I've installed BetterBatteryStats a few weeks ago and have been monitoring constantly my battery life. What I've noticed is that my phone is spending too much time awake, sometimes almost twice the time the screen is on. I've tried different AOKP builds and CM nightlies both with stock kernel or franco's, but I always get the same wakelocks anyway. Of course I always clean-flash ROMs, and restore only downloaded apps with Titanium Backup. I'm currently running latest CM9 nightly with franco.Kernel r133. The pics and log attached are a few days old but I was on the same rom and kernel I have now. Consider it's one of "the best days", battery wise, I had since I bought this phone. So you can imagine what it's like in the "bad days"! Hope I can get some advice on what's the problem with my phone not deep-sleeping! Thanks in advance
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I've installed BetterBatteryStats a few weeks ago and have been monitoring constantly my battery life. What I've noticed is that my phone is spending too much time awake, sometimes almost twice the time the screen is on. I've tried different AOKP builds and CM nightlies both with stock kernel or franco's, but I always get the same wakelocks anyway. Of course I always clean-flash ROMs, and restore only downloaded apps with Titanium Backup. I'm currently running latest CM9 nightly with franco.Kernel r133. The pics and log attached are a few days old but I was on the same rom and kernel I have now. Consider it's one of "the best days", battery wise, I had since I bought this phone. So you can imagine what it's like in the "bad days"! Hope I can get some advice on what's the problem with my phone not deep-sleeping! Thanks in advance
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deep sleep is a function of the kernel i never had a problem with the stock cm9 kernel but i always recommend GLaDOS kernel. There are a lot of great kernels out there and Franco's which you are using is one of them. i however always get the best out of my phone with GLaDOS and i always come back to it. Just like i try all the roms and always come back to CM9.
give it a try you wont be dissappointed
His problem is not kernel related...
I just took a quick look at the log and it shows powermanager service has been keeping the phone awake for more than an hour...
Will check the log some more when i'm @home...
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As stated in my first post I've been trying different ROMs and kernels always having the same result... I keep getting this powermanager wake lock and I have no idea why. Along with that I'm always having the *backup* partial wake lock. I know that its cause is the data (settings and passwords) backup on Google servers, but I can't see why it should keep my phone awake for so much time. There are many more wake locks in the log as well. I'm really getting pissed of it. I really can't figure out what the cause might be. I doubt it's ROM or kernel related since tons of people are sharing my current setup and are not experiencing my issues. Any help you might give is very appreciated
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I have the same problem as you and have since day 1. I've kept logs and used BBS and others. I have similar wake locks to you. I've never been able to figure it out. My battery life is OK, but not as great as others have claimed. I typically lose 2-3% per hour. Yours isn't terrible. My advice is to just try to forget about it. I'm convinced its a hardware thing that some phones have.
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His problem is not kernel related...
I just took a quick look at the log and it shows powermanager service has been keeping the phone awake for more than an hour...
Will check the log some more when i'm @home...
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+1 to glados kernel. I've tried many kernels and always come back to this as it gives the best performance and battery life for me.
I used to have the powermanager service drain with Franco too but after a wipe and installed glados kernel battery went from **** to awesome.
Next time when u do a clean install try not to install too many apps at one go. Then test the battery drain periodically.
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I have the same problem as you and have since day 1. I've kept logs and used BBS and others. I have similar wake locks to you. I've never been able to figure it out. My battery life is OK, but not as great as others have claimed. I typically lose 2-3% per hour. Yours isn't terrible. My advice is to just try to forget about it. I'm convinced its a hardware thing that some phones have.
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I would say its a trial and error thing. Try different rom and kernel combos to find out which one works best for you. Mine loses 1% of battery every 3-4 hrs of idle in wifi and that is with everything sync on. If I had 2-3% drain per hr, which I had before and its because of the powermanager service too, I would do whatever it takes to hunt down the cause of the drain.
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I have the same issue as well. Is there a specific app or service in background running and drain the battery? I cannot figure it out. Will Google fix this issue in coming patch?
Thank you.
