Battery life.. by using 3G on android 4.1.1 .. - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Hey!
Just quick question:
I've enabled 3G when I wasn't at home...
I used FB, Browser and Google maps..
The battery was draining quickly..
Originally on my GNEX was yakjuxw build, I flashed takju JB JRN84D and then updated it with the ota update..
I'm using jb's radio baseband and stock kernel, bootloader is la03.
I wan't to know is the battery life ok, or is it draining little bit too fast..
Watch the screenshots:
Thanks if you can help..
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Your screen on time is a little low, try using BetterBatteryStats to see if anything is keeping your phone awake.
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msavic6 said:
Your screen on time is a little low, try using BetterBatteryStats to see if anything is keeping your phone awake.
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I've used it many times and no help with it..
I gonna flash JB's bootloader to my Gnex, maybe it fixes something, if not then I have to use other radio baseband and maybe even other kernel..

I have about identical screen on time, always have. I don't have any wakelocks.

Try one of Franco's Linaro Kernels maybe. I am seeing really great improvements after switching to that kernel.

Looks about right. The max I've ever had on stock battery was a little over 3 hours, but only with light usage. I usually get a little over 2 hours on a normal day.

nsusa said:
Try one of Franco's Linaro Kernels maybe. I am seeing really great improvements after switching to that kernel.
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Sorry but I hate franco kernels!

BrandT90 said:
Looks about right. The max I've ever had on stock battery was a little over 3 hours, but only with light usage. I usually get a little over 2 hours on a normal day.
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Okay, Thanks for telling me that!

A little low on the screen-on time, but its not completely terrible. It ALL depends on your usage, really. Everyones use is different in so many ways.
I usually get about 12-15hrs total usage, with ~3hrs screen on.

martonikaj said:
A little low on the screen-on time, but its not completely terrible. It ALL depends on your usage, really. Everyones use is different in so many ways.
I usually get about 12-15hrs total usage, with ~3hrs screen on.
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yeah, okay!

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Insane battery life wtf ??!

Sorry the bad tittle guys, im just really frustrated with how fast my battery drains from just surfing the net . No videos just hanging around the forums.. I'm running ics fc22 stock rooted with fc 18 modem
. What can i do to help with battery drain?
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dude12v said:
Sorry the bad tittle guys, im just really frustrated with how fast my battery drains from just surfing the net . No videos just hanging around the forums.. I'm running ics fc22 stock rooted with fc 18 modem
. What can i do to help with battery drain?
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Your screen brightness is too high and turn off haptic feedback. Btw screen love to rape your battery
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I think its the FC22 modem. Obviously modems vary from phone to phone. Flashed it over Calk GB ROM and my battery life TANKED. Went to sleep with 30%, woke up with 4%, nothing in use either
Debloat out the samsung widgets and sprintware you don't used. Makes a huge difference. Check with John C for other battery saving tips.
thanks guys I just saw Calk released fc 24 Maybe that will help with the battery life?? cuz is ridiculous right now.
This is insane bat life
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sader2202 said:
This is insane bat life
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This battery life seems pretty good...
thats messed up just rub it in like that . what setup is that?
dude12v said:
Sorry the bad tittle guys, im just really frustrated with how fast my battery drains from just surfing the net . No videos just hanging around the forums.. I'm running ics fc22 stock rooted with fc 18 modem
. What can i do to help with battery drain?
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Are you using auto screen brightness? It is usually enabled by default. If so turn that off and set you screen manually. Personally I hardly ever need more the 25% brightness level.
Another tip, pick up Better Battery Stats on the android market for $2.50. You will be able to see right away your awake time vs your screen on. That way you can see if a rogue app is killing your battery life.
I hope you guys meaning "good battery life for an ICS build."
I'm still running Calk's EL29, and when I see people saying 40% use over 5 hours is great battery life, I feel like I'm in some Bizzarro world!
With medium use at 50% brightness (2 hours of screen-on, 50 texts or so, WiFi and GPS not disabled, 20 minutes or so of actual phone time), I find myself somewhere between 20 and 25% depleted.
Granted, my screen on time is mostly dark things... White on black Kindle reading, white on black text theme, dark background pic, etc).
travisp said:
Are you using auto screen brightness? It is usually enabled by default. If so turn that off and set you screen manually. Personally I hardly ever need more the 25% brightness level.
Another tip, pick up Better Battery Stats on the android market for $2.50. You will be able to see right away your awake time vs your screen on. That way you can see if a rogue app is killing your battery life.
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Not sure if its still there.....but.....the Dev that created Better Battery Stats offers the apk for free in the Android general apps section.
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Using my old HTC EVO for the weekend and I forgot how amazing it was for idle battery drain, must be due better more mature custom kernel.
Bad side though is I don't remember it being so fat and heavy! got spoiled by how slim and light the gs2 is.
Calkulins new fc24 rom is doing pretty good for me
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Calkulins new fc24 rom is doing pretty good for me
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WTF 15hrs thats crazy,.. im running this same ROM too but nowhere near that bat life it has improved a lot but unlike this..
um.. web browsing uses 2 of the biggest battery drains of any smartphone, the screen and the 3g/4g radio. there isn't much you can do to minimize battery drain during activities that utilize one let alone both of them.. even surfing on wifi is going to make your phone drain a lot faster
dam my android os is eating my battery and I cant figure how?
okcupid I didn't know what it was till I Googled it. good luck
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Not sure if its still there.....but.....the Dev that created Better Battery Stats offers the apk for free in the Android general apps section.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

