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Battery effiecient settings tips for our 1X (May help some with battery problem)

I am on Stock Rom (Forgot to mention this)
I average about 3.30 hours of screen time with my settings everyday, today I had 4.30 hours, 1.4 Internet surfing, 30 min voice calls, and 12 hours of wifi, total time 22.54 hours.
This is my best so far: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...79392&page=114 (I think I can reach better results (Have better average results now)
Also please feel free to share your settings.
My settings:
Unlocked and rooted.
LED Notifications off (except for SMS).
Fastboot in power settings unticket.
Sound Settings - Turned sensors Off: Quiet ring on pick up, Pocket mode, Flip for speaker.
Brightness Control using this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...rightnesslevel (I mostly leave it at 15% its more than enough for my vision at least, then if out and its really sunny I just switch to 50% its a widget so its easy to use).
All vibration settings,haptic feedback and stuff off(except for phone calls).
All auto-sync off (everything updates when you enter it like email and weather and others so no need to be on).
All animations Off (you won't notice any difference after awhile so it might as well be off).
Phone dial,keyboard and other tones off.
In developer options-> Background process limit set to 3. (Reverts after reboot/restart)
Using Core Control, can be found here (Must be rooted) http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1652136 and I have it set to 2 cores. (Reverts after reboot/restart)
Have the backlights on the 3 capacitive buttons on the bottom off at all times using Tasker using a mod made by backfromthestorm, credits go to him and nobnut, mod can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...1657619&page=3 (Reverts after reboot/restart).
Another mod from backfromthestorm (which can be found in the link above aswell)is better multi-tasking which changes the values in sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree file to 1536,2048,3584,5120,15360,20480, I set the values using Tasker. (Reverts after reboot/restart).
Another thing I do before going to sleep or not going to use the phone for a few hours is I use the built in app Task Manager's and kill all tasks and then turn the screen off, by doing this I have noticed that battery percentage doesn't mysteriously drop without using it.
Can't remember what other settings I may have at the moment but will add if memory allows
I have frozen the following apps and others:
I thought this way would be quicker and easier, I hope at least excuse my laziness otherwise
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Old thread copied and up with moderators consent.
Old thread was closed due to pointless flaming.
Old thread could not be re-opened so I copied the contents, I hope people that comment here keep it clean and to the subject.
Decent stats:

This was pretty much hardcore non-stop usage.
This was pretty much not letting the phone rest from the moment it finished charging.
Will do some video tests later to see how long it can last while watching some HD flicks.

Apps in first in screens post are all frozen?

stifler05 said:
Apps in first in screens post are all frozen?
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I have frozen the following apps and others:
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yes mate

Goku80 said:
yes mate
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Thank mate.
Always have to be sure 100%

Thanks for all the tweaks, I have never had more than 2.5 hour screen time. Ill shall now use some of your settings to mix my own frozen yogurt (edit Ice Cream yogurt) . So far CM9 seems to be my bag, but I bought the phone for the camera...

Very useful thread, thanks
Just one thing though, the LEDs used for the LED Notifications use so little power that you can leave them enabled and it will drain next to no power at all! Not sure about the capacitive LEDs though, I can't imagine they use much power either!

Meltus said:
Very useful thread, thanks
Just one thing though, the LEDs used for the LED Notifications use so little power that you can leave them enabled and it will drain next to no power at all! Not sure about the capacitive LEDs though, I can't imagine they use much power either!
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You are welcome, yeah I know that the LEDs may not save much battery at all but one thing I like about the capacitive lights is that I have the options as widget shortcuts on my screen so I can turn them on when I feel like I need them, but most of the time I keep them off

dondavis007 said:
Thanks for all the tweaks, I have never had more than 2.5 hour screen time. Ill shall now use some of your settings to mix my own frozen yogurt (edit Ice Cream yogurt) . So far CM9 seems to be my bag, but I bought the phone for the camera...
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You are welcome and I hope it helps.
Cheers

Will give these tips a try. Quite a lot of cutting here, kind of reminds me of what David Cameron is doing to the UK economy to save money
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thanks Johnny0906, wow just got the phone and that info is priceless.. Thanks

Thanks at first since it's a piece of useful information.
But I can't keep myself wondering. what do you use this phone for since almost everthing is frozen.

