Hey everyone, I've tried posting this in the battery life thread but I've gotten no help in resolving this issue. This morning I unplugged the phone from the charger(I leave it plugged in overnight) and the phone dropped 20 perecent of the battery in under 15 minutes. At this point the only thing i was doing with the phone was checking a text message I had recieved.
I have optimized my phone so that I it only updates email and many other services manually but regardless a 20 percent drop in 15 minutes is not acceptable. I have calibrated my battery using the battery calibration app which hasn't worked. I have rooted my phone and am currently using the stock bell rom. Additionally, I am also using nova launcher on my phone and that is about it. The only strange thing that I've done to my phone is use a blackberry charger to charge my battery but I don't think this is the issue.
At this point I am beyond frustrated with this device need a solution now or I'll have to take it in to get fixed. Does granting root access void my warrenty? Do I need to unroot before I go to bell. I will post images of my phone stats in the next post.
thank you in advance for your help.
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thebigxer said:
Hey everyone, I've tried posting this in the battery life thread but I've gotten no help in resolving this issue. This morning I unplugged the phone from the charger(I leave it plugged in overnight) and the phone dropped 20 perecent of the battery in under 15 minutes. At this point the only thing i was doing with the phone was checking a text message I had recieved.
I have optimized my phone so that I it only updates email and many other services manually but regardless a 20 percent drop in 15 minutes is not acceptable. I have rooted my phone and am currently using the stock bell rom. Additionally, I am also using nova launcher on my phone and that is about it.
At this point I am beyond frustrated with this device need a solution now or I'll have to take it in to get fixed. Does granting root access void my warrenty? Do I need to unroot before I go to bell. I will post images of my phone stats in the next post.
thank you in advance for your help.
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Before you send it in or take it somewhere, download" Better Battery Stats" and see if you can target where the drain is coming from. And yes, you will need to return to stock but before you do you will need to run the triangle away app. That will reduce your flash counter to 0. I'm betting you will be able to find out the problem with Better Battery Stats though. Check your PM's. I sent you something helpful that I didn't wanna post on here.
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Before you send it in or take it somewhere, download" Better Battery Stats" and see if you can target where the drain is coming from. And yes, you will need to return to stock but before you do you will need to run the triangle away app. That will reduce your flash counter to 0. I'm betting you will be able to find out the problem with Better Battery Stats though. Check your PM's. I sent you something helpful that I didn't wanna post on here.
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I have better battery stats installed but honestly I can not make any sense of it although I have included some images from it. I haven't seen anything in there that would be a red flag to me.
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I have better battery stats installed but honestly I can not make any sense of it although I have included some images from it. I haven't seen anything in there that would be a red flag to me.
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Where are the images?
*Edit* - Never mind. I see them. Also, what ROM & kernel are you using? Are you using the original charger & cable that came with your phone? I read of a guy having a similar problem & it turned out to be his charger & charging cable.
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Where are the images?
*Edit* - Never mind. I see them. Also, what ROM & kernel are you using? Are you using the original charger & cable that came with your phone? I read of a guy having a similar problem & it turned out to be his charger & charging cable.
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I don't know what Kernel I'm using but I am using the stock Jellybean rom. I've basically just given myself root access and installed the latest stock firmware. I am using my original charger(plugged into the wall) and last night i left my phone plugged in for over 8 hours so its definitely getting a full charge.
When I was am girlfriends house I used her dads blackberry charger to charge my phone but I don't think that would have wrecked the battery in such a way. I have noticed that the battery seems to draing very rapidly up until about 75% at which point battery consumption returns to normal. I can try charging my phone whilst plugged into my pc if you think that maybe make a difference.
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I don't know what Kernel I'm using but I am using the stock Jellybean rom. I've basically just given myself root access and installed the latest stock firmware. I am using my original charger(plugged into the wall) and last night i left my phone plugged in for over 8 hours so its definitely getting a full charge.
When I was am girlfriends house I used her dads blackberry charger to charge my phone but I don't think that would have wrecked the battery in such a way. I have noticed that the battery seems to draing very rapidly up until about 75% at which point battery consumption returns to normal. I can try charging my phone whilst plugged into my pc if you think that maybe make a difference.
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Ok. I gotcha. The charger thing only matters if you use the wrong charger all the time. It doesn't charge it properly. It doesn't do any permanent damage that I know of. I would advise using the Samsung charger whenever possible. Anyways, let your battery drain all the way down to 0 til the phone shuts itself off then charge it all the way back to %100 without taking it off the charger. This should recalibrate your battery. It just got knocked outta wack. It happens sometimes. Let me know if this works. And by the way, you're probably running the stock kernel. You can always get that info by going to settings/about device. Let me know if this helped.
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Upload kernal wakelock and partial wakelock images from better battery stats. I will see if I can help you.
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Hi thanks for all the replies. I let my battery drain and then charged it fully and usage seems okay but im at 68% in 5 hours which still seems excessive. Here are the image from better battery stats. I still ended up getting 20 hours out of my last charge but i am concerned with the rapid depletion.
