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Looking to download a ATK but there's so many to chose from advice would be greatly appreciated. Please include dev's name zoo that I can get the right one and research properly.
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None Android does a great job.
hooover said:
None Android does a great job.
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What he said.
Just download watchdog lite
Please look up some articles written by people smarter than me on why android as an OS handles multitasking far better than anything you're used to by googling something like "android task killer waste bad" if you want a well researched explanation that is over your head.
Basically, you don't need it. And if you're using it to only kill some rogue app once in a blue moon (which is the only legitimate reason to use it), you may as well use the built in force close function of Froyo instead of a separate app.
I just get horrible battery life. I'm running:
ROM: VirusROM Airbourne RC3.4
Kernel: 2.6.32.15-netarchy-toast mod-4.1.9.1-cfs with aggressive undervolting
And underclocked as far as you can go.
Getting horrible battery life even on standby just wondering if having a ATK would help out at all I know Android your not supposed to really one but at this point I'm willing to try. I mean I'm a moderate phone user but I figured the battery should last at least a few hours. I can't leave home without a charger.
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I'm pretty new here but have been doing alot of research here. I would go into settings, battery and see if your phone has been searching for a signal. Mine is at 0% and i get great battery life but iknow this has been a big drain on the battery if your phone is spending a lot of time searching for a signal .
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TheUnquietMind said:
I just get horrible battery life. I'm running:
ROM: VirusROM Airbourne RC3.4
Kernel: 2.6.32.15-netarchy-toast mod-4.1.9.1-cfs with aggressive undervolting
And underclocked as far as you can go.
Getting horrible battery life even on standby just wondering if having a ATK would help out at all I know Android your not supposed to really one but at this point I'm willing to try. I mean I'm a moderate phone user but I figured the battery should last at least a few hours. I can't leave home without a charger.
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Try JuiceDefender
You don't need it with an evo, but I did find that 2.1 didn't do a glorious job of freeing up memory with my RAM-less Samsung Moment. In that case, I needed to kill stuff that didn't always come back or as frequently. With the EVO, I've seen no reason so far to have it.
I run ATK, SystemPanel, and occasionally EStrong Task Manager.
Not to kill but because I like to see whats running.
People jump to conclusions the second you mention Task Killer. (*Points up*)
I honestly get better battery life with task killers because an app that's consuming cpu won't get killed by android because i have 260mb free memory, I can kill it manually.
Anyways, Could try tweaking the built in task manager with this:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-dustypixels-minfreemanager-wiAA.aspx MinFreeManager.
Hi..... I just wanted to know if the rooted stock Rom has better battery life than the regular unrooted stock because the regular stock kills the battery really fast.
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Rooting by itself doesn't do anything so...
No
i thought stock battery life was good. Maybe it is something running in the background that is killing your batter.
Being rooted you can remove a lot of bloatware to save battery life.
Teo032 said:
i thought stock battery life was good. Maybe it is something running in the background that is killing your batter.
Being rooted you can remove a lot of bloatware to save battery life.
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All superuser (root) is is a program designed to grant applications admin access to the device, rooting itself inpacts performance/stability in NO way whatsoever..
if you want better battery life, i recommend flashing a custom rom
doug36 said:
All superuser (root) is is a program designed to grant applications admin access to the device, rooting itself inpacts performance/stability in NO way whatsoever..
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which gives you access to remove bloatware... did you miss that part? If you strip down your phone and freeze/uninstall apps that ran in the background and/or used data when you don't want it to, then you will improve your battery life.
I think you fail to see what the OP was asking. it was about battery life, not performance or stability.
if you check the running applications and freeze the ones that run all day then ya better battery but obviously just rooting isnt gonna do it
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which gives you access to remove bloatware... did you miss that part? If you strip down your phone and freeze/uninstall apps that ran in the background and/or used data when you don't want it to, then you will improve your battery life.
I think you fail to see what the OP was asking. it was about battery life, not performance or stability.
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Im with doug on this one, i think youre taking this too far. The op inquired if a STOCK rooted rom had beyyer battery life as opposed to a unrooted STOCK rom. As doug said, a rooted completely stock rom offers no battery life imprpvements on its own. Now performance to me is defined as the optimal battery life and efficiency of the device.
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Ok. Thank you...... Do u know guys know what Rom is the most closest to stock but has a better battery life
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Ok. Thank you...... Do u know guys know what Rom is the most closest to stock but has a better battery life
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Darksides and Juggernaut are the pretty much stock with bloatware removed and some additional goodies which are super helpful such as the notification bar toggles. I'm currently using darksides and I'm seeing very good battery life on moderate use (2 hours display time at 50% brightness, 1 hour on Spotify streaming music and I'm down to 30% battery. Total uptime since last charge 13 hours 51 minutes.) Perhaps not the best battery life out there but it does the job for me. Also if you're gonna install either ROM, undervolt the cpu as well as underclocking it. It really doesn't affect the performance, its hardly noticeable actually.
iLeopard said:
Im with doug on this one, i think youre taking this too far. The op inquired if a STOCK rooted rom had beyyer battery life as opposed to a unrooted STOCK rom. As doug said, a rooted completely stock rom offers no battery life imprpvements on its own. Now performance to me is defined as the optimal battery life and efficiency of the device.
