I tried aggressive setting but I don't like that it just kills data once the screen is off and idk if it ever turns on for syncing. So I ended up doing custom with almost every option clicked. Feels like I'm wasting the app now though. How is yours set up?
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It does sync every 5min/30min/hour/whatever there should be an option for it. I'm not using it right now but I had mine setup to sync every 30 mins.
Is it worth the lag to get this kind of battery life?
I mean without it I get through the day but I kinda have to conserve a bit.
What do you mean lag? I mean its slightly annoying sometimes when I turn my phone on and the data takes five seconds to connect but some people say it saves a ton of battery.
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I've never had any lag with Juice Defender.. on any device for that matter.
With LTE, it is a lifesaver. With 3G, not so much.
I tried JD on this phone last couple of days. Just uninstalled it, causing too many issues I never had before.
Weird freezes on lock screen. Issue when restarting phone would hang. Voicemail coming in late.
Never once had any of these issues before Juice Defender. But yes it really did extend battery life. But too buggy for me.
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Yea that's my biggest issue with it. I'm hoping I have it set up well enough to work and save battery but who knows.
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Does anyone use it with their thrive? I just got my thrive today, absolutely love it, plugged it in and charged it, I'm not worried about battery life, just wondering if anyone else uses it. Also what are your settings if you do use it?
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Using Juice Defender
I have it on mine and it works like a charm. I'm typically a pretty heavy user (web, videos, etc...) and I was getting maybe an average of about 6 hours of use before I would hit that magic "15%" of battery life remaining that told me I needed get some A/C action going. After installing Juice Defender and getting it configured (that took a couple of days of tweaking settings) correctly for the way I use my Thrive I started getting slightly over 7 hours. It is not a huge increase but it works for me.
So even without jd I'm getting pretty awesome battery stats, now this is including standby and what not, but I've been using this pretty much on and off for the past few days and I've been getting well over 24 hours of use before having to plug it in, is anyone else getting this?
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Nope, I'm not getting that.
I have a launch day Evo and love it to death.
I'm a smartphone veteran so I have no problems with poor battery life. It comes with the territory.
Problem I'm having is that I have the worst battery life of the 9 Evo's in my circle of friends.
I'm going through 3 batteries a day (I do not charge in the car) and sometimes even need a 4th just before bed.
How can I determine if my phone is defective and killing my batteries?
Just noticed the horrible subject wording. Can the title be edited?
Have you tried calibrating your battery.
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Well we need more information. What do you use your phone for, how often, how many texts/emails/calls a day, are you rooted, what do you have syncing and how often, etc. But yes, going through 3 batteries a day is not normal. You can use an app like System Panel to see what apps are using your battery all day.
You guys are fast! Thanks
OK, a litlle more info:
1. I'm rooted, using Synergy ROM
2. I do text a lot during the day, use bluetooth when driving between appointments then turn it off when I arrive, browse occasionally, and talk on the phone very little
3. I have calibrated my batterries before and am using new batteries I only just got a few months ago
4. I once read some negative info about task killers that scared me to death so I haven't used anything like that
5 I put "Battery Monitor" on my phone a few months ago but have no idea how to use it or what it does
When I was using synergy my battery used to drain fast. Did you turn off compatibility mode in spare parts? Turn off some auto sync apps. Disable vibration. And automatic brightness option
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When I was using synergy my battery used to drain fast. Did you turn off compatibility mode in spare parts? Turn off some auto sync apps. Disable vibration. And automatic brightness option
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I wonder if its the ROM itself
I completely removed spare parts because I didn't understand what it was supposed to do
When running a custom rom, you can always run into problems like that. Personally, I had pretty weak battery life with Synergy, not as bad as you, but worse than other roms. Try flashing MikG, it's basically the exact same rom, but smoother and better battery life.
This app is great! It says I get 1.91x more than if I weren't to have it. I notice that after school (which I watch Netflix and play Modern Combat for about 3 hours and then 4 hours of standby) and come home with 70%+. There is barely any standby drain, like less than 1%. The awake bar is rarely on unless the screen on is on. The only complaint I have is that my Wifi Calling is going wack! I try calling and it would disconnect mid-dial tone. Then my wifi would flicker on and off and try to reconnect with the wifi calling.
