Juice Defender with gnex - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Has anyone tried juice defender with the gnex and if so have you seen any differences in battery life (what are your settings)
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I had juice from 645a to 11pm... All the way down to 6%... Light web surfing, email, a couple of phone calls, and pandora for an hour with bluetooth headphones connected... So i think it helped a little...

all those apps are just b.s.
all they do is disable your data when the screen is off.
you want to see some real battery saving wonder?... put it in 'airplane mode'(at least when you aren't planning on using your phone at all & not expecting any calls).
if anything, just turn off 'mobile data' when you aren't using data and that's the best thing you can do.

voxigenboy said:
all those apps are just b.s.
all they do is disable your data when the screen is off.
you want to see some real battery saving wonder?... put it in 'airplane mode'(at least when you aren't planning on using your phone at all & not expecting any calls).
if anything, just turn off 'mobile data' when you aren't using data and that's the best thing you can do.
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The point of those apps is they do it for you..
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joshnichols189 said:
The point of those apps is they do it for you..
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Pony up and get tasker at that point. I use a data toggle widget personally.
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Putting it in APM would also disable cell and text functionality.
Tasker is powerful, but not use friendly (I'm STILL reading tutorials and the wiki..), while JD is much more accessible. I'm moving away from JD because I'm seeing weird bugs on my GNex (not sure if it's JD, the GN or Verizon) and Tasker seems like it'll be the bees-knees when I get a hang of it..
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Juice defender

Anyone use this? How is the luck?
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I use the paid version and could not be happier. I am running CM7 with a 2150 battery. Before I got JD I could barely go 5 hours on a charge. Now I can easily go 36 hours
what does it do exactly?
it is a great app... it regulates all of your connections in which if you were to use your wifi, then turn off your screen, juice defender will turn it off, but it will turn it back on when you unlock your phone... its great, highly recommend
It's a neat idea in theory but if you go with the free version it really sucks for trying to stream internet radio like sirius or Pandora.....when the screen is off it shuts off your data connection so radio apps stop playing... just a heads up
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I pretty much double my battery life with this app. It's the best.
Does anyone have any guides to a good set-up for Juice Defender?
I've found a few features I'm sure would help, but I'm also sure there are people who have better combinations of set-ups than I could ever come up with.
Yeah I have the full version but I'm wary of turning off data most times
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I have the paid version and I definetly notice a difference with and without the app. The auto on/off wifi based on location without the use of GPS is a really nice feature imo.
I've never tried it, if it turns off data with the screen off wouldn't that be bad for Google Voice? I use it for all calls & texts.
Its a great app, you have to get the paid version though. There's so many features it's a little overwhelming lol According to the app itself I get about 1.86 times my normal amount, which turns out to be around 15-24 hours depending on usage. It is a pain to figure out the settings from streaming radio apps though.
Give chainfires superpower a try. It works better then jd for me.
I propose a toast to the 21st century.
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Automatically disable data during the night on cm10?

Hi,
As I am losing 20% overnight (which means no alarm clock in the morning) I need something to save my battery.
Maybe it is possible?
I would like an app which turns off:
- wifi
- Data
- Changes to 2g
Maybe something else?
Thanks!
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Just manually turn off data before you go to bed?
Or plug the phone in...
Or... buy an alarm clock? There's an idea .
I believe CM10 has this setting under "Night Mode". Try searching in your settings for that. I would give you a more specific answer, but right now I'm not running CM10, but a lot of other roms have this option. It allows you to set the times and apply certain data and toggle settings. Then again, I could be completely off and CM10 might not have this.
I know Airplane mode would disable all carrier connections, but that still leaves WiFi. For that, could you not simply disable WiFi itself?
Go into profile and edit the night profile and you'll be set
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specter07 said:
Go into profile and edit the night profile and you'll be set
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Thanks!!!! But how to switch profiles automatically?
Do i need to go to settings each tim? No shortcut?
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You can look into using an app called Tasker. It has a vast array of useful tasks that can be automated.
There's an app called LLAMA, which should work.
bat0nas said:
Hi,
As I am losing 20% overnight (which means no alarm clock in the morning) I need something to save my battery.
