Galaxy S3 Extend Battery Life.. - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

Here is my battery life:
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From previous posts on Q&A thread:
My GS3 i747m lasts around 50-55 hours per charge cycle..
It is running stock Rogers GS3 ICS, not rooted, all stock. Battery is stock as well.
Not using LTE, using HSPA+ ("4G") with data turned ON with Sync turned OFF
(**NOTE: sometimes, the battery is drained due to poor reception, and the phone will use more power for the cellular signal.. In my case, my 3G connection in my area seems alright for the most part, about 1 bar less from full)
Power saving is turned ON. WiFi powersave is turned ON.
Moderated WiFi usage in 2.4ghz 802.11g-mode only.
Every night when I go to sleep, my flight mode is turned ON. (I sleep around 9-10 hours everyday, so the phone stays on flight mode for 9-10 hours a day)
In the morning, I turn the flight mode OFF.
Bluetooth, GPS both are turned OFF
Screen brightness turned 1/4 brightness
LED notification turned OFF
Also, I have a task killer killing ALL BACKGROUND SERVICES every half hour.
Without killing all the background apps, my RAM usage is around 600-700 MB out of 1.6 GB of RAM
Killing all the background apps brings the RAM usage to around 360 MB of 1.6 GB
Without killing background apps, my battery life is shortened even when the phone is on standby.
Do this, and your battery life is pretty good..

mms6 said:
Here is my battery life:
From previous posts on Q&A thread:
My GS3 i747m lasts around 50-55 hours per charge cycle..
It is running stock Rogers GS3 ICS, not rooted, all stock. Battery is stock as well.
Not using LTE, using HSPA+ ("4G") with data turned ON with Sync turned OFF
(**NOTE: sometimes, the battery is drained due to poor reception, and the phone will use more power for the cellular signal.. In my case, my 3G connection in my area seems alright for the most part, about 1 bar less from full)
Power saving is turned ON. WiFi powersave is turned ON.
Moderated WiFi usage in 2.4ghz 802.11g-mode only.
Every night when I go to sleep, my flight mode is turned ON. (I sleep around 9-10 hours everyday, so the phone stays on flight mode for 9-10 hours a day)
In the morning, I turn the flight mode OFF.
Bluetooth, GPS both are turned OFF
Screen brightness turned 1/4 brightness
LED notification turned OFF
Also, I have a task killer killing ALL BACKGROUND SERVICES every half hour.
Without killing all the background apps, my RAM usage is around 600-700 MB out of 1.6 GB of RAM
Killing all the background apps brings the RAM usage to around 360 MB of 1.6 GB
Without killing background apps, my battery life is shortened even when the phone is on standby.
Do this, and your battery life is pretty good..
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Please stop killing background apps because it's really pointless. If you want to increase your battery life, the first step is to use BetterBatteryStats to diagnose wakelocks and ensure that nothing in the background is chomping up precious mAs while the phone isn't in use.
After that, disabling always-on mobile data is basically the best way to ensure that your battery is stretched as far as possible for use in standby.
When in use, only using LTE for when you really need the extra bandwidth will save a lot of battery. So will using all black wallpapers, using dark themes for icons, Touchwiz, and applications. Another really useful way to save battery is to use Samsung's browser background changer that you can use to make websites have black backgrounds if you need to save even more battery while in use.
Of course, after just eliminating partial wakelocks, you have to give up a lot of time and effort in order to reduce battery drain while the screen is on, while trying to reduce battery drain while the screen is off will require losing a lot of "smart" in smartphone.

i am downloading BetterBatteryStats !

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[Q] Can someone take a look at my batterylog?

