And no I'm not talking about Juice Defender. I'm looking for something that'll allow me to see which apps are keeping the phone awake and use the most battery life. Something is making my battery drain and I'm not sure what it is. There are people on here going 18+ hours with 5 hours screen time and still having 10% left. I typically get 2 hours of screen time before I'm dead. Check out my stats from today. I hardly even used the phone at all!
I've set all of the apps I actually use to sync on 1 hour or longer intervals. Nothing is syncing in 5 minute intervals or something.
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Can't tell anything from those images. Its too early. And how is.your reception with your carrier and wifi?
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Can't tell anything from those images. Its too early. And how is.your reception with your carrier and wifi?
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I'm on AT&T and generally have close to full coverage. I'm never really in an area where I have poor reception. I'm on Wifi a good amount too.
I had the same problem (Android OS using HEAPS of battery)
update to ITL41F (ROM) & XXKK6 (Radio)
makes a world of difference - HEAPS!!
maybe try system panel but I don't think it works on pics yet.
sent from inside big and outside small.
it shows in market so give it a whirl.
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I'm on a witch hunt for a battery drainer right now as well.
Check out this screenshot... as soon as I turn on Wi-Fi, the "Awake" line becomes very active. Been going through the running apps, and killing off apps every 15-30 min to see when it stops.
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maybe try system panel but I don't think it works on pics yet.
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I have that. I don't think it has any functionality relating to battery life though.
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I have that. I don't think it has any functionality relating to battery life though.
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what radio & rom are u using?
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what radio & rom are u using?
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Stock rom. I got the latest OTA update already.
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I'm on a witch hunt for a battery drainer right now as well.
Check out this screenshot... as soon as I turn on Wi-Fi, the "Awake" line becomes very active. Been going through the running apps, and killing off apps every 15-30 min to see when it stops.
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Hmm. I noticed on yours that the phone is awake even when the screen is off. On mine the phone is only awake when the screen is on.
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Watchdog in the market will tell you what app is running in the background. When I push home instead of back when I use Dolphin Browser, watchdog tells me its running in the background.
Try it.
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Hmm. I noticed on yours that the phone is awake even when the screen is off. On mine the phone is only awake when the screen is on.
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Yeah it's suspiciously busy when the screen is off. I just removed all widgets and uninstalled the Weather Channel app. Things have improved a little.
Dude my battery life is even worse than yours. I am so frustrated too.
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Holy cow. I just found out one of my widgets was updating on 5 second intervals. Changed it to 1000 seconds, hopefully that has a decent impact.
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Is it on wifi?
What's your awake time compared to there rest?
What are your other settings?
How many emails syncing? If any
I a curious since I'm about to go to a sprint store and get a new unit
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Didn't change anything all settings are default with the exception of bluetooth and gps, they're turned off because I don't use them much.
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Didn't change anything all settings are default with the exception of bluetooth and gps, they're turned off because I don't use them much. View attachment 726043
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Yeah, but let's see your awake time and all that? Click on the graph
I use wifi a lot, but I had 3G on some today as well...
should i take it to a sprint store?
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should i take it to a sprint store?
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You didn't post enough info
your display time is more important. i cant gauge ppl's battery life without knowing that. i like to compare it with mine to see where i stand (+ voice calls tiime on)
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should i take it to a sprint store?
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What?
The Evo3D Killer!!!
o mine? lol
so far 8 hrs with 1hr 8 minutes on
24%
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o mine? lol
so far 8 hrs with 1hr 8 minutes on
24%
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Post a Screenie of your battery use...
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Battery life is beast.
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OK I hope someone finds this useful and/or can verify. I was one of those people getting awful battery life, meaning lucky to last 8 hours from 100% to 0%. The "Android OS" process would take hours of CPU time. Now it will take up maybe 30 min over the course of the day. Here is the only thing I did between the time it went from bad to good. I changed the wifi sleep policy. It is by default (for me at least) set to never. I changed it to "when the screen turns off" and left it there for about an hour. Then went in and changed it back to never. From the point of doing this my battery life has been great.
I know it sounds strange but it seems to have worked for me so I thought I would share.