Maybe it is possible?
I would like an app which turns off:
- wifi
- Data
- Changes to 2g
Maybe something else?
Thanks!
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DZYR said:
There's an app called LLAMA, which should work.
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Already installing.
Thanks!
Llama is totally great!!!
Not sure if it is a best solution and what are the alternatives. But I love Llama now.
I confgured 4 events (home, home night, work, outside work or home) and testing them.
Switching between events is a bit laggy but seems to work.
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Even with data etc on, the phone certainly shouldn't eat that much battery over night. Find what's the true cause (poor app) instead.
tptlk
personally i use an app called Green Power that you can set times and modes for that disables data when the screens been off long enough and a number of other useful features to help with battery life.

Tips and tricks: improve JB idle battery life.

Confirm the following option is unchecked:
Maps/Settings/Location settings/Report from this device.
If it is checked, uncheck it.
Here's the difference in battery life -
About half the battery drain with the option unchecked.
Thanks for the tip
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It looks exactly the same lol. Just one was running on battery longer than the other?
ReapersDeath said:
It looks exactly the same lol. Just one was running on battery longer than the other?
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What are you talking about? Did you zoom in to see screen on/awake usage? Both are about 7.5 hours of idle time.
I updated my phone to JB and followed the battery saving measures and the battery is dropping very quickly.
Before it could last up to 3 days in standby, now I'll be surprised if it lasts 8 hours.
I'll give it another day then try a factory reset if it does not improve.
Anybody else seeing this?
I have watchdog on the phone and it shows zero cpu off time.
Just install better battery stats, there is also a way to dump the same info in terminal but I don't use it. You are looking for alarms apps cause. It's most likely maps, followed by talk, exchange client, or anything like Twitter, FB,g+,stocks.... but most likely maps location settings
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I have been doing a lot of research and the end result is that JB out of the box will eat your battery and yes disabling the settings under maps does in fact help a lot but there is a lot more you can do to get good life... for starters get the simple stuff out of the way, DELETE FACEBOOK MOBILE APP!!!...and twitter and anything that actively accesses the internet in the background... I know this may sound taxing but it is so worth it if yiu just make a bookmark in your browser and view it periodically than have an always active app... next if you are not in a primarily lte covered area set your phone to cdma only... go into settings and go to data usage and here you can see what is using data in the background I.e. facebook... and go there and check the restrict app box.., disable auto brightness and some have said that if you disable sprint connection manager thing you can do even more.... now that one I cannot be sure about I will post results in the coming days of what I find
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OZGBLACK said:
I have been doing a lot of research and the end result is that JB out of the box will eat your battery and yes disabling the settings under maps does in fact help a lot but there is a lot more you can do to get good life... for starters get the simple stuff out of the way, DELETE FACEBOOK MOBILE APP!!!...and twitter and anything that actively accesses the internet in the background... I know this may sound taxing but it is so worth it if yiu just make a bookmark in your browser and view it periodically than have an always active app... next if you are not in a primarily lte covered area set your phone to cdma only... go into settings and go to data usage and here you can see what is using data in the background I.e. facebook... and go there and check the restrict app box.., disable auto brightness and some have said that if you disable sprint connection manager thing you can do even more.... now that one I cannot be sure about I will post results in the coming days of what I find
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You are pretty much correct the FB app sucks but I never really had much problems with it.
A lot of these tips though in general (not directed towards you) are stupid.
Like someone said a while ago I refuse to gimp my phone to sip a little bit more life out of it. What's the use of having a smartphone if you're not going to use it like one.
I always have high brightness unless its dark out. I broke my syncs intervals up to about 4 hours per sync and have push notifications from twitter and weather.
With those apps all I have to do is refresh when I enter the app having those syncing all the time is worthless unless you're constantly checking every 10 seconds.
I say I get fairly decent battery life granted I'm on wifi most the time and 7-8 hours with about 2 hrs screen on playing HD games youtube poweramp and my background processes.