How to improve battery life on jellybean?

Hi!!!
I'm currently using the black jellybean 4.1.1 rom. And I would like to improve my battery life.
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Any idea in how may I do this?
Thanks in advanced
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Turn screen brightness down and check for wake locks using BetterBatteryStats.
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Most likely, it's an app misbehaving.
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Try using something like juicedefender lite or go power manager from the play store. They can help you set up different modes that toggle things that eat battery life. They also tell you what apps/hardware is using the most battery.
I found that on mine, the screen was using a ton as was the 4g at work (bad connection). So Juice defender will turn off/on my 4g every 15 minutes and download updates without draining my whole battery. Good luck!

erodriguez87 said:
Try using something like juicedefender lite or go power manager from the play store. They can help you set up different modes that toggle things that eat battery life. They also tell you what apps/hardware is using the most battery.
I found that on mine, the screen was using a ton as was the 4g at work (bad connection). So Juice defender will turn off/on my 4g every 15 minutes and download updates without draining my whole battery. Good luck!
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no. just no.
@OP
you have an app keeping your phone awake alot.

How come NFC is waking up my phone when I have it turned off and frozen?!
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The thing is I use the task manager a lot closing my apps and all. But it has not improved my battery life at all. And its frustrating since I'm out of the house almost the whole day (9 to 10 hrs sometimes 12 hrs). Should I change my kernel or something?
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yuukimoonstar said:
The thing is I use the task manager a lot closing my apps and all. But it has not improved my battery life at all. And its frustrating since I'm out of the house almost the whole day (9 to 10 hrs sometimes 12 hrs). Should I change my kernel or something?
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stop using a task manager. that is probably what is killing your battery.

Add this tweak to /system/build.prop
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=0 - This setting puts your phone into a deeper sleep when on standby. This may improve battery life.
pm.sleep_mode=1 - This sets the phone to use power collapse when in standby.
0 - Power Collapse Suspend
1 - Power Collapse
2 - Apps Sleep
3 - Slow Clock and Wait for Interrupt (default)
4 - Wait for Interrupt
Hit thanks button )
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yuukimoonstar said:
The thing is I use the task manager a lot closing my apps and all. But it has not improved my battery life at all. And its frustrating since I'm out of the house almost the whole day (9 to 10 hrs sometimes 12 hrs). Should I change my kernel or something?
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Get the Rasbean Jelly ROM and the Trinity Kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26998659#post26998659
HTH,
vG

Zepius said:
no. just no.
... Thanks that was really helpful. I still stand by Juice Defender. In areas where my data connection is weak (like at work) my phone is on for hours without dropping more than a couple percent.
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there are many reasons that are responsible for fast battery drain.
1. App using the Processor to its fullest.
2. App misbehaving (restarting multiple times in background)
3. Overheating of device due to any external or internal factor
4. Battery fault.
I would recommend you
1. Set the brightness of your phone to "AutoMode"
2. Use Power saving mode while not playing resource hungry games.
3. Download Clean master. that will solve the app misbehaving problem which results in Overheating.
4. Charge your phone wisely.

Phone never sleeps when screen is off?

I am currently running liquidsmooth RC7 and the problem I'm having is that my phone never sleeps and that causes me to lose a lot of battery even when the screen is off. Before putting my phone on charging, my battery life is about 60 percent remaining on 7 and a half hours total with about 1 and a half hour of screen time.
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Can't sleep
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U need cpuspy to see if u are sleeping or not. Also the memdroids seems to be running all the time

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I am currently running liquidsmooth RC7 and the problem I'm having is that my phone never sleeps and that causes me to lose a lot of battery even when the screen is off. Before putting my phone on charging, my battery life is about 60 percent remaining on 7 and a half hours total with about 1 and a half hour of screen time.
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Mine never sleeps either on 7 or 9.
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Get the Better Battery Stats app from the market and use it to figure out what's wakelocking your phone. Either freeze, uninstall, change sync settings, or limit auto starts on the problematic apps.
Russian smashed across the interwebz from my T-Mobile Galaxy S2. Please hit thanks if I helped.