Guess I'll try with other kernels then. There should be a new CM9 nightly soon. Once it's released I'll flash it keeping the stock kernel and test it for a few days. Let's see if that will solve my problem. Otherwise there's plenty of other ROM+kernel combos left to try Glad I bought my Nexus! There's a huge developer community so that I never run out of options when encountering issues However if any of you might help me resolve this issue in the meantime I'd be very glad
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I would say its a trial and error thing. Try different rom and kernel combos to find out which one works best for you. Mine loses 1% of battery every 3-4 hrs of idle in wifi and that is with everything sync on. If I had 2-3% drain per hr, which I had before and its because of the powermanager service too, I would do whatever it takes to hunt down the cause of the drain.
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I have tried so many combos although I haven't tried glados' kernel. That power manager service is really what I think is killing my battery life. The crazy thing is that I have a thunderbolt that I mess with. I keep it in airplane mode with wifi on and pretty much the same apps loaded as my gnex. With that I lose about 1%/6hrs. I wish I could figure out what's causing the power manger drain. It seems like there are a bunch of wifi related kernel wake locks associated with it. It would be great if there was an app that showed the exact times of the different wake locks and what programs are associated with them. Anyway, I appreciate everyone's help.
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So I flashed latest nightly last night and I'm now on stock CM9 kernel... But the powermanager wake lock still persists... Left my battery at 92% while I was at work with wifi on. I went out for 20 mins with 3g on. In that little time my phone has lost 10% of battery all because powermanager service was running. Do you think it could be related to poor signal on 3g network?
Would a catlog show what's calling the PM API, keeping it awake for so long?
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I just wanted to start off by thanking drk.hd and invisiblek for all of their hard work on the ROM and I love it. However there is a problem that I got with the latest build and I can't post in that thread because of the 10 post requirement. With that said, I have been getting massive battery drain overnight the past 2 nights and I was wondering if anyone knows a way to fix that. Last night I went from 67% down to 14% and the night before was even worse, 74% down to 4%. Does anyone know a way to fix that? It's the same problem I had with AOKP and Abduction and I didn't have that problem with the previous CM9 builds. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I forgot to add my kernel. I'm using the incredikernel hwa beta 2 running on smartassv2 with 128 min and 1113 max.
Use betterbatterystats or badass battery monitor to see if something is keeping your phone awake.
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Also, you could start by turning off wifi, gps, and bluetooth when you dont need them.
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Also, you could start by turning off wifi, gps, and bluetooth when you dont need them.
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I do have those off. I actually had no problem on build 8 and I had amazing battery life and I've been using it the exact same way. I flashed over build 8 with 9 and then I started getting this massive battery drain over night. Weird thing is that it doesn't happen during the day only when the phone is idle for a long period of time.
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Use betterbatterystats or badass battery monitor to see if something is keeping your phone awake.
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Thanks for the response Tiny. Unfortunately, both of those apps are freezing up my phone and forcing a reboot.
I just resorted to a full wipe and hopefully that works out. Will report back tomorrow.
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Thanks for the response Tiny. Unfortunately, both of those apps are freezing up my phone and forcing a reboot.
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If they are freezing your phone there are other problems. Since you said you just wiped or will wipe hopefully that will fix it but it won't tell why.
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You're right Tiny. After the wipe it seems to be back to a normal battery drain again as in build 8. The real test will come tomorrow though when I wake up. And the weird thing is that the apps work now after the full wipe. I still have a nandroid backup of the build 8 I flashed over if you want to do some tests with it to see what might have gone wrong.
Ok so it seemed that it was one of the apps that made my battery drain like crazy. I installed badass battery monitor again because I had a 12% drain in an hour at one point with it being idle with the screen taking up 40% of the usage. I uninstalled the last app that I installed which was the Videocam Illusion and I got only an 11% drain over night so it seemed like that fixed it.
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If they are freezing your phone there are other problems. Since you said you just wiped or will wipe hopefully that will fix it but it won't tell why.
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badass battery monitor made my phone freeze too. Hmm
Hi, guys! I'm still having a problem with the battery life on my Gnex. I'm using AOKP and Franco combination. Always updating the system whenever these two combos releases their latest bu still no gain on battery. Followed some tweaks on 'Custom Backlight Settings' BUT STILL NO IMPROVEMENT. I've been working on this for 2weeks working on the same combos because I don't know how to change ROM and Kernel coming from these two.