Well in regards to the act of extending the life of your battery these are simply tips that you can utilize in the event you are someone who is out for extreme amounts of time.... I average anywhere from 13 to 17 hrs of battery life with 100% brightness, wifi 3g all of my favorite apps... instagram xda kik kindle Skype etc. And 5 to 6 hrs of screen on time. .. so these gimping tactics more than double my phones live time and doubles my life.... but hey if you can get to a charger after 8hrs by all means but for the most part I cannot until after 13 but i do in fact appreciate your incite
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Also even though you are disabling sone of these apps like google now.... you can still use it your just turning off the background nonsense
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OZGBLACK said:
Well in regards to the act of extending the life of your battery these are simply tips that you can utilize in the event you are someone who is out for extreme amounts of time.... I average anywhere from 13 to 17 hrs of battery life with 100% brightness, wifi 3g all of my favorite apps... instagram xda kik kindle Skype etc. And 5 to 6 hrs of screen on time. .. so these gimping tactics more than double my phones live time and doubles my life.... but hey if you can get to a charger after 8hrs by all means but for the most part I cannot until after 13 but i do in fact appreciate your incite
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what rom and kernel are u using
Even with changing that setting in Maps I still am not getting the same battery life as I did with ICS. Maps is still coming up as my most used app when I check battery usage even though I rarely use it. Wonder if it may be Google Now causing Maps to keep running.
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What are you talking about? Did you zoom in to see screen on/awake usage? Both are about 7.5 hours of idle time.
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Oh wow. Sorry from my phone I couldn't zoom in. I see now lol. Thought I saw 90 and 89 or something like that
I had the Maps setting turned off for a few days and also had A LOT of stuff disabled, but unfortunately my battery life (and my wife's as well) wasn't as good as ICS, and quite a bit worse actually.
Sadly, today, it looks like I figured out what the killer is:
Google Now.
This morning, 100% charged, I turned it off. My wife (who still had it on) and I were out and about together for about four hours, we both barely used out phones for that time. When we got home I checked both phones: I was at 96%, she was at 80%.
The only difference that I hadn't already accounted for:
Google Now.
So, unfortunately, it looks to me like one of the two biggest reasons for wanting JB in the first place (Butter being the other of course) turns out to be a big battery hog I don't yet know if there's maybe some setting within it that is a specific problem or if it's the whole thing in general... maybe you just need to disable a card or change an update frequency or something (I didn't touch any so I'm running whatever the defaults are), I don't know yet... but all indications are that's where the problem lies.
That, my friends, sucks.
Well since my phone has calmed down I am getting 13-16 hr easily. Brightness maxed of course and about 4-6 screen on time I will never cripple my phone. Hell I bought it so I can use not to look at. Lol thanks for the post of this though if I'm ever I. A die hard , situation I'll know what to do
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Orbiting234 said:
Even with changing that setting in Maps I still am not getting the same battery life as I did with ICS. Maps is still coming up as my most used app when I check battery usage even though I rarely use it. Wonder if it may be Google Now causing Maps to keep running.
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Google Now uses the "Report from this device" and "Enable location history" maps location settings to determine your driving patterns so it can suggest alternative routes and report traffic delays. Disabling "Enable location history" will disable the driving pattern suggestions completely.
FWIW Settings | More settings | Mobile networks | Network mode
Changing from "CDMA" to "LTE / CDMA" has gained me better battery life. My wife also noticed the same.
(To save time, I'm cutting & pasting my post from another similar thread.)
> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963689&page=3
"I have had my Galaxy S3 for a week now. Battery life stabilized after the initial syncing, etc. I updated to Jelly Bean v4.1.1 two days ago, and battery life didn't seem noticeably different. However, that was until today. My phone was off of the charger, around 10AM, and had < 5% charge by 4:30PM. I was very busy, so I was hardly using the phone all day. It was in my pocket or on my desk most of the time. One of the only settings I changed last night, was enabling 'Use wireless networks' and enabling 'Location and Google search' under 'Location Services' in 'Settings'. I just disabled both settings, and will see if the battery drain is any less tomorrow. Also, Google Now was off, and was never enabled on my phone. I'll try to post the results, if at all possible..."
So, for me, it seems to be Location Services may have caused my poor battery life, and was definitly not Google Now, as it was never enabled. I'll try using the phone with the settings off, and see if that changes anything...
