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Anyone use 2x battery saver?

My buddy uses it and he said he likes it, I was wondering if anyone has used it on the Gnex? If so how did you like it and how did it perform for you? I'm always looking to save battery life any way possible.
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Wanna save battery? Stay away from "battery savers"
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I use it on my galaxy Nexus and I'm very satisfied. while it doesn't double the battery life it does increase the battery life by 50 percent .
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Battery savers are no more than turning off your radios, such as Wi-Fi. Why do you need that? You can just easily turn them off.
One app that I DO recommend is y5. It detects whether you are close to the Wi-Fi you connected to and turn the Wi-Fi on. And turn it off when you're not near. Super handy for me!
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz

I tried it and it worked good, but I switched to JuiceDefender and got more options and better battery life. Northern doubled battery life,,but they did increase it.
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get yourself MOMAX or sunglobal battery. 70% more long lasting
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Post your tips for battery life.

Most people in this forum are far more tech savy when it comes to cell phones.
Post your personal tips for battery conservation. Include specific apps if you'd like.
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ab

I don't worry about battery life, brightness all the way up, sync on, widgets on every screen, Wi-Fi always on. I usually get about 14 hours
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I'm very conservative. WiFi off, data off when not using it, brightness depends, auto sync off, no battery sucking apps like facebook
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Liteflow is the one everyone should watchout i have 2x better standby time simply by deleting it and i put airplane mode everywhere i get like 1bar/signal it helps a bit also.
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The simple solutions are the best.
Extension cords in the house.
Car chargers/docks in the cars
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I get phenomenal battery life out of my S3 (stock).
I had an Epic 4G and was afraid to leave my desk because of the battery drain. With moderate usage (30-60 mins talk time, texting, chat, some web, exchange, ect) I can easily get 16-20 hours. Signal quality in your area will impact it more than anything. Also, wifi is vastly easier on the battery.
PS Facebook app SUCKS. Just bookmark the webpage and use that. Works better and doesn't ruin your phone.

Here how it looks like ! Lovin this screen on time..
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I have a whole thread with tips and tricks.
[How to] --->You Want Better Battery Life:::Read This
It is pretty extensive too.

Woodrube said:
I have a whole thread with tips and tricks.
[How to] --->You Want Better Battery Life:::Read This
It is pretty extensive too.
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Thats a great thread man! Thanks for linking to it!
You guys should definitely check it out if you haven't already. Lots of great info!:thumbup:
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shahkam said:
Liteflow is the one everyone should watchout i have 2x better standby time simply by deleting it and i put airplane mode everywhere i get like 1bar/signal it helps a bit also.
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I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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Awesome thread!
I am noticing that Google Chrome uses half the amount of RAM the stock Internet Brower uses.
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elflip88 said:
I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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I think it depends on how its configured. I've seen it eat the battery but also not use it much at all. Been a bit since I messed with it though so don't remember what settings made the difference.
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elflip88 said:
I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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I checked in betterbatterystats and it gave me a ton of wakelock so the phone couldnt go onto deepsleep..
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shahkam said:
I checked in betterbatterystats and it gave me a ton of wakelock so the phone couldnt go onto deepsleep..
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i have betterbatterystats too but have no idea what the wakelocks affect and how to get rid of them.

Post a screen shot and I'll tell ya what could be happening.

You can improve battery life by switching to custom roms with less bloatware, and updating to more efficient kernels. (This is on a Rom/Kernel level)
Software wise, just figure out what apps are causing wake times and try not to use them. Basically whenever an app/widget refreshes/updates content, it may cause phone to wake (like weather/clock widgets for example).

I have been using cpusleep and it seems to have helped my battery life ... also using a custom rom without the bloatware is key for me.
my current setup is freegs3 release 6 with the latest trinity kernel...even though its overclocked my battery has been amazing and phone has worked flawless.
Im also using system tuner which has given me the ability to manage the cpu with on demand and other customizable settings
The only thing I synch is my k9 mail account
I also have frozen several samsung apps which helped...
Im now getting over 20 hours of basic use between charges...I dont use games/videos so might be a little skewed . I use this phone for business calls/internet/messaging/photos/navi...pretty basic

4500mah stock
Only 58% of battery
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I have been using Gigajoule lately by feckmu and it has given me the best battery life out of all the custom roms I have tried. Even with GPS, WIFI, and screen at full brightness I can make it through the entire day with 30-40% battery left. If your looking for a rom-based solution to your battery life, check it out!

jpeps said:
4500mah stock
Only 58% of battery
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That isnt impressive at all.. 2hours screen on time and 15 hours standby ? I can doo that on stock 2100mah.
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Fantastic battery life on 4.2

Battery life is very good compared to the previous releases. I ran for forty minutes with Bluetooth turned on while listening to tune in radio and using endomondo app. Google now turned on. I lost fifteen percent compared to losing 35% with similar usage. Very satisfied.
What do you think?
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Why would you make a thread linking to a post you made in another thread?
Bit unnecessary. To answer the question it's too early for me to thoroughly test battery life.

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thats not fantastic at all...

I would wait for at least 2 complete battery cycles to make a thread like this.

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I would wait for at least 2 complete battery cycles to make a thread like this.
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Ditto. My phone ran like a champ on a freshly flashed ROM. Then my phone realized it was born as a Verizon-Nexus mutt and had a psychological breakdown to the point of 1.75 hours of on-screen time the day after.
Twas a sad day

I'm reading my work email over the exchange service account. After upgrde to 4.2 the exchange service process eats my whole battery so I can't tell about any improvement.