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**But I tried attaching the screenshots, please try to check below... Thanks in advance!
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Hi, guys! I'm still having a problem with the battery life on my Gnex. I'm using AOKP and Franco combination. Always updating the system whenever these two combos releases their latest bu still no gain on battery. Followed some tweaks on 'Custom Backlight Settings' BUT STILL NO IMPROVEMENT. I've been working on this for 2weeks working on the same combos because I don't know how to change ROM and Kernel coming from these two.
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**But I tried attaching the screenshots, please try to check below... Thanks in advance!
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I Believe Nightly 185 had a new wifi driver which wasn't stable and drained alot of battery ... try flashing his stable builds
These screenshots don't mean anything without screen on time.
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
As said above, screen on time please. Unless you're losing like 10% every hour, or don't get around 4 hours of screen on time (I get around 5, stock battery), then you're fine.
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Okay. I guess this screenshot below is what you need. I hope this one is correct.
Also thanks for the responses, I'll try to flash either the Franco 181 or just change kernel I guess AFTER I HEAR ALL your insights.
**after seeing this screenshot below, what Franco kernel release do you guys suggest?
**Is radio probably affecting this as well? Because I didn't flash radio. Just Rom and kernel
**Should I try other kernels and what's the best fit for AOKP?
You're kinda correct. We need a screenshot when the battery is 2-3% and is about to die.
I get about an hour of screen time per 20% of battery however, so yours is draining about twice as fast. Still would like to see the correct set of screenshots tho.
Also, just fyi, I'm using Build 39 as well, but with Franco M4, and I get around 5 hours screen on time. Keep that in mind if we decide that the kernel is to blame.
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You're kinda correct. We need a screenshot when the battery is 2-3% and is about to die.
I get about an hour of screen time per 20% of battery however, so yours is draining about twice as fast. Still would like to see the correct set of screenshots tho.
Also, just fyi, I'm using Build 39 as well, but with Franco M4, and I get around 5 hours screen on time. Keep that in mind if we decide that the kernel is to blame.
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Thanks! So, I'll just wait for my battery to drain (2 to 3%) then I'll post a screenshot again. I just flashed Franco Milestone 3 and will observe. If it still no go, I'll flash M4 LOL ... Then would probably switch to diff. ROM and Kernel combo if all fails
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You're kinda correct. We need a screenshot when the battery is 2-3% and is about to die.
I get about an hour of screen time per 20% of battery however, so yours is draining about twice as fast. Still would like to see the correct set of screenshots tho.
Also, just fyi, I'm using Build 39 as well, but with Franco M4, and I get around 5 hours screen on time. Keep that in mind if we decide that the kernel is to blame.
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You do realize that his phone has been on for about 12 hours at that point right?
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
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You're kinda correct. We need a screenshot when the battery is 2-3% and is about to die.
I get about an hour of screen time per 20% of battery however, so yours is draining about twice as fast. Still would like to see the correct set of screenshots tho.
Also, just fyi, I'm using Build 39 as well, but with Franco M4, and I get around 5 hours screen on time. Keep that in mind if we decide that the kernel is to blame.
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Here's my screenshot. What do you think is the problem?
Air kernel
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Here's my screenshot. What do you think is the problem?
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You have almost 6 hours of screen on time...what exactly are you expecting to get out of it?
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You have almost 6 hours of screen on time...what exactly are you expecting to get out of it?
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Oh, I don't have wifi at home. SO whenever I install apk, copy pictures/videos or even posting screenshots like today, I plug in the usb chord and it automatically charges the phone.
But if I don't connect my phone to my PC and use the phone moderately, the phone get's low battery pretty fast, like after equivalent is 3mins= 1% ...
Someone suggested air kernel. I think I'm gonna try that one and see the result.
Well if you're doing that it's hard to get a good grasp on how your battery is performing. You should go a full cycle without hooking it up to your pc and then post your results.
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Well if you're doing that it's hard to get a good grasp on how your battery is performing. You should go a full cycle without hooking it up to your pc and then post your results.
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I agree and I will post maybe tomorrow. But in the meantime, what kernel do you suggest for battery life? I got my eyes on Lean kernel. Changing ROM would probably be the last thing I would do IF changing kernel won't still work.
