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Well, ill start off by saying "Im james! "
I recently made the switch to android because i absolutely love the capabilities and the functionality. I got myself an Incredible. Rooted and and installed Redemptive revolution and got sucky battery life. Then yesterday it starts raining and gets really cloudy. I lose my 3g coverage about an hour into the storm. Im guessing this is normal? Well i decide to install Myn's two point two, with kinxklick's LV kernel in an attempt to get better battery life.
My current standing: Im running Myn's 2.2 with LV kernel and my 3G is still timing out and crappy. My brother's Dx gets Fair signal during the storm, should i be worried about my phone? Ive wiped several times and i still get like 60 kbps down while he gets above 400 kbps.
So my questions are:
1. Is there something wrong with my incredible? Or is the X's signal generally better then the HTC's?
2. What ROM and kernel combination would give me the best battery life?
Its at :
Android System: 70 %
Display: 16%
Cell Standby: 14%
During the time writing this, my 3G has dropped at least 6 times. Is it normally like this during cloudy rainy weather?
Thank you in advance, and i Love the site by the way!
jamespweb1503 said:
Well, ill start off by saying "Im james! "
I recently made the switch to android because i absolutely love the capabilities and the functionality. I got myself an Incredible. Rooted and and installed Redemptive revolution and got sucky battery life. Then yesterday it starts raining and gets really cloudy. I lose my 3g coverage about an hour into the storm. Im guessing this is normal? Well i decide to install Myn's two point two, with kinxklick's LV kernel in an attempt to get better battery life.
My current standing: Im running Myn's 2.2 with LV kernel and my 3G is still timing out and crappy. My brother's Dx gets Fair signal during the storm, should i be worried about my phone? Ive wiped several times and i still get like 60 kbps down while he gets above 400 kbps.
So my questions are:
1. Is there something wrong with my incredible? Or is the X's signal generally better then the HTC's?
2. What ROM and kernel combination would give me the best battery life?
Its at :
Android System: 70 %
Display: 16%
Cell Standby: 14%
During the time writing this, my 3G has dropped at least 6 times. Is it normally like this during cloudy rainy weather?
Thank you in advance, and i Love the site by the way!
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Lou's #4 is kicking ass with both his and warm.... fast and smooth, battery seems to be killer also.
Your going to heat this 50 times, but this is in the wrong place.
Nothing is (probably) wrong with your phone and its best to try several combinations. I am using MIUI to great success.
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Oh, one more thing. The X has 2 antennas. The incredible has only one.
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0) This forum is for discussion of development issues, not "which is right for me" or "how to use" issues... this should probably be posted in Q&A or General.
However, I hate leaving a question unanswered, so:
1) Signal strength is not related to which ROM you are using, and rather which radio. Look in settings->about phone->Software Info->Baseband version. The 3 current radios are 2.15.00.07.28, 2.15.00.09.01, and 2.15.00.11.19. Depending on your location, one of these three is the version you should use. BE CAREFUL - FLASHING ROMS IS VERY SAFE, BUT AN ERROR FLASHING THE RADIO WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
You could also try *228 to update your roaming as well.
2) This is constantly debated. Typically, horrible battery life is the result of an app running constantly or keeping the phone from sleeping. How does your awake time compare to your up time? Personally, I find that CyanogenMod 6.1 with incredibleK's kernel #18 gives me best battery life... I usually charge it every night to be safe, but can comfortably go two days of moderate use without draining the battery.
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0) This forum is for discussion of development issues, not "which is right for me" or "how to use" issues... this should probably be posted in Q&A or General.
However, I hate leaving a question unanswered, so:
1) Signal strength is not related to which ROM you are using, and rather which radio. Look in settings->about phone->Software Info->Baseband version. The 3 current radios are 2.15.00.07.28, 2.15.00.09.01, and 2.15.00.11.19. Depending on your location, one of these three is the version you should use. BE CAREFUL - FLASHING ROMS IS VERY SAFE, BUT AN ERROR FLASHING THE RADIO WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
You could also try *228 to update your roaming as well.
2) This is constantly debated. Typically, horrible battery life is the result of an app running constantly or keeping the phone from sleeping. How does your awake time compare to your up time? Personally, I find that CyanogenMod 6.1 with incredibleK's kernel #18 gives me best battery life... I usually charge it every night to be safe, but can comfortably go two days of moderate use without draining the battery.
