I know it's still early but has anyone else found Jellybean to have worse battery life compared to ICS? I'm totally stock with only the bootloader unlocked. Usually after a full day use with ICS I have 30% left and with JB I'm around 15%. On a day with heavy use I'm sure I will have to charge in the middle of the day which is very inconvenient. I'm trying to see if it's JB itself or some app which is draining things now that I'm on JB.
I'm finding it to be significantly better actually. I couldn't make it through a full day on ICS most days. With JB i'm easily above 30% most days at end of the day.
Maybe its because you like more your phone now and therefore you spend more time playing with it
Do you have Google Now enabled? The frequent location pings and GPS wakelocks drain the battery
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Do you have Google Now enabled? The frequent location pings and GPS wakelocks drain the battery
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Just wondering if anyone has disabled latitude and how this effects Google now? The battery drain isn't really a bother for such a cool feature... just out of interest really
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I know it's still early but has anyone else found Jellybean to have worse battery life compared to ICS? I'm totally stock with only the bootloader unlocked. Usually after a full day use with ICS I have 30% left and with JB I'm around 15%. On a day with heavy use I'm sure I will have to charge in the middle of the day which is very inconvenient. I'm trying to see if it's JB itself or some app which is draining things now that I'm on JB.
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Mine seems worse compared to 4.0, phone doesn't go to deep sleep and keeps waking up ... maybe it's my Exchange email account, but this was fine when I was on 4.0.
How is your phone sleeping?
This may seem a strange suggestion, but I've found that leaving wi-fi on, even when I'm not using a wi-fi network seems to even out the battery drain. Helps to get Google Now working 100% as well. So try that when you can. I've found it works fantastically for me.
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I know it's still early but has anyone else found Jellybean to have worse battery life compared to ICS? I'm totally stock with only the bootloader unlocked. Usually after a full day use with ICS I have 30% left and with JB I'm around 15%. On a day with heavy use I'm sure I will have to charge in the middle of the day which is very inconvenient. I'm trying to see if it's JB itself or some app which is draining things now that I'm on JB.
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Stock vs. stock ROMs (both using LeanKernel as well) I've found Jellybean to actually have better battery life. I managed four hours of screen on time with the stock battery yesterday and today, something I could never come close to accomplishing with stock ICS.
turn off wifi, gps and 3g, and you'll go far. Turn em on only when necessary. I leave google now on. I'm only at 40% after 22 hours. Granted it defeats the purpose of a smartphone, but if I'm at work, working...then I don't need all those things turned on.
Turn off Google now of you don't really use it. I loved playing with it for a few days and realized it wasn't THAT useful for me I only really used weather. I keep the voice search active and turned the cards off. I just use a decent weather widget and maps WHEN I'm travelling if worried about time. HUGE battery saving. So many (understandable) wakelocks when activated.
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Battery life is worse for me, I'll stick to ICS for now, no rush.
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It's weird, it seems the battery life is worse, but it could be that I'm using it more than before. The on-screen time does seems slightly better than on ICS, but I'm going to need more testing before I can confirm...
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Turn off Google now of you don't really use it. I loved playing with it for a few days and realized it wasn't THAT useful for me I only really used weather. I keep the voice search active and turned the cards off. I just use a decent weather widget and maps WHEN I'm travelling if worried about time. HUGE battery saving. So many (understandable) wakelocks when activated.
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Hmmm...I will try that out, thanks. Google now was fun to play with the first couple days but if it means I need to charge middle of the day forget it. I will try turning it off and see what kind of results I get.
For the record, I've left all my GPS, Wifi and sleep settings intact from ICS so those settings shouldn't have effected my battery life.
I don't care for Google Now, just the new voice search part.
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What kernel are you guys finding the best battery life with? I tried popcorn kernel and Francos kernel.
I think popcorn was better...
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What kernel are you guys finding the best battery life with? I tried popcorn kernel and Francos kernel.