I don't remember my results but I did get great battery life on leankernel. Currently using Franco's milestone 4 and still getting pretty decent battery life.
First, post correct stats (no charging in between), and then let's discuss the future.
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The last few nights, I have tried a few different JB Roms. All with the same results. My GNex has a full charge before I go to bed, I wake to my phone telling me to charge it 8 hours later. With NO wifi or network data on. This can't be normal.
The roms:
ASCENT 3.0
Jelly Belly 4.0
New Unofficial Cyanogen Release.
No extra apps installed. Purely stock.
Tonight, I'll try it in airplane mode, and see if my network coverage is what's draining the battery. But for the most part I'm never without a signal.
Any ideas or ways I can see if the battery is just bad?
Also, what would the current Verizon radios be? I believe mine are up to date, but I guess that could be an issue if it is indeed my network signal being dropped.
Im on the 07/27 fitsugly cm10 rom with r225 franco kernel and for some reason my battery life has gone through the roof, after 30 hours of being on the battery is still at 56%. Granted im not using it much now but still i've never seen this type of battery life before. Overnight the battery dropped maybe 4% at best, wifi is always on and its fetching emails.
How odd have you tried charging up and resetting the battery stats ? May help
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Im on the 07/27 fitsugly cm10 rom with r225 franco kernel and for some reason my battery life has gone through the roof, after 30 hours of being on the battery is still at 56%. Granted im not using it much now but still i've never seen this type of battery life before. Overnight the battery dropped maybe 4% at best, wifi is always on and its fetching emails.
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Do you have a link to the rom?
Newer versions of each are out, i just didn't bother of updating it since it worked so well.
Rom http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/?rom=cm10&device=maguro
Kernel http://minooch.com/franciscofranco/Galaxy Nexus/JB/Jelly Bean/franco.Kernel-r225-384GPU.zip
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Newer versions of each are out, i just didn't bother of updating it since it worked so well.
Rom http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/?rom=cm10&device=maguro
Kernel http://minooch.com/franciscofranco/Galaxy Nexus/JB/Jelly Bean/franco.Kernel-r225-384GPU.zip
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I installed the newest version of the ROM. I was curios what the different GPU kernels were for. Is there one that Toro should use rather than the other? I think I installed the 512 version. Should I not have?
Minooch + franco.Kernel #223 (see attached files). I haven't used my phone much in past 24 hours, but battery life is awesome. I use latest bootloader and radio firmware, CPU is set on interactive governor, 1420-384MHz, max screen off CPU frequancy - 729MHz, 512MHz on GPU.
I think I tried that ROM before, not sure if its just for maguro. I have a Verizon toro.
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I've yet yo find a from that can beat stock.... Idk
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I installed the newest version of the ROM. I was curios what the different GPU kernels were for. Is there one that Toro should use rather than the other? I think I installed the 512 version. Should I not have?
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If you don't need the higher clocked gpu speeds then just stick with the 384mhz kernel.
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Minooch + franco.Kernel #223 (see attached files). I haven't used my phone much in past 24 hours, but battery life is awesome. I use latest bootloader and radio firmware, CPU is set on interactive governor, 1420-384MHz, max screen off CPU frequancy - 729MHz, 512MHz on GPU.
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Pretty much identical battery life im getting right now, battery monitor is saying im sipping 8mA of battery when idling.
Yeah, No MiNCO toro release. :|
Went with the ROM and latest Kernel, and I can't believe the battery life. Tonight will be the real test though.
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The last few nights, I have tried a few different JB Roms. All with the same results. My GNex has a full charge before I go to bed, I wake to my phone telling me to charge it 8 hours later. With NO wifi or network data on. This can't be normal.
The roms:
ASCENT 3.0
Jelly Belly 4.0
New Unofficial Cyanogen Release.
No extra apps installed. Purely stock.
Tonight, I'll try it in airplane mode, and see if my network coverage is what's draining the battery. But for the most part I'm never without a signal.
Any ideas or ways I can see if the battery is just bad?
Also, what would the current Verizon radios be? I believe mine are up to date, but I guess that could be an issue if it is indeed my network signal being dropped.
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Try better battery stats... I am on gsm nexus.