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Sorry about the wrong forum, but im in the middle of flashing skyraider (3.5?) with King klicks #6. As for awake time and uptime, it used to be roughly the same. Give or take a few min. Ive speed tested on warm, and it still hasnt passed the 100 kbps mark Hows Cyanogen running for everything else?
Also, i cant get passed 1x on skyraider, it stays on "Turning on"
My radio is 2.15.00.07.38
Double check, my awake time is exactly the same as my up time.(Edit: Nevermind, i locked it and now the uptime is 2 min more than the awake time.)
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Sorry about the wrong forum, but im in the middle of flashing skyraider (3.5?) with King klicks #6. As for awake time and uptime, it used to be roughly the same. Give or take a few min. Ive speed tested on warm, and it still hasnt passed the 100 kbps mark Hows Cyanogen running for everything else?
Also, i cant get passed 1x on skyraider, it stays on "Turning on"
My radio is 2.15.00.07.38
Double check, my awake time is exactly the same as my up time.
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That is a sign that either (a) you are literally using your phone 100% of the time, which will indeed suck batteries down very quickly, or (b) you have some app that is constantly asking for attention and wont let the phone sleep. By comparison, my uptime is 11+ hrs, and my awake time is about 3 hours. It's awake when I am using it, but it sleeps other times (can still receive calls/email/sms in this state). If your phone isn't sleeping when you're not using it, battery wil suffer.
EDIT: If you just rebooted, then it will of course be equal. You should check after you have been booted and running on battery (not plugged in) for a few hours.
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That is a sign that either (a) you are literally using your phone 100% of the time, which will indeed suck batteries down very quickly, or (b) you have some app that is constantly asking for attention and wont let the phone sleep. By comparison, my uptime is 11+ hrs, and my awake time is about 3 hours. It's awake when I am using it, but it sleeps other times (can still receive calls/email/sms in this state). If your phone isn't sleeping when you're not using it, battery wil suffer.
EDIT: If you just rebooted, then it will of course be equal. You should check after you have been booted and running on battery (not plugged in) for a few hours.
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Yeah i figured, but battery seems to be normal now The thing thats killing me is not being able to get good internet! I cant download a small app over the mobile network because it lags out and just doesn't go! It shouldve gotten better since the sky is more clear, but it hasnt.
*228
*228 will update your towers and roaming capabilities definatly try this first
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*228 will update your towers and roaming capabilities definatly try this first
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No that doesnt work
Try a new radio. Legit, it will probably help a lot.
Research how to check an md5 sum before you actually flash it through hboot, but past that you're set. If the md5's don't match, redownload.
I suggest the 11.19 radio (The new EVO radio). 9.01 also worked well for me, but the EVO one works wonders. I also have a wannabEVO phone, so that might just be me.
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Hey there,
I was using the CM7 nightlies for a while, and the battery life was great. However, it seems like ever since I flashed CM7 Stable my battery life has went down. The part I'm finding odd is that it didn't even last 12 hours today and I barely used the phone (especially in the first 8 hours since I was at work). As well, the battery usage shows Cell Standby and Phone Idle combined using over 85% power, which I've never seen before. I want to say it might be some of my apps, but they're the same ones I've been using. In case it makes a difference, here's my setup:
LauncherPro
Trillian
Clock/Weather widget from Fancy Widget
SetCPU on "conservative" setting
Gmail, Facebook, Messages widgets from LauncherPro
Power Widget
Score Mobile widget
None of my sync settings are really frequent, most are hourly refresh, another is 30 minutes. And since I haven't had this problem before CM7 stable I'm still thinking maybe it's something with the ROM.
What I'd like to know is if I should try to calibrate the battery first. And if that's the case, what is the best method to calibrate the battery so the ROM is reporting it accurately.
Thanks in advance
Anyone have any ideas?
I have been getting the BEST BATTERY LIFE EVER since moving to the latest radio.
Sent from my G2 running Cyanogenmod 7.
wipe the battery stats... look at the forum how to.
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I have been getting the BEST BATTERY LIFE EVER since moving to the latest radio.
Sent from my G2 running Cyanogenmod 7.
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Which radio is that?
Always flash at 100%. Then use your phone at least 4 days, as in 2 complete cycles of using until you have to charge it again. Do not change your radio unless you are absolutely confident about the things you are going to do. Chances are you have a custom rom which does not match the radio you are trying to flash, resulting in a expensive ¨presse papier`.