Better Battery Stats is the way to go. I had the same issue on Liquid Smooth RC7. You need to look for the partial wake locks after unplugged. The biggest changes I made was to change syncing on most apps to 3-4 hours. I can now get a deep sleep nearly indef. You will find a couple OS based wake locks that are triggered by apps you have running. just have to week them out one at a time. I can get two days straight off the phone with minimal use.

I just installed version 1.11.00 and it says no reference set yet.
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My media would cause my phone not to deep sleep so I would have to force close it. BBS helped me locate that
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adil17 said:
I just installed version 1.11.00 and it says no reference set yet.
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You need to pick one on the main screen of the app. This option is the one that allows you to pick certain things like Since Unplugged, Since Boot, Since Screen Off, etc. This is the "reference" point from which BBS will show you wakelocks from. For the other option, you're most likely looking for "Partial Wakelocks". It's also gonna take some time to gather stats. For a quicker check, I usually use Since Unplugged, plug my phone in, make sure music and other foreground apps are closed, unplug it, don't use the phone, and check BBS in an hour or two. Check the XDA thread for the app if you have more questions about it. I just know the basics of the app. ~_~
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My media would cause my phone not to deep sleep so I would have to force close it. BBS helped me locate that
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Try scanning both SD cards for bad media files, then running a checkdisk on them if you have Windows, if you haven't tried that. It fixed my media scanning issues.
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adil17 said:
I just installed version 1.11.00 and it says no reference set yet.
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No reference is usually from it not having a start point. Meaning you have to let it charge to 100% then unplug it with BBS running. Or if you just installed it, plug it in and unplug it. It will start from there.
"Since Unplugged" it the setting to use. Along with partial wake locks. I also highly suggest the 2x2 widget that goes with it. Just tap on it for a refresh of the new info. Will display how long you've been in each state.

What I did was I download juice defender and I under clock it when I lock/put it to sleep and before I go to sleep I close the applications that take a lot of ram. Overall when my phone goes to sleep it only loses around 1-5 percent which is way better than lossing 30%-50% every night
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[Q] Poor battery

#1 i must appologise for my bad english....
#2 i boght this phhone (htc one x) 2 hand from someone 1 week ago.....and i installed android revolution hd 18,4....and i think my battery is very weak....i have done some screen shot's of some programs which i installed to monitorize the battery.....
actually i followed this guide... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937080
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in one hour of intense use 20% is That normal?
and in one of these photo in "BATTERY History" there i tried first to use phone to maximum ....i mean...continously open screen...
from 19:43:28 i tried to let the phone just with data conection on...and screen off....as shown in that guide .....but mine is not 3ma+4ma...etc ....it's just a LOt MORE
PLSSS SOME HELP....THX

PLSS some help battery problem
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#1 i must appologise for my bad english....
#2 i boght this phhone (htc one x) 2 hand from someone 1 week ago.....and i installed android revolution hd 18,4....and i think my battery is very weak....i have done some screen shot's of some programs which i installed to monitorize the battery.....
actually i followed this guide... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937080
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in one hour of intense use 20% is That normal?
and in one of these photo in "BATTERY History" there i tried first to use phone to maximum ....i mean...continously open screen...
from 19:43:28 i tried to let the phone just with data conection on...and screen off....as shown in that guide .....but mine is not 3ma+4ma...etc ....it's just a LOt MORE
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so what can i do to improve battery life? and i forget to say that there shows to me that htc sense use most of the power .....but my question is what is that sense?
PLSSS SOME HELP....THX

20% in hour with screen on is not that bad if you were playing a game that is not a battery killer.
Given that you've used your internet browser and facebook, consumption might be a bit high.
Check this post for more information regarding battery and performance:
-THE ULTIMATE =BATTERY LIFE + GAMING PERFORMANCE=[setup/guide/UNDERVOLTING-explained]
Try another ROM and/or Kernel. I useLextermina Abster Go and Xmister Kernel and I am quite happy with the balance between performance and battery.
You can also use SetCPU (I am using smartmax governor and sio scheduler) and finally get rid of all these battery monitors, especially the widget that seems to be a real battery killer (GSAM Battery Monitor is pretty good I think)
Hope this help

still same ****
In 4 h + of use with screen on my battery died......so i. Don t know what to do....
But i have another q ....there is a mod or addon to replace or to add quick settings like wireless on/off on the top bar? That one which i slide down ? Like samsung which have a bar (after u slide the top bar down) with settings
Ssssrrryyyyfor my english

pfff
There is a chance that my battery problem is because of battery health and my phone need another one or it can be because of an software problem ? Today i used 30% in just 1 h !!! Just surfing on the internet and play some games....is that normal? I don t think so......some helpp plsssss. P.S i m using android revolution room 18

Someone plss?