A couple of days ago I noticed my phone partying on my precious mAh's, it won't even last a full day anymore and even though it's being used quite alot I haven't changed my usage and still got a full day and more earlier.
I have auto-sync, wifi and 3g on constantly. But facebook sync is manual, other than that it's just skype(only when I'm logged in) and whatsapp and ofc google services. I think all Google's stuff uses push? I can't find any sync settings for that.
I should add that removing the widget was the first thing I did when I woke up so no actual usage is in the battery log. After that I checked tapatalk for 5 mins and put the phone down, after 20 min battery was down to 60% just like that...
I don't get why it uses around 40 mAh for a minute so often, at one point it was up to 162 mAh. And what the hell was it doing at the end? 60-100 mAh for a full hour? And only because I stopped it, could go on for alot longer I guess...
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Hi that is weird coz ur stats were excellent up till 8.20 ish, how about adding the 'Log running applications' setting in current widget to see what's turning on and draining ur battery.
Okay, I'll run another log tonight. Too bad the log gets like ten times harder to read with that option.
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u could see it urself aswell btw, in current widget, go to analyze log and select top processes, itll tell u what is draining sorted with the biggest power consumer. from ur earlier log standby should be at ~4ma and whatever is at the top is ur culprit. but post the results anyway just to be sure
I can't find that option? Anyway tonight it was a mess: EDIT I somehow didn't see the update in my apps...
The top of the list reads: com.cyanogenmod.cmparts(what's this?); gentle alarm(gotta have this...) and audiowidget(I don't even have the widget on a homescreen)
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CMparts is cyanogen settings,
audiowidget is the audio manager app -https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smartandroidapps.audiowidget&hl=en
u need to remember that android has a memory management system which doesnt shut apps down immediately and only suspends them, it does this for quick recalls of a recently used app. when the phone needs more memory for a bigger app it then kills of the oldest recently used app, to free ram. you can use the task manager to kill apps off manually but not recommended since it may or may not destabilize android itself.
As for the battery drain, its actually very good, u lost 1% per hour with all of those apps running. The spikes that happens is just the phone syncing background data such as facebook, foldersync, etc as well as standby apps such as viber and go launcher activating from when you actually waking the phone up from suspend.
Google does use push sync, if this bothers you u can shut it off from Settings > Privacy > untick backup my settings - note that this will wipe backed up data and application history from google servers and not ur phone - doing this wont wipe calendar or contacts as that belongs to gmail.
if u actually notice on current widget during idle the phone sits between 1mA to 5mA. this is the expected range, now say if u open facebook it should spike up, on mine this spikes up to ~263mA for a while till it finishes downloading.
Wifi is another cause as well, since it usually disconnects after a certain period unless u specify the wifi to never standby, it will use up power to scan for the signal every so often and then reconnect.
Apart from that ur battery consumption is excellent. you can expect to use the phone regularly (browsing, calls, etc) w/o charging for a couple of days.
Thanks for an excellent reply. The thing is it usually lasted a full day and with around 30% left. Now I need to charge it around 9 or 10 so it's a couple of hours short. I use my phone alot, about an hour of music, constant wifi, games, Tapatalk, browsing and lots of texting. I was actually surprised it lasted as long as it did and even if my battery life is good now it was alot better before.
I have noticed that sometimes, say I've just exited and game with 80% left. After five minutes it can go down to 70%, don't know if my indicator is failing or my battery is crazy.
Btw wifi policy is set to never.
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Is anyone draining at 1% per hour in sleep mode & how are you doing it?

