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.
isinisterx said:
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.
Sent from my Jelly Beaned toro. You mirin brah?
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.
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Alright guys, whats your opinion: which rom has the best battery life?
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AOKP + Latest Franco Kernel
Thanks. So far I've had my best with eagles blood and stock kernel. I've heard Franco's kernel has bad battery life though?
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Sounds like an easy thing for you to test, doesn't it? Sorry to be snippy, but this is one of many similar threads. No one searches anymore, and there are many threads like this which have "it depends" as the only logical answer.
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The CM Kang isnt bad.
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AOKP + Latest Franco Kernel
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I have been using Francos kernel, and the new baseband, with both KANG and eaglyblood, i hav ejuicedfender installed on aggrasive, but i still cant get out much from the phone, i have right now on eaglybloods latest 1.5.
Running for 22h 4min
Screen on low: 39%
OS: 15%
Phone inactive: 12%
Voicecall: 9%
Mobile rest: 6%
Android system: 6%
Mediaserver: 4%
Now i havent used it alot, turn of everything i can, when screen of running on 2g only and such, i havent used it alot, listen to music for totaly 1h 30m. No surfing and such.
What roms and kernels have you used and what have you gotten out of it?
What extra apps maybe taskkillers and such do you use or think is good to get more battery?
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Thanks. So far I've had my best with eagles blood and stock kernel. I've heard Franco's kernel has bad battery life though?
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Bad battery life? Do some searching and read his kernel thread. Battery life has been amazing with his past releases. Build 7.1 are heavily exceptional builds.
Anything before that, yes the battery life hasn't been so good. But now his focus shifted onto the battery. Many people included screenshots of their battery graph.
Aokp also has a power saver mode, read into that as well
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I did run AOKP build 12 for 1 day, and thats how long my battry lastet with nearly no usage at all. The same with eaglyblood all on latest fran kernel, with juicedefender ultimate on agressive setting.
So how can i test and post graphs for you?
What baseband are you on?
Is there any good taskiller i can use?
Dont know what is using so much battery except the screen and i have it on very low always.
I use stock 4.0.2, non rooted or unlocked bootoader, and I find the battery life better than most android phones i've used previously. However, occasionally, it gets low, then i plug it in, and later it's charged again!! As if by magic!! Also i noticed that if i turn it off completely, the battery life is aammmmaaaazzziinnngggg!!! *palms face*
sorry, these battery life threads really get my goat! On a serious note though, one nugget of knowedge that I have taken from messing with android for years is, that if you, like me in the past, have been one of these types that just cannot stop flashing roms left and right, then you will never get to see the full potential of your battery. It does depend of course more on individual usage than anything else, but, settling on a rom of choice and using it normally over the course of a week or so will see you gain an increase in capacity thereafter, just through simple calibration.
Im running AOKP v.13 with Franco's Kernel 9.2 and battery is really great, even on heavy usage. There's almost no batter drain in Sleep Mode (last night ~8 hours, the battery just dropped for 2%).
I've set up my syncs, set up AOKP's Powersave Mode to my wishes and made a ScreenOff Profile for franco's Kernel. That's all, and im still on my second battery loading cycle. Cant wait to see what will happen if it's callibrated well.
With AOKP Rom and its Powersave Mode, you dont even need Juice Defender anymore, its doing nearly the same.
Thank you, i will go back to AOKP in a few days and try build 13, i update you all
My battery holds 1 day 24hours, would say normal use with 2g on when screen of, 3g when screen on, i dont surf on it check facebook maybe 2 times on it, nothing more, text sms and few calls lasting maybe 40min total
Stock 4.0.2, stock kernel with uv/384mhz and UGKK7 radio. Amazing.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.
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Stock 4.0.2, stock kernel with uv/384mhz and UGKK7 radio. Amazing.
My grandma beat me down and took my nexus. Sent from a jitterbug with beats by dre.
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How is your standby drain with that setup? 1% per hour? Or less?