I tried jelly belly, minco , paranoid android, and xenonHD plus bigxies stock. I've used Francisco Francos kernel on bigxies and that gave good battery life but the others all burned cpu and battery, specifically via Android.mediascanningservice. and maps.
Right now I am back to stock 4.1.1 rooted courtesy of rom toolkit and with better battery stats and cpu spy I have a cool phone.
One thing you should be aware of is if you have a lot of media on your phone the scanning service can take a long time to run and calm down. I I upgraded my bosses razr to ICS and his phone took all night to update I guess he has lots of music on it...
To increase battery life you can install titanium backup and freeze maps, and wallet when I not in use. You can install rescan media from the app store and trunk off media scanning service. Or just buy a bigger battery.
This is not a knock on the custom roms. The rom teams mentioned above they are all awesome and are the reason us crackflashers have so much fun. I have learned lots from this experience and have a better grasp on how my phone works due to the efforts of these devs. For now I am sticking with stock... I'm sure I'll be flashing again soon.
You can never judge a ROM on battery life within a day. Every ROM I flash gets bad battery on the first cycle and most the time even the second cycle. You really have to stick with a ROM/kernel combination for at least a few days to be able to judge battery life. It may just be a placebo effect but I use a battery calibration app each time I flash
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Im on the 07/27 fitsugly cm10 rom with r225 franco kernel and for some reason my battery life has gone through the roof, after 30 hours of being on the battery is still at 56%. Granted im not using it much now but still i've never seen this type of battery life before. Overnight the battery dropped maybe 4% at best, wifi is always on and its fetching emails.
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Do you have any sync Apps or Account that's awesome battery life
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Do you have any sync Apps or Account that's awesome battery life
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I have three email accounts fetching emails every 10 min with the email app, other than that nothing else. Im down to 30% now after two full days, its finally getting some use.
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How odd have you tried charging up and resetting the battery stats ? May help
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Resetting battery stats accomplishes nothing related to battery life or reported percentage. It's been debunked some time back by Google.
Hi guys. A couple days ago I got a replacement GNEX from Verizon. I unlocked it and rooted it, threw Muzzy's rom on it.
Yesterday at work I had all I could do to keep it charged all day, it was draining the battery at about 20% an hour. So last night I tried a different battery, no change. So a couple hours before bed I downloaded the factory image, and wiped the phone clean and reflashed the stock image. I logged in with my account, put no apps on it, charged it to full then when I went to bed unplugged it with a full charge.
6 hours later I get up and its at 41%. The phone has been on wifi all night, no apps other than what comes with the factory image, the only things I have syncing are gmail, contacts and calendar. Google Now is off, all location services are off. The culprit when I look at battery stats, Cell Standby used 95% of the battery.
I'm at a loss, I can't have a phone draining that fast for no reason. I've been searching but I can't seem to find a fix or reason for this. As I said, there's no apps but the google apps. Does anybody have any idea? Should I try flashing the stock image again?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
What's your time without signal?
Switch to CDMA only and see if that alleviates the issue. If it does, odds are you have a defective LTE radio.
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What's your time without signal?
Switch to CDMA only and see if that alleviates the issue. If it does, odds are you have a defective LTE radio.
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Where do I find time without signal?
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When viewing your battery usage in settings, tap cell standby for more info. You can also tap on the graph at the top of the screen to get a another bar graph showing various usages and wakes.
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Weird I did that and it didn't show it before. Anyway, 0% time without signal.
I switched to CDMA only and in 15 minutes lost 5% not using the phone. According to gsam the screen was still half that and in apps android system is the top hitter. Radio was only 4.2%.
If any of that helps.
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try installing a custom Kernel to save battery (i like trinity kernel)...
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try installing a custom Kernel to save battery (i like trinity kernel)...
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I was running Franco yesterday. I'm going to try re-flashing the radio now and throw another rom on it.
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I was running Franco yesterday. I'm going to try re-flashing the radio now and throw another rom on it.
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the most battery saving combo (in my opinion...an in the opinion of a lot of other users) is the Rasbeanjelly Rom with the Trinity Kernel.
i always get 4hrs+ displaytime clocked at 1300MHz. And the phne feels super super smooth. you should give it a try if you have time
thats the support thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455874&page=1934
domi1711 said:
the most battery saving combo (in my opinion...an in the opinion of a lot of other users) is the Rasbeanjelly Rom with the Trinity Kernel.
i always get 4hrs+ displaytime clocked at 1300MHz. And the phne feels super super smooth. you should give it a try if you have time
thats the support thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455874&page=1934
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.