Is anyone draining at 1% per hour in sleep mode & how are you doing it?
I've read some folks draining at less than 1% per hour sleeping. I'd be happy if I can achieve 1% per hour sleeping.
Anyone getting this or better? If so, share with us your secret!
Here's what my phone is like:
LTE version
Kang, milestone 3
Franco 16.2
max 1000, min 350
no undervolt
no solo cpu mod when sleeping
wifi off
gps on
bt on
My best performance is about 1.5% when sleeping. I charged up my phone to 100% and then unplugged it and let it sleep overnight. 7hr:45min later, woke up and it's at 88%.
I did wipe battery stats when switching ROMs, so it's fresh.
I unplugged my phone last night (100% charge) and 8 hours later this morning it was at 94%. So a little under 1% per hour.
Using stock Android 4.0.2 GSM. Wifi was on, Bluetooth off, GPS on, Sync on. Sadly no secrets to share, been pretty happy with the battery life though.
I have stock 4.0.2 and i get even lower numbers than that.. last night i charged it up to 100% and when i woke up (8 hours later) it was down to 96%.
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where did you get the franco 16.2?? ^^
I lose about 0.5% per hour in idle. After 8 hours, I have about 96-95% battery left. This is the GSM nexus with the official 2000 mAh extended battery. Not sure if you have GSM or LTE.
Kang, milestone 3
Imoseyon's Leankernel 1.7.4
max 1200, min 350
stock undervolt that is on the kernel
Interactive X governor
wifi off
gps on
bt on
I get around 4 hours of screen on time.
Make sure anything you have syncing is doing it at a moderate level, when I set up my two email accounts they were set to push and sync every 15 minutes, both are way too much for what I need email for so I set them both to an hour.
Also, changed twitter to only manually sync being that it only takes a couple seconds to due and saves the phone from unnecessarily turning on from sleep.
Don't know if this helps but maybe try turning NFC on if you don't use it?
Disable Facebook contact sync as it doesn't work with 4.0 anyways.
If you can, disable bluetooth, same goes with GPS/Location services.
If you have fancy widgets/beautiful widgets, see how often they update location/weather.
Sorry if it seems like every other point here is just checking what is syncing and what not but when your phone is sleeping those are really the only things that will effect battery life.
Edit: Wiping battery stats has been proven to not do... Well anything.
qtx said:
I have stock 4.0.2 and i get even lower numbers than that.. last night i charged it up to 100% and when i woke up (8 hours later) it was down to 96%.
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same with me ... using stock 4.0.2 ... drain is about 1% per 2 hours
I drain 1% every 2-3 hours. So after 8 hours i'm at 96% overnight. This phone has superb idle drain. This is with wifi connected, 2 gmail accounts synced, 1 calendar, contacts and picasa, gps is on. But i do not have facebook app installed. I am stock 4.0.1 and dont have many apps installed, only what i use.
mine is great when idle but as soon as I start using it it drops precipitously any ideas or fixes?
AndreaCristiano said:
mine is great when idle but as soon as I start using it it drops precipitously any ideas or fixes?
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Sadly, lower the screen resolution is probably the easiest way that will notch the best gain in battery life. These screens require a lot of power especially at their brightest settings.
Sign out of latitude...
so key to good battery life
I have the GSM Galaxy Nexus running stock 4.0.1 and I consistently lose 4-5% in 6-8 hours overnight with...
- WIFI on
- 3g/4g on
- GPS on
- bluetooth off
- NFC off
- syncing 2 emails, 2 calendars
- lightflow running LED notification for max 2 hour but on silent (not uncommon for a couple of notification go off during the night)
- beautiful widgets with 1 hour sync
- no effort taken to kill facebook or other backgroung apps.
Try out the new 4.0.4. You're standby drain will go down considerably.
OP, are you on a GSM or CDMA Nexus? Are you on 3G only or LTE/3G?
Ravynmagi said:
I unplugged my phone last night (100% charge) and 8 hours later this morning it was at 94%. So a little under 1% per hour.
Using stock Android 4.0.2 GSM. Wifi was on, Bluetooth off, GPS on, Sync on. Sadly no secrets to share, been pretty happy with the battery life though.
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Yep. That's about the same exact thing I get on a day-to-day basis with the same settings you mentioned. In addition, I don't think I've ever turned NFC off. So pretty much everything but Bluetooth stays on for me overnight.
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Sounds like you may have a wakelock check your awake time com paired to your screen on time , if its considerably more then you may have some apps waking your device. For me it was Google maps so I disabled it for now till the update. I used betterbatterystas to find the wakelock. Now I get 3.5 hours screen on time and under 1% drain per hour
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you guys realized that gps and bluetooth do not drain battery unless you are using them so it doesnt matter if they are on. GPS will only turn on when an app needs a lock and bluetooth wont use power unless its transmitting to another device. im not sure about NFC but i would think it works the same way. as long as you dont have anything syncing or losing reception at night then you should only lose about 5 percent in 7-8 hours. this is the case with most android devices that i've own.
best I have got is 2% loss in 7 hours...
running milestone2
-undervolted
-1200/350 interactive
-wifi on
-gps off
-bt off
-nfc on
-syncing gmail, calender, twitter, g+ and voice
-No active widgets
screen time is 4 hours if set manually (2000mah)
unless you are in sunlight, auto bightness is too high
neotekz said:
you guys realized that gps and bluetooth do not drain battery unless you are using them so it doesnt matter if they are on. GPS will only turn on when an app needs a lock and bluetooth wont use power unless its transmitting to another device. im not sure about NFC but i would think it works the same way. as long as you dont have anything syncing or losing reception at night then you should only lose about 5 percent in 7-8 hours. this is the case with most android devices that i've own.
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Bluetooth searches for devices like Wi-Fi searches for access points. You kinda missed that...
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ogdobber said:
best I have got is 2% loss in 7 hours...
running milestone2
-undervolted
-1200/350 interactive
-wifi on
-gps off
-bt off
-nfc on
-syncing gmail, calender, twitter, g+ and voice
-No active widgets
screen time is 4 hours if set manually (2000mah)
unless you are in sunlight, auto bightness is too high
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Basically the same but
GPS on and stock battery
No twitter or voice, sync everything else, plus docs, picasa
1% in nearly 6 hours.
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Best tool, use betterbatterystats and reduce wake locks to a minimum
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REALLY Poor Battery Life for 80 G9