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This app is great! It says I get 1.91x more than if I weren't to have it. I notice that after school (which I watch Netflix and play Modern Combat for about 3 hours and then 4 hours of standby) and come home with 70%+. There is barely any standby drain, like less than 1%. The awake bar is rarely on unless the screen on is on. The only complaint I have is that my Wifi Calling is going wack! I try calling and it would disconnect mid-dial tone. Then my wifi would flicker on and off and try to reconnect with the wifi calling.
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I heard about this I was thinking about trying it
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It does more harm then good to me
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It does more harm then good to me
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What kind of problems
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i've heard wonderful things about that app...what's ur problems that occured to you?
I've got a lot going on my phone that contributes to good battery life (undervolted, dim screen, SetCPU profile to underclock when screen is off) so it is hard for me to say if Juice Defender is doing a hell of a lot for me. Saturday I went 16 hours on battery with moderate use, about 15 minutes of playing a game, and hitting 4G about half of that time and I had 52% battery when I went to bed. I would think at that point it is safe to safe Juice Defender isn't hurting anything. I am running Ultimate Juice (the paid version) and my guess is that it really is helping save some battery. The whole idea of JD killing my data connection when my screen is off seems like a good idea to me.
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i've heard wonderful things about that app...what's ur problems that occured to you?
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My only problem is that wifi calling flickers sometimes.however, the battery you save is so much more of a gain than the not often flicker
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My only problem is that wifi calling flickers sometimes.however, the battery you save is so much more of a gain than the not often flicker
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you can try turning off Juice Defender when making a wifi call.
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you can try turning off Juice Defender when making a wifi call.
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Well it doesn't happen that often. But yea, that what I do when it does act up
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Maybe someone would like to share there settings? I get 1.6x I want to save 1.8x also
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relldroid said:
Maybe someone would like to share there settings? I get 1.6x I want to save 1.8x also
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I got it for my mom and she has a lot of standby time. So I'm guessing juice defender saves more battery as the standby time goes up because it reduces battery usage significantly when screen isn't on.
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I dont like the fact that when i turn my phone back on I see my twitter app has not updated for 2 hours despite juice defender enabling data every 5 mins.
^ Just have it enable data for longer, or have force sync instead of ping.
I let my phone completely die last night because I wanted to get a full charge on this thing. I wake up this morning, and after 4 minutes, it had gone down 4%. It has now been 7, and it's down 7%. Anything I can do?
PS, it is now down to 90%.
Running Calk's rooted FC15 with ics4ics theme and the lockscreen mod.
88% now.
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How long have you been on that setup? I know my first couple of %s go quick but after that everything settles down. Do you have location services on by any chance?
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How long have you been on that setup? I know my first couple of %s go quick but after that everything settles down. Do you have location services on by any chance?
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Been on it since Sunday. Location services are not enabled. Yesterday I noticed it had gone down faster than before, battery only lasted just over 8 hours with minimal use, but the wifi kept disconnecting, as did the 3g when wifi was off (this didn't happen in gingerbread).
I wonder if I don't need a new battery. I have noticed battery performance getting worse and worse over the past couple weeks.
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Been on it since Sunday. Location services are not enabled. Yesterday I noticed it had gone down faster than before, battery only lasted just over 8 hours with minimal use, but the wifi kept disconnecting, as did the 3g when wifi was off (this didn't happen in gingerbread).
I wonder if I don't need a new battery. I have noticed battery performance getting worse and worse over the past couple weeks.
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I would take your battery and have it checked at Sprint. They will replace it for free if it's bad. My battery gets better after a day or two. I lose 2-3% while asleep on wifi and regularly get 4-6 hours of screen on time depending on how I use my phone. Did you check your wifi sleep policy?
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Check what accounts you have setup, and if anything is syncing.
Goggle+, dropbox, and other applications have auto picture sync options which will KILL your battery.
Also location services in google or westher applications, and as always poor signal or no signal.
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neudof said:
Check what accounts you have setup, and if anything is syncing.
Goggle+, dropbox, and other applications have auto picture sync options which will KILL your battery.
Also location services in google or westher applications, and as always poor signal or no signal.
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Yeah, I forgot to mention the sync options. That taxes the battery big time
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Sync is always turned off.
Well, I tried something: pulling the battery for a minute, then when back in, plugging it into the charger. I would give me a false full battery light, because when I unplugged, it showed 90%, and it kept doing this every percentage point, so I kept unplugging and plugging until it showed 100%. Well, 10 minutes have past, and it hasn't budged. So I'm chalking this up to false battery stats.