Try to browse with chrome or Firefox to see if battery behave better. Try seeder app to remove lags, would not improve battery though. Try jbmod pack from lyapota for quick settings or widgetsoid (i use both). Have you try installing another Rom or reinstall your current one with full wipe of course.
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That jb mode do i have to flash that rar? Or how o install it?

4hours of heavy use with screen on is normal. Nothing is wrong with your battery.

Jbmod should be a zip file that you flash in recovery. Nand backup first. Lots of good rom integrates it.
For your battery, lower screen brightness as much as you can. lyapota and wigetsoid are both useful for this as well.
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Someone Kill My Wakelocks!

I am on The People's ROM GS3.17 5/11/13,
I am using KTweaker's kernel, and ever since I install the ROM (coming from an AOSP ROM), I'm getting these wakelocks and it's super annoying. My phone used to deep sleep like a baby and now nothing does!
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Well the answers simple. Uninstall Battery Guru.
In my experience it doesn't really do anything.

I had the same issue and once I uninstalled Battery Guru it was fine.
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I third the advise uninstall battery guru and its not that it doesn't do anything, it does it keeps doing things in the background keeping processes running and using resources and battery.
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edfunkycold said:
I third the advise uninstall battery guru and its not that it doesn't do anything, it does it keeps doing things in the background keeping processes running and using resources and battery.
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Okay but what other applications should I delete? Battery Guru is only a recent installation (as of 2 days ago)

Anyone else?

thegame2388 said:
Okay but what other applications should I delete? Battery Guru is only a recent installation (as of 2 days ago)
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Well from the looks of it, that and the weather widget are giving you the most wake locks.

CNexus said:
Well from the looks of it, that and the weather widget are giving you the most wake locks.
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But I like it! And the default one is way worse.

thegame2388 said:
But I like it! And the default one is way worse.
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I'm just reporting what I see. It's up to you to decide what you actually end up doing.

You have Beautiful Widgets too, maybe you could use that instead for weather. There are a lot of skins for the widget. Also Lux seems to be waking up your phone a lot, perhaps you could get rid of that too.

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You have Beautiful Widgets too, maybe you could use that instead for weather. There are a lot of skins for the widget. Also Lux seems to be waking up your phone a lot, perhaps you could get rid of that too.
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But Lux is a battery saver isn't it? It periodically adjusts the brightness levels (it's not like auto-brightness)

Turn auto brightness off and set you screen brightness to the lowest possible you can tolerate. Any app that is running is a battery consuming app. Also BBS should be frozen if your not using it to diagnose an issue the least you have running the better off you are.
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But Lux is a battery saver isn't it? It periodically adjusts the brightness levels (it's not like auto-brightness)
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I had really bad battery performance when I was using Lux. It does seem to adjust brightness levels in an adequate way, but if I recall correctly, I was getting a lot of wakelocks when I had it. So while it probably was saving battery due to better screen usage, it was killing me in the deep sleep department.
Just my experience with it.

topherk said:
I had really bad battery performance when I was using Lux. It does seem to adjust brightness levels in an adequate way, but if I recall correctly, I was getting a lot of wakelocks when I had it. So while it probably was saving battery due to better screen usage, it was killing me in the deep sleep department.
Just my experience with it.
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I will do that then for sure.

I could suggest Greenify for your installed apps (not system apps). But with the alarms it looks like you set alarms in your stock clock and on your 3rd party clock which is what could cause some wake locks

So I keep getting these wake locks when my phone should be in deep sleep. Caused my phone to drop 25% over night with no activity. I've done research on it but most of it says that this app is for your apps that sync. I've checked my syncs and everything seems Ok. Is there anyone that can shed a little more light on the subject?
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