Ever since i flashed francos kernel for the first time i failed to see any difference whatsoever in batterylife or performance. 4 versions of franco kernel later and still no change. Even bought his app and tried undervolting. I accidentaly uv'd by 100 in the 700 category and none of the side effects were happening so i tried undervolting all by 200 and even setting on boot. Nothing happened. I then flashed jame bond kernel and nothing happened. When i tried flashing glados kernel it just froze on boot. I experimented with all of them for at least a day and except glados which didn't work they all showed no difference than stock regarding battery life or performance. What could be the cause of this?
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Kernels don't have the profound effect you might think on this phone. Not nearly as much as devices I have had in the past.
I'm aware of that, but still. No difference whatsoever? Even when i intentionally try and break it by undervolting by 200?
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What did you undervolt by 200? Some speed steps can get away with that.
What ROM are you using?
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Kernels don't have the profound effect you might think on this phone. Not nearly as much as devices I have had in the past.
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Adrynalyne! Its good to see you here!
Yeah, on the Fascinate, Kernels had much more of a profound effect. I can't say the same for this phone. But the OP said that he purposely tried to Bork his phone to see if it worked and it didn't even touch it. That's really strange. I can purposely try to Bork mine and do a pretty damn good job of it.
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Some kernels had broken UV interfaces that wouldn't undervolt the kernel and would allow you to undervolt by absurd amounts. (though it wasn't actually doing anything)
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Some kernels had broken UV interfaces that wouldn't undervolt the kernel and would allow you to undervolt by absurd amounts. (though it wasn't actually doing anything)
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Well, are all the most popular kernels broken? Franco, glados, jame bond? I'm more inclined to think the problem is localized (either me or my phone).
And i'm running aokp 20, btw. Had 19 and milestone2 before those, which were all installed after full wipes (before anyone suggests that).
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Your not the only one with this problem as I too have seen no change in battery performance on my gnex. I'm also using aokp 20 and Franco's (14.4). What I don't get however is that my buddy seems to see significant improvement in his phone while running the same rom/kernel combo
I've had some friends do some tests for me and run stock kernels for a while.
The differences in performance and battery life were menial between custom and stock.
What about all those people that claim seeing improved battery life? Not to mention those impresive screenshots of battery stats that show numbers i have yet to even come close to.
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Many of those screenshots are sleep time.
Also, never underestimate the power of placebo.
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Many of those screenshots are sleep time.
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naturally. also, data calls are a huge battery drainer, even with excellent reception, when actually using the phone. the same with wifi.
to give the op an example, this last night i forgot wifi on. connected to my home network. the phone slept well (something woke it up in the middle but for a very short period of time, probably gmail), and i only lost 3%. i normally loose 1% in 7hrs approx., so it wasnt so bad.
on the other hand, if screenOn is true, it will obviously drain faster..
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Many of those screenshots are sleep time.
Also, never underestimate the power of placebo.
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+1 on that.
Btw adryn, what kernel/rom do you use in your gnex?
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Tried a lot of combinations, but at the time of writing the original post i had been using aokp 20 with franco 14.4 for a while. I am currently trying aokp20 with trinity 384mhz gpu.
Also i lost about 2%/hour with franco in standby. I had mobile data connected and autosync only for google account + yahoo mail, all set to sync each hour.
Waiting on trinity now. Curious if i notice any difference besides the lack of franco's blueish tint.
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Many of those screenshots are sleep time.
Also, never underestimate the power of placebo.
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This.
However, the GPU overclock is noticeable on games like Shadow and GTA.
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+1 on that.
Btw adryn, what kernel/rom do you use in your gnex?
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My own or stock. I experiment a lot. Currently I am running a custom with a tweaked deadline scheduler, and a slightly different oc method for gpu and cpu than everyone is using to 1.35ghz. Stock voltages, tweaked ramdisk for filesystem mounts. Stock sleep profile of 350/700 on Interactive. Not using Setcpu to overclock at all. I set the power profile in fw-res to include the extra speed step.
So far so good, but its too early to tell. I went to bed and work up 9 hours off battery with 99% remaining. So its definitely deep sleeping fine I won't know for a couple days on whether it sucks battery dry or not.
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This.
However, the GPU overclock is noticeable on games like Shadow and GTA.