Yeah, battery life is going to depend on services that are running on the background. It'll be different from people to people. You shouldn't exchange your phone because you're not getting the same results as someone else.
I dunno how you guys are getting that battery life. I think there must be something really messed up on my device. Stupid "Android OS"!
Screenshots show at 38% after 6.5 hours off the charger.
I'd post a link to some screenshots if I could. But my Android OS is at 27% and display is at 47%.
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361108
Lost just 20% in 16 hours. This is of course with JuiceDefender and airplane mode scheduled to run over night. But it's still impressive as we used to get battery drains even at times phone was supopsed to sleep and AirPlane mode on.
My baseband is UGKK7, but that's not what cured it, I had this baseband installed days earlier and battery drain was awful.
In my case it appears all battery problems are cured:
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What's your standby current draw? In my HD2 android, I had about 4-9ma. But in Galaxy Nexus it's about 19-40ma which is pretty high. Judging from your screenshot, yours is 16ma in standby?
Possibly, I have no idea. Nexus is known from high default cpu voltage, maybe thats that or maybe it's my apps waking phone every now and then to check things, for example LED light notification app or Juice Defender.
Anyway, I'm pretty happy now, might tweak it some more when I have time, but it's now at the same level as my old SGS2, I'd say a bit better (I think I had 5% night drop on AirPlane mode on SGS2, but again it depends on apps).
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What's your standby current draw? In my HD2 android, I had about 4-9ma.
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Just checked: it was constant -5mA throughout the night.
Have you, knowing you want to see good results, un-knowingly played less with your phone on this rom?
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Have you, knowing you want to see good results, un-knowingly played less with your phone on this rom?
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That's not it, I know battery will go down when I actively use it. What I noticed is that I get great results when phone is idle. This didn't happen before, you would see battery drain even when idle at night in AirPlane mode. This means light use should also give better battery performance than before, I will be testing that.
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This is with Google+ and Facebook signed in. I just disabled all notifications from these apps and they appear to function properly, do not keep awake when not run.
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This is with Google+ and Facebook signed in. I just disabled all notifications from these apps and they appear to function properly, do not keep awake when not run.
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I dont know what I did but while IDLe, I get about 1% drain per hour, thats on 3G, sync on (gmail, google+, etc), no juicedefender or airplane mode.
I only tested it overnight, when Im sleeping, notice the ZERO wake locks and crappy signal; unbelievable!
Disclaimer: this was while I was sleeping, NO usage. Battery obviously goes down much quicker once the screen is on, but for idle time, I am content!
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That's not it, I know battery will go down when I actively use it. What I noticed is that I get great results when phone is idle. This didn't happen before, you would see battery drain even when idle at night in AirPlane mode. This means light use should also give better battery performance than before, I will be testing that.
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ok, thank you keep on testing and keep us informed, always nice to get some info! Merry X-mas!
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thats great to see how long it lasts while youre not using the phone... but how about while youre actually using it?
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thats great to see how long it lasts while youre not using the phone... but how about while youre actually using it?
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For real... All these people posting up 15-20 hours of battery by putting it on airplane mode overnight is just useless info. Especially when most people put it on the charger overnight
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Happy! said:
For real... All these people posting up 15-20 hours of battery by putting it on airplane mode overnight is just useless info. Especially when most people put it on the charger overnight
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It is not useless info. Previously, when putting in AirPlane mode and not using the phone at all we would see big battery drain. Now we don't. This is to proove that now the phone actually goes to sleep whenever I don't use it. This is proper testing before and after applying one change.
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thats great to see how long it lasts while youre not using the phone... but how about while youre actually using it?
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I will know next time I go to work. But since I never use it for all these 8-10 hours straight, I should have better battery, because whenever I will put the phone away, even for another 15mins, battery will stop dropping like it used to.
In other words, it will most likely still drop as usual while actively using the phone, but in overall I should get more battery because of much more efficient idle times.
Ummm.... full to %29 in 2.15 hours with the screen off the whole time. Any insight?
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What rom/kernel are you using?