Poor battery life with juggernaut 5.0 & darkside v1 kernal

its been 3 days since i rooted my phone for the first time due to battery life issues. the first day my phone lasted for 10 hours. after a full discharge and full charge I've been experiencing horrible battery life again on medium usage. only getting 6 hours of battery life. what do you guys think would be the cause of this??? everybody is getting better battery life and mine seems to be horrible still. I don't have any out of the ordinary apps running either. do you think i need a new battery?
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just did a battery calibration and still getting poor battery life. suggestions please?
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I have never found juggs to be a battery friendly ROM. It's a power ROM. Better for gaming, shooting live video etc. If you want the 15 to 20 hour battery some are getting then switch over to darksides ROM DIGITALWARFARE. It's powerful enough for gaming just not like juggs.
Also usage plays a roll to. If your gaming for 4 stright hours don't expect the phone to last that long because no phone will. Running Juggs with darksides kernal is kinda doesn't mix.
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thanks for the info i had no clue
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Download 2x battery from the market, it's done wonders for my phone and i use it with any rom i flash. Not to mention i ran that same setup for quite awhile and the maximum time out of a battery i've gotten comes using juggs 5 and v1 darkside kernel.
I'm running Juggernaut 5.0, with Eugene's Streamline kernel. I'm getting about 17hs. I'm also OCD, so I play, and tweak every setting possible. I game a lot, and usually get about 6-8 with that. It depends on a lot of factors though. I agree though, it's kind of an oxymoron to use Darkside kernel with that rom. They kind of clash.....I guess you could say, as far as battery goes anyways. I had the same issue when I used that kernel. Just my experience anyways. There's a lot of setups you could go with, so. Best to just test everything once, till you find your happy place.
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I'm running Juggernaut 5.0, with Eugene's Streamline kernel. I'm getting about 17hs. I'm also OCD, so I play, and tweak every setting possible. I game a lot, and usually get about 6-8 with that. It depends on a lot of factors though. I agree though, it's kind of an oxymoron to use Darkside kernel with that rom. They kind of clash.....I guess you could say, as far as battery goes anyways. I had the same issue when I used that kernel. Just my experience anyways. There's a lot of setups you could go with, so. Best to just test everything once, till you find your happy place.
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i just switched over to synergy kernel for my jugg. been off the charger for about an hour and I've lost 10%. so im on pace to have about 4 hours more than i had with darkside. do you suggest streamline or will he results be similar to what im getting already ?
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hey mike what were your results with new kernal ?
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unfourtunately im seeing no results. i got about 6-7 hours still on decent amount of usage. i even went ahead and purchased the extended battery from nexus and im still seeing no improvements! im pretty sure its not a rogue app because i barely use any apps. im even using apps like 2x battery to try to get more juice. anyways i just wiped and installed digital warfare last night. just unplugged my phone at 100% lets see how this goes. ill report back.
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hey mike what were your results with new kernal ?
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what are you using? are you experiencing poor battery life as well?
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Your battery life also depends on a number of other factors as well. Do you have animations on or off? If they are on, turn them off. What brightness is your screen? I turn mine all the way down. How many widgets are you running? I don't use widgets. Is your phone constantly syncing with Facebook, Twitter etc? I only turn my sync on for Gmail and Google. Is your GPS on? I have mine off at all times. Do you stream a lot of music/videos? How many programs do you have running in the background? I make sure everything is closed or off except for the programs that need to be on. If I need to use a program/app I will open it, I don't need it constantly running shortening my battery life. Etc Etc.
I also recommend using the app Juice Defender. Yes it runs in the background at all times, but, it greatly improves battery life. I use it all the time and it's fantastic.
I typically have my phone on for 15-17hrs a day and by the time I go to bed I still have over 50% battery left. I am currently just on a stock ROM and not Juggs, but my results with Juggs were around the same as well, even with the Darkside Kernel. Peace
Chochiwpg said:
I also recommend using the app Juice Defender. Yes it runs in the background at all times, but, it greatly improves battery life. I use it all the time and it's fantastic.
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+1 I don't use juice defender on my device since I am happy with the battery life I get so far. However, I have Juice Defender on my wife's SGS2 with custom settings and her battery life has improved a lot. Before her phone would only last 10-12 hours with moderate use. Now she gets over 20 hours with the same usage.
Use tdjs ROM
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I'm using aokp now but I found this to be the best setup for battery for me.
I recommend you try this and see if you still have this issue.
Juggernaut + synergy + juice defender on aggressive mode = awesome battery life.. awesome enough for you to have multiple MiniBaths. :banghead:
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TerrorCandii said:
I'm running Juggernaut 5.0, with Eugene's Streamline kernel. I'm getting about 17hs. I'm also OCD, so I play, and tweak every setting possible. I game a lot, and usually get about 6-8 with that. It depends on a lot of factors though. I agree though, it's kind of an oxymoron to use Darkside kernel with that rom. They kind of clash.....I guess you could say, as far as battery goes anyways. I had the same issue when I used that kernel. Just my experience anyways. There's a lot of setups you could go with, so. Best to just test everything once, till you find your happy place.
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Started using the same kernal Monday and I have def. Started to see a difference.
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mikeyubuee said:
i just switched over to synergy kernel for my jugg. been off the charger for about an hour and I've lost 10%. so im on pace to have about 4 hours more than i had with darkside. do you suggest streamline or will he results be similar to what im getting already ?
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I lost 10-15% an hour if im not on Wifi, this phone has terrible batt life when not on wifi. Could that be why?
mikeyubuee said:
its been 3 days since i rooted my phone for the first time due to battery life issues. the first day my phone lasted for 10 hours. after a full discharge and full charge I've been experiencing horrible battery life again on medium usage. only getting 6 hours of battery life. what do you guys think would be the cause of this??? everybody is getting better battery life and mine seems to be horrible still. I don't have any out of the ordinary apps running either. do you think i need a new battery?
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Change to beastmod 5.0
Then change the ov/oc beater
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Roms with the best battery life.