Thanks for your suggestions!
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Sync is always turned off.
Well, I tried something: pulling the battery for a minute, then when back in, plugging it into the charger. I would give me a false full battery light, because when I unplugged, it showed 90%, and it kept doing this every percentage point, so I kept unplugging and plugging until it showed 100%. Well, 10 minutes have past, and it hasn't budged. So I'm chalking this up to false battery stats.
Thanks for your suggestions!
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Yeah, I was going to mention wiping the battery stats but I figured someone would say that does nothing. I always do it when I set up a new ROM even though some do it on install
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How many apps do you have installed? Could be a rogue app in backround eating your battery up.
Also with wifi/3g constantly disconnecting also taxes that battery juice faster then a constant steady signal.
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FYI, I am having this same problem on the same ROM for the last couple days. I thought I had isolated it to a problem with having USB debugging running when charging from the computer but that's not it either. Last couple days battery is draining so fast that I lose charge while plugged in! Have to charge from wall plug to get an increase in battery. I am having Android OS AND Android System at the top of my battery stats eating 35% and 34% respectively. Clealry not due to syncing or email checks or anything similar as this is the exact same setup I have been running for months (other than the upgrade to Calk's ICS ROM). I'm baffled....
Install these 3 apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
This app will tell you what is holding wake locks on your device. Anything over 30 minutes over the course of a day would be problematic imo. But it depends on what you have installed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bvalosek.cpuspy
This will tell you how much time your processor spends at each clock speed. Deep Sleep should be close to 80% with moderate use.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.WazaBe.android.BatteryDrain
This will show you your percent per hour usage of battery. It's optional, but it helps me debug battery use. Typically I run 3-6% per hour with moderate usage.
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Install these 3 apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
This app will tell you what is holding wake locks on your device. Anything over 30 minutes over the course of a day would be problematic imo. But it depends on what you have installed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bvalosek.cpuspy
This will tell you how much time your processor spends at each clock speed. Deep Sleep should be close to 80% with moderate use.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.WazaBe.android.BatteryDrain
This will show you your percent per hour usage of battery. It's optional, but it helps me debug battery use. Typically I run 3-6% per hour with moderate usage.
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Thanks for that. Will give this a shot. Something is clearly running like crazy in he background...
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Thanks for that. Will give this a shot. Something is clearly running like crazy in he background...
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So it figures, downloaded those apps, rebooted the phone and now its not happening anymore. This has been the problem the last couple days, its intermittent so I keep thinking I've figured out what's wrong and then it happens again. I'm thinking about going back to Gingerbread or trying one of the AOSP roms to see if the problem persists...
I noticed FC15 has the worst battery of all the leaks so far. It a joke shouldn't have even been sent to sprint for testing.
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Since my "fix" I'm at 85%. Been off the charger since 6am. It is 10:30 now.
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I noticed FC15 has the worst battery of all the leaks so far. It a joke shouldn't have even been sent to sprint for testing.
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Gonna have to disagree with you there, maybe you have a bad flash. I'm getting an average of 16 hours with fairly heavy usage. FC15 has been fantastic, no issues whatsoever.
Im having kinda the same problem. I just had to get my rooted phone replaced yesterday not that it matters it was rooted I had no roms or nothing on it just rooted at the time, but my battery was fine. I got a white one I havent rooted or nothing yet and battery is going fast. I kept the battery from the previous phone. I was looking through appbrain and seen the app "bad ass battery monitor" and my kernal is killing my battery as of today.
Argghhh Bricked it!
Tried going back to Gingerbread and hard bricked the phone! 5 years on android and four different phones and this is the first time I really truly bricked. Blue led on and not a thing else.
Well I guess getting a new phone is one way to get back to Gingerbread.... For now, I'm sporting a cutting edge Blackberry tour!
Why is this phone so easy to brick? I've had 4 other Android phones and I see more bricked posts for the e4gt than all the others combined...
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Why is this phone so easy to brick? I've had 4 other Android phones and I see more bricked posts for the e4gt than all the others combined...
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Before the ICS leaks, this phone was virtually unbrickable. Once we get the ICS source and the recovery issues are sorted out it will be that way again. If you stay clear of wiping individual partitions and follow directions in OP you are safe
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Mine has been horrible and have no idea why. I haven't changed apps or anything from previous installs or settings but Android OS loves to eat 50% of my battery which is a good 25% higher than normal.