I think popcorn was better...
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I didn't find Franco very pleasing. The Faux kernel (b6 I think) worked great and gave me excellent battery.
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I could be wrong but I think project butter requires the processor to run at a higher clip and thus uses more juice.
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I could be wrong but I think project butter requires the processor to run at a higher clip and thus uses more juice.
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I'm actually getting better battery life on Jelly Bean than I was on Ice Cream Sandwich. Running at a higher clock isn't the only thing (or the main thing, I think) that gives Jelly Bean it's buttery smoothness.
Google really put effort into improving Vsync on the device, which mainly gives the device that buttery feel.
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At first my girlfriend had her Nexus S updated to ics and immediately we noticed a huge difference in how long her battery lasted and she is the furthest thing from a heavy user.
So when I heard that ics ws being released for our phone my first thought was i hope that what she experienced won't be what i do as we have a better phone right?
Well I am sad to say on a stock but rooted rom I experience the same lack of battery life as her.
Now I am no beginner to Android and have changed all sorts of settings available and nothing syncs on its own and when I unplug my phone from charging in the morning I will need to plug my phone in at night before bed as my phone will be completely dead.
I have to say I am very disappointed in the battery life of thr the stock rom and hope some good kernels make it out to help.
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Have you tried to find out which app/process is draining your battery? Better Battery Stats can help you identify what is using up your battery.
I had a big keep awake problem when i first installed stock ICS on my T989D. I did a full wipe of the phone and formatted my internal SD card (after backing things up of course), reinstall the same stock ICS and everything works great now. Battery life is about the same as before (stock GB w/ Synergy kernel), which is about 30 hours with moderate use.
Try CM 9. I get almost 2 days of battery life.
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I've never had better battery life personally.
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Though I am now on AOKP, I had great battery life on stock ICS as well. But, everything is subjective. How many email accounts are being synced? Do you have Facebook / Twitter / G+ updating every hour? Do you have news feeds continuously updating as well?
I have to agree with the poster above. Get Better Battery Stats and find the culprit draining your battery and work from there.
biggest thing draining the battery is the screen.
you can literally watch the battery usage drop 10-15% in a period of 10 to 15 minutes which is absurd when its set to low.
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Wait for kernel development. Its underway as we speak. It will make a significant difference.
Some battery saving tips:
- use juicedefender and set it to aggressive mode.
- use romtoolbox or other programs to underclock cpu frequency.
- also try using telus stock ics. Very good battery life.
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I have a brand new T989D (I'm new to Android, former iPhone user) and got the ICS upgrade the day I got it (9 days ago). Battery life is terrible, I'm lucky if I get 10 hours of moderate usage. The phone also tends to run very, very hot. Sometimes apps freeze and all I can do is either wait or, in some cases, remove the battery to reboot.
I'm open to any tips that will get this fixed! I haven't rooted yet (no time). I think I will try those wipe tools and reflash the stock ICS ROM.
First post btw - glad to have joined XDA!
Rooting takes 5 seconds. Follow the sticky. Use odin.
Run a custom rom.
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Rooting takes 5 seconds. Follow the sticky. Use odin.
Run a custom rom.
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Thanks, although a lot of howtos seem to be for GB since ICS only landed 9 days ago. Also there's a lot of conflicting information, so I prefer this one:
http : // galaxys2root.com/t-mobile-galaxy-s2/how-to-root-icsgb-on-t-mobile-galaxy-s2-sgh-t989/
Aaaannnd... rooted! \o/
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Wait for kernel development. Its underway as we speak. It will make a significant difference.
Some battery saving tips:
- use juicedefender and set it to aggressive mode.
- use romtoolbox or other programs to underclock cpu frequency.
- also try using telus stock ics. Very good battery life.