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Always flash at 100%. Then use your phone at least 4 days, as in 2 complete cycles of using until you have to charge it again. Do not change your radio unless you are absolutely confident about the things you are going to do. Chances are you have a custom rom which does not match the radio you are trying to flash, resulting in a expensive ¨presse papier`.
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I appreciate the caution, but the current radio I have is the version that Virtuous recommended to update to. Is there a more "Cyanogen-specific" radio?
Bloodlvst said:
I appreciate the caution, but the current radio I have is the version that Virtuous recommended to update to. Is there a more "Cyanogen-specific" radio?
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I got the stock radio and it's working perfectly. 28hours of uptime with ease (and everything on, incl pushmail). No GPS issues, good reception and no static in the background.
when you say use your phone for 4 days (2 completely cycles) until you have to charge it agian... what do you mean exactly? i need to charge mine after like 8 hours...
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Always flash at 100%. Then use your phone at least 4 days, as in 2 complete cycles of using until you have to charge it again. Do not change your radio unless you are absolutely confident about the things you are going to do. Chances are you have a custom rom which does not match the radio you are trying to flash, resulting in a expensive ¨presse papier`.
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when you say use your phone for 4 days (2 completely cycles) until you have to charge it agian... what do you mean exactly? i need to charge mine after like 8 hours...
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What I mean is that you should, after you flashed a new rom, drain the battery at least two times and charge it again fully. Or charge at 100%, flash and wipe battery stats after flashing to speed this up a little. Point is, there is no definite daily use. You could (usually not) notice a very small difference in batterydrain after flashing, but be sure it's not because of Bluetooth, Wifi, GPS or some other thing which is accidently turn on. That's why I said to use the phone for 4 days, and 2 complete cycles. I do not use my phone as heavy as you seem to do. Furthermore, I take care not to turn Wifi, Bluetooth or GPS on when I do not need those functions.
Yeah, got a major issue: My Defy+ is overheating and I usually end up with a blocked phone, which ends up being useless for about 4-5 hours. And it's becoming more often.
I have 2.3.4 on it, but I seriously doubt 2.3.6 solves this issue.
Any tips?
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Any tips?
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Try custom ROM's and DO NOT flash 2.3.6 full sbf as it's quite buggy and you'll be stuck with it.
You could also try to undervolt the CPU. In what conditions do you get an overheated phone?
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You could also try to undervolt the CPU. In what conditions do you get an overheated phone?
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How could I do that?
Also, I get it for no reason whatsoever. It gets overheated and that's it. I left it to cool about 4 God damn hours, and yet when I open it it works a bit, then it gets stuck. It's as if the memory isn't well processed.
To give ya an example, I left it over night and even charged it. Everything went fine.Then, got to school, got a break, wanted to listen to a song. Fine, listened to a song. A guy wanted to waste some time on Opera Mini with his Ikariam game. Fine, let him waste that 1 tab and browse online.
But then, when he gave it to me it was stuck.
Wait a lot of time to stop it via Android's button, did it eventually. Left it to cool 2 hours, tried again. Again, after less than 3 minutes of usage (wanted to share a file via bluetooth, but got to the folder only) it got stuck again. This time it was pointless, 30 minutes later I wasn't able to stop it so I took the battery off.
I kinda don't know if I should change it or still have faith in it.
Right now stuff seems worse. Sometimes it reboots itself, but that doesn't help with anything IMO.
BTW, would the 1% battery patch help? Might put that 720p functionality in there as well.
As Auris said, try flashing a custom ROM (CM7.2 is a good choice, stable and fast enough). For undervolting (if you are on a stock ROM only - because CM7 has a built-in CPU manager, accessible from the bootmenu) ), install SetVsel from the Play Store. Like PC overclocking/undervolting, be careful about the values you choose. You'll find a thread in the General section about SetVsel values.
If these ideas don't help you solve your problem, I think it might be hardware related.
Trimis de pe Defy CM9
My defy+ gets really hot on just about everything except stock! Undervolting didn't help, nor underclocking. Putting it in the fridge temporarily helped, but when I started using it again the temp climbed again!
What should I do? :-/
Sent from my Defy+ using Tapatalk 2 Beta
Well, since you flashed custom ROMs (unlike the OP), how about the baseband? I remember that when I flashed CM7 for the first time I didn't get 3G signal and the phone was overheating because the signal was too poor for the baseband that I used. Switched between a few and finally managed to get one with good signal and 2G/3G/3.5G working fine.