As much as I love my Archos 80 G9, there's one thing that I truly don't love: the battery life. More accurately, the lack of battery life. Archos' web site boasts 7 hours of video playback, 10 hours of internet surfing, and a whopping 36 hours of music playback on a single charge. My experience is quite different, and I'm currently getting about 5 hours of idle time!!! That's right, just unplugging it from the charger and letting it sit there drains the battery in about 5-6 hours. Now I'm not expecting to be able to watch the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy on a single charge, but just being able to get through "Return of the King" would be a nice start!
I do run the tablet on Surdu's custom ROMs (there are just too many root features that I actually use to go back to stock), but I've had this issue since I bought the tablet back in October just running stock. Even running the "stock + root" ROM (no overclock, fancy transitions, etc.) leaves me with a dead battery in 5 hours. I use a custom Launcher (GO HD for Tablets) and a live background, but neither of these should affect battery life while idle. It could very well be background processes, but this being my first Android device I'm uncertain how to proceed and figure out what might be the problem, or even if I need to send it back to Archos for service. Any help would be appreciated!
stealthdave said:
As much as I love my Archos 80 G9, there's one thing that I truly don't love: the battery life. More accurately, the lack of battery life. Archos' web site boasts 7 hours of video playback, 10 hours of internet surfing, and a whopping 36 hours of music playback on a single charge. My experience is quite different, and I'm currently getting about 5 hours of idle time!!! That's right, just unplugging it from the charger and letting it sit there drains the battery in about 5-6 hours. Now I'm not expecting to be able to watch the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy on a single charge, but just being able to get through "Return of the King" would be a nice start!
I do run the tablet on Surdu's custom ROMs (there are just too many root features that I actually use to go back to stock), but I've had this issue since I bought the tablet back in October just running stock. Even running the "stock + root" ROM (no overclock, fancy transitions, etc.) leaves me with a dead battery in 5 hours. I use a custom Launcher (GO HD for Tablets) and a live background, but neither of these should affect battery life while idle. It could very well be background processes, but this being my first Android device I'm uncertain how to proceed and figure out what might be the problem, or even if I need to send it back to Archos for service. Any help would be appreciated!
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the live wallpaper may very much have something to do with it. You need to find a battery stats app and find the rogue app that triggers the device to wake up even when in sleep. Have you tried deep sleep? (in ICS > settings > battery > check "deep sleep"
i usually have a very long battery life while on idle see this screenie
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I turned off GPS and Bluetooth, and that has dramatically changed the battery drain for the better. I'm still at 68% after 7 hours at idle with about 10-15 minutes of active use. Still not ideal, but much better. I'll keep trying to find any rogue apps and quell any leeches. Lookout Labs' Ad Network Detector is good at figuring out which "free" apps use the more obnoxious ad networks; it helps to get rid of those, as well.
I'm experiencing same issue here - Archos G9 TURBO 250 HDD with latest ICS and it drains batt while off
Have you found cause of this problem?
cpuks said:
I'm experiencing same issue here - Archos G9 TURBO 250 HDD with latest ICS and it drains batt while off
Have you found cause of this problem?
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a)disable GPS (it's enabled by default)
b)turn on Deep Sleep (settings->battery) or
c)use Hibernation instead of locking the screen only (long press Power and select Hibernation)
If device is powered on and deep sleep/hibernation is not activated it uses quite some power all the time.
a) I turned off GPS but no effect
b) Deep Sleep was turned on from begining
c) tried both hibernation and normal locking the screen - no help
This was on ICS, I'm now trying HC and see if this drains my batt too.
I even installed System Panel Task Manager and enabled monitoring but didn't find any app using too much battery only wierd thing was display - on when I didn't use device...
For me, the GPS was definitely the main culprit. I turned Bluetooth back on and my battery life was still vastly improved, even running overclocked. Beyond that, just keep looking for apps that stay running. A lot of "free" games and apps will keep calling home, even if they've never been launched! MIB3 from Gameloft does this as do many others.
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I've installed HC 3.2.80 yesterday, full reset of system and storage, charged to 100% and now only 8% of battery left. I have deep sleep mode turned on, gps off, bluetooth off, tablet switched to airplane mode, in battery usage details - 100% of inactivity (14 hrs 20 min) but something ate my battery. Any ideas?
cpuks said:
I've installed HC 3.2.80 yesterday, full reset of system and storage, charged to 100% and now only 8% of battery left. I have deep sleep mode turned on, gps off, bluetooth off, tablet switched to airplane mode, in battery usage details - 100% of inactivity (14 hrs 20 min) but something ate my battery. Any ideas?
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Did you install any apps after that reset?

