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CM7 Battery life

Currently I have cm nightly 12 on my phone with incredikernel 2/27 and having a hard time finding this amaging battery life everyone is talking about.
I have screen brightness down and disable autosync using the power control widget. I have one widget, five icons and one screen. I have smartass governor on with 128/998 settings.
I also am using an extended life China battery. It had decent life with stock sense rom + incredikernel but still was not great.
Is it the battery? Is it my settings? Am I doing something wrong? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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The batteries im using are 3500mah batteries i bought from ebay. I've been charging them occasionally in a wall charger.
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My guess is that it is your battery. The OEM 1300mah battery that came with the INC is probably better than that crappy no-name brand. I have the stock, used incredikernel and i was able to get almost 2 full days out of it with CM7.
EDIT: saw you have the 3500mah, most likely that is only about 75% of what is advertised. So its probably about 2700mah. How much do you use the phone throughout the day?

Not much... Thru the week it stays in my pocket with screen off.
On the weekends I check dealnews and might get in a few minutes of angry birds... But its nowhere near the claims made of 20-40 hours of moderate use.
Feels like its jumping 3% with every web page.
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I took it off the charger 5 minutes ago, down to 95% and battery usage states 72% is due to the display.
Went in there and turned off animations to see if that helps.
I also found out with clock work install awhile ago, I have an slcd screen. Im assuming they get worse battery life than amoled?
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No change .... now down to 90% and screen has been off.
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It may just be that battery is really horrible. Do you still have your stock battery. Try using that and see the life you get out of it. I just have a feeling, no reason why, but that battery you got is a real dud.
And yes the SLCD screens do use up more power than the AMOLED screens. I don't know if it's that much, I doubt it, maybe try with the stock CM7 kernel and see what kind of life you get?

Bump charging, even if it's only for 20 minutes while you shower and shave and eat breakfast, will really help your battery life all day. I find that if I don't do it I see my battery losing its charge much faster even after it loses its initial 5-10%

Back on my stock battery... turned off or uninstalled everything I can.
I usually leave it on the charger all night while I sleep...
Thinking about returning to stock to see if that helps battery.
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What are your GPS settings? Is network location on? What about wifi is it on? If so what's your sleep policy set to. Both of these settings made my batterty drop like a brick on cm7. Another note have you used spare parts to see what is consuming your battery. Is it partial wake locks or a specific app.
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GPS off
Wifi on when I use it. I've got power control widget on my home screen. Network location is off. Wifi sleep policy is default choice (off when screen off), however I don't typically leave it on.
Haven't been in spare parts but have made it to a usage graph I didn't fully understand.
The usage I see says its all the screen. 72% display.
According to spare parts usage... over last 11m wifi has most battery usage.
Only one app with partial wake and that's craigslist Notifier. Lower than android system however.
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Went back to stock cm7 kernel to see if ondemand governor is any better battery wise.
I'm still seeking this 20 hr's moderate use I keep hearing about.
Incredikernel seems to use more battery in wifi... stock is much lower.
Of course I don't know if this is fact with all the other variables.
I don't think I'm being greedy... just trying to find a setup which will afford me using my phone everyonce in awhile without living on a charger.
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!The display should be around that amount depending on how long its been running. I'm at 74% display and that with 2hr 42m of display on. It consumes the most amount of power of anything on the phone.
I've read a couple threads that cm7 has issues with the wifi sleep options and that it needs to be set to never for best battery life. At first thought it doesn't seem right be it helped me out.
In spare parts under usage stats anything jump out at you as being excessive. I doubt it but it'll let you know if an app is running to much.
Also look at the graph under setting battery if you a seeing a bunch of activity when the display is off then it could just be a lot of emails or something is syncing that we don't know about yet. If the display off and awake lines are close then you've done everything you can to Max out your battery.
At this point I suggest you try to bump charge the phone and then wipe the battery stats from cwm I was having an issue at first with cm7 n12 of my phone only charging to 94%. Maybe you are having a similar issue.
Just for comparison today was a mild day of usuage for me on the stock battery my phone has been on for 11h36m and as I said earlier a little under 3 hours of screen time. My display is around 35% brightness and I have 30% battery left. Also on a side note I'm using the incredikernel 128min and I'm under clocked to 800mhz.
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with kernel 2.6.37.2 cyanogenmod+slayer it last me 24 with moderate phone use

Want great battery life and a stable phone?