I never use 3G, so I've never bothered changing it. By the way... what are the differences between basebands with the same frequencies?
Could flashing a different kernel solve it?
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Well, there are different regions - I don't know the technical details, but maybe some basebands work better with certain network operators. It's a trial&error method, you could choose one that works better or one that performs worse.
Regarding the kernel: I have no idea about the heat dissipation, but from what I've read there is a GB kernel that supposedly has better battery life. Ask Auris, he uses it (it's the kernel by walter79).
Okay, seems the issue solved itself, since now it works perfectly :|
I didn't play a game, which was kinda retarded: low quality, a simple Android game, and playing Temple Run/Angry Birds/ Angry Birds Space didn't give you me any issue.
I don't get it.
Hey all!
I have some problems on my Galaxy Nexus GSM Phone!
The problem(s) are:
Bad Battery life, uses too much battery.. :S
sometimes WiFi signal jumping from 2 to 4
I have tested many ROMs but still same problem..
I have changed baseband radio many times!
I have changed Kernel 3 times!
trinity or what it is, it's not good for my GSM GN and then I flashed Franco kernel that is OK, CMtuna was OK but I wanna use it when it is more stable..
When I bought Galaxy Nexus then all was fine but I didn't get any updates so I flashed to custom ROM...
(I'm using stock 4.0.4 ROM and I changed XXLA2 to XXKK6)
Anybody can help? I need help quickly! Thanks if you can help!
GSM GN, I bought it from Finland and I live in Finland so which is the best baseband for my GSM GN?
1. Looks like screen eats out all your battery, are you using it at 100% brightness? As for kernels, i'd recommend using stock one. Currently i'm testing Franco M3 and battery seem to drain out a bit faster if compared to stockc IMM76D kernel.
2. If signal never drops actually - just ignore it.
Edit. I just noticed you're using nightly kernel with 512MHz frequency on GPU... Looks like you're messing with stuff you have no clue about. Insane overclocking and good battery life is something from hard to imposible to achieve.
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1. Looks like screen eats out all your battery, are you using it at 100% brightness? As for kernels, i'd recommend using stock one. Currently i'm testing Franco M3 and battery seem to drain out a bit faster if compared to stockc IMM76D kernel.
2. If signal never drops actually - just ignore it.
Edit. I just noticed you're using nightly kernel with 512MHz frequency on GPU... Looks like you're messing with stuff you have no clue about. Insane overclocking and good battery life is something from hard to imposible to achieve.
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OK, I can't find stock kernel (I haven't found yet), I just tested the newest nightly kernel and whatever what ROM I use, what baseband radio I use and Kernel I use them will not make really much difference, still battery goes empty too fast! :/
I keep WiFi all the time on, I'll newer turn it off when it's available to use WiFi, I never use 3G or 2G..
on ZTE Blade CM7, battery stays 1/2 days in 90% and it's using WiFi all the time..
Brightness is in 100%
Thanks!
I flashed GN-GSM Gybrid 3.0.29 kernel!
It works and anybody know is this good for GSM GN Battery? so I mean does it use so much battery as usually modified kernels uses?
just flashed and performance might be a little bit better, about battery I don't know yet!
And what is your screen on time? With 100% brightness you can use any kernel/ROM you want, nothing will help.
Edit: added stock, insecured IMM76D kernel (made by Revoked). Don't forget to wipe Cache/Dalvik-cache.
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And what is your screen on time? With 100% brightness you can use any kernel/ROM you want, nothing will help.
Edit: added stock, insecured IMM76D kernel (made by Revoked). Don't forget to wipe Cache/Dalvik-cache.
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OK Thanks!
5 hours 51min
Screen:74%, screen was on 1 hour 45min 51 secs
with tuna kernel 3.0.24 in 16 minutes battery has used more than 6%...
I don't understand why my Battery drains too fast, I have no Idea how to fix!
any kernel, baseband or other ROM will not help!
and I can't find information about the right baseband radio for europe: Finnish/Estonia (other north countries)...
:/
I have to go soon to store to check out what is the baseband radio what GN uses in Finland!
Thanks really much for helping me!
EDIT: I'll flash this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625700&highlight=stock
Why would you use so outdated ROM (4.0.1)? I'd suggest you to download and flash latest IMM76I image from Google, it will update bootloader (to PRIMELA03) and baseband (XXLA02) is well. This would wipe your phone, so don't forget to make a backup of your all internal storage.
