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Most people in this forum are far more tech savy when it comes to cell phones.
Post your personal tips for battery conservation. Include specific apps if you'd like.
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ab
I don't worry about battery life, brightness all the way up, sync on, widgets on every screen, Wi-Fi always on. I usually get about 14 hours
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I'm very conservative. WiFi off, data off when not using it, brightness depends, auto sync off, no battery sucking apps like facebook
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Liteflow is the one everyone should watchout i have 2x better standby time simply by deleting it and i put airplane mode everywhere i get like 1bar/signal it helps a bit also.
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The simple solutions are the best.
Extension cords in the house.
Car chargers/docks in the cars
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I get phenomenal battery life out of my S3 (stock).
I had an Epic 4G and was afraid to leave my desk because of the battery drain. With moderate usage (30-60 mins talk time, texting, chat, some web, exchange, ect) I can easily get 16-20 hours. Signal quality in your area will impact it more than anything. Also, wifi is vastly easier on the battery.
PS Facebook app SUCKS. Just bookmark the webpage and use that. Works better and doesn't ruin your phone.
Here how it looks like ! Lovin this screen on time..
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I have a whole thread with tips and tricks.
[How to] --->You Want Better Battery Life:::Read This
It is pretty extensive too.
Woodrube said:
I have a whole thread with tips and tricks.
[How to] --->You Want Better Battery Life:::Read This
It is pretty extensive too.
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Thats a great thread man! Thanks for linking to it!
You guys should definitely check it out if you haven't already. Lots of great info!:thumbup:
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shahkam said:
Liteflow is the one everyone should watchout i have 2x better standby time simply by deleting it and i put airplane mode everywhere i get like 1bar/signal it helps a bit also.
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I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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Awesome thread!
I am noticing that Google Chrome uses half the amount of RAM the stock Internet Brower uses.
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elflip88 said:
I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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I think it depends on how its configured. I've seen it eat the battery but also not use it much at all. Been a bit since I messed with it though so don't remember what settings made the difference.
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elflip88 said:
I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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I checked in betterbatterystats and it gave me a ton of wakelock so the phone couldnt go onto deepsleep..
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I checked in betterbatterystats and it gave me a ton of wakelock so the phone couldnt go onto deepsleep..
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i have betterbatterystats too but have no idea what the wakelocks affect and how to get rid of them.
Post a screen shot and I'll tell ya what could be happening.
You can improve battery life by switching to custom roms with less bloatware, and updating to more efficient kernels. (This is on a Rom/Kernel level)
Software wise, just figure out what apps are causing wake times and try not to use them. Basically whenever an app/widget refreshes/updates content, it may cause phone to wake (like weather/clock widgets for example).
I have been using cpusleep and it seems to have helped my battery life ... also using a custom rom without the bloatware is key for me.
my current setup is freegs3 release 6 with the latest trinity kernel...even though its overclocked my battery has been amazing and phone has worked flawless.
Im also using system tuner which has given me the ability to manage the cpu with on demand and other customizable settings
The only thing I synch is my k9 mail account
I also have frozen several samsung apps which helped...
Im now getting over 20 hours of basic use between charges...I dont use games/videos so might be a little skewed . I use this phone for business calls/internet/messaging/photos/navi...pretty basic
4500mah stock
Only 58% of battery
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I have been using Gigajoule lately by feckmu and it has given me the best battery life out of all the custom roms I have tried. Even with GPS, WIFI, and screen at full brightness I can make it through the entire day with 30-40% battery left. If your looking for a rom-based solution to your battery life, check it out!
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4500mah stock
Only 58% of battery
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That isnt impressive at all.. 2hours screen on time and 15 hours standby ? I can doo that on stock 2100mah.
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I recently bought a GSM galaxy nexus (NTT DoCoMo version) and I use it on T-Mobile's prepaid network. The original battery that it came with was terrible.. Literally only lasted 7 hours regardless of screen on time. So I bought a stock Samsung battery off eBay thinking maybe it was a bad battery. No help whatsoever. I've flashed different ROMs, radios, and different kernels. Can anyone help me figure out what's going on? I had a Sprint Galaxy Nexus and I could get up to a day on the battery with 2.5 hours of screen on time so I know the Galaxy Nexus can last a long time. What's the deal?
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shmoozie said:
I recently bought a GSM galaxy nexus (NTT DoCoMo version) and I use it on T-Mobile's prepaid network. The original battery that it came with was terrible.. Literally only lasted 7 hours regardless of screen on time. So I bought a stock Samsung battery off eBay thinking maybe it was a bad battery. No help whatsoever. I've flashed different ROMs, radios, and different kernels. Can anyone help me figure out what's going on? I had a Sprint Galaxy Nexus and I could get up to a day on the battery with 2.5 hours of screen on time so I know the Galaxy Nexus can last a long time. What's the deal?