Don't use any type of battery monitor, widget or notification.
I was getting good battery life but had a few weird cases of reboots and where the phone would just shutdown and then need battery pull to get back up.
Since I stopped using any type of battery monitor/widget/notification my battery life is much much better (same usage pattern/apps) and I have not had a single reboot or issue.
I just wanted to share this for people having problems. Worth a shot.

I use JuiceDefender Ultimate and my battery life are more efficent!

Darkness Fury said:
I use JuiceDefender Ultimate and my battery life are more efficent!
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i've been getting close to 20 hours on the standard battery.
expecting my extended oem battery soon!
GSM version of course!

There are a number of things that affect this. Most importantly, use CPU spy to check how much time your phone spends at each frequency, or rather in deep sleep. Some monitors in certain settings will keep the phone awake, draining battery.

Tubes6al4v said:
There are a number of things that affect this. Most importantly, use CPU spy to check how much time your phone spends at each frequency, or rather in deep sleep. Some monitors in certain settings will keep the phone awake, draining battery.
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My AndroidOS wake time is much lower after getting rid of the battery status apps

I use Circle Battery Widget https://market.android.com/details?...oid.CircleBatteryWidget&feature=search_result and it has no noticeable effect on battery life.

I'm using Battery Solo Widget (was using Circle Battery Widget before) and it does not have any noticeable impact on battery life. Right now I'm at 36 hours on battery with 24% left

Lemim0uth said:
I'm using Battery Solo Widget (was using Circle Battery Widget before) and it does not have any noticeable impact on battery life. Right now I'm at 36 hours on battery with 24% left
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Do you even power on your phone during the day(s)?

Use airplane mode at night while your u sleep. I lose less than 1%
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Well the screen was on for 1 hour and 50 minutes (at max brightness) according to battery stats, so I'm not using it THAT much but the point is that a battery widget doesn't seem to have a big impact on battery life.
I also noticed that if I stop constantly closing applications after using them (by swiping on the ICS task switcher), my battery lasts a little longer

empiricDev said:
Use airplane mode at night while your u sleep. I lose less than 1%
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and lose 100% of your incoming calls or texts. good for battery life, not good for anybody who has a job/life that requires constant connectivity.

roflboxer said:
and lose 100% of your incoming calls or texts. good for battery life, not good for anybody who has a job/life that requires constant connectivity.
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Yeah this isnt an option, I need to see missed calls and what not
However, when I do not have the androidOS wake bug, if my phone is on wifi I lose ~3-7% overnight, which is good IMO

I went to bed last night with 96% and left everything on and syncing and woke up to 88% so I think I'm content with letting it do it's thing. That was my first night with it so I expect it only to get better.
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roflboxer said:
and lose 100% of your incoming calls or texts. good for battery life, not good for anybody who has a job/life that requires constant connectivity.
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I suppose if you work 24/7 you are correct. For those of us that don't, airplane mode is a great option. Also Google voice solves the missed call problem - you will be notified by email when you take airplane mode off.
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As crappy as the battery life is during daily use...idle at night even with wifi left on and updating turned on its still only about 1% loss per hour...Also running the th3ory axiom roms too if that helps.

empiricDev said:
I suppose if you work 24/7 you are correct. For those of us that don't, airplane mode is a great option. Also Google voice solves the missed call problem - you will be notified by email when you take airplane mode off.
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What if someone calls you and its an emergency? Like one of your kids calling to say they're stranded somewhere? Still a good idea? Or how about just plug in your phone while you sleep? Brilliant!!!

empiricDev said:
Use airplane mode at night while your u sleep. I lose less than 1%
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You might as well turn off your phone if your doing that at night.
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mv522 said:
You might as well turn off your phone if your doing that at night.
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+1 This
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I run the stock GSM battery, it lasts all day so I have no complaints.
If I had the samsung spare battery w/ charger for business trips i'd be set for those flights and airport waits.