Perhaps I'm crazy but I see no real improvement in battery life from ICS to Jellybean. Perhaps I am crazy, but that seems to be true. Thoughts? Anyone else experiencing the same?
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Not crazy at all. Many people have reported the opposite... that Jelly Bean actually reduced the battery life. If you are seeing no change then I would call that a good thing.
Stock everything.
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I'm pulling about 7 hours of battery as of now. Gonna run Juice Defender and see if I note any change.
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xTMFxOffshore said:
Perhaps I'm crazy but I see no real improvement in battery life from ICS to Jellybean. Perhaps I am crazy, but that seems to be true. Thoughts? Anyone else experiencing the same?
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Ah, another Photon refugee. Hope to see you have the same impact here as you did in the Photon forum. I am at 33+ hours with 71% battery remaining and Zdbox says that I still have >50 hours left (I sure as hell don't believe that). That being said, I am running a Hyperion 4200mah battery that has been great. I also have 54 frozen apps (including TouchWiz - I use ADW) and that has to help. Yesterday I downloaded Easy Battery Saver and am running it in intelligent mode and that seems to have had a large impact. We all know that battery life is a fragile thing and personal usage has the biggest influence. I don't use the phone alot, I am not on any social media and I'm usually on wifi. I'm sure that is a factor even though I'm on the Web a lot. Frankly, I' so happy with the setup that I'm currently running that I have not found a compelling reason to install a custom ROM.
Also, I don't auto update anything just to make sure that I update only on wifi.
Dschoms, I have no doubt at all this has a huge impact on it. I am always on my social media and what not. So again, sure that plays a role.
As for the battery, is that one of the thick ones? Like the extended one for the Evo?
And I was quite active on the Photon forums mostly testing and some aiding. Though most of that was working on kernels with Joker. But I'll help where I can.
And thanks for everyones input thus far. Appreciate it.
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Dschoms, I have no doubt at all this has a huge impact on it. I am always on my social media and what not. So again, sure that plays a role.
As for the battery, is that one of the thick ones? Like the extended one for the Evo?
And I was quite active on the Photon forums mostly testing and some aiding. Though most of that was working on kernels with Joker. But I'll help where I can.
And thanks for everyones input thus far. Appreciate it.
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Yeah, it does approximately double the thickness of the phone, but the replaceable battery was the determing factor for getting the S3 over the HTC. I use the GPS a fair amount and the larger battery was more desireable. Actually there were two things that I disliked about thd S3. One was the thinness and the other was the slickness of the case. I think the thicker battery gives the phone a better feel in my large hand. As for the slickness, I went to Home Depot and purchase an aerosol can of Plasti-Dip and coated the battery cover with a rubberized coating. Now I have a heftier phone with a non-slip surface and insane battery life. (2 days and two hours on the current charge with a THEORETICAL 55% and 32 hours lefT, LOL)
That's super rad. I may have to look into that non slip grip idea. Sounds like a good plan. Thanks for the info.
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So I ran Juice Defender and got a extra hour and fourty mins worth of battery life.
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Battery life is going to vary by user. EVERYONE uses the phone for different things.. So the person who occasionally text, looks something up may get extensive battery life, but a user who's online quite a bit.. Syncing FB, Emails constantly, will kill battery quicker. So it's a matter of making adjustments to conserve if that's what you prefer... Screen brightness to dimmer setting, Screen off at 15 Secs inactivity, Email sync to longer duration between, FB sync off, Little things like that will increase the life overall. Programs like Juice defender work awesome as well. leaving the network connected when not in use is a huge battery drain.. send to airplane mode or turn off data will help. I've done these things on all my Galaxy (EPIC). Do a search, you'll see some tips around here..
Yeah I'm akways on my phone. Sending e-mails and texts and all that jazz. Thanks.
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Yeah I'm akways on my phone. Sending e-mails and texts and all that jazz. Thanks.
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I use juice defender to help when i have my screen off, it'll disable data. (Can still get text messages just no email sync and such) turns back on with screen on. But it's all on the usage.. Can always invest in an extended life battery if you feel the urge. Makes the phone a bit thicker.. but gives ya longer battery life.
Yeah. I'm not super worried about the battery life and what not. Was just curious.
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