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what rom and kernel are u using
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Stock stock stock jellybean ota... that's it
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I do love Jelly Bean; as it is ICS only improved or enhanced. But battery life has definitely taken a hit. I can barely make it through 24 hrs. On ICS I could do a day and a half to two days with really light use. I've tried just about everything mentioned with little change. Good thing I have an extra battery. Thank you Samsung for making a phone with a user replaceable battery.
Thanks for all the ideas/suggestions anyways,
El Mono
I noticed the huge difference as well. I was walking around Chicago yesterday and not using my phone. After 4 hours I looked and my battery was at 50 %.
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Battery Life Question

I have happy with my battery life but only getting about 12 hours a day. And I read people getting a day and a half? That's ridiculous! I am currently running Jedi XP 8 with Perseus, I kill my apps instantly after use, use full brightness and turn off data when I'm on wifi. So what else? Thanks in advance.
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Maybe your full brightness has something to do with that.
Edit: I think this belongs in q&a s3ction.
Edit 2 : kernel overclocked?
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Kmanblazzer said:
I have happy with my battery life but only getting about 12 hours a day. And I read people getting a day and a half? That's ridiculous! I am currently running Jedi XP 8 with Perseus, I kill my apps instantly after use, use full brightness and turn off data when I'm on wifi. So what else? Thanks in advance.
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Screen brightness es are usually the ones killing the battery.
Full screen brightness is probably the reason why
Kmanblazzer said:
I have happy with my battery life but only getting about 12 hours a day. And I read people getting a day and a half? That's ridiculous! I am currently running Jedi XP 8 with Perseus, I kill my apps instantly after use, use full brightness and turn off data when I'm on wifi. So what else? Thanks in advance.
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Absolutely. That screen brightness will kill it every time..
Current Devices: At&t Samsung Galaxy Note, Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Asus Google Nexus 7 Super Tablet
Current Roms: Jedi XP 9 (Note 2), AOKP (Galaxy Nexus), Nexus 7 Stock
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Maybe your full brightness has something to do with that.
Edit: I think this belongs in q&a s3ction.
Edit 2 : kernel overclocked?
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Yes the kernel over clocks
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Kmanblazzer said:
Yes the kernel over clocks
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Kernel oc'd can drain battery aswell.
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Coming from someone who LOVES bright screens... unless you're nearly blind, there's absolutely no reason why anyone needs to constantly be running their Note 2's screen at full brightness. Auto-brightness is extremely efficient, and if you don't like how the phones native auto-brightness feature manages things, there's many third party apps which can do it better. Full brightness will kill anything on a battery, from a laptop to a cell phone.
Very true ^^^^
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Bsmith0731 said:
Absolutely. That screen brightness will kill it every time..
Current Devices: At&t Samsung Galaxy Note, Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Asus Google Nexus 7 Super Tablet
Current Roms: Jedi XP 9 (Note 2), AOKP (Galaxy Nexus), Nexus 7 Stock
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This means nothing, you have the freaking phone in airplane mode, of course your phone is going to last forever like that
walie said:
This means nothing, you have the freaking phone in airplane mode, of course your phone is going to last forever like that
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It means everything. I'm trying all methods..
Current Devices: At&t Samsung Galaxy Note, Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Asus Google Nexus 7 Super Tablet
Current Roms: Jedi XP 9 (Note 2), AOKP (Galaxy Nexus), Nexus 7 Stock
Full brightness can cut your screen on time in half. There is no reason to turn off data when connecting to wifi, it's already off. This is android, constantly killing apps will waste your battery even more.
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Full brightness can cut your screen on time in half. There is no reason to turn off data when connecting to wifi, it's already off. This is android, constantly killing apps will waste your battery even more.
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Why is that killing apps right after use drains your battery? I have come from iPhone so I thought it would just increase it. Also, since apps are running in the background why wouldn't background apps killing your battery? And if I shouldn't kill them right after use, when should I kill them?
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I get a day and a half on full brightness... But not much screen on time.
