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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.
sent from inside big and outside small.

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.

@rbiter said:
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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I got four hours of on-screen time with moderate-heavy usage.

I charged my phone up twice, one time I didn't use juicedefender ultimate and the other I find here are the results:
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Just thought I would share this. What kind of results are you guys getting with moderate-heavy use?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579392
Battery Stats Thread
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4 hrs screen time, but a total 4hrs odd overall.
When someone shows me a screenshot of around 10-12 hrs total with 4hrs screen time, then i'd be impressed.

Arthur Hucksake said:
4 hrs screen time, but a total 4hrs odd overall.
When someone shows me a screenshot of around 10-12 hrs total with 4hrs screen time, then i'd be impressed.
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Auto brightness...
- we have a battery stats thread already, this should be closed.
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Arthur Hucksake said:
4 hrs screen time, but a total 4hrs odd overall.
When someone shows me a screenshot of around 10-12 hrs total with 4hrs screen time, then i'd be impressed.
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I was at 11hours and 3,5hours of screen-on time.
Using whatsapp all day, low/mid screen brightness, playing games and a bit of music.

My phone is going back. lol battery is nothing like some of these stats. Such a PIA sending it back though.
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Auto brightness...
- we have a battery stats thread already, this should be closed.
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What have you done in that time? Just curious. Used cam? browsed net with wifi or 3g?
Trying to decide whether mine needs to go back or not basically.
How many charge cycles did it take to get to this stage?
When you first got the phone, did you just charge to full then use?

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- we have a battery stats thread already, this should be closed.
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+1

Arthur Hucksake said:
My phone is going back. lol battery is nothing like some of these stats. Such a PIA sending it back though.
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Bear in mind that everyone uses their phone differently so everyone's battery life will be different.

rory88uk said:
Bear in mind that everyone uses their phone differently so everyone's battery life will be different.
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I want to know what you can do to get 4 and half hours screen time.
I mean, unless your just looking at the homescreen constantly there must be either WiFi usage or 3G going on. Unless of course, you were texting for three hours straight.

Arthur Hucksake said:
I want to know what you can do to get 4 and half hours screen time.
I mean, unless your just looking at the homescreen constantly there must be either WiFi usage or 3G going on. Unless of course, you were texting for three hours straight.
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You can game & watch movies without 3g or WiFi.
As I'm on unlimited data, I think I will perform a test of constant H/3G streaming,
as on my SGS2, I could easily kill the battery with less than an hour screen on time. (less than 8hrs total use - streaming for only 4/5hrs was enough to kill it - screen off aswell)
... Screen on time isn't everything.
& as I stream a lot, it's a test I could easily do, & one I need to know the results of for myself.
Hopefully my HOX will outperform my ex-SGS2 in this particular battery test.
... Streaming over mobile data, truly does eat battery, but I hope it's a long test.
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Half an hour on max brightness with screen set to never turn off only took 10% so you got a point there.
Screen time on is a good guide to actual usage though, if the screen is on then the phone is being used. So out of a 14 hour odd day on battery you only use it for a few hours seems a bit poor.
I'm envious of people who seem to get over 4 hrs real world "usage".

There is already a battery stats thread about the battery life.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579392
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how u do get that how many charge cycles u have doing

Thread closed.
We already have a bat stats thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579392

You can continue discussion here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579392

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.
...of the people, by the people, for the people...

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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Very poor battery despite reviews?

Had my Note 2 since Saturday and the battery seems really poor to think everyone reviewing them said they were fantastic.
Day 1 from full charge to 2% I had 1 day 8 hours
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Day 2 from full charge to 6% I had 17 hrs 10 mins
Don't seem to have any rogue apps from battery monitors I've tried which makes sense as I've only downloaded about 10 apps.
Always have WiFi and GPS on which I always do on any phone, and have auto brightness off and set manually to just under half way.
I have dropbox set up to automatically upload camera pictures but under battery monitor this only uses 0.5% of battery use.
I also seem to have a faulty S Pen which sometimes seems too sensitive as it'll draw or open menus/apps with the pen about 1cm from the screen, and other times the pen doesn't recognise the air/hover mode and I have to press firmly to draw.
Any ideas?
Between this and the over sensitive S Pen, I'm beginning to think I just have a faulty phone!?
If it was as easy as taking it to a store I would, but I received it free with a 2 year contract from an online company in the UK called Affordable Mobiles who seem to have pretty good reviews. They've said if I want an exchange or them to have a look at it I'd have to send it back and wait 2-3 days which I can't do really as I don't have a spare phone - but at the same time I don't want to start rooting the phone and messing about with launchers if it is a fault.
Thanks

Turn off gps. Thats sucking away your battery mate. Turn it on only when u need it.
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I'm beginning to think I just have a faulty phone!
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IMO, to get more than 1 day with WiFi & GPS constantly on is good. On my Note 2, I am usually left with around 30% of battery left at the end of the day but I never have GPS turned on unless I need it, only my WiFi is on.
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I'm beginning to think I just have a faulty phone!
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So why are you posting this exact same message in multiple threads without explanation?