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When it comes to battery life (in general, though especially true with this newest release), it's crazy how many divergent opinions you get. Some people claim to get amazing battery life (exactly what quantifies for amazing?) and some people claim the battery life is crap. This is just to remind you that unless you have a good way of measuring battery life, your measurements can be plus/minus hour(s). Someone who just leaves their phone on a black screen with no wi-fi and cell may get 10 hours of screen-on time. Someone who is watching videos with cell/wi-fi might only get 2 hours of screen-on time.
In the future, I can make two recommendations:
Always report a complete cycle (from 100% to close to 0%). This is because the battery does not discharge at a constant rate.
Always report screen on time
Average for GNexus in previous builds was 2-4 hours. I've no idea about the plus/minus, but they tend not to be under 2 and over 4 with moderate usage. I think an average of 3-3.5 hours is what most people are happy to report.

And that is really sad because my old atrix used to get over 8 hours on Wi-Fi with over twelve hours of standby time. I wish they would make this phone but with a smaller screen size. The technology used on this phone is not battery efficient at all.
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This tells us nothing....u don't show ur screen on time and uve been charging off and on..

Battery life in sleep mode is worse for me. I am losing 3% an hour with the screen off, I used to lose only 3% total overnight with the screen off not per hour. I tested this over the last 4 hours only waking the tablet up long enough to check the battery level and it has gone down by 3% each time. Nothing has changed with any apps or setting since I upgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.2. I got concerned when I noticed this morning that my battery was over 15% less then when I went to sleep. Anyone else notice this?

This is very good battery by my standards.
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Soldier 2.0 said:
This is very good battery by my standards.
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Not great by mine....and I have an LTE GNex

This is my battery life stats after using 4.2 for 2 days... Is it good?
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The screen on time is good but not much of an improvement. Also it appears you had WiFi off for most of the time.
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Last shot before my battery dies...
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50% left 23h 11m on baterry. wifi and location on all the time and 10% wasted on need for speed most wanted also. brightnes at 80% aprox. im very pleased with the baterry really maybe becouse the phone is relatively brand new and the battery still very fresh allways charging with care after discharge not on and off the charger all the time

yeah using the 4.2 factory image with trinity a4 and getting great battery life

[Q] kernel for best battery?

Hello all I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on which kernel helps save the most battery. I am a high school student and by the time I get out at 2:15 my batter is at like 30 or 40 percent (even know I don't get that good of service and shouldn't be using my phone In school anyway lol) but im using the infamous 3.9.2 rom... Any suggestions would be great!
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Well to be honest no kernel is gong to be the "best" is more like you need to be conscious what you have on. You have to give more info like what percentage you have brightness on, how often you have data on or gps. Also syncing takes battery away so having those on will take big chunks. Really battery shouldn't be that bad because technically I would guess your not using it as much in school.
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daxecutioner24 said:
Well to be honest no kernel is gong to be the "best" is more like you need to be conscious what you have on. You have to give more info like what percentage you have brightness on, how often you have data on or gps. Also syncing takes battery away so having those on will take big chunks. Really battery shouldn't be that bad because technically I would guess your not using it as much in school.
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I normally have the brightness the lowest it can go. I never have gps on.. I use juice defender to turn off my data when I'm in rooms that get no 4G and im assuming synching is off when my data is off to.
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What's your typical usage - the screen on time ?
If it's average use and nothing is wrong, you might want to consider buying either an extra battery or an external battery to charge with. Or an extended battery. Battery battery battery.

Pennycake said:
What's your typical usage - the screen on time ?
If it's average use and nothing is wrong, you might want to consider buying either an extra battery or an external battery to charge with. Or an extended battery. Battery battery battery.
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I will let you know at the end of my school day
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use one of the several methods to find out what is using the battery...i use betterbatterystats then i find out whats waking my cpu and go from there...
after that i use titanium to freeze the problem...I do this for several phones and normally can get way better battery life from them

Just make sure you don't freeze something important that's going to cause problems. If it's a app you can always uninstall..I'd your screen time is about 4 to to 6 hours expect like 9 to 10 hours max of battery life. Extended battery will make the phone look bulkier and having a case is a issue. If anything get an external battery possibly with charger too.
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Try Lean Kernel its the best for battery life.

So who has juice defender installed?

I noticed faster battery drain when 4G is enabled. Have any of you installed battery saving software to compensate data connectivity?
When 4G is switched off I easily get more than 2 days worth
Dag is swype good
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Further house defender it messes my data connection up
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What rom are u running. What kernel are u running. I am on Jedi x with 2 days of battery
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Try to combine jedix8 and neak kernel then undervolt a bit you will get great battery I use mine for 8hours on screen time with 4g and still get 30% left
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I bought Juice Defender and used it on my Sensation and it screwed up my connection so much I had to reinstall the rom, have never used it again.

I'm using Stock, and don't use any battery saver application; obviously running stock is the reason why battery life is mediocre when data connectivity is continuously on. Don't forget to factor in T-Mobile bloat. The battery drains so quickly that for me, 4% is lost in a matter of 30 minutes. Switch of the 4G and I loose 1% in like 30 minutes when my device in use. That's how I know my battery is functioning normally.