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Kmanblazzer said:
Why is that killing apps right after use drains your battery? I have come from iPhone so I thought it would just increase it. Also, since apps are running in the background why wouldn't background apps killing your battery? And if I shouldn't kill them right after use, when should I kill them?
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Yeah no clue why he said that. Clearing your ram before you turn off screen increases your battery by a lot.
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A lot of bloatware removed.
Screen on time after normal charge: 7-8 hours always.
i'm very pleased with battery life on my device. i'm using a deodexed, rooted stock ATT 4.1.2 ROM, with stock kernel, Power Mode off, brightness set to about 40% and screen mode set to Natural. i don't use task killers, battery managing apps, etc. my usage is mainly email, calls, web surfing and listening to music (when i have time).
on an average work day, i can get 16-20 hours per charge with 6-9 hours screen time, about 150 emails (4 exchange accounts all set to push 24/7) and 35-90 minutes in phone calls. at the end of my average day i'll have 15-25% battery left before it's on the charger again. there are days when my usage is above average and battery life will be lower. fortunately, for me, i have wifi available and strong phone signals where i work. the pictures below are an example of an average workday: 15 hours, with 8 hrs screen time, 62 minutes of call time and there's 31% battery left. most of the screen time was related to reading/replying to emails, web browsing and texts.
the OP doesn't mention their expectations beyond getting 12 hrs on a single charge and how he/she uses the device on a daily basis. that will surely factor into their respective experience.
Kmanblazzer said:
Why is that killing apps right after use drains your battery? I have come from iPhone so I thought it would just increase it. Also, since apps are running in the background why wouldn't background apps killing your battery? And if I shouldn't kill them right after use, when should I kill them?
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Background apps aren't necessarily doing anything. This isnt windows, Android is unix based, unused ram is wasted ram. The system loads apps into the ram so you can switch back and forth easily.
An app isnt constantly doing stuff in the background unless it is intended (like utorrent or music), or the app is badly made(I'm looking at you weather channel). Your ram is always on, no matter how full it is it will always use the same amount of power, when you're in deep sleep your apps are frozen and not actively running. Killing all your apps just means the next time you use the app it has to be read from internal storage and loaded into the ram instead of already being there in the first place, this actually uses more power. Some apps wont even stay closed and will immediately reopen anyways.
Tl; dr Android has ways of freezing apps when not in use, killing apps just means they have to be loaded again on next use which uses power. Some apps are broken and wake up all the time, use betterbatterystats to help find them.
The only solution is to use something like betterbatterystats and find the crap apps that are breaking deep sleep.
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Background apps aren't necessarily doing anything. This isnt windows, Android is unix based, unused ram is wasted ram. The system loads apps into the ram so you can switch back and forth easily.
An app isnt constantly doing stuff in the background unless it is intended (like utorrent or music), or the app is badly made(I'm looking at you weather channel). Your ram is always on, no matter how full it is it will always use the same amount of power, when you're in deep sleep your apps are frozen and not actively running. Killing all your apps just means the next time you use the app it has to be read from internal storage and loaded into the ram instead of already being there in the first place, this actually uses more power. Some apps wont even stay closed and will immediately reopen anyways.
Tl; dr Android has ways of freezing apps when not in use, killing apps just means they have to be loaded again on next use which uses power. Some apps are broken and wake up all the time, use betterbatterystats to help find them.
The only solution is to use something like betterbatterystats and find the crap apps that are breaking deep sleep.
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Thanks, this helps a lot!
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Dr. Evo said:
Coming from someone who LOVES bright screens... unless you're nearly blind, there's absolutely no reason why anyone needs to constantly be running their Note 2's screen at full brightness. Auto-brightness is extremely efficient, and if you don't like how the phones native auto-brightness feature manages things, there's many third party apps which can do it better. Full brightness will kill anything on a battery, from a laptop to a cell phone.
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Ive tried using the Auto feature but when I enable it, it dims the screen so I can hardly see it. Ive seen screenshots of other users screens with the 'Auto' enabled and they are much brighter......Am I missing another setting somewhere else?
Simon. You are absolutely correct..
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Chasoscar said:
Ive tried using the Auto feature but when I enable it, it dims the screen so I can hardly see it. Ive seen screenshots of other users screens with the 'Auto' enabled and they are much brighter......Am I missing another setting somewhere else?