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I don't play a lot of games but 307mhz to 384, nets me 3fps in Nenamark2. Not exactly mind blowing.
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Many of those screenshots are sleep time.
Also, never underestimate the power of placebo.
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exactly. I used to go crazy doing this and that, disabling this and that to try to get 20+ hours that people were getting on stock battery. Then I came to realize that the screenshots are probably mostly sleep time. Me being a very social person (text, IM, Facebook, and Tweet a lot) there is no way I was ever gonna get anywhere near 20 hours on stock. So I bought a couple of spare batteries, turned stuff back on, turn the screen back on brightly and enjoyed the phone and its great screen without worrying about battery life
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Ill be as honest as I can. I just had two nexus and installed two different roms and and two different kernels....I believe they don't do anything as well..And I thinks its placebo effect when people are saying there battery's are better or the screen is smoother....I see not much of a difference even in stock...yes the benchmark may go up but that's means nothing really....
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Hi, guys! I'm still having a problem with the battery life on my Gnex. I'm using AOKP and Franco combination. Always updating the system whenever these two combos releases their latest bu still no gain on battery. Followed some tweaks on 'Custom Backlight Settings' BUT STILL NO IMPROVEMENT. I've been working on this for 2weeks working on the same combos because I don't know how to change ROM and Kernel coming from these two.
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**But I tried attaching the screenshots, please try to check below... Thanks in advance!
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Hi, guys! I'm still having a problem with the battery life on my Gnex. I'm using AOKP and Franco combination. Always updating the system whenever these two combos releases their latest bu still no gain on battery. Followed some tweaks on 'Custom Backlight Settings' BUT STILL NO IMPROVEMENT. I've been working on this for 2weeks working on the same combos because I don't know how to change ROM and Kernel coming from these two.
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I Believe Nightly 185 had a new wifi driver which wasn't stable and drained alot of battery ... try flashing his stable builds
These screenshots don't mean anything without screen on time.
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
As said above, screen on time please. Unless you're losing like 10% every hour, or don't get around 4 hours of screen on time (I get around 5, stock battery), then you're fine.
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Okay. I guess this screenshot below is what you need. I hope this one is correct.
Also thanks for the responses, I'll try to flash either the Franco 181 or just change kernel I guess AFTER I HEAR ALL your insights.
**after seeing this screenshot below, what Franco kernel release do you guys suggest?
**Is radio probably affecting this as well? Because I didn't flash radio. Just Rom and kernel
**Should I try other kernels and what's the best fit for AOKP?
You're kinda correct. We need a screenshot when the battery is 2-3% and is about to die.
I get about an hour of screen time per 20% of battery however, so yours is draining about twice as fast. Still would like to see the correct set of screenshots tho.
Also, just fyi, I'm using Build 39 as well, but with Franco M4, and I get around 5 hours screen on time. Keep that in mind if we decide that the kernel is to blame.
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You're kinda correct. We need a screenshot when the battery is 2-3% and is about to die.
I get about an hour of screen time per 20% of battery however, so yours is draining about twice as fast. Still would like to see the correct set of screenshots tho.
Also, just fyi, I'm using Build 39 as well, but with Franco M4, and I get around 5 hours screen on time. Keep that in mind if we decide that the kernel is to blame.
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Thanks! So, I'll just wait for my battery to drain (2 to 3%) then I'll post a screenshot again. I just flashed Franco Milestone 3 and will observe. If it still no go, I'll flash M4 LOL ... Then would probably switch to diff. ROM and Kernel combo if all fails
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You're kinda correct. We need a screenshot when the battery is 2-3% and is about to die.
I get about an hour of screen time per 20% of battery however, so yours is draining about twice as fast. Still would like to see the correct set of screenshots tho.
Also, just fyi, I'm using Build 39 as well, but with Franco M4, and I get around 5 hours screen on time. Keep that in mind if we decide that the kernel is to blame.
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You do realize that his phone has been on for about 12 hours at that point right?
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
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You're kinda correct. We need a screenshot when the battery is 2-3% and is about to die.
I get about an hour of screen time per 20% of battery however, so yours is draining about twice as fast. Still would like to see the correct set of screenshots tho.