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thebigxer said:
Hi thanks for all the replies. I let my battery drain and then charged it fully and usage seems okay but im at 68% in 5 hours which still seems excessive. Here are the image from better battery stats. I still ended up getting 20 hours out of my last charge but i am concerned with the rapid depletion.
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How much screen on time did you have when you were at %68? How bright was your screen? There are a lot of variables to take into consideration. Were you playing games?
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thebigxer said:
Hey everyone, I've tried posting this in the battery life thread but I've gotten no help in resolving this issue. This morning I unplugged the phone from the charger(I leave it plugged in overnight) and the phone dropped 20 perecent of the battery in under 15 minutes. At this point the only thing i was doing with the phone was checking a text message I had recieved.
I have optimized my phone so that I it only updates email and many other services manually but regardless a 20 percent drop in 15 minutes is not acceptable. I have calibrated my battery using the battery calibration app which hasn't worked. I have rooted my phone and am currently using the stock bell rom. Additionally, I am also using nova launcher on my phone and that is about it. The only strange thing that I've done to my phone is use a blackberry charger to charge my battery but I don't think this is the issue.
At this point I am beyond frustrated with this device need a solution now or I'll have to take it in to get fixed. Does granting root access void my warrenty? Do I need to unroot before I go to bell. I will post images of my phone stats in the next post.
thank you in advance for your help.
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I have a friend who had the same problem, he had to get his phone turned in because his motherboard was malfunctioning.
He ended up getting a full phone replacement and hasn't had the problem since.
If you continue to have this issue I'd definitely get it looked at by your providers retail location.
edit: If you root you will want to avoid tripping the flash counter, which from what I've seen lately is very difficult.
Telus flat out told me in the store that they don't even care if it's rommed and have asked me what I like to use for roms etc which is nice, I don't know if Bell is as lenient.
Best of luck.
davidbongman said:
I have a friend who had the same problem, he had to get his phone turned in because his motherboard was malfunctioning.
He ended up getting a full phone replacement and hasn't had the problem since.
If you continue to have this issue I'd definitely get it looked at by your providers retail location.
edit: If you root you will want to avoid tripping the flash counter, which from what I've seen lately is very difficult.
Telus flat out told me in the store that they don't even care if it's rommed and have asked me what I like to use for roms etc which is nice, I don't know if Bell is as lenient.
Best of luck.
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Use "Triangle Away" if you're worried about the flash counter...
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Have u tried turning off location services in maps? Looks like chrome is sucking up a lot of juice too.
Have you disabled apps in the app manager that u don't need?
Start there too.
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The previously mentioned %68 after 5 hours is pretty typical of what I get running stock kernel with ParanoidKANGdroid 1.40. That's while I'm at work, so I'm usually connected to WiFi, on silent, with most of my usage during that time being texting, but I do usually play games on my lunch. I have thought that was a bit excessive drain, so yesterday I set up CPU Editor and set my maximum CPU frequency to 702 MHz. I got pretty close to the same drain.
Today so far, I have the stats uploaded, and that seems much better to me so far.
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Thanks for posting this thread, I'm having the exact same problem. It's been an interesting go for me.
Some times it does it and other times it doesn't.
I'm using cyanogenmod nightly from 1.3.13 with the latest ktoonez kernel and I've noticed that today, it's sucking battery more than ever. I'll attach a screenshot, but I think there might be something with the charger as mentioned earlier in the thread. When I charge it at night, I'm charging it off an old blackberry micro usb cable with a generic AC to usb plug.
I'm going to let this thing drain out and die and charge it back up to 100% and see if that works for me.
Does kernel make a big difference for battery life? For that matter, what are the main advantages of different kernels?
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Does kernel make a big difference for battery life? For that matter, what are the main advantages of different kernels?
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It definitely helped me. The main advantages that I see with running the kernel that I use is the ability to undervolt & overclock it. This will allow you to run the same frequency that you normally would but at a lower voltage therefore reducing heat & battery consumption. Google it & do some reading & educate yourself on it before you make your decision. I am glad that I decided to do it.
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AOKP allows you to change those settings doesn't it? Or only with a custom kernel?
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AOKP allows you to change those settings doesn't it? Or only with a custom kernel?
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Yes I think AOKP will allow you to change some settings around. It will allow you to set you min/max clock speed & your gov & scheduler. A custom kernel will give you different gov, schedulers, & different min/max speeds. I use Ktoonsez's kernel & it comes packaged with an app called Ktweaker. He advises to use this app to control your kernel settings. I don't think that they will apply properly if you don't. Also you can undervolt with Ktweaker.
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I will take a look
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I noticed this for the past week and it's horrible.. any suggestions? Recommended kernel, ROM, etc?
I have:
KT747 kernel
Stock ROM
UV -60 for all voltages
Min/Max : 192/1510
Nothing special, I don't think I have any rogue apps either.
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johnafer said:
I noticed this for the past week and it's horrible.. any suggestions? Recommended kernel, ROM, etc?
I have:
KT747 kernel
Stock ROM
UV -60 for all voltages
Min/Max : 192/1510
Nothing special, I don't think I have any rogue apps either.
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Sounds like something is eating up your battery. Try downloading BetterBatteryStats app. Fully charge the phone, unplug it and leave it for a while (about 1 hour). Then open the app to see what exactly is eating up your battery. You could post the BBS screenshots so we could help. Hope it works out for you.