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As I said, there are all sort of third party apps out there, that manage screen brightness and most do it better than the native feature. This is the one I use... although I have the paid version. Best auto-brightness I've ever used on any phone...
GOOGLE PLAY: Lux Auto Brightness - Free

Best battery saver apps for nexus 4

Hi All,
I would like to invite your suggestions on best battery saving apps that you are using and how much difference does it make. Is it worth paying for apps juice defender ultimate or so http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/icons/advanced/battery_full.png
I am on stock (rooted) 4.2.1 and stock rom.
Thanks!
Best battery saver is your self. These apps don't work any better than you doing the things it does manually. If its using resources which they all do to "save" you battery... Its not really saving you battery.. But in fact using it.
Some tips I suggest:
Turn sync off in everything. Go to data usage hit the menu button and uncheck auto sync data. Also you will want to open apps that have notifications and make sure they aren't syncing either.
Remove maps if you don't use it or disable it at the very least this will keep it from polling your location and wake locking the device.
Keep your running apps to a minimum and force stop any unnecessary apps.
Turn off Google backup services. Sometimes this will be pulling and pushing data wake locking the device and using battery. I've never found it necessary especially since I use TiBu anyways for my apps to restore. It never saves my WiFi password either.
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anx.sap said:
Hi All,
I would like to invite your suggestions on best battery saving apps that you are using and how much difference does it make. Is it worth paying for apps juice defender ultimate or so http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/icons/advanced/battery_full.png
I am on stock (rooted) 4.2.1 and stock rom.
Thanks!
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for me best battery saver app is still juice defender ultimate. used it on my S3 once (2.5x longer batt life) but not on my N4.
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Best battery saver is your self. These apps don't work any better than you doing the things it does manually. If its using resources which they all do to "save" you battery... Its not really saving you battery.. But in fact using it.
Some tips I suggest:
Turn sync off in everything. Go to data usage hit the menu button and uncheck auto sync data. Also you will want to open apps that have notifications and make sure they aren't syncing either.
Remove maps if you don't use it or disable it at the very least this will keep it from polling your location and wake locking the device.
Keep your running apps to a minimum and force stop any unnecessary apps.
Turn off Google backup services. Sometimes this will be pulling and pushing data wake locking the device and using battery. I've never found it necessary especially since I use TiBu anyways for my apps to restore. It never saves my WiFi password either.
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This ^^^ battery "saving " apps usually do more harm than good. Uber, nice to see you awaiting your N4
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Keep your running apps to a minimum and force stop any unnecessary apps.
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This isn't particularly good advice in my opinion. Are there apps that do use battery power when you don't force close them? Yes, sure, but many don't. And those which do without a good reason.. try to find a replacement.
Force closing apps all the time especially on a device with lots of ram will mean that your device has to restart the app completely if you open it again, which takes time and energy.
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Also, turning off sync doesn't really help that much if you still use your apps often but instead refresh manually with the screen on, I'd expect. Of course everyone can decide for themselves, but one of the reasons I own a smartphone is because it can notify of an incoming email or something without me having to go to gmail.com manually. It all very much depends on what you want from your phone and how much you are willing to compromise. Using an App like Lux for example could also save you some battery depending on how bright you need your screen to be etc. There are so many variables to this.
Best battery saver is to not run crappy battery hogging apps like juice defender.
Turn on auto brightness, check your apps and make sure you are not syncing very often unless you need it. For most apps you can turn off auto sync and probably sync manually. I just turn on auto sync for handful of important apps which I open regularly.
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Manually turn down screen brightness, don't leave the Wifi or bluetooth on when you're not connected, make sure apps you install aren't keeping the phone awake. Not much else actually works in the real world.
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I get two and a half days from my Nexus 4 battery, I can thank Juice Defender Ultimate for a large part of that.
I could do all the tricks that Juice Defender does manually, but it would be a PITA and I'm sure I'd forget some of those tricks.