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Ah i see what you guys are getting at. Just misinterpretation of both parties. Yes rooting itself does nothing, but obviously something is killing the op's battery. I was trying to inform the benefits of having root and how it may improve his battery life by removing whatever is killing his phone.. However if it's from an app he uses then no help there.
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Man post #2 and got all passed up! lol.. oh well.
FOREVER ALONE.
back on topic...
Inwharitza said:
Ok. Thank you...... Do u know guys know what Rom is the most closest to stock but has a better battery life
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If you want better battery life you can always try change the kernel first. You don't need to do pesky full wipes so you retain pretty much all your settings and stuff.
To start off, I think Faux's is pretty awesome.
You're not going to gain leaps and bounds in battery life until you find what is eating all that power on your phone. It is typically an app you installed, as I don't find the t-mobile pre-installed ones to be that horrible, except for lookout security. I think that'll be a big potential battery hog. OR it can simply be your screen brightness. The trick I find is to set it on the lowest setting and just be SOL when you're outside I mean heck, I really want that battery life!
You can always practice better battery saving techniques, like not leaving the wifi or wireless data on when not in use.
I seem to get absolutely terrible battery life no matter what I do. Most of the time I'm lucky to get 8 hours.
It was that way stock/unrooted but it is no better with CM9 beta 1. Right now it is down to 69% after 2 hours with under 30 min screen on time.
I don't play games any more resource intense than Scramble With Friends and today I haven't played any at all. Most sync is turned off except Contacts and Gmail.
This is driving me insane... suggestions are much appreciated!
You have an app eating processes.
Install better battery stats from XDA to find what is keeping your phone awake.
Install Watchdog to find if any apps are running more than they should.
Worst comes to it, install everything one by one and find out which app or apps it is.
Just installed both of those. I will report back tonight.
Any settings I need to change in Better Battery Stats? I bought the paid version.
You didn't have to buy the paid version, it's free on XDA
There are no settings to change for better battery, just let it go. I haven't needed watchdog in a long time but you can set how aggressive it is if you'd like.
joshnichols189 said:
You didn't have to buy the paid version, it's free on XDA
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I appreciate that, but being able to install/reinstall from the store is convenient and I like supporting good developers.
There are no settings to change for better battery, just let it go. I haven't needed watchdog in a long time but you can set how aggressive it is if you'd like.
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Thanks!
No matter what I do, it is still terrible.
I know that I've heard that crappy reception can shorten battery life, maybe that's the problem. Where I live, the signal is very spotty and I'm sans WiFi for a week or so.
I'll post screenshots of battery/usage and watchdog, better battery stats when I get to work tonight to see if any of you experts can shed some light on this.
Hi all, I found an awesome way to actually get solid battery life on my galaxy nexus last night so I thought I'd share with everyone:
So theres about a bazillion threads about people only getting 10-14 hrs of battery life on the Galaxy Nexus, and it looks like alot of them have to do with "Phone Idle" just draining the battery. Lately I'd pretty much given up and just figured that 14 hrs with normal use was about all I was gonna get.
Fast forward to last night, I was using Titanium Backup to go through and delete some of the Verizon crapware that comes on the stock ROM. I deleted "My Verizon Mobile" and "VZ Backup Assistant" and then left it fully charged over night to see what would happen. Woke up this morning and my battery was at 90% after 8.5hrs! Been using it lightly today and currently I'm at 58% battery after 17hrs.
So obviously one of these 2 applications has been running in the background and keeping my phone from going into deep sleep. Super glad to finally have this figured out!
BTW I'm running rooted stock 4.1.1. Also attached a few screenshots of the battery stats:
good find man. most roms already leave those apps out so i think you just got lucky because i still see pretty terrible battery. i suggest trying out a custom rom and kernel and youll get even better battery life. btw try to shoot for a high screen on time because thats when battery life really counts.
Phone Idle and Cell Standby higher than Screen... Of course you'll be getting good battery life if you never use the phone. Screen on time is the only good measure of battery life.
Probably a majority of users here don't have those apps because they have installed custom firmware. But AOSP has the same problem.. First thing I do after flashing gapps is "disable" all the Play apps (books, magazines, videos, movies, currents, etc).
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Probably a majority of users here don't have those apps because they have installed custom firmware. But AOSP has the same problem.. First thing I do after flashing gapps is "disable" all the Play apps (books, magazines, videos, movies, currents, etc).
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Yup, this is why we Root & ROM. There are MANY Verizon apps/services that run whether you want them or not, and that is completely bogus. It's no wonder that we love phones that can be unlocked.
I agree that screen on time is the best measure of battery life. The best I ever have gotten is three hours of screen on time. That was done using WiFi all day and screen at lowest brightness setting.
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Really? This thread is stupid...and helps nobody. Ur impressed that ur phone drained 10% in 8 hours while you weren't using it?