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phone is a telus phone so its already using that rom.
setcpu us setup already but thinking perhaps to undervolt
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Stock, not rooted, my battery life is great. Something is using your battery up, and flashing some exotic kernel isn't going to change that. The stock kernel works fine. You'll want to find the root of the problem. Keep a real-time (or 1-5s interval anyway) eye on the phone's current (mA) usage, and when it's high for no apparent reason, you'll know that whatever is sucking your battery is doing it right then. That should help you characterize the problem. I've noticed when my WCDMA/GSM radio signal sucks, so does the battery life, so I either turn off the radio or switch to GSM only when I'm in that area. If your display is what's eating your battery, well a kernel can't stop that. Turn the brightness down, leave it on auto-brightness, or just deal with it if you need the display on all the time. But if tweaking and modding makes you happy, by all means...
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biggest thing draining the battery is the screen.
you can literally watch the battery usage drop 10-15% in a period of 10 to 15 minutes which is absurd when its set to low.
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I have the same complaint. The "screen" battery usage is just unacceptable, especially compared to GB. My phone has been draining from a full charge for ~4.5 hours and my screen usage is 70% and battery is down to 65% with hardly 10 minutes of screen-on time.
I use an app called autostarts and you basically enable/disable apps that start running when certain events happen (phone startup, wifi being turned on, incoming call/sms/mms, other apps turning on, etc.). Just make sure you do your homework so you dont disable something critical. Hopefully this app works on ICS. You'll be surprised what different events make certain apps turn on automaticly. Screen, data/wifi, gps and bluetooth are the biggest battery drainers. No matter what Rom you are on if you don't keep control of those items your battery will drain fast. Keep ur screen on auto, let it go off @ 15 seconds ( you have to be pretty used to your phone for that setting not to annoy you), turn OFF your data or wifi when not in use. With bluetooth and gps...well u know that when you use them your battery is gonna drain faster than normal...just keep that in mind. Its all pretty much common sense.
I'm not going to tell you how much battery time I get cuz its nonsense. There are times my phone lasts till the next day and others Im charging it by sundown. Then again Im still on Juggs n Darkside kernel and Im gonna wait a bit still b4 I make the switch. Also don't go by what other people say on battery life cuz if you might not get the same results on that ROM. Everyone of our devices is unique and acts different. Everyone user uses their phone different. You can't define "light, moderate, heavy" use so don't go by that either.
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Duel core vs single core
Larger brighter screen
Processor is clocked higher
Radio is connected to hspa+ network
Tw vs Samsung.
These things make a difference
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After upgrading to ICS stock unrooted battery life sucked (5-6hrs). I did the whole remove battery, factory reset and still sucked.
Broke down rooted (still stock), downloaded batterycalibration from play, followed the instructions. Easily get over 24hrs before having to charge again. and when I say easily, I mean I still have over 25% left.
Get a gnex extended....maybe a bad battery
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AOKP build 40, latest eugene373 streamline kernel. I went 9 hours earlier it earlier and it was still at 70% You will see a difference!!
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Im not going to tell you how much battery time I get cuz its nonsense. .........Everyone user uses their phone different. You can't define "light, moderate, heavy" use so don't go by that either.
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Bingo. Vastly different battery life between ROM's is generally BS. Every once in a great while one of these threads has merit but typically someone saying ROM X had "Killer" battery life is clueless and drinking the koolaid. Then a placebo effect takes place. And definitely someones "Heavy" use is subjective. If someone says they get a day out of an android phone they are not heavy users by my definition. It doesn't happen with heavy use. Perhaps the Razr Maxx or another phone with a very large battery but I've had 5 Android phones. If I get past noon it's because I am not using my phone that much and forget about a full day. It's never happened in the 4 years I've used google OS phones. Never.
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Bingo. Vastly different battery life between ROM's is generally BS. Every once in a great while one of these threads has merit but typically someone saying ROM X had "Killer" battery life is clueless and drinking the koolaid. Then a placebo effect takes place. And definitely someones "Heavy" use is subjective. If someone says they get a day out of an android phone they are not heavy users by my definition. It doesn't happen with heavy use. Perhaps the Razr Maxx or another phone with a very large battery but I've had 5 Android phones. If I get past noon it's because I am not using my phone that much and forget about a full day. It's never happened in the 4 years I've used google OS phones. Never.