EDIT: Besides that, you should post more info. Were you using the phone (playing games, browsing, videos) during those 3 hours or it was idle?
I noticed the same thing happening to me once, it turned out to be picasa trying to sync, using my google ID, but I don't use picasa. I was seeing 50-60% drain in four hours while idle. Check your sync settings.
When it happened it showed android system was using over 60%, battery.
I was having this issue. I could charge my phone to 100% unplug and go to sleep and 8 hours later it would be at like 10% i tried everything i mean everything even tried airplane mode it still drained. Put a custom jelly bean rom on it. Now my battery lasts all day. I just cant wait for
The legit update from samsung and att
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dippo6 said:
I was having this issue. I could charge my phone to 100% unplug and go to sleep and 8 hours later it would be at like 10% i tried everything i mean everything even tried airplane mode it still drained. Put a custom jelly bean rom on it. Now my battery lasts all day. I just cant wait for
The legit update from samsung and att
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Really? I actually love jelly bean on the gsIII, but apparently people are getting horrible battery stats with the latest leak from Bell (unless you're referring to another JB ROM?). So I'm a bit sceptical with all that. I'd rather wait for the official release
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Really? I actually love jelly bean on the gsIII, but apparently people are getting horrible battery stats with the latest leak from Bell (unless you're referring to another JB ROM?). So I'm a bit sceptical with all that. I'd rather wait for the official release
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The bell ones i tried all have great battery life, it's the t mobile ones that suck... that's my experiences at least.
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For me battery has been great but a few times i noticed its gets very hot and when i checked the CPU both cores were lit up at max speed draining my battery, after some googling a found this thread which explains the gsiff daemon is the culprit after a hot reboot.
No one has found what the gsiff daemon is for or what causes the ho reboot, but the solution is just use root explorer and rename the daemon so it does not run.
Have all of you having trouble with battery drain still tried looking at the term "deep sleep"? You can check that with an app called cpu spy. If your having that issue with the phone not deep sleeping, report back and i will post some ideas.
With those who do say they have deep sleep issues, post the ROM, and kernel you are on.
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so lately i noticed my battery dieing super fast. the only thing i can think of it since att expanded lte in my area i basically get lte everywhere now and since then my cell standby is at 60% or higher my phone lasts about 6 to 8 hours now its very annoying... before lte it lasted a ton longer it could be a coincidence but its very frustrating if this is the cause because its pretty ridiculous
Post some screenshots of the battery so we can see more of what's going on.
If you flashed multiple ROMs on low battery then you may need to recalibrate. I did it with my GS3 and I wish I would have known about it when I had the S and S2. Download the BatteryCalibration app from the market and follow the instructions on it. I noticed I was losing battery life bad, but after this I got it back up to stock levels which is amazing.
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was using a live wallpaper that drained my battery REAL fast.
no joke, 1 minute = 1% of drain.
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was using a live wallpaper that drained my battery REAL fast.
no joke, 1 minute = 1% of drain.
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and thats why I don't use live wallpapers
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Really? I actually love jelly bean on the gsIII, but apparently people are getting horrible battery stats with the latest leak from Bell (unless you're referring to another JB ROM?). So I'm a bit sceptical with all that. I'd rather wait for the official release
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Use the tmo one its the new one
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itsalexaye90 said:
and thats why I don't use live wallpapers
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live n' learn.
they look cool, but drain a battery real quick.
johnafer said:
I noticed this for the past week and it's horrible.. any suggestions? Recommended kernel, ROM, etc?
I have:
KT747 kernel
Stock ROM
UV -60 for all voltages
Min/Max : 192/1510
Nothing special, I don't think I have any rogue apps either.
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I have faced the similar issue as your. After 3 days of constant inspection with various apps I figured out the process causing this problem.
Go to developer options and click on show cpu usage. If the top process is "gsiff daemon" then you have found the culprit. Download system tuner and kill the process and you can see that the cpu usage will go back to normal and your phone will deep sleep afterwards. :angel:
Hi guys. A couple days ago I got a replacement GNEX from Verizon. I unlocked it and rooted it, threw Muzzy's rom on it.
Yesterday at work I had all I could do to keep it charged all day, it was draining the battery at about 20% an hour. So last night I tried a different battery, no change. So a couple hours before bed I downloaded the factory image, and wiped the phone clean and reflashed the stock image. I logged in with my account, put no apps on it, charged it to full then when I went to bed unplugged it with a full charge.
6 hours later I get up and its at 41%. The phone has been on wifi all night, no apps other than what comes with the factory image, the only things I have syncing are gmail, contacts and calendar. Google Now is off, all location services are off. The culprit when I look at battery stats, Cell Standby used 95% of the battery.
I'm at a loss, I can't have a phone draining that fast for no reason. I've been searching but I can't seem to find a fix or reason for this. As I said, there's no apps but the google apps. Does anybody have any idea? Should I try flashing the stock image again?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
What's your time without signal?
Switch to CDMA only and see if that alleviates the issue. If it does, odds are you have a defective LTE radio.