I was wanting to know which ROM has the best battery life on the Gnex the CDMA version.
Thanks
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They are all pretty much the same IMO. The screen sucks up juice so keep it off as often as possible lol
xero925 said:
I was wanting to know which ROM has the best battery life on the Gnex the CDMA version.
Thanks
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If you want the latest software, most stable, and best battery life ROM, go with MMuzzy's AOSP ROM. Using it now, and its amazing
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ROMs themselves rarely ever have an actual impact on battery life. Most postive effects for battery come from the kernel, and negative ones from rogue apps.
Before you ask which kernel offers the best battery, it really depends on the requirements of the user and the phone itself. You'll just have to try a few.
Marisa said:
ROMs themselves rarely ever have an actual impact on battery life. Most postive effects for battery come from the kernel, and negative ones from rogue apps.
Before you ask which kernel offers the best battery, it really depends on the requirements of the user and the phone itself. You'll just have to try a few.
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That's very true, IMHO LeanKernel is the absolute best.
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How do I switch out the kernel. I'm kind of a noob at this stuff...
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Flash it like you would a ROM. Make sure you find one that is for the version of android your ROM is based on. I would suggest tying Franco kernel, but there are many good ones.
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xero925 said:
How do I switch out the kernel. I'm kind of a noob at this stuff...
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FYI....this thread goes in general.
Flash kernel in cwm the same as you would have a rom. Be sure to clear cache/dalvik first.
For the moment the ROM with the best battery life is SlimRoms 2.7
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I've tried many ROMs and Kernels with no success in the battery life department.
My phone charger died so I downloaded an app...Easy Battery Saver...my phone was still at 34% after 1 day and 7 hours. I was NOT heavily using my phone but still this is the best battery life I have ever experienced. I was always on the "battery saver apps are useless" team until recently.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still flashing
Just love my new app.
i tried miui, pa, vicious, aopk, smooth, and now using cm10. tried out different kernals too,but at the end, all the roms cant pass 1hr 50mins of screen time.
zeke1988 said:
i tried miui, pa, vicious, aopk, smooth, and now using cm10. tried out different kernals too,but at the end, all the roms cant pass 1hr 50mins of screen time.
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Hmm.. thats strange. I'm on MMuzzy's ROM which is pure AOSP and I get around 2 and a half hours of screen time. And some people around the forums have gotten around 5 hours of screen time with different combinations of ROMS and Kernels.
I have tried numerous roms, if not all of them for the galaxy nexus, and there is a difference between roms, even using the same kernel.
I have been getting amazing battery life using Eclipse.
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The mods can move this thread, but in the mean time, it is a good question.
I used to get some awesome battery life. VZW + 2100mah. Typically 4 hours screen on time was normal.... now I'm lucky to get 1hr. I can't remember if it was the jelly bean update or the inclusion of Google Now.
Does letting the ROM settle really help? I have been getting terrible battery life out of my 2100mah. The battery just drains when the screen is off. No rogue apps, but this is a fresh install as of 24 hours ago
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I believe use what you like as long as you use Lean Kernel you should get good battery life.
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I believe use what you like as long as you use Lean Kernel you should get good battery life.
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I wasn't going to put my 2 cents in but because there are so many complaints about this being in the wrong place, I just have to now.
I have tried many different ROM's and kernels and found there always seems to be the "right" combination sooner or later. Right now I am on AOKP w/Franco M6 and getting about 14 hours with 24% battery left, 2.5 hours screen time, mostly LTE and moderate phone use, best I have seen of any combo for me on this ROM. For CNA the right kernel for me was lean kernel. A little experimentation and patience and you will find that sweet spot soon enough.
Edit: the whining drew me to it, sucked me in so I couldn't stop myself from answering
If someone can get 4+ hours screen with mostly 3G, let me know. haha.
Wrong section
However as for battery life slim ROMs work great but I'm on jbsourcery built in trinity and I've definitely had worse d: the only ROM I've used that's had has battery is pa however they've had multiple updates since then so I'm sure its not horrible now
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2 things here:
1) OP, wrong section. Questions belong in their own section, the Q&A section. Development is reserved for Roms, kernels, tweaks, etc.
2) If you guys see something posted in the wrong section, report it. No need to get in an internet gang war about it. Us mods have a life too and we can not be here 24 hrs a day to watch over you. When you hit the report button, we see it.