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Yes exactly, I hate when people post screenshots of their phone getting 24+ hours, I'm there thinking "well obviously they don't use their phone alot". There is no way in hell i could get 24 hours no matter what rom/kernal I use. Im just happy when my phone can make it till I get home at night
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I am sure this has been asked, but I really need some help with this. I am using fully 4.1.1 STOCK and I do use the data on my phone quite a bit, but I don't see how after 6 hours, my phone is completely dead after a full charge. Screen on time was roughly an hour and a half! What is the BEST ROM with the best Kernel even, for battery life and extensive use of data?
The max I could get waas 2 hours screen on time, 3G really hurts your battery, I don'think theres anything that can change that
stock is always best.
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The max I could get waas 2 hours screen on time, 3G really hurts your battery, I don'think theres anything that can change that
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Really? Damn. Well, I turned off all the Location services as well as set the brightness to the lowest possible setting. Guess I'll see how that works. But really, that sucks. I wasn't even on it that much, only a few hours
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Really? Damn. Well, I turned off all the Location services as well as set the brightness to the lowest possible setting. Guess I'll see how that works. But really, that sucks. I wasn't even on it that much, only a few hours
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No I don't think so. Are you using the Verizon or GSM version. There must be something with your phone or the settings, possibly a wake lock issue. With the GSM version and 2000mAh battery I can pull 3-4 hours of on screen time, using roms like AOKP and Franco Kernel. I turn off data, wifi, gps and bluetooth until I need them.
Can you go into Settings -> Battery an take a screenshot. Then press on the "battery graph" to reveal the history details screen and take another screenshot.
Not sure if it work with stock, but holding the Power + Volume down button should take a screenshot.
Every bodies phone acts different with certain ROM and kernel combinations I have had good luck with lean kernel but that doesn't neccassarily mean you will
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For your display brightness, you may want to install Screen Filter. Its in the market. Especially without having to tinker with the display settings it lets you dim it down even lower than the lowest setting. Also great for movie viewing in a low/no light setting.
I think this requires root, but you should try Better Battery Stats, select partial wake locks since charged, and see what the culprit is.
CPU spy would also be a good one to see what frequencies your cpu is running on the most.
I'm currently on liquid beta 1. It seems to hold battery quite well compared to cm10. I also use trinity kernel, and the TKT app.
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Not sure if it work with stock, but holding the Power + Volume down button should take a screenshot.
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I'm using GSM Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Here are the screenshots
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I'm using GSM Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Here are the screenshots
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looks normal to me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818894
Don't 100% believe her, but wouldn't hurt to try.
I personally am loving AOKP Black Jelly Bean ROM The battery life is pretty average though
Using android revolution HD 6.0.1 stock kernel, stock battery, brightness @20% get 25hr battery life with 4hr screen on time.
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I'll just go back to CM10 JellyBro Nightly KANG and hope for the best. I hear both the Trinity and Franco kernels are good for battery life. Anyone confirm this?
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I'll just go back to CM10 JellyBro Nightly KANG and hope for the best. I hear both the Trinity and Franco kernels are good for battery life. Anyone confirm this?
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I used Franco for a good 4 months but now I switched and I like Trinity a lot more. The colors are so much netter on the screen. But its up to you, do some testing to see which u like better
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ARHD 6.0.1+Franco kernel 232:laugh:
I've been hearing good things about arhd I think ill do some testing on that ROM xD
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DroidTh3ory's Patient Zero V3. He's not on XDA anymore, though, he has his own website at droidhive.com. Battery life and speed is always phenomenal on all his ROMs.