How's your battery life with low-med usage?

I'm getting some really good battery life with light usage so far.
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I m getting similar results, light usage I unplug at 7am and plug back in at 1am with ~50% battery left.

This screenshot doesnt say much, tap at the graph - that the screen to show off

WIFI seems to be much better. With my LTE on I can barely charge the phone LOL. I wouldn't trade 20 Mbps down for bettery life.

I'd say my experience has been the opposite of what's been reported. With low to medium usage, I'm lucky to get 8 hours. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I use setCPU to put my phone in battery saving mode and underclocked all the way when the screen's off. I kill apps whenever I notice a lot are running. I dunno. Coming from an iphone, I'd say my battery life has been horrible.
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I am surprised. I actually stopped worrying about baterry few weeks ago. I can definitely get through the day with no problem.
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Malnilion said:
I'd say my experience has been the opposite of what's been reported. With low to medium usage, I'm lucky to get 8 hours. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I use setCPU to put my phone in battery saving mode and overclocked all the way when the screen's off. I kill apps whenever I notice a lot are running. I dunno. Coming from an iphone, I'd say my battery life has been horrible.
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I've never been an iPhone fan, but since the iPhone 4 the battery has been phenomenal. Battery life is constantly improving on Android phones, but it seems like every time something new is introduced it gets significantly worse. The 720p screen and LTE radio don't seem to be helping the battery cause. In the Nitro's defense, I haven't carried it an entire day to see how it works out for me. My Inspire could charge completely in about 2 hours, this phone will have changed less than 50%. But I have 20 Mbps download!!!

Malnilion said:
I'd say my experience has been the opposite of what's been reported. With low to medium usage, I'm lucky to get 8 hours. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I use setCPU to put my phone in battery saving mode and overclocked all the way when the screen's off. I kill apps whenever I notice a lot are running. I dunno. Coming from an iphone, I'd say my battery life has been horrible.
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This is interesting since I don't kill apps, I don't use setcpu, and have only done minimal debloating. I do have pretty decent signal at my workplace (which is 4G, not LTE) which does make a big difference.

gte460z said:
This is interesting since I don't kill apps, I don't use setcpu
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I wonder if it's the point? Maybe codeaurora just knows better how to undervolt SoC than setcpu does, just maybe? If Malnilion only tried to stop using setcpu could it made any difference?

Well, I'll be damned. setCPU was the problem. My battery life is lasting much longer now. With medium usage I'm at about 15 hours on a charge and have 7% left. If anybody is having a problem and is using setCPU, don't take my word for it, uninstall setCPU and see for yourself.
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Malnilion said:
Well, I'll be damned. setCPU was the problem. My battery life is lasting much longer now. With medium usage I'm at about 15 hours on a charge and have 7% left. If anybody is having a problem and is using setCPU, don't take my word for it, uninstall setCPU and see for yourself.
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my experience has been the same using setcpu on my nitro. not sure if there was a sw conflict or if the stock sw simply does the job better but this phone runs much better without setcpu.
That being said, I am currently running JD ultimate and have its cpu gov running and it works much better imo.

How about charging your phones? My phone charges like 15% after an hour. Any tips to make it faster? Should I take it back to AT&T and get a replacement?

dbjungle said:
How about charging your phones? My phone charges like 15% after an hour. Any tips to make it faster? Should I take it back to AT&T and get a replacement?
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If you're using a USB port to charge that could be why it's so slow.
Edit: I am too, I'd say it's around 3 hours or so per full charge. Maybe slightly longer.

bmxant said:
If you're using a USB port to charge that could be why it's so slow.
Edit: I am too, I'd say it's around 3 hours or so per full charge. Maybe slightly longer.
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Good point. Now that you mention it, it does appear to charge faster when plugged into the wall. Well that kind of sucks. This thing takes forever to charge. I'll try with a wall adapter when I am home again and let you know what I find out.
It's kind of hard to always have a wall charger with me though.