Extended battery dying quickly

If you look at the screen shot, my 4300 MAH battery was dying with only gps on on low brightness screen time of 2 hours and 30 min. This is very short compared to a week ago when I got it, I got almost 6 hours of screen time.
Also I had about 45 min of screen time with juicedefender on and then idle from 7 to 1:47 today and 73% battery!?
Remember this is an extended battery, this seems too quick.
Could it be the battery, or programs on my phone. But I checked battery and screen was the most battery consumption on Low brightness. And nothing running in the backround
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My battery consumption on a normal day (excluding xda premium app (usually not open))
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I'd suggest returning it under warranty.
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You may want to use BBS ( Better Battery Stats ) to see if you have a Wakelock going on. Also to give you a better idea of what's going on.
Put the original back in, see if it drains at the same rate
prboy1969 said:
You may want to use BBS ( Better Battery Stats ) to see if you have a Wakelock going on. Also to give you a better idea of what's going on.
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I got it, and how do I check for a wake lock? And what is a wakelock?
Lastly, in cyanogenmod performance section I set my cpu governor to on demand and it goes from lowest speed to highest back and forth, instead of "on demand" when you need it
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I got this
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Aweshocked said:
If you look at the screen shot, my 4300 MAH battery was dying with only gps on on low brightness screen time of 2 hours and 30 min. This is very short compared to a week ago when I got it, I got almost 6 hours of screen time.
Also I had about 45 min of screen time with juicedefender on and then idle from 7 to 1:47 today and 73% battery!?
Remember this is an extended battery, this seems too quick.
Could it be the battery, or programs on my phone. But I checked battery and screen was the most battery consumption on Low brightness. And nothing running in the backround
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Sorry about asking, but what ROM are you on? If it is cm10.1, it could be all the changes they make. Anything 4.2.2 is still being worked on.
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Sorry about asking, but what ROM are you on? If it is cm10.1, it could be all the changes they make. Anything 4.2.2 is still being worked on.
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As a matter of fact it is cm 10.1
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As a matter of fact it is cm 10.1
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Yep. The bugs in the 3.4 kernel have not been squashed yet and it is rumored if you restore data on it it will drain your battery due to a media scan thing or something.
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Yep. The bugs in the 3.4 kernel have not been squashed yet and it is rumored if you restore data on it it will drain your battery due to a media scan thing or something.
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Meaning to restore back to it? C
Because I did that flashing s touchwiz like friday
Only way to fix is waiting for them to fix it or flash another rom right? Cuz i cant go back to the old kernels
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Meaning to restore back to it? C
Because I did that flashing s touchwiz like friday
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Restoring data. Like games or text with titanium backup or mybackup. I think that is what I was reading. I never used cm10.1 for more than 5 min, but I read the thread everyday to see how it is going.
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Restoring data. Like games or text with titanium backup or mybackup. I think that is what I was reading. I never used cm10.1 for more than 5 min, but I read the thread everyday to see how it is going.
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Do you think I should go to a stable cm (if yes then what would that be cuz idk lol)
Also if I can, can I dirty flash? Hate to restore again
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Do you think I should go to a stable cm (if yes then what would that be cuz idk lol)
Also if I can, can I dirty flash? Hate to restore again
