkfeed is responsible for. GSam has it pretty low, like 0.4% versus the 17% in the stock Power app.
I've started using the Google Now launcher, which is pretty cool, but I'll definitely give Nova a shot.
Thanks again!
Maybe you should try ge Rom without bf?
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Should I even bother using Greenify?

I used to use Greenify when I had my Xperia Z3, but I don't know if I should keep it on my 5T, and if it affects performance or not (ex. reopening apps draining more battery or apps taking more time to open).
I have the 8 GB model, so I don't have any RAM problem.
Lately I've decided to try not using any battery "optimizer". I'm currently on OOS B2 with Flash Kernel 3.0..1 and I can easily get nearly two days if battery life with a "normal" use with around 4hrs of screen on time and 1~1.5% per hour while on idle overnight.
So, I think that overall that's not worth messing with Greenify. IMHO
About performances, in theory having to relaunch apps that have been terminated by Greenify would have some inpact on that. Guess that would be quite low, being the device so fast!
My advice would be see how it goes as it is and then try installing Greenify and see if you notice any improvement.
My two cents.
M!
maddler said:
Lately I've decided to try not using any battery "optimizer". I'm currently on OOS B2 with Flash Kernel 3.0..1 and I can easily get nearly two days if battery life with a "normal" use with around 4hrs of screen on time and 1~1.5% per hour while on idle overnight.
So, I think that overall that's not worth messing with Greenify. IMHO
About performances, in theory having to relaunch apps that have been terminated by Greenify would have some inpact on that. Guess that would be quite low, being the device so fast!
My advice would be see how it goes as it is and then try installing Greenify and see if you notice any improvement.
My two cents.
M!
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Greenify only hibernate apps, not terminate.
I use Greenify for Facebook and Messenger as they drain a lot of power. I would simply check your battery stats if there are apps that use a lot of power without active usage. If so, Greenify then. If not, it probably doesn't make a huge difference.
Greenify is no matter what, a must download app for me.. Until V30+ and OP5T.. Didn't need it anymore, because I didn't notice a different between installed it and not..
This is an easy one. No.
Deep sleep and idle battery drain seem pretty good on the OP5T so far, I wouldn't bother.
I still use it, nothing related to performance but because I personally do not need some of my apps to run in background. I only use them when I open them so I can save a bit of battery by keeping them hibernated until the next use.
Syzew said:
I used to use Greenify when I had my Xperia Z3, but I don't know if I should keep it on my 5T, and if it affects performance or not (ex. reopening apps draining more battery or apps taking more time to open).
I have the 8 GB model, so I don't have any RAM problem.
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As long as I have good cell signal, I can routinely get 8hrs of SoT with the stock One plus kernel from OpenBeta2. I do use Greenify for the social media apps though. Greenify will basically tell you if it will help or not by displaying apps that it thinks will benefit from hibernating. Although, if you aren't rooted, it basically isn't worth installing.
MrIndieJ said:
As long as I have good cell signal, I can routinely get 8hrs of SoT with the stock One plus kernel from OpenBeta2. I do use Greenify for the social media apps though. Greenify will basically tell you if it will help or not by displaying apps that it thinks will benefit from hibernating. Although, if you aren't rooted, it basically isn't worth installing.
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I'm just asking because I use Amplify, Greenify and Android's built-in battery saver and Android OS still drains A LOT, and by a lot I mean that I can get 3 hours SoT with amoled themes on.
Syzew said:
I'm just asking because I use Amplify, Greenify and Android's built-in battery saver and Android OS still drains A LOT, and by a lot I mean that I can get 3 hours SoT with amoled themes on.
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Wait, you get that on the 5T? If so, return it.
MrIndieJ said:
Wait, you get that on the 5T? If so, return it.
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I reinstalled the whole rom, seems like its fixed now, I probably messed something up with the kernel.
Syzew said:
I reinstalled the whole rom, seems like its fixed now, I probably messed something up with the kernel.
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