OR
You could try this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586807&highlight=imm76d and then manually flash XXLA02 baseband. Doing so would not wipe your phone.
And i'll repeat myself: no ROM/Kernel/Baseband will help you to save battery as much as reducing screen brightness would.
Looks like quite a number of wakelocks could be keeping your phone awake while your screen is off. Download BetterBatteryStats to help identify what they are. I suggest reading through this thread.
brianisme said:
Looks like quite a number of wakelocks could be keeping your phone awake while your screen is off. Download BetterBatteryStats to help identify what they are. I suggest reading through this thread.
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OK, Thanks!
I just noticed that I posted this topic to wrong place..
weird, still I have little bit bad battery when I flashed ICS stock 4.0.1 (North Europe)..
:S
MS. said:
Why would you use so outdated ROM (4.0.1)? I'd suggest you to download and flash latest IMM76I image from Google, it will update bootloader (to PRIMELA03) and baseband (XXLA02) is well. This would wipe your phone, so don't forget to make a backup of your all internal storage.
OR
You could try this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1586807&highlight=imm76d and then manually flash XXLA02 baseband. Doing so would not wipe your phone.
And i'll repeat myself: no ROM/Kernel/Baseband will help you to save battery as much as reducing screen brightness would.
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I used that and with that I used XXLA2 baseband radio..
:/
It's not good for my GN!
the outdated ROM should get updates so then I can update it to newest version!
also I can try to make AOSP ROM for my GN but I'm noob to make ROMs, I just can port ROMs to Jet!
I don't know did I all right or wrong
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25495298#post25495298 with those steps I installed https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#takju 4.0.4 (IMM76I)
and then kernel...
But all worked when I flashed them via fastboot by extracting the files from .tgz + .zip
Is that normal the templerun game lags little bit on 4.0.4 IMM761 with stock kernel +and baseband is XXLA2!
Hey guys what kernel you recommend for my Galaxy Nexus GSM?
(not nightly, milestone..)
I'll try other baseband radio soon, first I have to charge battery to full and then to wipe battery data..
EDIT:
I changed wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=15 to wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=150 to save battery + soon I add little bit more tweaks to save battery..
EDIT2:
How I can make flash able .zip file to change build.prop?
can somebody tell me how! ? (I replaced build.prop via Es file explorer)
With Stock 4.0.4 ROM (using stock kernel, XXLA2 baseband Radio) + tweaked build.prop to improve battery life.. IMM76I
I still haven't solve the problem..
in 2 minutes without charging 1% less..
So Please tell me which is the most stable with the best battery life Kernel + What baseband radio is worth to test (Europe, can be America too?)
Please help me to solve the problem then I do not bother here anymore..
Edit: I'm using XXKL1 baseband radio now, maybe battery is better now too!
How I can make Kernel dump on Windows/Linux Ubuntu?
EDIT2: still same problem.. :/
What a weirdo
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What a weirdo
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Yeah! Now I use Jame bond kernel and it helped little bit, I have to go somewhere store to check the right baseband version..
13 min without charging and it used 4% battery, so still battery drains too fast!
on quick Reference Guide final page is something
GSM WCDMA WiFi GT-I9250 titanium silver
emc
sar
safety
radio: ex: EN 301 908-1 V4.2.1 (03-2010) Do you know WHAT IS THAT?
I really don't know nothing...
I would suggest going back to the roots. Charge the GNex to 100%, boot into CWM and delete battery stats, use your phone until the battery completely dies. Charge to full 100% and repeat the cycle a couple of times.
The battery should get calibrated by then.
I'm using Android Rev. HD ROM, and while it has its issues, its mostly stock with stock kernel and the best battery life I could imagine. But then again, I keep my screen at Auto Brightness!
Hope that you can solve your problem, 'cause it really is a beast of a phone!
I repeat this third and last time. Do not use 100% screen brighness, otherwise battery will suffer badly. There is no ROM/kernel/baseband/magicians that would ADD extra power into the battery. Some kernels might offer little bit improved battery life, but this improvement is nothing if compared to amount of power that screen eats at max. brightness.
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ginobili1 said:
I would suggest going back to the roots. Charge the GNex to 100%, boot into CWM and delete battery stats, use your phone until the battery completely dies. Charge to full 100% and repeat the cycle a couple of times.
The battery should get calibrated by then.