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Well, the only stable is cm10 stable, which is android 4.1.2, not 4.2.2.. but I personally love cm10 stable. You could try to dirty flash, but I have never went down an android level over dirty flash, but I would imagine it would not end well. I would recommend a clean flash. If you need a good backup app, look into app backup and restore for your apps and mybackup for text and app data. It can backup so much and is so simple to use. Both in play store.
Sorry about having to clean flash, but after you do, if it isn't your battery (which I believe it isn't), battery life should be improved greatly.
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Whiplashh said:
Well, the only stable is cm10 stable, which is android 4.1.2, not 4.2.2.. but I personally love cm10 stable. You could try to dirty flash, but I have never went down an android level over dirty flash, but I would imagine it would not end well. I would recommend a clean flash. If you need a good backup app, look into app backup and restore for your apps and mybackup for text and app data. It can backup so much and is so simple to use. Both in play store.
Sorry about having to clean flash, but after you do, if it isn't your battery (which I believe it isn't), battery life should be improved greatly.
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Thanks man, one of the best answers I've gotten from this site.
Last question , I chose 4.2.2 FOR the battery life improved through idle, but this changes everything, do you think staying here would give me useful features in otherwise wouldn't have in cm stable?
App Backup, while backing up can I multitask? I have hw to do lol and need the browser
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Thanks man, one of the best answers I've gotten from this site.
Last question , I chose 4.2.2 FOR the battery life improved through idle, but this changes everything, do you think staying here would give me useful features in otherwise wouldn't have in cm stable?
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I know people will argue otherwise, but the only thing different I see in 4.2.2 is 4 things.
the camera, which I flashed on 4.1.2 because I found a zip. Loving it.
4.2 keyboard, which I also have on 4.1.2. Very cool.
The lock screen which personally I think it is a good idea but it isn't that important to me. Cm10 stable is better suited because it is simple.
And last which is the quick toggles. I like this feature too but isn't a deal breaker for me. As cool as they are, I just use the power widgets in cm10 stable and they work just fine.
I know they say 4.2.2 helps improve battery life, and yes, in the long run it will. I don't know what nightly you flashed, but they are exactly what they are, nightly. They are just test for new things they put in to see if anything breaks. I am personally gonna wait till I see a stable 4.2.2. Rom until I make the jump up. 4.2.2. Is gonna have bugs as it is brand new. I can wait until the bugs are squished. If you want awesome battery life, you could try some of these touchwiz ROMs. Sometimes AOSP doesn't play nice with some phones as every phone is different.
So do as you wish. If you can live without some 4.2 features (which some you can get on 4.1.2) then make the jump. If the battery still acts up on 4.2 to where it bothers you, then switch. If you don't mind it stay. It is all up to you. .
I also forgot to add: if you flashed a nightly of cm 10.1, you could try the snapshot (monthly build by cm people).
These are considered more stable for daily use.
I am gonna go to bed now, but if you have anymore questions, feel free to ask/pm me. I will get to answering them as soon as possible.
Hope it all works out.
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Aweshocked said:
If you look at the screen shot, my 4300 MAH battery was dying with only gps on on low brightness screen time of 2 hours and 30 min. This is very short compared to a week ago when I got it, I got almost 6 hours of screen time.
Also I had about 45 min of screen time with juicedefender on and then idle from 7 to 1:47 today and 73% battery!?
Remember this is an extended battery, this seems too quick.
Could it be the battery, or programs on my phone. But I checked battery and screen was the most battery consumption on Low brightness. And nothing running in the backround
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I had the worst luck with most aftermarket batteries, tried all brands, from everywhere, some didn't bother about telling you there is no NFC chip, and, they all got super hot while charging. None of them seemed to hold a charge longer than OEM.