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Lovin it
Very minimal battery drain, will test overnight
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I've got my first android device just a bit longer than a week ago so I haven't had the chance to test a lot of ROM+kernel setups.
I am using CM10 M2,with fanco kernel r283,and i get battery time like this one every day.it has never been better.awesome
I use 3g all the time,and i never turn it off with this rom+kernel combination.
Currently,im testing trinity a67,its said it has better battery life than franco kernel,do maybie i will beat my own score!
I use it for net browsing,messaging,calling all the time,playing bad piggies and minecraft,gmail sync,i listen to music 99% of the day,and i do use location settings.
And i have stock battery,if someone wants to know
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I am using CM10 M2,with fanco kernel r283,and i get battery time like this one every day.it has never been better.awesome
I use 3g all the time,and i never turn it off with this rom+kernel combination.
Currently,im testing trinity a67,its said it has better battery life than franco kernel,do maybie i will beat my own score!
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Gmail sync? Location settings? Sounds like you don't use the phone for enterprise environment but rather just texting or playing around.
I use it for net browsing,messaging,calling all the time,playing bad piggies and minecraft,gmail sync,i listen to music 99% of the day,and i do use location settings,do yea,i use my phone alot
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Gmail sync? Location settings? Sounds like you don't use the phone for enterprise environment but rather just texting or playing around.
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Battery size is also an unlisted variable.
Stock battery
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That is awesome battery life! I have seen better battery life myself with CM10 M2, much better than the AOKP JB builds I have been running. I haven't tried changing kernels yet since performance/stability has been so good for me on M2. I'm happy to get 2 hours screen on time with my VZW variant w/ OEM ext battery, LTE, location on, sync on, auto-brightness, some bluetooth use; but on M2 I've been pushing just a little past 2hr. And I've only been on it a few days, it should get even better for me since I'm getting past those first few days after a flash.
Hopefully OEMs move towards larger capacity batteries in their devices like Motorola did with the Maxx.
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We all know our GS2 runs out of Battery at a faster rate than what we would like! I'm just curious, what steps do You take to increase battery life, if any.
-Do you use certain apps?
-Do you enable/disable certain things and certain times?
-Anything, ever the smallest things you do, I would like to know!
I'm just curious to see what different people do to strengthen their battery.
(Also, if you could, please just post what ROM you're running on too) Thanks!
I use developer options and limit the apps to 4. I also under clock to 200. Stock rom.
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I use developer options and limit the apps to 4. I also under clock to 200. Stock rom.
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lol! 200?!?!
i run cm10 and I really don't do anything but dim my screen most of the time.
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Im running FK23 leaked rooted with stock kernel. I use powersave mode that comes in stock settings app.
I don't limit cpu. I use phone to txt, play games, youtube, facebook, twitter, and instagram and google play store.
I get around 14+ hours usage.
Also, I try to use WIFI whenever I can. I turn off GPS when not needed. I dont use 4G often as 3G is pretty good on FK23.
Lasts me from 7:45AM to 10:27PM as of now on 1%.
Wow, and how much do you use you're phone throughout the day? I'm just looking for new ideas because I do several things to increase my battery length, but I find myself around 50% in the first 2-3 hours of my 11 hour day. :/
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Wow, and how much do you use you're phone throughout the day? I'm just looking for new ideas because I do several things to increase my battery length, but I find myself around 50% in the first 2-3 hours of my 11 hour day. :/
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I bought a cheap ($10) extended battery and cover, and a cheap ($9) TPU case/ At 14 hours, I still had 61% battery left. I can get a full legitimate day out of it running 2.3's, but I am going to try JB and ICS again and see where it's at.
I run KingKang with the JB tweaks package. I also modified my build.prop for both performance and battery life. Plus I toggle my 3G on only when I need it. If I have a WiFi signal I'll do the same with that. I average 17 hours but sometimes I get more than 24. Inverted apps not only look great, but help with battery too.