It is not blackberry crazy short timing charges but I can charge it less than 2 hours from around 20% left using stock 1.5 amp wall charger. It definitely does not charge long.
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Wall charger made a huge difference. Charged about 55% in an hour. Thanks for the tip.
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Am I correct to assume that the 2.1amp car charger would charge better/faster than the 1.5amp wall charger? I ask because with the wall charger I still consume power faster than the charger can keep up while watching SlingPlayer mobile.

Probably so, this phone is a battery draining beast. Every review I've read says LTE phones have terrible battery life. LG should have had an option to disable it and 3G. Oh well, I'll live with it while streaming on my 22 Mbps DL connection.
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That's just it though... I'm not on LTE while using SlingPlayer. I'm on 4G out in the field. My car charger doesn't say what it is, but I assume it's 1.5amp. I download "Advanced Task Killer" app, but everything I "kill" comes right back up. I think there's too much crap running and sucking down the battery. I really need to figure out how to root and freeze bloatware crap.

theoski said:
I am surprised. I actually stopped worrying about baterry few weeks ago. I can definitely get through the day with no problem.
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Same here. Battery life was a concern for me when I was first considering the phone. But I found that I can go a full day on a single charge. so I don't even worry about it anymore.

Any ways for ultimate battery life?

I strive on my battery. Using cm7, I make sure everything is toned down and my interface is set at night mode. I was thinking, since I really never need nights on my keyboard, how much more battery would I save by them completely disabled!? They stay off when my battery warns me, so surely their should be a way to rid them all together.
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My god how can you stand night-mode colors all the time? There isn't any functionality for changing the keyboard backlight timer in CM7, it will typically stay on as long as the screen stays on. All in all I don't think it will make a huge difference on your battery since it needs the screen to be on for it to be on and the screen uses way more battery. I doubt you would see any major increases in you battery life anyways, considering you're pretty anemic on your battery as it is 0_0

Buy an epic touch battery from amazon, 18 shipped. 20% extra capacity and its in better condition than your 1+ year battery.
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xopher.hunter said:
Buy an epic touch battery from amazon, 18 shipped. 20% extra capacity and its in better condition than your 1+ year battery.
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Just having a second battery is a life saver for me. I bought the spare from sprint -it come with a charging case and a wall plug. I just swap out my battery when it gets down to like 30% and then put the low one on the charger.
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Ultimate Battery life solution (one of many)
here is what i did. I invested in the donate setcpu app on the market. Of course you need to be rooted in order to take advantage of this.
Make a profile for "Screen Off" and underclock your processor to max = 200 and min = 100, and set the priority high. That way, when you are sleeping or not using your phone, while your screen is off, ur processor has absoutely no reason to work hard, and therefore will drain your battery VERY little.
Try it, I tested how it works, and had a 100% battery life when i went to sleep at 11pm, unplugged my phone and turned off my screen, and when i woke up at 7am still had 100% battery life.
oh, I'm also on CM7 as well, i'm sure that's helping too. haha