Also, just fyi, I'm using Build 39 as well, but with Franco M4, and I get around 5 hours screen on time. Keep that in mind if we decide that the kernel is to blame.
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Here's my screenshot. What do you think is the problem?
Air kernel
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Here's my screenshot. What do you think is the problem?
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You have almost 6 hours of screen on time...what exactly are you expecting to get out of it?
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You have almost 6 hours of screen on time...what exactly are you expecting to get out of it?
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Oh, I don't have wifi at home. SO whenever I install apk, copy pictures/videos or even posting screenshots like today, I plug in the usb chord and it automatically charges the phone.
But if I don't connect my phone to my PC and use the phone moderately, the phone get's low battery pretty fast, like after equivalent is 3mins= 1% ...
Someone suggested air kernel. I think I'm gonna try that one and see the result.
Well if you're doing that it's hard to get a good grasp on how your battery is performing. You should go a full cycle without hooking it up to your pc and then post your results.
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Well if you're doing that it's hard to get a good grasp on how your battery is performing. You should go a full cycle without hooking it up to your pc and then post your results.
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I agree and I will post maybe tomorrow. But in the meantime, what kernel do you suggest for battery life? I got my eyes on Lean kernel. Changing ROM would probably be the last thing I would do IF changing kernel won't still work.
I don't remember my results but I did get great battery life on leankernel. Currently using Franco's milestone 4 and still getting pretty decent battery life.
First, post correct stats (no charging in between), and then let's discuss the future.
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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.
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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I flashed Jellybean for my gnex this last weekend, and I've noticed a severely precipitous drop in battery life (15% in 90 min, 15 min screen on). I found this yesterday when my phone went completely dead after just 6 hours on idle, despite running some pretty severe power-saving options. I can literally see the battery draining as I took the screenshots to post.
Running 4.1.1 stock, Franco Kernel Version 5 (power save powermode), 2100 mAh battery - I tried to provide as much information as I can in the screenshots. The weird thing is that none of the information stands out as an obvious power-drain, its just falling for what I believe to be no good reason.
Please help!
First of all: congrats if providing such detailed information about your battery information! (I'm being serious, not sarcastic)
Secondly, have you tried running it with WiFi only to see if there's a difference? Also, you need to go through about 2-3 charge cycles before you have a good idea of our battery range.
Also, what kernel are you using?
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I have same problem, 1750 stock battery only lasts about 3 hours....
AOKP JB B 1 and franco
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I'm hoping its just running it a few charge cycles fixes the problem, because my battery meter is like a countdown clock right now.
I'm running 3.0.41-franco.Kernel-Milestone5.
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First of all: congrats if providing such detailed information about your battery information! (I'm being serious, not sarcastic)
Secondly, have you tried running it with WiFi only to see if there's a difference? Also, you need to go through about 2-3 charge cycles before you have a good idea of our battery range.
Also, what kernel are you using?
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I reccommend getting cpu sleeper. Its brillant and saves me tons of battery
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eugene373.cpu.sleep&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5ldWdlbmUzNzMuY3B1LnNsZWVwIl0.
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Thanks! However, I'm already running on only one core, from a setting in Franco's app.
My problem is that there doesn't seem to be anything glaring that is draining my battery. Awake time is slightly more than I'd like, but not nearly enough to drain the battery at 10% an hour with the screen off.
And for the above poster, I have not tried running it with wifi only and no mobile data - wifi at my office is spotty, and I'd like the conditions I am testing it at to try to mirror how I would normally use my phone.
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I reccommend getting cpu sleeper. Its brillant and saves me tons of battery
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bmurray said:
Thanks! However, I'm already running on only one core, from a setting in Franco's app.
My problem is that there doesn't seem to be anything glaring that is draining my battery. Awake time is slightly more than I'd like, but not nearly enough to drain the battery at 10% an hour with the screen off.
And for the above poster, I have not tried running it with wifi only and no mobile data - wifi at my office is spotty, and I'd like the conditions I am testing it at to try to mirror how I would normally use my phone.