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najaboy said:
What's your time without signal?
Switch to CDMA only and see if that alleviates the issue. If it does, odds are you have a defective LTE radio.
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Where do I find time without signal?
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When viewing your battery usage in settings, tap cell standby for more info. You can also tap on the graph at the top of the screen to get a another bar graph showing various usages and wakes.
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Weird I did that and it didn't show it before. Anyway, 0% time without signal.
I switched to CDMA only and in 15 minutes lost 5% not using the phone. According to gsam the screen was still half that and in apps android system is the top hitter. Radio was only 4.2%.
If any of that helps.
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try installing a custom Kernel to save battery (i like trinity kernel)...
domi1711 said:
try installing a custom Kernel to save battery (i like trinity kernel)...
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I was running Franco yesterday. I'm going to try re-flashing the radio now and throw another rom on it.
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I was running Franco yesterday. I'm going to try re-flashing the radio now and throw another rom on it.
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the most battery saving combo (in my opinion...an in the opinion of a lot of other users) is the Rasbeanjelly Rom with the Trinity Kernel.
i always get 4hrs+ displaytime clocked at 1300MHz. And the phne feels super super smooth. you should give it a try if you have time
thats the support thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455874&page=1934
domi1711 said:
the most battery saving combo (in my opinion...an in the opinion of a lot of other users) is the Rasbeanjelly Rom with the Trinity Kernel.
i always get 4hrs+ displaytime clocked at 1300MHz. And the phne feels super super smooth. you should give it a try if you have time
thats the support thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455874&page=1934
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.
I guess the big issue I have is that I'm fine with the battery draining while I'm using the phone, it should. But it shouldn't suck it down as fast or faster when I'm not using it.
Literally as I typed this I lost 3 percent......
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Is there an app or way that conserves the battery power. The phone is still completely stock but it received a firmware update through Tmobile and ever since then the battery gets drained by 4 pm (after all apps are x-ed out and phone is just in standby) the batter drops to around 30 percent... what can I do? I don't think it needs a new battery since its only a few months old... suggestions?
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Is there an app or way that conserves the battery power. The phone is still completely stock but it received a firmware update through Tmobile and ever since then the battery gets drained by 4 pm (after all apps are x-ed out and phone is just in standby) the batter drops to around 30 percent... what can I do? I don't think it needs a new battery since its only a few months old... suggestions?
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I dont know how much you use your phone and weather or not you watch movies or download files with Wi-Fi alot but it could seriously drain your battery if you leave things like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, Brightness Up, or use live wallpapers.
If not, I would recommend checking your battery against someone elses because I've had a phone before that had a bad battery that could explode and caused me to have battery issues. Make sure your battery isnt swollen at all and if it is make sure you take it out and dont put it back in and go to a Battery+ store nearby and I'm sure they got one for your phone (they come with warranty).
Well my wife and I have the same phone and it does it to both. I don't have signal in my job since they have a Verizon antenna and it blocks our t mobile signal so I don't use it during the day which means the phone is just on stand by for the first eight hours. I make sure I turn off wifi, blue tooth, GPS etc and close all apps....but by the time I get out of work it's at 30-40% power.... both phones were bought this April so was hoping it wasn't/isn't a hardware issue and have to replace the batteries....
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This is where the world of rooting and tweaking your android becomes extremely attractive.
There are ROMs that last 1 day + ( that's 24h+ hours of battery)
Only need two things....
1. Patience - to sit, read and closely follow instructions
2. Guts - to take a dive and risk ruining your phone. (Which doesn't happen if you have number 1)
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thanks for the reply. Yeah I've been thinking about doing such things, but am a complete noob. Is there a link to a tutorial (from start to finish) on rooting/flashing custom rom in here? All I see is one or two step threads or discussions on different roms?
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thanks for the reply. Yeah I've been thinking about doing such things, but am a complete noob. Is there a link to a tutorial (from start to finish) on rooting/flashing custom rom in here? All I see is one or two step threads or discussions on different roms?
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Try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650908
Or this ( more thorough and noobish)
http://theunlockr.com/2011/12/01/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-all-versions/
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1. juice defender is a start.
The rest all needs rooting really.
2. Build.prop tweaks
3. UV with a custom kernel
4. Lowest screen brightness (doesn't require root)
5. Restrict yourself to 2G networks either using AOKP settings or a build.prop tweak
There are others but this is how I achieve great battery times mostly.
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TheLastSidekick said:
1. juice defender is a start.
The rest all needs rooting really.
2. Build.prop tweaks
3. UV with a custom kernel
4. Lowest screen brightness (doesn't require root)
5. Restrict yourself to 2G networks either using AOKP settings or a build.prop tweak
There are others but this is how I achieve great battery times mostly.
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Thanks for the info:thumbup:
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Thanks for the info:thumbup:
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Why not try and find out what is using your battery up first? Try GSAM from the play store, its free for one, easy to use, it will show you what is draining your battery, there are a few paid ones as well, but try the free first , HERE is the direct link to GSAM.
or QR code, just scan it with phone.