I guess the big issue I have is that I'm fine with the battery draining while I'm using the phone, it should. But it shouldn't suck it down as fast or faster when I'm not using it.
Literally as I typed this I lost 3 percent......
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I'm a new android user. I'm using the LiquidSmooth 4.2.1 JellyBean Beta 2. The problem I'm having is with my battery life. I seem to average about 5-7 hours of battery life which is crazy if you ask me. This isn't a ROM issue either because it was the same way on the stock 4.1.1 Android OS.
I'm using JuiceDefender now and that seems to help a little. I know things like disabling 3G and WiFi can help but I use these things often. Can anyone offer any useful suggestions to extend my battery life?
Thanks in advance
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I'm a new android user. I'm using the LiquidSmooth 4.2.1 JellyBean Beta 2. The problem I'm having is with my battery life. I seem to average about 5-7 hours of battery life which is crazy if you ask me. This isn't a ROM issue either because it was the same way on the stock 4.1.1 Android OS.
I'm using JuiceDefender now and that seems to help a little. I know things like disabling 3G and WiFi can help but I use these things often. Can anyone offer any useful suggestions to extend my battery life?
Thanks in advance
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The quickest way to answer this is to suggest you use search. There are already dozens of posts/threads about this. A lot depends on signal and applications running. Do some reading, more than likely you will find the answer already posted.
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davelikestacos said:
I'm a new android user. I'm using the LiquidSmooth 4.2.1 JellyBean Beta 2. The problem I'm having is with my battery life. I seem to average about 5-7 hours of battery life which is crazy if you ask me. This isn't a ROM issue either because it was the same way on the stock 4.1.1 Android OS.
I'm using JuiceDefender now and that seems to help a little. I know things like disabling 3G and WiFi can help but I use these things often. Can anyone offer any useful suggestions to extend my battery life?
Thanks in advance
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Absolutely something wrong with your phone and or battery. Had an S3 since July '12, rooted and ran FreeGS3 and had all day battery. Lost that just before Xmas (actually stolen) and got another S3, and this time decided not to do all that ROMming and flashing and stayed stock 4.1.
Same all day battery life with WiFi on, 3G on, Google/Gmail Sync on (i like my push Gmail), several email accounts polling, etc. I just use my phone, no gimping with apps like JuiceDefender (which i detest with a passion).
Heres a question, what's your screen on time? Cuz if your phones dead at 7 hrs with 5 hrs screen on your first option is to adjust screen settings and the second and 3rd option are put the phone down sometimes and/or keep a charger handy
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Extended battery
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Depending on how often I use my phone I get anywhere between 9-11 hours on light to moderate use. Meaning listening to music, Twitter, Instagram, email, and texting
It could be the 4.2, because it isn't completely "stable" yet. I'm on stock 4.1 rooted, with screen brightness on I'd say 30-40%, with light to moderate use and can get 11-15 hours easily. This includes texting, maybe a few phone calls, lots of music, and some Facebook or XDA on a WiFi connection.
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Well after checking out the Kernelizers thread and flashing the KT kernel onto my Galaxy S3 and installing ROM Toolbox, my battery life has greatly improved. I also installed DS Battery Saver Pro. I just came to work. Left at 7:05AM, put on some music, and by the time I got to work at 8:05AM, my phone battery only dropped 3%. Normally it would drop at least 10% in this time so what I did is clearly working
davelikestacos said:
Well after checking out the Kernelizers thread and flashing the KT kernel onto my Galaxy S3 and installing ROM Toolbox, my battery life has greatly improved. I also installed DS Battery Saver Pro. I just came to work. Left at 7:05AM, put on some music, and by the time I got to work at 8:05AM, my phone battery only dropped 3%. Normally it would drop at least 10% in this time so what I did is clearly working
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I would uninstall DS Battery Saver Pro. If you did check out that thread, the phone already deep sleeps. Mine does with no additional app assistance. Went 38+ hours and still had 25% battery life left.