[Q] Battery drain question

So, when i updated to official JB , i immediately went abroad, so i didn't have access to packet data. When i returned home, and when i turned on packet data, i am getting higher battery drain. I am not turning off packet data at all because i was used to that. Can that be the cause of my higher battery drain. Syncs are turned on, also auto update on weather..
Here is screenshot of battery details. You could see that i charged it a bit atm cause i need battery to write this thread. You can also see that i used a bit of wifi.
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Most of us are now seeing higher drain on JB exactly like your pics show. That's how mine looks too. Look at all the awake lines. I just assume its because I'm now running Google now. I've been planning to turn it off and test but just been lazy. On ICS my idle battery was dead flat and showed not a single awake line.
RogerPodacter said:
Most of us are now seeing higher drain on JB exactly like your pics show. That's how mine looks too. Look at all the awake lines. I just assume its because I'm now running Google now. I've been planning to turn it off and test but just been lazy. On ICS my idle battery was dead flat and showed not a single awake line.
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even im facing the same battery is pathetic
is there any way to increase ??
I swiched to Android Revolution HD 6.0.1 (with JB 4.1.1) ans since then I have a higher drain on my phone.
The strange thing is I have a lower, wehn I turn it off, but a much higher when I'm using it for browsing or anything connected with the screen.
It seems that either the changings have a higher usage on the graphic area or that (somehow) the screen uses more power.
I have noFrissl installed , and it tells me that most of the time the CPU is at 350MHz, so this can't be the reason.
Anytime I use the screen (by an app (even without internet)) it sucks the battery faster dry than at 4.0.4
I'd appriciate a solution and to be able to use my phone more than just 1.5 days (but more the two days I had before)
Ok this is the thing:
When i use my phone modest, i have great battery life. It means that im using wifi for half of the day, using it for taking photos, playing some games etc. As soon as i turn on mobile data network, i have higher battery drain...
Laynee1 said:
Ok this is the thing:
When i use my phone modest, i have great battery life. It means that im using wifi for half of the day, using it for taking photos, playing some games etc. As soon as i turn on mobile data network, i have higher battery drain...
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I would agree with this comment. For me...mobile data always is a battery killer. I always use WIFI over it and turn off my 3G unless I need it. I save a ton of battery life. Your phone always is gonna have more significant drain hunting for towers and for a good signal. It sucks, but it is what it is.
Hi everyone,
I dont have this great battery drain, using always mobile data on and wifi when i'm on home.
The first thing you can do for better battery is install franco kernel r230-jb or Fugumod ( <3 ) kernel, this help alot with consumption and have no negative effect.
second thing is remove haxsync or facebook app , using tweakdeck ( support facebook&twitter ) or only one ( Facebook ) or mobile browser ( no update ) , its more less battery expansive.man with that usage, you are very lucky with this battery life, you have a lot of ~45% screen on ( ~4-5 hours ) with 8% facebook cpu usage, and ~8% haxsync , and some calls, of course battery go down so fast
another suggestion is always stay on 2g, switch on 3g(4g?) only when need ( for me never, because i use twitter/pulse/facebook update/web, twitter go good also 2g network data, pulse too, facebook is extremly low, but update and notification work, web is fast with Opera Mini.
No problem at all.
ALWAYS REMOVE GOOGLE NOW, ITS USELESS AND THE FIRST CAUSE OF BATTERY DRAIN

Bad battery life.