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Well my wife and I have the same phone and it does it to both. I don't have signal in my job since they have a Verizon antenna and it blocks our t mobile signal so I don't use it during the day which means the phone is just on stand by for the first eight hours. I make sure I turn off wifi, blue tooth, GPS etc and close all apps....but by the time I get out of work it's at 30-40% power.... both phones were bought this April so was hoping it wasn't/isn't a hardware issue and have to replace the batteries....
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That is a very weird situation and try a app that shows the apps using battery. Even check the stock android battery section in settings and see whats getting used. Your brightness should be first since it can really eat your battery if its turned up. I dont think its defective since both your phones are having the same problem but both my parents have the 4.0.4 firmware installed on their T989's without a problem and get decent battery power. I however am using a custom rom with kernel. Did you use the same battery for each phone? or each phone has the same problem with their own devices and their own batteries when getting updated to 4.0.4? If you used your battery on her's I'm assuming the problem may be the battery and you just got unlucky with a defective one.
P.S. I'm assuming 4.0.4 because thats the latest update to ICS for the T989 on T-Mobile.
The battery manager that comes with the phone identifies the display, but I've set it to lowest setting and have a dark background. And yeah both phones have their respective batteries which makes me think it's a software issue.. We just upgraded to the 2.3.6 ( I guess t-mobile is a but behind lol). But I going to try the juice defender tomorrow... It's just while I root the phone and get a custom ROM... (doing my homework before doing anything since it'll be first time)
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Those apps wont really help, it basically does what you can do manually, turning off settings or putting them at low usage. Rooting is the way to go, its rather simple, once you do it, you will have wished you done it sooner. Trust me, I was in the same boat, I had just got my phone last december, the wife and I were in Vegas and my battery was horrible, I was taking lots of pictures and video, but my battery was dying. I had no way to charge it til we got back to the hotel, next day was same thing, horrible battery, this was all before ICS even was around for this device. When I got back home, I rooted my phone, to date, I have gotten a best 44 hours out of the phone. I ROM hop so I try out the variety, there is how to's and videos here and youtube, you will kick youself on how easy it truly is to root and flash. GSAM will show you in more detail what is using your battery the most, good luck with whatever you choose to do. There are many people here who can help you along the way, thats what this site is for.
Juice Defender will help a ton with you're screen being off for extended periods of time. Normally without it, I lose 30% at work without touching it. Today, I have lost 6%. The margin won't always be like that but it's a sizeable difference. Also, I have an app monitor application you can use to track rogue apps. There is also this app called Autostarts where you can disable an app from opening and it's really useful for apps that you don't need running in the background. Turning off auto sync will help as well IF you are okay with not getting every email in 5 minutes.
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I can't possibly be the first one to create a thread about this. Yet I have been searching and can't find it. So here I go.
I obviously have a T-mobile GS3 T-999. I was on stock unrooted 4.1.1 just fine with great battery life. I updated to 4.1.2 stock unrooted and now my battery life is terrible. I can't even come close to lasting all day like I could before. My habits haven't changed. I haven't installed anything else since they update. I have rebooted and power cycled several times, no change.
Anyone else have a reduction in battery life since upgrading to 4.1.2? Is there anything I can do without going beyond the usual? I have been using power save mode since I bought the phone. So it was that way before and after the update.
Rooting and flashing a custom Rom will increase battery life tremendously. If you don't want to root then disable all the bloat ware. This will speed up phone and increase battery.
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Haven't been able to get awesome battery life on my end either. Played with all kernels available even going backwards to kernels I know gave good life on 4.1.1... Something internal is causing it, it seems. I don't get wake locks that I don't cause my self, just battery drops faster now compared to what it did before.
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I suspect that the premium suite, which added multi window and a bunch of new apps and features, is probably causing the increased battery usage. With the increasing amount of bloat Samsung is stuffing into their ROMs, decreased battery life is expected.
The life on 4.1.2 is terrible over all not sure why best bet would be routing flashing a custom rom or you could try playing with kernels but those are tricky business. I feel 4.1.1 Roms get the best battery though I'm on 4.2 and not very good battery life on that either
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I flashed a number of 4.1.2 roms and found out that for some reason the cpu stays at the max clock constantly. No clue why.. Maybe that's the issue?
Doesn't matter to me at the end since I got a lemon
Yeah I'm not really liking it much. I would do better on 4.1.1
These are my results on Stockorama v2. Stock Kernel.
I don't think it's that bad but I wish it was better.
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IXChicharitoXI said:
Yeah I'm not really liking it much. I would do better on 4.1.1
These are my results on Stockorama v2. Stock Kernel.
I don't think it's that bad but I wish it was better.
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That's actually quite good compared to what I get with the latest CM 10.1 nightly.
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That's actually quite good compared to what I get with the latest CM 10.1 nightly.
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That's terrible on both accounts lol. I usually get 18 hours with that battery time. I remove all the bloat I mean all of it. I have maybe 20 apps total in my app drawer, I disable all the sync besides contacts, gmail, and calender. But still have drain. On stock kernel it was bad and deep sleep was hardly achieved with no apps running in the back ground. I'm gonna Odin root66 md5, tomorrow and see if it helps. Other then that I'm going back to 4.1.1. I'll report back tomorrow or Friday with results.