Use an app like BetterBatteryStats to help determine what apps may be holding wakelocks and preventing your phone from getting into a deep sleep state.
Newest gummy with everything it comes with. Let me check the other app to see what's up
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I think it's the 4.0.4 base band... just noticed I'm not getting a signal inside my building at all...
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Hmm maybe not. I though new gummy was 4.0.4 base guess not...
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Your weak cell signal might be the culprit.
I haven't seen the battery drop that much due to no signal, it does but not by that much in that time. I would use BetterBatteryStats to diagnose...
Looks like your phone took an arrow to the knee.
Can someone post a market link for better battery stats? Couldn't see it. Also in the pic I have weak signal. At my desk I have none at all... but this is only as of today. Last gummy version didn't have this issue
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats&hl=en
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Can someone post a market link for better battery stats? Couldn't see it. Also in the pic I have weak signal. At my desk I have none at all... but this is only as of today. Last gummy version didn't have this issue
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You can also get BetterBatteryStats (and a lot of information on the app and how to use it) here on XDA. The author posted an xda-specific version of the app here.
I was very frustrated with battery life too until I flashed Gummy's NEX ROM. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401633) I now can go at least 18 hrs on a single charge with the bigger battery and average to heavy usage.
Bit off topic, but is the GN generally good for battery? Or do a lot of people get the issue from the first post?
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Bit off topic, but is the GN generally good for battery? Or do a lot of people get the issue from the first post?
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Sucky battery is the only pitfall of the GN IMO.
Any chance of testing another battery? This could be a hardware (battery) issue rather than software and rogue apps.
I had a battery do this on another device... Less than two hours of non-usage and it would die. Replacing it solved my problem.
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Sucky battery is the only pitfall of the GN IMO.
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Speak for yourself.. I get great battery. Most GSM users do too.
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Bit off topic, but is the GN generally good for battery? Or do a lot of people get the issue from the first post?
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Like most other powerful Android devices, it really depends on your usage. It's real easy to burn through the battery if you use your device heavily. It's also pretty simple to get decent battery life if you use the device more reasonably.
I will say that the drainage in the OP looks quite aggressive. I wouldn't consider that normal or average by any means.
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Your weak cell signal might be the culprit.
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My cell signal is almost always like that and even under use it doesnt drop that fast.
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I was very frustrated with battery life too until I flashed Gummy's NEX ROM. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401633) I now can go at least 18 hrs on a single charge with the bigger battery and average to heavy usage.
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You miss the part where he is running that rom already?
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learn to find out why and fix it, android rewards ppl for doing specifically that.
long time android user, and my GF just upgraded to her first smartphone to the galaxy nexus, same phone i have. and the battery sucked, she had 50% left and went to work and within 2 hours it was dead, so i unlocked/rooted. and installed aokp 3 milestone along with franco krenel to the latest milestone. same rom and kernel i have, and i get atleast 14+ hours on regular use nothing turned off.
her battery status looks like it usally the cell standby to blame, could this be a hardware issue? i completly wiped data/dalvik/battery and did new install, going to try again flashing back to complete stock. but could this be a hardware issue?
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Turn off 4g.
have you checked if you both have the same radio? you can try that
also maybe check hows reception on her workplace
So... she had bad signal. Phone sat there trying to get 4G / hang on to a bad signal. Will drain the battery 100% to 0% in a few hours if you let it do that.
no i haven't tried turning 4g off yet, shouldn't have to i wouldn't think. she lives in seattle and i live 30miles further north of from her, and i don't have a problem with 4g conection. but i'll try that just to see if it gives a different result.
Well I can tell you right now, AOKP gets absolutely HORRID battery life. Try BAMF.
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Download juice defender and set it to balanced. You will see a HUGE difference with standby drain.
If you have a third of the time without signal, I would expect energy to drain a lot, as the radio will keep trying to find a signal and consume way more energy than if it is connected and in stand by.
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Well I can tell you right now, AOKP gets absolutely HORRID battery life. Try BAMF.
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Nothing wrong with AOKP battery
yea im useing AOKP and get great battery on my phone, but not hers, thats why i was wondering if it COULD be a hardware issue, or if this is always a software issue.