wscott9903 said:
here is what i did. I invested in the donate setcpu app on the market. Of course you need to be rooted in order to take advantage of this.
Make a profile for "Screen Off" and underclock your processor to max = 200 and min = 100, and set the priority high. That way, when you are sleeping or not using your phone, while your screen is off, ur processor has absoutely no reason to work hard, and therefore will drain your battery VERY little.
Try it, I tested how it works, and had a 100% battery life when i went to sleep at 11pm, unplugged my phone and turned off my screen, and when i woke up at 7am still had 100% battery life.
oh, I'm also on CM7 as well, i'm sure that's helping too. haha
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I do the same on my tw rom and I go to sleep at 100% and wake up at 100%... if I go to sleep at 80% I wake up with it still at 80%... underclocking the processor while not in use works very well to save battery...
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jat255 said:
When I try this, I'm not able to turn on the screen again after I shut it off. Apparently the frequencies are too low to process the screen turning on? I have to pull the battery, restart, and then turn off the profile before the screen shuts off again.
I'm running CM7.2 nightly 21 with the stock kernel.
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Instead of using 100-200 use 200-400 for the screen off profile and it should work better...
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Agreed, try a value that's a little higher, let us know.
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xopher.hunter said:
Buy an epic touch battery from amazon, 18 shipped. 20% extra capacity and its in better condition than your 1+ year battery.
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I still reccomend this. I have doubled battery life.
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b16flybye said:
I strive on my battery. Using cm7, I make sure everything is toned down and my interface is set at night mode. I was thinking, since I really never need nights on my keyboard, how much more battery would I save by them completely disabled!? They stay off when my battery warns me, so surely their should be a way to rid them all together.
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Juice defender works the best,what really kills the battery is screen brightness and 3g/wifi/4g data syncing in background for apps that require data.Use juice defender and set profile to extreme,when phone is on standby mode it will turn off radio until you wake the phone back up

This is it !!

I am extremely frustrated. My phone has always been bad with battery life. Its been over a year or so that I have not seen my phone last longer than 5-6 hours. I am constantly looking for any chance I get to charge my phone. My life revolves around checking battery %age and plugs to charge. Smart phones were suppose to be helping us, but its like they are using me to feed the juice every chance they get.
My T989 is a "SMART" phone with
- lowest on screen brightness (and a screen dimmer overlay)
- no NFC
- no haptic feedback or keytone sounds
- No animations or graphic heavy launchers
- dont play games any more
- turn off 4G/data anytime I get a chance
- No GPS
- Manual Sync emails, facebook and whatsapp
HELL, I want to go back to the age of Nokia's where the batteries would last you through weekend and still some juice left even after it goes through laundry.
But that is not what I am here to complaint about.
I would like to know what ROM+Kernel you have and how much battery life you get ? (w/ screen time)
Who else is going through these ?
Note: Currently on JB stock and a new OEM replacement battery

How often are you using your phone? It uses a lot more battery when the screen is on. You can get over 24 hours of battery life by not touching your phone at all/no apps running.
I think most people average around 3 hours of display time without charging. Check in settings/battery/display.
I'm running AOKP and depending on how often I use my phone it can really deplete my battery.
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Get a new battery maybe? I'm sorry for your issues.
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I've been running CM 10 for awhile, and I've been getting great battery life. Recently It's been sliding, and it's due to my battery just being old. I've got a new one I'll be putting in tonight. Get Gsam Battery monitor and check out what's using the battery.

easiest way i have found to extend my battery during the day is to toggle my data..if i am not using it for a bit, just toggle it off, takes 2 sec to toggle it on, and can easily double my battery life..