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Well, I don't plan on rooting or using a custom rom any time soon. But I am hoping to find out what I can tweak to get my battery life back to what it was. I am guessing I don't have the option to go back to 4.1.2 using Kies. And I hear that 4.2 has poor battery life as well, so now I don't have that to look forward too either.
I'm on Stockorama V1 and still had 50% battery when I went to bed this morning (I work nights). The first day after I flashed it the battery was pretty bad, mostly due to wake locks from the Media Server, but that was an easy fix with an app from the Market. I would actually say my battery life is a little bit better now than it was on 4.1.1.
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I don't know if Sammy ever solved it, but iwith past updates the media scanner would hang up and drain batteries quick. Some had their phones heat up.
Another culprit can be that when going to a different android version, it may handle some data differently, causing hang ups when it runs into something they didn't plan for.
In either of these cases, its best to do a full wipe (backup first) and then reinstall your apps. Don't restore them from backup as that's just like not wiping in the first place.
Then wherever possible, import your data through the app itself. Not many do this but some do. Contacts is one.
I know it can be a pain, but it can help a lot. Plus you wind up cleaning out stuff you don't use or need anymore.
I always wipe data when updating , unless its to the same android version (4.1.1 to 4.1.1). Going to 4.1.2 shouldn't be to big a deal, but you never know.
Another thing to try:
If you verify media server/scanner is a oroblem, copy all your music, pics, vids, etc to your computer and wioe it from the phone. Then reboot and wait a few min to see if its acting ok. Then copy your files back, wait a few min and reboot again. Hopefully it'll calm down after this.
Hope that's more helpful than confusing!
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You wonder why carriers take so long to release an update because usually people would start complaining. It's not 4.1 so don't expect the same thing, usually when there's an update things are the never the same. It was the same thing the jump from ics to jelly bean, when creating voltages for batteries I don't think companies anticipate all the extra stuff a update can bring this is still kinda of an ics phone.
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My battery life went up so much. I'm on stock but rooted. I usually drain my battery before the day is over. Now I'm going over a full day.
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I was able to get 32 hours on average with CM 10.1 and KTunez kernel. I recently switched to the Stock latest TW and I'm seeing 22-24 hours with the KTunez kernel. I am rooted and removed all the bloatware.
I'm running stock rooted for now. I hardly have even noticed any battery drain on my phone. Stock Battery, nothing really battery-heavy, no customer kernels. However I dont really see the use of this Sidebar thing. Its like
HAY GUIZ LETS PUT THE UBUNTU UNITY BAR ON ANDROID HUEHUEHUEHUE SO CLEVER!
But in all seriousness, I seem to be running just fine. So I cant really vouch for Multiwindow being the culprit. I may run some tests though.
I don't remember what it was before. But usually by the time I went to bed, it was in the 40's and sometimes the 30's if it was a heavy day for me. Now it drops into the teens.
I see that as of today, the phone has been discharging for just under 4 hours and is already at 88%. And I haven't even used the phone in any way today before checking it right now. Shows "Google Services" as 41% of the battery use. But that only shows CPU total at 33 seconds. Next item is "Device Idle" at 15%. So I don't understand why it's down to 87% in 4 hours of basically doing nothing.
Though I don't think that info alone means anything to me right now as I don't recall what that info was like on 4.1.1, only that my battery % by bedtime is significantly lower than when on 4.1.1
I was just curious how many other Tmobile people experienced the same thing when going from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2. All stock that is.
I don't have time to deal with wiping the phone clean and starting over. But I may try that someday. My phone never gets hot and I never see the CPU getting much use at any given time.
I do wonder about facebook though. I think it also did an update of it's own around the same time I did the 4.1.2 update. I will check into that.
I have found battery life to be about the same, at first it wasn't that great but now I was able to get over 2 days with minimal use 4g on all day. With normal I use I still get better battery life that 4.1.1
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aamir123 said:
I have found battery life to be about the same, at first it wasn't that great but now I was able to get over 2 days with minimal use 4g on all day. With normal I use I still get better battery life that 4.1.1
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I am confused. So it wasn't good and then it just became good over time? Or have you made some setting changes?
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I am confused. So it wasn't good and then it just became good over time? Or have you made some setting changes?
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Well when I first updated it was stock and battery life didn't seem very good but I've since flashed a custom rom and all is well. Also I think stock rom got better battery with use, maybe had to settle in? But within 3 days of using 4.1.2 my battery was back to normal again.
Hello. Not sure if this is the correct section or not. But here goes.
I was running rootbox 4.2.2 and kt747 kernel. Along with baconatorx something script to apply settings to second core. I was getting roughly 3 to 4 hours screen on time. Great!
Recently I installed slimbean 4.3.1 after hearing so many people say it has the best battery life. With the according 4.3 kt747 kernel. I applied the same tweaks etc but at best I can get 2 hours of screen on time. Maybe there is a new script I'm unaware of.
I use my phone frequently but not heavily. Just phone calls SMS and abit of chrome. Can anyone give me some advice. Or someone with some working settings with the combo I have? Or should I just go back to what I had?
Any help would be great.