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What is the 'Battery' menu under Settings telling you?
shmoozie said:
I recently bought a GSM galaxy nexus (NTT DoCoMo version) and I use it on T-Mobile's prepaid network. The original battery that it came with was terrible.. Literally only lasted 7 hours regardless of screen on time. So I bought a stock Samsung battery off eBay thinking maybe it was a bad battery. No help whatsoever. I've flashed different ROMs, radios, and different kernels. Can anyone help me figure out what's going on? I had a Sprint Galaxy Nexus and I could get up to a day on the battery with 2.5 hours of screen on time so I know the Galaxy Nexus can last a long time. What's the deal?
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Could you post some info on battery drain statistics from battery settings tab or preferably gsam monitor over a full drain? I could probably help you out, just need some more info. Also try flashing fancy kernel if you haven't already. This is a newer kernel that gives the best battery life you'll find freshly flashed.
Before discharging toget battery stats I would try charging to 100% and using "battery calibration" by NeMa to clean your phone's batterystats file and then drain to zero with a screen flashlight or running gallery slideshow. This can always be a problem no matter how healthy your battery is.
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This is what I have showing for my battery so far. I flashed the newest radio last night and that seems to have helped a little bit with the battery. I have tried the battery calibration and it didn't really seem to help much.
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This is what I have showing for my battery so far. I flashed the newest radio last night and that seems to have helped a little bit with the battery. I have tried the battery calibration and it didn't really seem to help much.
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Try to flash stock rom,look like hardware battery problem.
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Try to flash stock rom,look like hardware battery problem.
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I have flashed a stock 4.2.2 ROM a week or so ago and I was still having this issue. I bought a new battery too and its still happening. Flashed the fancy kernel today and it seems to be helping a lot actually.
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The stock kernel performs way better then what you are experiencing. A custom kernel may help a bit, but it's not magic. I'd recommend using the app BetterBatteryStats in order to find out what's going on.
Do any of you think that me restoring apps would have anything to do with the battery drain? I'm not seeing anything out of the ordinary in the GSAM battery stats but the battery drains way too quickly. 10% per hour even when I'm not using it..
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shmoozie said:
I have flashed a stock 4.2.2 ROM a week or so ago and I was still having this issue. I bought a new battery too and its still happening. Flashed the fancy kernel today and it seems to be helping a lot actually.
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Glad to hear that fancy kernel is helping. It's probably the closest thing to magic you'll find. I agree that 1 hour of screen time and under 12 hours is under par, but I was having these same issues 2 months ago and could not believe how crappy battery life was. It really got better though trying a bunch of different radios to find the right ones, using minimal gapps/resource hogging apps as possible, finding the right build.prop tweaks to use, and most helpful flashing some good reliable kernels like fancy and AK/anarkia that have incredibly useful customizations that stock just doesn't have, I.e., contrast and color settings, battery friendly governors and frequency profiles, optimized smart-reflex, and custom regulator voltages for display.
Well, didn't feel like it lasted too long. Fell asleep with my battery at 33%, woke up 3 hours later and it's dead. I'm ready to throw this phone out the window.
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100% no data connection and 100% no or unknown signal. I have almost full bars. WHAT THE HELL
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Battery App
I've tried to find a rom and kerneI that would help with battery too, nothing made that much of a difference though. I use the 2x battery saver app now. I get at least double the battery life sometimes more.
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100% no data connection and 100% no or unknown signal. I have almost full bars. WHAT THE HELL
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I see you got the app. Good. Now a few minutes isn't enough time to gather reliable stats. Review the results after a full drain cycle of the battery. Check partial wakelocks and alarms for suspicious activity.
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I see you got the app. Good. Now a few minutes isn't enough time to gather reliable stats. Review the results after a full drain cycle of the battery. Check partial wakelocks and alarms for suspicious activity.
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Here's what was listed on BBS after a full drain. Do you see anything unusual? I turned my data on and kept it on 2G to prevent the no or unknown signal from eating more battery but that was the only change. Battery life still looks terrible.
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Here's what was listed on BBS after a full drain. Do you see anything unusual? I turned my data on and kept it on 2G to prevent the no or unknown signal from eating more battery but that was the only change. Battery life still looks terrible.
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I'm missing screenshots of partial wakelocks and alarms.
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Could you post some info on battery drain statistics from battery settings tab or preferably gsam monitor over a full drain? I could probably help you out, just need some more info. Also try flashing fancy kernel if you haven't already. This is a newer kernel that gives the best battery life you'll find freshly flashed.
Before discharging toget battery stats I would try charging to 100% and using "battery calibration" by NeMa to clean your phone's batterystats file and then drain to zero with a screen flashlight or running gallery slideshow. This can always be a problem no matter how healthy your battery is.
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No need for the snake oil app, as simply unplugging the phone after a full charge wipes battery stats. Wiping battery stats and draining to zero aren't going to have any bearing whatsoever on this issue and would needlessly shorten the battery's serviceable lifespan.
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I'm missing screenshots of partial wakelocks and alarms.
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Whoops.. I forgot to screenshot those. I'll get those later today. So I put my phone in airplane mode to see if maybe it was the reception... Phone kept draining. I will try to wipe everything off the phone later and not install any apps and see if that helps.
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According to these stats, it looks like Google talk and the calendar are my biggest wake locks? I disabled Google talk, turned off location history for Google maps last night, what should I do about the calendar? I feel like my phone is becoming useless because I have disabled so many things.