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hmmm... did u try replacing the battery?
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No - the battery worked just fine on ICS as of last Friday (28 hours standby charge). I would hope that flashing ROMs/Kernels would not actually damage it.
Thanks for trying to help - I'm really confused since all the ratios look comparable to people who get great battery life, but for some reason, just seem to suck about 5x more battery for me, so its impossible to pinpoint one specific culprit. I thought it was a mis-calibration, but apparently that is just a myth.
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hmmm... did u try replacing the battery?
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Let me start by saying that I am not an expert, but the following tips helped me. I agree with the WiFi and the detail you provided was great. I see that you are running 4G, this will eat up the battery. Your ROM may have a toggle for the 4G (LTE) and 3G (CDMA). If you have WiFi available I would use that. You may want to turn off the NFC (system setting>Wireless & Networks More....) unless you use google wallet or share screen alot. Also, I had horrible results with the Facebook app running in the background, which I have taken off my phone. I set a bookmark in dolphin browser instead of using the app.
If you are not seeing any improvements with in the next few battery cycles you may try wiping the battery stats in Recovery. The first ROM I flashed from stock my battery life was all over the map and wiping battery stats helped. I ran the same Franco Kernel and was getting 2.5 -3 hrs of screen time. Hope this helps.
also, get CpuSpy from the market, and see which speeds your cpu is using (or not using).
Not that this will help software issues but Sprint is giving away a free 2100Mah extended battery with the door. You just have to pay for the shipping. No scam at all, I think they know that they have a glitchy piece of product and need to help calm us down. Just call telesales and tell them you own a Gnex.
CPU Speeds
Almost exclusively at 384 or 729 mHz, capped at 1026.
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also, get CpuSpy from the market, and see which speeds your cpu is using (or not using).
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So that means that the CPU isn't going into deep sleep, which is an issue.
All I can suggest is reflash with a full wipe, and reinstall the apps you can, and slowly weed out any rogue apps that could be causing said issue.
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Sorry, I meant that when awake, the vast majority of the clock speeds are 384 and 729. I am in deep sleep approximately 75% of the time.
If no solution comes up in this thread, I will try re-flashing to stock JB/stock JB kernel tomorrow night to see if it just needed a few recharge cycles to stabilize, and if not, if wiping/reinstalling helps.
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So that means that the CPU isn't going into deep sleep, which is an issue.
All I can suggest is reflash with a full wipe, and reinstall the apps you can, and slowly weed out any rogue apps that could be causing said issue.
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I'm getting the complete opposite of u op
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Yeah, that seems to be the general experience here. My phone is down to ~28% since the OP. Again, the proportions in which things are draining power are correct, they are just doing it too quickly (1% per minute of screen time).
I'm going to completely wipe and re-flash JB tonight, keeping the stock kernel this time, unless someone can help me out.
Alton (Halo 2) said:
I'm getting the complete opposite of u op
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bmurray said:
Yeah, that seems to be the general experience here. My phone is down to ~28% since the OP. Again, the proportions in which things are draining power are correct, they are just doing it too quickly (1% per minute of screen time).
I'm going to completely wipe and re-flash JB tonight, keeping the stock kernel this time, unless someone can help me out.
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Did u flash francos kernel yet ?
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Yes - every process/screen is drawing the typical percentage of power use (~50% screen, 8% Phone Idle, 8% cell standby), but the battery is draining 4x faster than it should. Francos app shows me running at completely standard voltage, and I'm on the powersave mode. I think it must be a battery indicator/stats issue, otherwise the proportions would be all off.
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Did u flash francos kernel yet ?
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bmurray said:
Yes - every process/screen is drawing the typical percentage of power use (~50% screen, 8% Phone Idle, 8% cell standby), but the battery is draining 4x faster than it should. Francos app shows me running at completely standard voltage, and I'm on the powersave mode. I think it must be a battery indicator/stats issue, otherwise the proportions would be all off.
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Try wiping ur battery stats in cwm
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I know that is supposedly a placebo, but in this case, something is clearly wrong. I'll give it a try.
Alton (Halo 2) said:
Try wiping ur battery stats in cwm
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