I use Jedi mind trick with Tiberius kernel. It fly's and I get around 12-14hrs with 1hr and 30mins or so with Facebook 1hour and half of music and texting. So get it!
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Do this stuff and read it carefully. And yes 3 to 4 hours is about average screen time. Makes no difference discussing total battery time. You can kill it 3 hours from a full charge with continuous use...or it can last 24 hours....all depends how often your using it and what you are doing with it.
If you go thru this other thread and follow all of the advice ....you should be fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2461864
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Try this :thumbup:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0083M5CIM/ref=mp_s_a_2?pi=SL75&qid=1348506195&sr=8-2
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Areyoucrazy, 5-6 hours of on screen time or total? If that's all you get even with screen off, something is probably keeping your phone awake. Get an app called better battery stats or gsam battery monitor to figure out what is keeping it awake.
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These are my results, after buying the LAZA 3800mAh battery. I just had it for one day and it is light years ahead of the stock battery. I don't use NFC, and my brightness is all the way down. (Still I don't believe the brightness is low enough, seems too bright). I am a student so when I'm in class I can't obviously use my phone, so that is why the screen time is below what you guys expect. Still this battery is legit! I got it for $23 shipped (Amazon Prime). On the stock battery I had to revert back to ICS, but with this Laza battery I have no gripes on leaving it on the latest CM10.2 (4.3.1) and letting it go on Dual Carriage (DC, HSPA+42) mode. As long as I leave school with more than 70 percent battery like on my HTC Sensation, I am fine.
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I'm curious to see what screen time you get on a full charge.
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DJ Scooby Doo said:
These are my results, after buying the LAZA 3800mAh battery. I just had it for one day and it is light years ahead of the stock battery. I don't use NFC, and my brightness is all the way down. (Still I don't believe the brightness is low enough, seems too bright). I am a student so when I'm in class I can't obviously use my phone, so that is why the screen time is below what you guys expect. Still this battery is legit! I got it for $23 shipped (Amazon Prime). On the stock battery I had to revert back to ICS, but with this Laza battery I have no gripes on leaving it on the latest CM10.2 (4.3.1) and letting it go on Dual Carriage (DC, HSPA+42) mode. As long as I leave school with more than 70 percent battery like on my HTC Sensation, I am fine.
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I get the same on stock battery
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I get the same on stock battery
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On Jedi or on CM10.2? I don't know if Stock lets you use Dual Carriage or not. (Probably does, doesn't show it).

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Areyoucrazy, 5-6 hours of on screen time or total? If that's all you get even with screen off, something is probably keeping your phone awake. Get an app called better battery stats or gsam battery monitor to figure out what is keeping it awake.
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It is the total battery hours. My screan time is barely 1 hour.

coltonbauman said:
I've been running CM 10 for awhile, and I've been getting great battery life. Recently It's been sliding, and it's due to my battery just being old. I've got a new one I'll be putting in tonight. Get Gsam Battery monitor and check out what's using the battery.
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I do have GSAM battery monitor installed. I had it installed since it was called "bad ass battery monitor". It always is consistent and shows that screen uses most battery (abt 35% of overall usage), even at lowest setting. I also have a screen Filter app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.haxor That overlays on the screen that dims it even further and is believed to save some more battery.
The other major user is the apps which is
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- Kernel

kj2112 said:
Do this stuff and read it carefully. And yes 3 to 4 hours is about average screen time. Makes no difference discussing total battery time. You can kill it 3 hours from a full charge with continuous use...or it can last 24 hours....all depends how often your using it and what you are doing with it.
If you go thru this other thread and follow all of the advice ....you should be fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2461864
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I will try the cpu spy again. I remember doing it before and it was almost inconclusive if there were things I could control vs system related drain that I couldnt control.
I am currently on a new OEM battery (2 months old) and several ROMs later,. Some ppl claim they get best battery life, I just want to mirror exact same ROM, kernel... even the apps they have and their refresh settings if I need to.

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On Jedi or on CM10.2? I don't know if Stock lets you use Dual Carriage or not. (Probably does, doesn't show it).
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Dude.....less than an hour screen time tells something is very wrong.
First...I would bet the screen dimmer app Burns more battery than it saves.....that'd be my guess.
Second....flash a fresh rom, or stock. Run it at least a few days as is. With only gsam and cpuspy installed. Nothing else. I know you may really miss some apps....but its the only way to see if its an app, or rom, or hardware.
Then off gps after your install. Its on by default and is a huge battery sucker.
I'll bet things will be greatly improved. Then install apps.....monitor closely for changes in gsam or cpuspy.
Your screen battery usage should be more like 60 percent or higher....even as dim as it goes. That's normal. Apps, maybe 30 percent and then the other stuff. A 35 percent battery drain from the screen says you have problems.
After all your apps are installed.....try everything in that link I posted. Everything. And things should stay good.
Keep us posted.
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wow, and i thought mine was bad... i have my screen on alot and play 3d games, i guess im doing good. running slimbean.

I do believe that the battery life on this phone is not the greatest, a spare 5$ ebay battery in the wallet keeps me worry free
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