I'm currently running MOAR 6.1 and I'm getting really bad battery life using ktoonz kernel. How do I get better battery life?
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The screen looks to be the largest contributor to your battery drain by a large margin. I know my GS3 is set to auto-adjust the screen brightness based on the lighting in the location the device is being used. This is a double-edged sword though because in well-lit areas the screen brightness is all the way up. You can turn off the auto-adjust in your settings and set the brightness manually. There are even some toggle widgets out there that allow you adjust between a few brightness settings using a little 1x1 widget.
The GS3 screen is great, but with the brightness turned all the way up I've noticed some pretty decent drain on the battery. I'd start there if I were you.
I get about the same battery life on mine too. I just started carrying a portable charger with me because I got sick of getting 1-2 hours of screen time before my battery was nearly dead. I'd suggest investing in a spare battery or two or a portable charger unless you enjoy having to constantly worry about conserving your battery instead of using your phone how you want.
Ma}{imus said:
The screen looks to be the largest contributor to your battery drain by a large margin. I know my GS3 is set to auto-adjust the screen brightness based on the lighting in the location the device is being used. This is a double-edged sword though because in well-lit areas the screen brightness is all the way up. You can turn off the auto-adjust in your settings and set the brightness manually. There are even some toggle widgets out there that allow you adjust between a few brightness settings using a little 1x1 widget.
The GS3 screen is great, but with the brightness turned all the way up I've noticed some pretty decent drain on the battery. I'd start there if I were you.
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I always have my brightness set to the lowest possible setting with auto brightness off. :\
davelikestacos said:
I get about the same battery life on mine too. I just started carrying a portable charger with me because I got sick of getting 1-2 hours of screen time before my battery was nearly dead. I'd suggest investing in a spare battery or two or a portable charger unless you enjoy having to constantly worry about conserving your battery instead of using your phone how you want.
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I really like MOAR but on other roms/stock, I get about 17 hours+ of usage time with about 3+ hours of on screen time. So I'm not sure if its MOAR that causes the huge battery time or if its my ktoonz settings which is underclocked to 1242 MHz using gov. Ktoonservative and sio as the I/O
You have a few large chunks where the phone is awake but the screen is off. Usually that indicates a wakelock of some sort. I would download Better Battery Stats (search for it on XDA it's free for members). Let it run for a while and see whats causing the wakelocks.
Could be apps running in the background. Also i see you have good service in your screen shot, but if you travel into poor service your battery life will suck. You could also try a different kernel.
Some typical things that will cause bad battery life or lots of wake locks: Facebook sync/notifications (Turn them off!) Unless you absolutly need to know when someone post something every second.. Email sync times.. (if your using it, change frequency from 15 min to Every 4 hours or something. When it syncs its running that app, Data and all that goodness. Greenify works wonders! Use this app to hibernate your apps after you open them (Works on non system apps) Have been using for a long time. Other things are like Weather refresh, If set to update every 15 min.. again your going to get wake locks. Screen time out, Set to lower number so it'll auto turn off after 15-30 seconds.. if you need more just touch screen. Usually helps.. I can see typically 2.5 Hours screen on with over a Day on MOAR. (Moderate use.. Once i'm home it's sitting on my counter and not being used till the next day) These will help some with battery life overall.
Speedin07si said:
You have a few large chunks where the phone is awake but the screen is off. Usually that indicates a wakelock of some sort. I would download Better Battery Stats (search for it on XDA it's free for members). Let it run for a while and see whats causing the wakelocks.
Could be apps running in the background. Also i see you have good service in your screen shot, but if you travel into poor service your battery life will suck. You could also try a different kernel.
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Ill give it a try when i get home.
milky1112 said:
Some typical things that will cause bad battery life or lots of wake locks: Facebook sync/notifications (Turn them off!) Unless you absolutly need to know when someone post something every second.. Email sync times.. (if your using it, change frequency from 15 min to Every 4 hours or something. When it syncs its running that app, Data and all that goodness. Greenify works wonders! Use this app to hibernate your apps after you open them (Works on non system apps) Have been using for a long time. Other things are like Weather refresh, If set to update every 15 min.. again your going to get wake locks. Screen time out, Set to lower number so it'll auto turn off after 15-30 seconds.. if you need more just touch screen. Usually helps.. I can see typically 2.5 Hours screen on with over a Day on MOAR. (Moderate use.. Once i'm home it's sitting on my counter and not being used till the next day) These will help some with battery life overall.
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I have greenify running. I have Facebook greenified. I have email sync off and weather refresh set to every 6 hours. Sync is off. Screen timeout is set to 15 seconds on lowest brightness. Ill try better battery stats to check for any wakelocks.
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djpabz23 said:
I'm currently running MOAR 6.1 and I'm getting really bad battery life using ktoonz kernel. How do I get better battery life?
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Have you checked out the thread HERE. It can definately help you on your way to better battery life.

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