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See my posts on this page for my set and the battery life I am getting. Maybe these could help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969201&page=386
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See my posts on this page for my set and the battery life I am getting. Maybe these could help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969201&page=386
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Thanks. Just tried out your settings on my setup with the badass gov and slightly more under clock. And that's all you done?
I'm on 34% and only 1 hour 25 min screen on time.
And its 3rd on the list in battery stats.
I might be wrong but should cell stand by and phone idle be on top for battery usage? This is driving me nuts I have to carry my damn charger during the day.
I will report back after a few cycles.
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ronedogg said:
Thanks. Just tried out your settings on my setup with the badass gov and slightly more under clock. And that's all you done?
I'm on 34% and only 1 hour 25 min screen on time.
And its 3rd on the list in battery stats.
I might be wrong but should cell stand by and phone idle be on top for battery usage? This is driving me nuts I have to carry my damn charger during the day.
I will report back after a few cycles.
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What I am putting down below are purely from my view and my observations over the past few years.
There could be multiple issues:
1. Your battery might be getting old. On 2.8 I set the record at a whopping 7 hours display time (battery less than 6 months old). On the same ROM I was getting barely 2-3 hours (battery near to or over 18 months old) a few days before I flashed 4.1. So when I got 3h45m today, I consider that a pretty good battery.
2. You signal levels at home, the areas you roam, and at your work/school. These too kill more. Example, battery discharges slowly (when idle) at home compared to when I am at work cos of low signal levels at my work place.
3. Maybe there are too many background apps.
Example: Kik, Facebook, Google Plus. These are known battery hogs. You either uninstall these or freeze them when not needed. Your battery will thank you.
4. Kernels don't suit every phone. What works for me might not work for you. Example: Kernel of 2.8 people loved. But for me it drained battery crazy. I used Kernel C of prior version of ROM. Try out multiple, but give atleast 3 days to validate each.
5. Most importantly, do no UC too much. A phone spending 10 seconds at 1000 MHz could need 30 seconds at 800 MHz to get the same task done, and this could actually drain your battery more. For me, after using multiple phones on multiple ROMs, I found speeds between 800-1200 quite satisfactory. This is the reason my clock is normally set to 1000 as max.
6. I barely UV. UVing a little aggressively might seem to extend battery a little, but in the process it kills the phone processors and other parts. This is because they are getting strained working with lower currents than recommended. Also it is a normal practice to actually send a little more than needed currents to phone processor to avoid phone being shut off.
Our devs here who make kernels already reduce the voltage to sustainable levels to improvise on the kernel. This is also one reason why I don't bother about UVing any more.
Sorry about being lengthy and boring :victory:
diablo009 said:
What I am putting down below are purely from my view and my observations over the past few years.
There could be multiple issues:
1. Your battery might be getting old. On 2.8 I set the record at a whopping 7 hours display time (battery less than 6 months old). On the same ROM I was getting barely 2-3 hours (battery near to or over 18 months old) a few days before I flashed 4.1. So when I got 3h45m today, I consider that a pretty good battery.
2. You signal levels at home, the areas you roam, and at your work/school. These too kill more. Example, battery discharges slowly (when idle) at home compared to when I am at work cos of low signal levels at my work place.
3. Maybe there are too many background apps.
Example: Kik, Facebook, Google Plus. These are known battery hogs. You either uninstall these or freeze them when not needed. Your battery will thank you.
4. Kernels don't suit every phone. What works for me might not work for you. Example: Kernel of 2.8 people loved. But for me it drained battery crazy. I used Kernel C of prior version of ROM. Try out multiple, but give atleast 3 days to validate each.
5. Most importantly, do no UC too much. A phone spending 10 seconds at 1000 MHz could need 30 seconds at 800 MHz to get the same task done, and this could actually drain your battery more. For me, after using multiple phones on multiple ROMs, I found speeds between 800-1200 quite satisfactory. This is the reason my clock is normally set to 1000 as max.
6. I barely UV. UVing a little aggressively might seem to extend battery a little, but in the process it kills the phone processors and other parts. This is because they are getting strained working with lower currents than recommended. Also it is a normal practice to actually send a little more than needed currents to phone processor to avoid phone being shut off.
Our devs here who make kernels already reduce the voltage to sustainable levels to improvise on the kernel. This is also one reason why I don't bother about UVing any more.
Sorry about being lengthy and boring :victory:
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Lengthy but not boring at all. ill try to add some more info on my phone and its setup.
1. my phone is less then 6 months old. 2.8 what? kernel version? 7 hours id poop a brick. lol
2. my signal strengths haven't changed at home or at work. I work outside lol however at home i do have a mountain behind me. literally a cliff side and i always got half signal since i got the phone.
3. i got the background stuff kicked. got greenify running and i have it hibernating just about everything it will let me.
4. ok this brings me back to what i was thinking originally. maybe i should just go back to what i had with rootbox 4.2.2 + kt747 kernel and scripts.... was trying to avoid this lol. 4.3 must just not jive with my phone.
