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Battery Help

How well is the battery supposed to be while running the universe V1.4. All I get is about 5hrs with everything usually off. Is that normal. Should I get an extended battery? Can someone like me to one? Thanks.
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DaMan90 said:
How well is the battery supposed to be while running the universe V1.4. All I get is about 5hrs with everything usually off. Is that normal. Should I get an extended battery? Can someone like me to one? Thanks.
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While I cant speak for universe V1.4 that seems to be extremely poor battery life, i am currently on Blazer 4.1 GB, and with Wifi on, and moderate usage getting a whole day or more on a single charge.
have you wiped your batteries memory recently or just flashed the rom? it usually takes 4-5 full charges and discharges after a flash for the phone to re-learn the battery.
I would reset battery data in the recovery and then charge the phone to full and then fully discharge the battery, do this 4-5 times and see how your battery life is then.

Thanks but how am I supposed to reset my battery stats?
Edit:Nvm Got it.
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DaMan90 said:
Thanks but how am I supposed to reset my battery stats?
Edit:Nvm Got it.
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besides going into recovery to wipe battery stats there is an app called battery calibatiion (market). does the same thing.

Battery life

Not sure what I am doing wrong but my battery life is horrendous. It's not the battery, I have three OEM batteries. Here is a screenshot from this morning:
I'm running Whitehawkx AOKP, build 8-16. Also have bad battery life on FreeGS3 with Trinity kernel. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Warrior1975 said:
Not sure what I am doing wrong but my battery life is horrendous. It's not the battery, I have three OEM batteries. Here is a screenshot from this morning:
I'm running Whitehawkx AOKP, build 8-16. Also have bad battery life on FreeGS3 with Trinity kernel. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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I haven't tried that ROM, but using Stock Debloated or CM10 I easily get a full day of use. I listen to music while at work, read on the subway, and make about 2 hours of calls with about 40% left at the end of every day.

I don't think it's the ROM. I've been getting less than average battery life. Flashed a new theme last night and it definitely worsened. Even on FreeGS3 battery life was not up to par.
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Warrior1975 said:
Not sure what I am doing wrong but my battery life is horrendous. It's not the battery, I have three OEM batteries. Here is a screenshot from this morning:
I'm running Whitehawkx AOKP, build 8-16. Also have bad battery life on FreeGS3 with Trinity kernel. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Jeez that is some really horrible battery life.
What you should do is a factory reset and flash the new wicked v2 rom with trinity kernel 43b. Make sure to wipe cache partition, dalvik and battery stats wipe.
Also after you do that odex your rom.
I am at 59 percent with 3hours of SCREEN ON time. This is with heavy use.
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I'd prefer to keep AOKP as my dd. I know it's working well for people. I just don't know what's wrong with me.
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Try to exchange the battery. If you got the phone at a physical store they should just give you a new one.
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Try to exchange the battery. If you got the phone at a physical store they should just give you a new one.
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he already stated that he has THREE OEM BATTERIES.

i too has been having the same issue...even if my screen is on the dimmest setting on my battery stats, its still eating 60% or sometimes even more of my battery. ive tried different stock roms and made sure i factory reset/ wipe cache/battery stats and still no luck. any other suggestions?

battery calibration?

I did that a few flashes ago...maybe I'll try again.
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Battery calibration does nothing. Screen will always be the highest consumer of battery unless you don't use the screen and/or you're in an area with ****ty cell service. That's just how it is. The screens are power hungry. It doesn't mean there's a problem with your phone, that's how it is.

JB OTA battery life

I've been running the ota rooted JB ROM since it came out. I am not running any tweaks at all. Only difference is that I am rooted. Well battery life at first was awesome I would go 15+ hours with 3.5-5 hours of screen time. Now for the last week I have only been able to get 10 hours with 2.5 hrs of screen time max. want to know if anyone else has noticed this.
Oh and my phone seems to heat up a lot when I am only on FB and texting.
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Your best bet when experiencing battery problems is to just do a factory rest , clear all cache and see if that helps. It usually does the trick.
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I get atleast 2 days without charging

Don't want to do a factory reset lol
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my battery life has been worse since JB

Update on this. I still only get 2.5 hours on with 12hrs max off charger. This is with ktoonz kernel and mw86's tweaks
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cbass15 said:
I get atleast 2 days without charging
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Setup please.....
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MikeWjF said:
Setup please.....
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That was before I was rooted! Haha!

check any installed app to see if they are using your internet.. for example every time Facebook updates its app.. They decide to change my settings to update every 15 mins..

xTmDarren said:
check any installed app to see if they are using your internet.. for example every time Facebook updates its app.. They decide to change my settings to update every 15 mins..
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I only have my gmail on sync everything else is shut off. And better battery stats isn't showing any unusual wake locks.
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daniel4653 said:
Update on this. I still only get 2.5 hours on with 12hrs max off charger. This is with ktoonz kernel and mw86's tweaks
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You could be in the same boat as me. My phone don't play well with ktoonz kernel. Horrible battery life no matter what I did. Went back to stock and I'm back to 4+hours screen on and 15-16 hours off the charger and even longer over wifi
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phyba said:
You could be in the same boat as me. My phone don't play well with ktoonz kernel. Horrible battery life no matter what I did. Went back to stock and I'm back to 4+hours screen on and 15-16 hours off the charger and even longer over wifi
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I'll let it go one more day, used the official Samsung charger this time to see if that has some effect on it.
If not I will try stock kernel over the weekend.
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You should know these batteries are Lithium ion batteries. So their life decays as time goes on and as you charge them. You may need a new battery
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daniel4653 said:
I'll let it go one more day, used the official Samsung charger this time to see if that has some effect on it.
If not I will try stock kernel over the weekend.
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Did you switch back to stock kernel? Any results?