Try resetting the phone and check it for another day without installing any third party apps if it gives the same result that it must be a faulty phone. Hope it helps.
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Thanks guys, I'll try resetting it as suggested and see how it goes for a day or two.
Hope it's just me expecting too much cos I love the phone otherwise and don't want to send it back lol

You didn't mention what screen time you had, that's the most important of all...
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You didn't mention what screen time you had, that's the most important of all...
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Not sure how you find that out tbh, all I can see is that percentage bar under the battery that I posted

CaptnSpaulding said:
Not sure how you find that out tbh, all I can see is that percentage bar under the battery that I posted
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You just press the screen icon in the stats.
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Awh man, how dumb do I feel! haha
So far today I've had 2h 18m on battery with 24m15s screen on time and battery is at 94%

CaptnSpaulding said:
Awh man, how dumb do I feel! haha
So far today I've had 2h 18m on battery with 24m15s screen on time and battery is at 94%
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Happens
You should judge your battery stats from your screen on time. Regular usage with sync and wifi and data enabled should get you between 5 and 8 hours, but it's possible to reach 10 and beyond with low brightness and no connectivity. If it's below 4, you can start thinking that something is wrong if you didn't do any crazy gps navigation or something, and start from there.
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I always get under 4 hrs on screen with my 7105
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Well, mine can lasts up to 2 days with Wifi turned on when I'm awake. Also I have roughly 5 hours screen on time on average. Quite achievable with heavy debloating of the ROM and using custom kernel and probably with some undervolting done too.
P/S it's my first Android. Still learning. Please correct if I'm wrong :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

So far on my third day I have 10% left with 1d 5h on battery and 5h 13m screen on time.
Regarding issue I mentioned about the S Pen, Samsung are sending me a new one to try and rule out the phone

nothind wrong with your battery 5 hours screen on is good don't worry everything is fine
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Post your battery details!!!

Hello zl users plz share ur battery Life...
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Hello zl users plz share ur battery Life...
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I get about 8-24 hours depending on usage and location, I'd average it at around 12-14 hours.
Using CM11.

This really depends on use...
If I'm playing games alot during the day, it's maybe ~ 8 hours... if I'm just using it as a device to check e-mail, chat with my wife, and view twitter... it's probably closer to 12-16 hours. Many days at work, I hit the end of the day with ~ 10-15% battery left and that's ~ 18 hours?

scifan said:
This really depends on use...
If I'm playing games alot during the day, it's maybe ~ 8 hours... if I'm just using it as a device to check e-mail, chat with my wife, and view twitter... it's probably closer to 12-16 hours. Many days at work, I hit the end of the day with ~ 10-15% battery left and that's ~ 18 hours?
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I dude you'r playing heavy games or yes?. Because, I'm don't get more than 5 hours

How many hours u get battery life when it is fully charged? and post screenshot of screen on time too...
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maxomen said:
I dude you'r playing heavy games or yes?. Because, I'm don't get more than 5 hours
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I should have grabbed a screen shot last night... had ~ 13-15 hours... had talked on the phone for over an hour, listened to music for close to 5 hours while working on cleaning the house... Plus periodic e-mails from two different accounts and other misc stuff... basically I was at ~ 17% when I plugged it in last night.

This is a very light usage day. Was at the auto show all day using my DSLR instead of this. But I'd say its still impressive. I'm using AOKP with allsparks cm kernel.
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Hmm... this isn't a great day... but... Google services is killing my battery... Probably GPS... realized here a few minutes ago, I actually used a car charger for a short time today... I'll grab another set of screen captures tomorrow...
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This is my battery status. Anyone here faced "Media Server" problem before? This problem annoyed me a long time. I have tried many solution / method, but no luck. :crying::crying::crying:

GPS is the ultimate killer.... I lose 14%-15% every 30min when using GPS, included LTE, Bluetooth and Screen, turned on.... Other than that its not bad for daily use.....

Since paying attention to my battery life because of this thread, I found that HD widgets was consuming an unreasonable amount of battery life (after turning off my GPS, this suddenly became my top application...)
Basically, in many cases I expect the screen to be the top talker - say 3-4 hours of screen on-time... I've been only getting just over 2 hours... which doesn't seem even close to what I'd expect... I want to say with .67 I was getting more than 3 hours of screen on time on a regular basis, and a few times around 4.
I need to wipe and start from scratch... but Sony's rumored releases and delayed releases for their software versions drive me nuts. I mean the latest 4.3 (101) hasn't officially dropped yet for the 6506, and 4.4 is rumored to hit sometime mid march... Not sure what to think or do...
Oh, and if you're having an issue with Mediaserver - that can be one of several things... could be a corrupt image, could be a flaky MP3... try wiping the cache for your media server and reboot and see if it straightens out AFTER it's cached everything...

Pretty decent i say... love the stamina mode
Is it normal for the OS to consume so much though?

andrekork said:
Pretty decent i say... love the stamina mode
Is it normal for the OS to consume so much though?
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Means nothing without screen on time