[OPINION] is this Good Battery Life?

Hey everyone!
I just want to know what you guys think of my battery life, I think it's pretty decent but I'd like to hear your input! Thanks
I'm on illusion v2.0
Nabeel10 said:
Hey everyone!
I just want to know what you guys think of my battery life, I think it's pretty decent but I'd like to hear your input! Thanks
I'm on illusion v2.0
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BBS log please?
I'd say that's pretty decent battery. I get around that too. What kernel are you running?
Sent from my Galaxy S3
The average is about 3.5 hours of screen on time. So its not bad and its not great.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
TheKucho said:
I'd say that's pretty decent battery. I get around that too. What kernel are you running?
Sent from my Galaxy S3
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I'm on Ktoonez! Using ktoonservative with row.
This battery life is pretty nice for me. Ive always used ktoones, I'm sure it's the Rom!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T999 using xda premium
Nabeel10 said:
Hey everyone!
I just want to know what you guys think of my battery life, I think it's pretty decent but I'd like to hear your input! Thanks
I'm on illusion v2.0
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what rom is that?
Nabeel10 said:
I'm on Ktoonez! Using ktoonservative with row.
This battery life is pretty nice for me. Ive always used ktoones, I'm sure it's the Rom!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T999 using xda premium
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If you remove Juice Defender and make some changes yourself, the battery will probably get better. That's why I asked to see a BBS log. Seems pretty mediocre to me. Not trying to #1 on your parade. If you're happy, that's all that matters.
It's been a while since I've paid much attention to mine, but a few months back I was easily getting roughly 4+ hours screen on time and 27 or so hours overall.
This was rooted stock firmware, stock kernel.
Read woodys battery thread. It may help you out. But like Aerowinder said, as long as you're happy with it, that's all that matters. Your battery life is certainly not bad, so if you've got things set up how you like, and you don't find yourself running low at bad times, you may not want to mess with it too much.
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Aerowinder said:
If you remove Juice Defender and make some changes yourself, the battery will probably get better. That's why I asked to see a BBS log. Seems pretty mediocre to me. Not trying to #1 on your parade. If you're happy, that's all that matters.
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Sorry I don't know what a BBS log is :/
And I understand juice defender is an ongoing service that affects battery, but wouldn't the fact that it cuts data when the screen is off be better?
If juice defender takes up more battery by running than by data continuing to run at screen off, then I may change...
Nabeel10 said:
Sorry I don't know what a BBS log is :/
And I understand juice defender is an ongoing service that affects battery, but wouldn't the fact that it cuts data when the screen is off be better?
If juice defender takes up more battery by running than by data continuing to run at screen off, then I may change...
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Bbs= Better Battery Stats
Like I said, read Woodys thread. The majority of questions you wind up coming up with here, are already answered there. Including info about bbs and juice defender.
Lol! No gettin outta this one! You just gotta be willing to read.
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