5. i do have my voltages under volted 50 across the board. i have had the odd random reboot. my clocks were always either 1.2 or 1.0 ghz. never did oc or uc too much.
i will set my voltages back to stock after a few cycles.
also i run fs trim. supposed to stop lag or something. i been running it on all my devices so i figured i may as well follow suit with my s3. i also renamed mpdesion.
my standby time is still good. ill get 2 days on weekends when im not using phone much. but screen time is still less then 2 hours.
i just finished the first full charge with what u recommended. so lets see. heading out for 10 hours here soon. lets see how it does!
My bad! All my references to ROM or kernel versions pertains to Intergalatic ROM and its kernels. Sorry, I should've mentioned that.
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My bad! All my references to ROM or kernel versions pertains to Intergalatic ROM and its kernels. Sorry, I should've mentioned that.
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Thanks for your time. I've tried your settings for a few cycles. 3+ hours battery. And 2 days total. Not bad!
I have a question. I'm reading on that intergalactic ROM, and it says about certain bootloaders. One is non reverse able or something. I've read on it and I can't figure out what one to use. My phone is on telus if that means anything.
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Thanks for your time. I've tried your settings for a few cycles. 3+ hours battery. And 2 days total. Not bad!
I have a question. I'm reading on that intergalactic ROM, and it says about certain bootloaders. One is non reverse able or something. I've read on it and I can't figure out what one to use. My phone is on telus if that means anything.
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I used the first one (reversible):
Option A: MJ2 bootloader and MJB modem
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I used the first one (reversible):
Option A: MJ2 bootloader and MJB modem
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Thanks man. I downloaded the mj2 boot loader and mjb modem package. Do I flash this prior to the ROM? And say I choose to go back to slimbean, do I have to do anything to reverse this?
Sorry I just never had to do this on my nexus 7 or ace Android devices . I just wanna make sure I cover all bases. I kinda miss a two based ROM and after hearing your success with battery on it. Its obvisouly the ROM and kernel combo for me. Games I could care less about, I use my phone for texting Facebook and browser. And I go long periods without access to charger.
Thank you so much for all your assistance.
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Thanks man. I downloaded the mj2 boot loader and mjb modem package. Do I flash this prior to the ROM? And say I choose to go back to slimbean, do I have to do anything to reverse this?
Sorry I just never had to do this on my nexus 7 or ace Android devices . I just wanna make sure I cover all bases. I kinda miss a two based ROM and after hearing your success with battery on it. Its obvisouly the ROM and kernel combo for me. Games I could care less about, I use my phone for texting Facebook and browser. And I go long periods without access to charger.
Thank you so much for all your assistance.
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Yes. Following the same sequence of steps mentioned there. I too did the same.
And rest assured, once you are on this, I don't see a reason you'd even want to go back
Until this release neither we had to do all this boot loader thingy. But with the latest release Samsung did something that created all this mess.
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Yes. Following the same sequence of steps mentioned there. I too did the same.
And rest assured, once you are on this, I don't see a reason you'd even want to go back
Until this release neither we had to do all this boot loader thingy. But with the latest release Samsung did something that created all this mess.
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Hey. When I try to flash the boot loader and modem zip it gives me a error in twrp saying it can't load the zip.
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Hey. When I try to flash the boot loader and modem zip it gives me a error in twrp saying it can't load the zip.
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1. Try updating your TWRP.
2. Try downloading the zip again, and verify the zip.
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1. Try updating your TWRP.
2. Try downloading the zip again, and verify the zip.
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Thanks. This wasn't my issue. I needed the i747m boot loader mk5. Intergalactic thread op directed me to it in the s3rx thread.
About to install here soon, backing up and doing a nandroid just incase.. Im going to go With kt kernel and your simple adjustments.
I see u were using 1 15 kernel. I got 1 18. Shouldn't make a difference?
What are u getting now for screen time?
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Thanks. This wasn't my issue. I needed the i747m boot loader mk5. Intergalactic thread op directed me to it in the s3rx thread.
About to install here soon, backing up and doing a nandroid just incase.. Im going to go With kt kernel and your simple adjustments.
I see u were using 1 15 kernel. I got 1 18. Shouldn't make a difference?
What are u getting now for screen time?
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That was very dangerous. Sorry, I too should've asked. Had it gone through, you could've ended up bricking your phone. Whew! Missed by a whisker!
And I flashed 1.15. I am not sure of 1.18 'cos I haven't installed it. But newer version should be better.
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That was very dangerous. Sorry, I too should've asked. Had it gone through, you could've ended up bricking your phone. Whew! Missed by a whisker!
And I flashed 1.15. I am not sure of 1.18 'cos I haven't installed it. But newer version should be better.
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Hey!
So I ended up leaving that tw ROM for now. I made a nandroid so I will try it again.
But I'm here to report my new setup and battery stats.
I'm running slimkat rc2 with the latest ktoonsez kernel.
I'm using your settings in ktweaker but I ended up back on koonservative gov and enabled hotplugging.
7h screen on time. WiFi on the whole time. Browsing forms reading emails.
Lag free 100%
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Do I need to post a screenshot for proof? Or does it really matter lol
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Do I need to post a screenshot for proof? Or does it really matter lol
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We are all so used to getting good battery, it hardly matters anymore, unless someone posted a hard-to-believe 10 hours on stock battery.