Update to 4.04 u will get battery like this.
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Nothing wrong with AOKP battery
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Ditto that. It's easy to blame a particular ROM for one's battery woes, but the truth of the matter is it's invariably something else causing the drain.
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Her signal is destroying the battery, turn off 4g and if she only does the Facebook thing and messaging do the following
I believe there is/was a setting to turn off mobile data when screen is off
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I believe there is/was a setting to turn off mobile data when screen is off
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Constantly turning on/off mobile data when the screen is off will more than likely drain the battery more than leaving it on. Not to mention that you'll get no background sync or notifications.
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no i haven't tried turning 4g off yet, shouldn't have to i wouldn't think. she lives in seattle and i live 30miles further north of from her, and i don't have a problem with 4g conection. but i'll try that just to see if it gives a different result.
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No I think you have to turn it off if its right on that fringe area. Plus lte networks and radios are very immature ans have a lot of years to get fully optimized and tweaked to match current cell coverage performance. You're using a brand new network technology that has a long way to go. Beta testing.
Tons of accounts syncing and other crap running. WiFi and BT on. Probably could have gone over 3 days easy.
Pretty impressive. This is because I've been playing with the One X recently.
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Tons of accounts syncing and other crap running. WiFi and BT on. Probably could have gone over 3 days easy.
Pretty impressive. This is because I've been playing with the One X recently.
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its alright. you should get at least 5 days in standby mode. by the looks of your screenshot, it looks like theres something constantly waking your phone.
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its alright. you should get at least 5 days in standby mode. by the looks of your screenshot, it looks like theres something constantly waking your phone.
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Yeah I have a bunch of crap running including 3 IMAP accounts and stuff. Also I used it for about 2 hours on and off during this time.
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Yeah but for 68 hours those blue stripes aren't bad. If it was 16h and it looked like that then that would suck.
...of the people, by the people, for the people...
yep, pretty awesome standby times i've been getting, longest i had was 3d22h on battery, 1h screen on (more or less).
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so... you dont use your phone?
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so... you dont use your phone?
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yeh i don't think i could go more than an hour w/o using my phone... but i guess its impressive
What's your take on the One X versus the Galaxy Nexus since you have both?
some of us actually work for a living, and spending my time playing with my phone isn't what i get paid to do. some of us actually use the device for phone calls and texting for a large part of the day.
i have several desktops at home, a tablet w/ a keyboard dock...not really a need to surf on a 4.6 inch screen when i'm at home.
finally, this thread is about standby battery runtime.
i have also tested how much can i actively use my phone before it runs out of juice, and that is about 1d16h with 3h40 screen on. you've made me go offtopic.
for me, there should be only one thread about these things, where people actually post collected data about consumed voltages, wakelocks, idle drain. it proves the system+customizations+user installed apps is stable enough at one point in time. and OP has a lot of stuff on background sync. indeed impressive.
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What's your take on the One X versus the Galaxy Nexus since you have both?
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The screen, camera and performance are far superior. However, everything else is better on the Nexus.
My dream phone would be the Nexus with this camera, screen and CPU.
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so... you dont use your phone?
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The thread title says standby....so I think that is a given for this thread.
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some of us actually work for a living, and spending my time playing with my phone isn't what i get paid to do. some of us actually use the device for phone calls and texting for a large part of the day.
i have several desktops at home, a tablet w/ a keyboard dock...not really a need to surf on a 4.6 inch screen when i'm at home.
finally, this thread is about standby battery runtime.
i have also tested how much can i actively use my phone before it runs out of juice, and that is about 1d16h with 3h40 screen on. you've made me go offtopic.
for me, there should be only one thread about these things, where people actually post collected data about consumed voltages, wakelocks, idle drain. it proves the system+customizations+user installed apps is stable enough at one point in time. and OP has a lot of stuff on background sync. indeed impressive.
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This.
Folks comparing their screen on times and trying to maximize them....are you guys even employed? I get high talk time, but screen on time? Come on.
Are you using juice defender or any other battery saver? Also what is your brightness setting?
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