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Any good apps to manage battery life?

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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@rbiter said:
Can't tell anything from those images. Its too early. And how is.your reception with your carrier and wifi?
sent from a galaxy far far away.
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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.
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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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Arcadia310 said:
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?

minooch said:
what radio & rom are u using?
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Stock rom. I got the latest OTA update already.
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alee said:
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.

Arcadia310 said:
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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cell standby a hardware issue???

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.

Smokeey said:
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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Sdobron said:
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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BrianDigital said:
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.

teggy6 said:
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.

This phone loves to standby like nothing else

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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mobilehavoc said:
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.

simms22 said:
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.
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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?

zeke1988 said:
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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zeuzinn said:
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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zeke1988 said:
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.

bk201doesntexist said:
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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If display time could last > 4 hours this phone would be perfect... but alas

This still makes me sad :/ Never gonna get over 3 hours of display time.
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Mine must be perfect then.

Hell, I'm lucky to get 2 hours in a charge

Yeah, the battery life for our phones is not the greatest, I've found a spare battery to be a must for longer days. I do get better battery life than what you're seeing though, an average of about 4 hours screen on per charge, with about 15-17 hours of standby using the standard 1750 mAh battery.

Getting 4 hours easy with SlimRom and Franco kernel
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qbanlinxx said:
Getting 4 hours easy with SlimRom and Franco kernel
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On Wi-Fi. Not 4G. And to the OP you should know better than to expect more over weak 4G. Its worst than 3G
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On Wi-Fi. Not 4G. And to the OP you should know better than to expect more over weak 4G. Its worst than 3G
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Yeah... it's crazy. It's the one hindrance of smartphones... 4G + 4hour + display time would be ideal. FCC should make a mandate about battery life... "Must exceed 5 hours with the display on full brightness with a low signal 4G"

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FCC should make a mandate about battery life... "Must exceed 5 hours with the display on full brightness with a low signal 4G"
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I'm not sure you understand what the FCC does... Vote with your wallet if you want a change, go buy a phone like the RAZR Maxx with a huge battery, complaining here won't do anything.

op, your signal strenght is very low. switch to 3g. gsm radios will always consume less power. we on maguro can get over 3h display, easy!

bk201doesntexist said:
op, your signal strenght is very low. switch to 3g. gsm radios will always consume less power. we on maguro can get over 3h display, easy!
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Yup, the GSM guys get much better battery life.
My VZN Gnex has less than 2 hours screen time with mixed LTE and wifi on a good signal. That said, I'm still going to complain no matter how many people say to switch to 3G. I believe consumers buy products because they should be good, not so they can make sacrifices after purchasing a product. As of yet, the VZN crowd doesn't have much of a choice for Nexus devices, so Gnex it is.
Make do with what ya got and don't let some battery life stop you from enjoying your phone. Just charge your phone if you get the opportunity and don't let it bother you.

Other phones are worse, some r better. No one says u can switch to a phone with better stats. I'm not complaining cuz I come from a droid charge where ubhad to tweak the crap out of it to get 2hrs of screen on time.
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Greenify!

not my app, i stumbled across this app referenced here in xda somewhere. it puts any user apps in hibernation until they are called, reducing background processes from wut i can tell so far..drastically. obviously every device is different as is every user experience, but i think its worth a shot. wayy better than battery guru by qualcomm for sure..
here is the link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify

Trying it out now.
Thanks!!
Just put all my social media apps in hibernation mode and gonna see how things go.

This app does really work miracles...
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jayRokk said:
This app does really work miracles...
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i am under the same impression.. i had to share

caspersfi said:
Trying it out now.
Thanks!!
Just put all my social media apps in hibernation mode and gonna see how things go.
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hey didn't i used to see u on the atrix forums??

rickriego said:
hey didn't i used to see u on the atrix forums??
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Nope. Got me confused with someone else.
First impressions this app is pretty sweet!
Thanks again.

caspersfi said:
Nope. Got me confused with someone else.
First impressions this app is pretty sweet!
Thanks again.
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ohh my bad. i do recognize ur name from around here somewhere lol. anyway yea.. same here. i was running battery guru that was made for Qualcomm devices, but greenify seems a much more effective implementation

Love this app... if he eventually adds system apps i will flip

there's a thread by the developer already on xda with beta versions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737

cool thx! anxious to see wut the donate version will bring

So it does exactly what the iPhone does in saving a lot of battery life but...(as so many Android fans claim) not being a true multitasker. I came from an iPhone 4 and I'd take this over losing 2-3% of battery life per hour. Too bad it requires root.

Pretty cool thanx
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Capa1970 said:
So it does exactly what the iPhone does in saving a lot of battery life but...(as so many Android fans claim) not being a true multitasker. I came from an iPhone 4 and I'd take this over losing 2-3% of battery life per hour. Too bad it requires root.
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If your losing 2-3% an hour its your own fault, choose your apps better. Stock android gets at *least* 2 hours per percent while idle... you installed something you shouldnt have.

Capa1970 said:
So it does exactly what the iPhone does in saving a lot of battery life but...(as so many Android fans claim) not being a true multitasker. I came from an iPhone 4 and I'd take this over losing 2-3% of battery life per hour. Too bad it requires root.
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Besides no multitasking
The screen is tiny, No location services (Google Now, Maps, etc..)
No Overclocking... There is plenty more.
But if you're loosing 2-3% something is wrong with your phone. My phone last a good 14 hours with about 3-5 hours screen time alone. You're in a website where the majority of the things will need root. Lol
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If your losing 2-3% an hour its your own fault, choose your apps better. Stock android gets at *least* 2 hours per percent while idle... you installed something you shouldnt have.
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No way does stock android do that well. There are plenty of battery issue threads in this forum, highlighting the unfortunate massive drain. My battery life is, in comparison to most here, better than average. Nonetheless, there is definitely a drain per hour, perhaps closer to 2%. Here are some pics in which I am stock everything including battery.
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Yes way it does... lol... its a fact dude. Flash back to stock and load nothing but your google account. Whatever you've gotta tell yourself though. I laugh at people with battery problems on android, its all your own doing. :laugh:

Capa1970 said:
No way does stock android do that well. There are plenty of battery issue threads in this forum, highlighting the unfortunate massive drain. My battery life is, in comparison to most here, better than average. Nonetheless, there is definitely a drain per hour, perhaps closer to 2%. Here are some pics in which I am stock everything including battery.
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Bro your Android System shouldn't be taking that much battery off. Mine never goes 2% on 15+hrs .. Haha
Looks like something is draining your battery. So it is on your end
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Saw it on Drippler as well; it looks pretty cool
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this is a really good app

I love this app!!!
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