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Forgot to add these, if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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I'm not sure what's going on with the graph from my battery usage page. For some reasons, it would jump to 100% which is impossible. Anyone of you has seen something like this before?
Thanks in advance!
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Same here... Every discharge cycle. But performance and battery life are not compromised....
I noticed the same thing today for the first time. But not as bad or as much as yours is showing.
I see those spikes on my Nexus 7 2013. And I get a terrible battery as well. My tablet loses about %30 of its battery charge during night when it is in sleep mode. Does anybody experience the same issue? Is there a way to fix this?
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I see those spikes on my Nexus 7 2013. And I get a terrible battery as well. My tablet loses about %30 of its battery charge during night when it is in sleep mode. Does anybody experience the same issue? Is there a way to fix this?
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You must have an app installed that's causing that much drop off. Mine drops off like 2%.
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I have seen spike on mine, too, but not up to 100%, only 1-2% more than its actual level. I thought it's because it was the first charge cycle and the reading weren't yet calibrated. I'll see if they go away after a few more cycles.
I don't have battery drain, as well, I lose 2-3% overnight with wifi and sync still on.
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con100 said:
You must have an app installed that's causing that much drop off. Mine drops off like 2%.
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Oh. Bummer. Do you know how I can find which application that is?
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Oh. Bummer. Do you know how I can find which application that is?
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You can try an app called BetterBatteryStats it gives you a more detailed look at what's using your battery.
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Hey everyone,
My Nexus 7 (2013) is having the same problem with battery graph. There are about 2-3 spikes to 100% in every discharge cycle.
I noticed this problem has been reported in different cycles, but no one seems to be able to give a definite answer of what the source of this problem is.
BTW, after a reset to factory settings, the problem still persists.
ANY idea why this is happening???
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SEARCH b4 posting!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381550
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You just keep referring to that forum without actually answering my question, even on that forum
Hey guys
I got my nexus 7 on Christmas day and as you can see in the screenshot its battery life is pretty good
I would have thought that the android os would go down from 11% to about 4-5% but it hasn't, I'm only on my 3rd charge cycle
What do you guys think ?
Jack
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No.
With your tablet being on for so long (great battery life btw), it was doing literally nothing other than idling. If you were to use it a lot, playing games, reading stuff, etc., it would be down much lower. Don't worry about it.
Thanks
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No problem!
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My tablet has suddenly become not as good android is is at 12% and screen on time is 6hours and 20 mins with 28% left
Seems the tablets battery life isn't very consistent?
I use my tablet everyday with the same apps etc
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JackHanAnLG said:
My tablet has suddenly become not as good android is is at 12% and screen on time is 6hours and 20 mins with 28% left
Seems the tablets battery life isn't very consistent?
I use my tablet everyday with the same apps etc
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You rooted? BetterBatteryStats log.
Im not but I'm at 17% left with 7.5 hours on screen time so I guess it's about the same
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I had the same inconsistency at the begining,but,later,it becomes more stable.If you will still not be good with the battery life,you can flash a custom kernel.With ElementalX,I have great battery life with stock ROM values.
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I had the same inconsistency at the begining,but,later,it becomes more stable.If you will still not be good with the battery life,you can flash a custom kernel.With ElementalX,I have great battery life with stock ROM values.
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I'm not sure if I want to root it etc that's the reason I bought a nexus although if battery life gets bad then I will root it and flash a custom kernel
J
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I'm not sure if I want to root it etc that's the reason I bought a nexus although if battery life gets bad then I will root it and flash a custom kernel
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That's exactly why I got a Nexus - because I knew it would be easy to root and mod, with tons of ROM choices, haha! But I think I get your point - they are great out of the box without a bunch of bloatware. Just got mine and haven't really kept tabs on battery usage yet, but it has been impressive, both stock and on CM11.
Hey guys so the title says it all really. When I first got this tablet ( a month ago ) I was getting 8,5 hours of screen on time and now I'm getting less?
I'm on 4.4 running art. With auto brightness and sync on and I'm at 32% with nearly 4 hours of screen on time
Has this happened to anyone else? Thinking about flashing a custom ROM and kernel
J
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Battery life and sound both for me. They were a bit better on 4.3.
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JackHanAnLG said:
Hey guys so the title says it all really. When I first got this tablet ( a month ago ) I was getting 8,5 hours of screen on time and now I'm getting less?
I'm on 4.4 running art. With auto brightness and sync on and I'm at 32% with nearly 4 hours of screen on time
Has this happened to anyone else? Thinking about flashing a custom ROM and kernel
J
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Battery life and sound both for me. They were a bit better on 4.3.
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Try Franco kernel. Even the stock settings should give you far better results than you get with stock.
I just got mine a couple weeks ago and battery life has been real disappointing. I got down to 53% with only 2.5 hrs screen time earlier today. Mostly just browsing and maybe 10 minutes of light gaming. No wakelocks or anything. I've got it setup the exact same way as my N5 and my Moto X and I get stellar battery life out of both of them. I can more screen time on my Moto X than I do my N7 and that's downright sad.
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