Is your battery going quick too?

I was on Blazer GB a long time ago getting great battery life.[1 day]
After flashing all Cyanogen Mod builds for ICS and JB then to Paranoid Android. I have been getting bad battery.
I'm not blaming CM or PA .
Is anyone else getting bad battery life too?
I just flashed a nightly build for CM (12/25 to be exact). Its as bad as the rest after GB.
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That is main reason why I stay with GB rom. I'll flashed every single IcS rom and JB rom. At end the day I'll be back with GB rom mainly Caulklin rom
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I don't want to go back to GB, although I know its best for me...lol
I'm used to the JB making it simple.
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Is your battery swollen? Take it out and spin it on a table on both sides. If it spins like a top its bad.
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Sometimes it takes a few cycles to get the battery back into the mood.... Er I mean to display charging % properly.... After flash abuse battery is tends to report false %'s. And no its nothing to do with battery stat calibration.
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I used ICS from August to December. The eye candy was nice, and the speed was enjoyable. It felt good to run the latest and greatest.
But the battery life was killing me. I have two batteries, a generic Chinese battery and a bloated OEM battery.
I would go 8 hours a day without even touching my phone, and the battery would be at 20 percent, or even dead. With the bloated battery , max was 3 hours.
I had to go back to gingerbread. Installed calkulins on December 3rd, and Juice defender.
Now I get 10+ hours with my Chinese battery, and 8+ hours with the bloated battery.
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jahjah440 said:
I used ICS from August to December. The eye candy was nice, and the speed was enjoyable. It felt good to run the latest and greatest.
But the battery life was killing me. I have two batteries, a generic Chinese battery and a bloated OEM battery.
I would go 8 hours a day without even touching my phone, and the battery would be at 20 percent, or even dead. With the bloated battery , max was 3 hours.
I had to go back to gingerbread. Installed calkulins on December 3rd, and Juice defender.
Now I get 10+ hours with my Chinese battery, and 8+ hours with the bloated battery.
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This is mine today on Kobridge's jb fl16 rooted. No tweaks other than some tdunham mods
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Is your battery swollen? Take it out and spin it on a table on both sides. If it spins like a top its bad.
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Good point! You should definitely take a look to see if the battery is swollen, it is an indicator that the cells are imploding which results in terrible battery life.

I've been hearing a lot of people having problems with their phone turning off right after the boot animation. After the boot animation, the screen flickers and the phone turns off. You will have to plug your phone in to your charger and then turn it back on for your phone to boot up. This is due to your battery going bad. Take it to the nearest Sprint store and they will replace it for free if you have insurance.

Battery is swollen 2 out of 4. 3 are ebay cheap OEM generic LOOKING, but 1 works. Then I have the Sprint offered extended battery works fine.
It has to be that. Some ROMS are killing battery quick too. I use KMS app to kill media server temporarily then it goes back on after a while maybe after 2 hours. But after I've underclocked 200/800 Pegasusq, noop i/o, I've had better life. Not excellent.
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Leaked stock TW FL16 doubled my battery life from snipers latest PA 2.5.6. Main difference? Less time "awake" in battery stats. I switched back to stock ICS under same conditions (apps, gps, Wi-Fi on even when not connected) and the leaked stock TW FL 16 was still better. "Android OS" and "Android system" dropped to 4th and 5th on battery consumption percentages. Can't freakin wait till the AWESOME developers that support this device get source code. Then we'll see good battery life again. Maybe not GB good, but better than lately.
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I'm going to try that modem, or try flashing the kernel on my PA. Might not work, but I gotta try.
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Aosp Battery?

Hi guys. I'm really curious on one thing of the aosp ROMs. They seem to drain a lot of battery. Is it wake locks, or just bad at battery management, etc.? Also, android process takes up a lot of my battery, not screen time.
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bobloiy said:
Hi guys. I'm really curious on one thing of the aosp ROMs. They seem to drain a lot of battery. Is it wake locks, or just bad at battery management, etc.? Also, android process takes up a lot of my battery, not screen time.
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Download battery calibrate from app store. Charge your phone to 100% then Bryn the app. The restart your phone. I get 18 + house with moderate use.
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lbcoach3347 said:
Download battery calibrate from app store. Charge your phone to 100% then Bryn the app. The restart your phone. I get 18 + house with moderate use.
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I read that it was a placebo.
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bobloiy said:
I read that it was a placebo.
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It works for me