I'm using Android Rev. HD ROM, and while it has its issues, its mostly stock with stock kernel and the best battery life I could imagine. But then again, I keep my screen at Auto Brightness!
Hope that you can solve your problem, 'cause it really is a beast of a phone!
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I have made all things that can make battery to work and now I know why battery sucks, because of wrong baseband and there is no right for my GSM,WCDMA + WiFi GN Titanium Silver!
any other things does not help! :/
I just need to get Finnish or Estonian baseband Radio to fix battery and the WiFi signal!
manumanfred said:
I know why battery sucks, because of wrong baseband and there is no right for my GSM,WCDMA + WiFi GN Titanium Silver
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Wrong once again. Your phone wouldn't work at all with incorrect baseband. Good luck searching for aliens under your bed, i'm out.
I upgraded my stock rooted GB SGS2 to ICS with Kies on the 12th. Battery life has been awful compared to what I got on stock GB (15-18 hours with normal use) I'm now losing about 10% an hour just sitting idle. If I use my phone at all it won't last 8 hours before the battery is at about 10%.
I did a factory reset and re rooted two days ago and I made it about about the same amount of time before the battery was almost dead again. Last night, I did a factory reset and flashed T989UVLE1_T989TMBLE1_T989UVLE1_HOME.tar with odin then rooted and still about 8 hours after I took it off the charger it's at 20% and I've barely even touched it today. I do not have any apps or widgets installed that I didn't before on GB. I didn't restore the apps with Titanium Backup, I manually downloaded each one from the Play Store. I've wiped the cache and fixed permissions in an attempt to get S-Voice to stop crashing.
Another problem I have is issues with bluetooth routing calls through my cars bluetooth. When it is paired my notifications skip and sputter when they go off.
To the best of my knowledge when I Odin'd back to stock ICS that wiped everything out but since I had an issue with my old Vibrant having remnants left over when flashing ROMs I'm wondering if this could be a similar issue. I usually flash with CWM and not Odin Is there something I should be doing to completely wipe everything out and go to stock ICS? Most all comments I've seen say battery life is even better than GB. Mine has gone the opposite way. Help?
Download TDJ's superwipe (theres a thread for it in the dev section) and run it, THEN Odin the stock tar file.
Thank you!
I notice it says after doing to the super wipe to stay in recovery and flash the ROM. Should I find a flashable zip of ICS or is it ok to use Odin after?
I flashed the zip and went ahead and went into download mode and odin'd stock ICS. Google is actually restoring my apps this time...it didn't the first three times so, so far so good. Thanks for the help.
10 hours with very little use and battery us at 25%
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D2H, Question for you... You're rooted, have you tried calibrating your battery yet? The only reason I ask is because I was stock unrooted when I upgraded to ICS and my battery life too sucks BIG TIME. Maybe 5hrs, 6 definately tops. I even tried factory reset (which is questionable), removed the battery, let it drain completely and then pulled the battery again and full charged. Still on pace for 15%+ /hr. with light usage.
When I rooted my Sensation I used a battery calibration app and that improved my battery life by leaps and bounds.
I was thinking of rooting my SGS2 just for this.
No, I've not tried that. I used to do it with my Vibrant and never really saw a big difference. I also saw a post here somewhere on here stating that calibrating the battery was a myth.
I may as well try it though. Otherwise I'm going back to GB as this battery life is unacceptable.
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No, I've not tried that. I used to do it with my Vibrant and never really saw a big difference. I also saw a post here somewhere on here stating that calibrating the battery was a myth.
I may as well try it though. Otherwise I'm going back to GB as this battery life is unacceptable.
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D2H, so whats the status?
Myself I finally bit the bullet and rooted (OMG SO SIMPLE compared to HTC). After rooting I downloaded "BatteryCalibration" from google play (Same app used on my Sensation). After a full charge yesterday, I calibrated...to TRY to drain my battery down completely for the next charge I turned on BT and GPS. This all happened around 8pm last night... Well its 5:08pm next day now and my battery (with BT and GPS still on) is only at 68% now and that's after some surfing, video watching, games.
I have to say give this a try before going back to GB.
Come to find out there was a beta release of HD Widgets that downloaded when all of my apps restored. That was the culprit. I'm back to 16 hours of battery life.
Cool! It's going on 10:30 pm here and my bt and gps are still on and I'm at 29%... This includes more Internet browsing, games, phone calls and Txt msgs. No charging since yesterday. I won't be surprised if it's still on tomorrow morning.