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I wanted to see if it's just me but this phone seems to have the worst battery life of any phone I've ever owned. I will text and use GPS a few times during the day and it stays in wifi most of the time. However it seems to be draining much to fast and getting hot while doing normal things. I've already swapped it out for another phone since I'm still in the 14 day return policy but the new one seems to be doing g the same thing. I attached a screen shot for you guys to see. Am I crazy?
UPDATE: One thing I hadn't done after the 5.1.1 update was factory reset. Once I did this, battery life seemed to get better. it is still not impressive though. Hope the S7 over comes this.
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I wanted to see if it's just me but this phone seems to have the worst battery life of any phone I've ever owned. I will text and use GPS a few times during the day and it stays in wifi most of the time. However it seems to be draining much to fast and getting hot while doing normal things. I've already swapped it out for another phone since I'm still in the 14 day return policy but the new one seems to be doing g the same thing. I attached a screen shot for you guys to see. Am I crazy?
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I get a full day of battery life, on average. Of course heavy use requires that I recharge more often, if I use GPS all day while traveling.
I am rooted, run a custom ROM that is heavily debloated and use Greenify.
My phone would get about 10-16 hours of use in a full charge, the longest battery life I've got was 1d 1hr and 6min. I play some games, listen to a couple of hours of Spotify, Facebook, and some YouTube. and I use Amplify, Greenify, and PowerNap to save battery.
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My phone would get about 10-16 hours of use in a full charge, the longest battery life I've got was 1d 1hr and 6min. I play some games, listen to a couple of hours of Spotify, Facebook, and some YouTube. and I use Amplify, Greenify, and PowerNap to save battery.
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I tried powernap, and it kept giving me SOD. How did you avoid that? Also, curious as to if you greenify any system apps. I just greenify messenger and snapchat. Also, using amplify too.
sintro said:
I tried powernap, and it kept giving me SOD. How did you avoid that? Also, curious as to if you greenify any system apps. I just greenify messenger and snapchat. Also, using amplify too.
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I used to get SOD, but not anymore, not sure how I avoided that, maybe factory reset? I greenify all the apps I have lol, its not necessary but I do it, I greenify some system apps like Facebook, Instagram. Look for the Extreme Battery Life thread in the XDA forums.
I am definitely getting horrid battery life on this device. I usually root within a week of getting a device, but this is my first Samsung device in a very long time, and I don't fully understand the whole "tripping Knox" thing, and how it will affect my Sprint TEP insurance. I installed Greenify, but it's not quite worth it without root. Sigh....
yamus08 said:
I am definitely getting horrid battery life on this device. I usually root within a week of getting a device, but this is my first Samsung device in a very long time, and I don't fully understand the whole "tripping Knox" thing, and how it will affect my Sprint TEP insurance. I installed Greenify, but it's not quite worth it without root. Sigh....
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What you will lose if you trip Knox is the ability to use Samsung Pay. That is it. Should have no impact on your insurance. If needs be, you can always Odin back to stock. Sprint doesn't look at Knox, not in my experience anyway.
If you root, which is the goal here, you will need to lose the Samsung Pay service and, while rooted, the ability to use Android Pay.
If you don't care about those......well, as Darth Vader once said, come over to the Dark Side!
koop1955 said:
What you will lose if you trip Knox is the ability to use Samsung Pay. That is it. Should have no impact on your insurance. If needs be, you can always Odin back to stock. Sprint doesn't look at Knox, not in my experience anyway.
If you root, which is the goal here, you will need to lose the Samsung Pay service and, while rooted, the ability to use Android Pay.
If you don't care about those......well, as Darth Vader once said, come over to the Dark Side!
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My friend.... you have just made my day. Samsung pay does not work with my bank, and I'd much rather get these massive amounts of bloatware off of here, than be able to swipe my phone to pay at Walmart.
yamus08 said:
My friend.... you have just made my day. Samsung pay does not work with my bank, and I'd much rather get these massive amounts of bloatware off of here, than be able to swipe my phone to pay at Walmart.
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Here is a guide to help you get started: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/general/how-to-to-100-stock-root-t3075448
If this helps you, please remember to thank @JoeFCaputo113
I don't know, but what I have to say is that the latest update has worsened the battery life
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waoasis said:
I don't know, but what I have to say is that the latest update has worsened the battery life
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Yes, it definitely did. The update a mere month before that optimized battery life and this update just zapped the battery life right out of it. I had to root and delete most of the stock apps just to get some battery salvation.
I deleted
Facebook Stub
Com.facebook.system
Com.facebook.appmanager
Google Drive
Google+
Samsung pay and the framework,
Sprint ID
Sprint Fun & Games
Sprint Zone
"galaxy apps" and the widget
OneNote
Live Weather
Knox(all 6 of them including KLMS Agent)
Lookout
Hangouts
Google Play Newsstand
Google Play Movies
Google Play Music
After doing this, my battery is going on strong like a champ, and this is even while streaming Periscope with the display around 50% settings. I have't seen it drop even 10 percent in almost 20 minutes, the screen has been on while typing this up and it hasn't dropped even 1 percent.
Don't delete any more than these apps, otherwise you're gonna feel dumb cuz you just potentially bricked your phone. So be smart and only delete the apps I listed. Good luck!