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Honestly? #1 thing I do is stay on wi-fi as much as possible. Have gone almost 24 hours if I keep off 3G/4G and moderately use the phone/'net.
Where did you purchase the battery, and how much stronger is it? Also, what kind of case did you get, one that chargers your phone?
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Where did you purchase the battery, and how much stronger is it? Also, what kind of case did you get, one that chargers your phone?
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Just bought the cheapest 3500 mah battery with a back plate on Amazon, then the ONLY extended tpu case made by trexcell on Ebay. 20 bucks and I leave wifi gps and everything I use on all day long.
Epic4GT with different ROMs every few days. Thanks Devs!
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We all know our GS2 runs out of Battery at a faster rate than what we would like! I'm just curious, what steps do You take to increase battery life, if any.
-Do you use certain apps?
-Do you enable/disable certain things and certain times?
-Anything, ever the smallest things you do, I would like to know!
I'm just curious to see what different people do to strengthen their battery.
(Also, if you could, please just post what ROM you're running on too) Thanks!
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I switched back to Calkulin 3.0. Battery issues solved.
I tried to make ICS work for a couple months, but grew to hate the phone. It's a much better phone when it runs Gingerbread.
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I switched back to Calkulin 3.0. Battery issues solved.
I tried to make ICS work for a couple months, but grew to hate the phone. It's a much better phone when it runs Gingerbread.
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I did the same as you until the fk23 leak came out. Calkulin's v3.0 gb is amazing for battery life, smoothness, and functionality. I was never fully satisfied with any of the ics solutions, stock or custom.
Although the fk23 battery life isnt as good as calkulin, I'm still using it as my daily driver bc it's jellybean and cool, the phone runs well and smooth, and battery is good enough for me.
To answer the op's question, I do the following to help extend my battery life:
1. Leave off all data unless I need to use it (3g, 4g, wifi).
2. Turn of autosync and only sync as needed.
3. Remove bloatware and/or freeze any unnecessary apps (use GSM battery and OS monitor to find battery hog apps).
4. Leave off GPS unless needed.
5. Set screen brightness lower.
Here's a link to my FK23 results over in the battery thread in General:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34924972&postcount=534
I've only owned this phone since after the ICS update, so never tried any GB ROM.
The ICS ROM I've had the most success with is Re-Calked, but FK23 takes it just a step further for me. I know some people have been reporting issues with FK23, but for me it has been rock solid and has been my DD for nearly a week now.
Blu Kuban also did well with battery life, but it is a little over-customized for my liking. I also had some stability issues with BK. I used sleshpics M'ICS build for a while too ... again, over customized for my liking. Good performance and relatively stable. Also, I have never been able to get 4G speeds on any other ROM/kernel like I'm seeing now.
If I'm in an area with a strong cellular signal, I can get over 24h with 3h+ screen time both on and off WiFi. If the cell signal is week, I burn from 5-7%/h so maybe 15-16h if I was there all day ... but that would obv. improve if I threw it into airplane mode.
I have frozen all of the bloatware apps, don't have Google Now activated. Other than that, I allow syncing to occur per default. I don't have FB app installed.
I use auto-brightness most of the time, and I have a dark wallpaper.
dim screen. stay on wifi. that is all.
Honestly, getting use to a dimmed screen made a HUGE difference!!
Is there ever a time when its better to not be on WiFi, of a WiFi is available?
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Is there ever a time when its better to not be on WiFi, of a WiFi is available?
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I have had huge battery drain while being on wifi when availible 100% of the time I only use wifi when I need a faster connection
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Wow, and how much do you use you're phone throughout the day? I'm just looking for new ideas because I do several things to increase my battery length, but I find myself around 50% in the first 2-3 hours of my 11 hour day. :/
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Surprisingly i use my phone alot for twitter, facebook, and texting.
And i still get around the time i wake up till the time i sleep!
undervolt cpu and gpu
max freq 1000
pegasus q governor
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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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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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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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.