Better to pay a few quid, take a little time to set up Juice Defender, then sit back and enjoy your doubled battery life.
the best part of Juice Defender was turning off Wifi when not at home.. if you like this feature, search the playstore for 'Y5 Battery Saver'. It does the same thing, is simple and free..
Note: dont backup and restore it in titanium though. If you rebuild, install from the playstore. I have found it doesn't work right if restored
IMO if all you want is bt/wifi to toggle when you aren't home spend $5 on a few nfc stickers and stick one by your front door. You could also go with tasker.
As for battery life, francos kernel is giving me 2 days of battery (far more than I need) with wifi/bt on, whatever apps need to sync do so and I have brightness set to auto.
I found juice defender good for phones that are bloated with crapware and not rooted. It hurt battery life when i used it for phones with custom roms and kernels.
gazsus said:
I get two and a half days from my Nexus 4 battery, I can thank Juice Defender Ultimate for a large part of that.
I could do all the tricks that Juice Defender does manually, but it would be a PITA and I'm sure I'd forget some of those tricks.
Better to pay a few quid, take a little time to set up Juice Defender, then sit back and enjoy your doubled battery life.
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Can you post you juice defense settings. I can't even get 2 days from my nexus 4.
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anx.sap said:
Can you post you juice defense settings. I can't even get 2 days from my nexus 4.
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nvm
ÜBER™ said:
Best battery saver is your self. These apps don't work any better than you doing the things it does manually. If its using resources which they all do to "save" you battery... Its not really saving you battery.. But in fact using it.
Some tips I suggest:
Turn sync off in everything. Go to data usage hit the menu button and uncheck auto sync data. Also you will want to open apps that have notifications and make sure they aren't syncing either.
Remove maps if you don't use it or disable it at the very least this will keep it from polling your location and wake locking the device.
Keep your running apps to a minimum and force stop any unnecessary apps.
Turn off Google backup services. Sometimes this will be pulling and pushing data wake locking the device and using battery. I've never found it necessary especially since I use TiBu anyways for my apps to restore. It never saves my WiFi password either.
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Ya cripple your phone like this guy says lol
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After I turned 'Google location' and NFC off, this thing can easily last the day with average use. Before that it was just draining like crazy.
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I've had juice defender ultimate since my Nexus S days. I wouldn't be without it as I can't get my battery to last a full day without it. When it's fully configured correctly, it works fantastic. I especially like that I can configure wifi to turn on and off automatically in areas where I have a saved wifi. I can decide the interval I choose for syncing data, and there are many other features. I'm not going to be manually turning on and off functions all the time, all that does is create more screen on time and is a waste of my time.
Bottom line, for me juice defender ultimate works because I spent time configuring it properly for my usage.
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IMO if all you want is bt/wifi to toggle when you aren't home spend $5 on a few nfc stickers and stick one by your front door. You could also go with tasker.
As for battery life, francos kernel is giving me 2 days of battery (far more than I need) with wifi/bt on, whatever apps need to sync do so and I have brightness set to auto.
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What's the screen on time though?
I can easily get 2 days of battery if I don't use my phone at all.
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What's the screen on time though?
I can easily get 2 days of battery if I don't use my phone at all.
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1.5 hrs screen on, 1.5hrs on call...I got close to 6hrs screen on when I did a drain test.
And no, I wasn't getting 2 days out of the phone stock with the same usage, it was more like 12-18hrs.
I tried using Juice Defender on a different phone and all it did was make the phone buggy with problems with wifi connectivity and other minor irritations and I could never configure it in such a way that didn't give me problems.
Are you having trouble making it through the day on one charge? I don't think I could use my N4 that much if I tried, I sat in a doctor's office the other day for 2.5 hours listening to Pandora on a bluetooth headset while reading a book with the screen on and still made it until I turned in for the night. Perhaps it is the Trinity kernel or custom ROM I am running, I never ran my phone stock so I don't have anything to compare with. I guess some of you want to go longer than 24 hours but it would be a really bizarre situation for me to need to do that.
So I tried juice defender ultimate and it did significantly increased my battery life. I am now getting about 30 hours or more with my regular usage. Even right now I have 63% remaining battery with 1 hour screen time and 17 hours total run time, see screenshot for usage.
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