I'm sure some or many of you have heard of this, but the app Greenify is amazing. I just wanted to try and get the word out to anyone experiencing unsatisfactory battery life.
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Greenify is great. It lets you hibernate the apps that you are not using without the confusing interface which other apps offer. It's impossible to put yourself into a bootloop using Greenify since your not disabling individual services that the general user might not understand. I've been there and done that using other apps.
By hibernating the apps you're not using, not only do you get better battery life, you also get more free RAM that can be used by other services and applications making the overall experience with the system that much better because you have plenty of memory.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
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Thank you, your explanation is definitely a lot better than mine ever would have been I also appreciate you putting up a link. I made this thread from my phone and I don't usually create many threads or post much so I'm still trying to get the hanf of it.
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It's not too hard. Just minimize the app and open the Play Store, find the app, click share, if you have a clipboard app you can copy the link or do what I do and copy it from the text message option, then pull up XDA and paste.
I kinda made it sound like a sales pitch... but that's just how I explain stuff.
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I'm sold!
Is the process similar to what RomToolbox pro does when you freeze an app?
Pp.
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I use autostarts but its not noon friendly at all. I've soft bricked a bunch of times with it stopping the wrong process
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PanchoPlanet said:
I'm sold!
Is the process similar to what RomToolbox pro does when you freeze an app?
Pp.
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I think its much more user friendly. The app stays in its hibernated state till you use it. No need to defrost, like when freezing. And its not system heavy, or use much ram
This is a very useful app. Nice find.
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I've had absolutely zero problems with this app and as my screen shot shows I'm getting great results
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Are you running JB? Also, does running this app allow your phone to deep sleep?
I am running jb, and I have had no issues with my phone deep sleeping.
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Looks good but how much screen on time?
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Are you running JB? Also, does running this app allow your phone to deep sleep?
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This combined with ds battery saver will give you incredible results:beer:
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Which apps do you guys greenify?
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Did I read wrong or when the screen is off the ds batt app turns off data and phone?
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btoddweber said:
Did I read wrong or when the screen is off the ds batt app turns off data and phone?
jellyverse soaked E4GT
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It turns off data, shouldn't effect your phone service.
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Did I read wrong or when the screen is off the ds batt app turns off data and phone?
jellyverse soaked E4GT
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Data and phone service is two different things
You can get cut off from data on sprint, AT&T, Verizon..etc. and still get phone calls and all....but you wont be able to stream, download..etc
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Love Greenify, it's great for annoying apps that like to run all the time in the background, that you use only very occasionally, like Number Guru for example.
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Which apps do you guys greenify?
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All of them! Only ones i don't are the ones i need running in background (dropbox, drive, chrome, maps, Google voice, and a couple widgets that auto update)
No performance hit so far and battery is noticeably better. Gonna add ds battery saver tomorrow and see how far i can push it.
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I always Greenify any social networking app since I'm not really too worried about simply refreshing the app once I open it. This method has allowed me to get a solid 4 hours of on screen time with about 15% battery left.
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this is what just happened!
my phone was on my desk for about an hour of not using, them....my secondary phone rings and someone tells me that my phone is closed. i said, wtf? then....i pressed power button.....nothing......picked it up.....the phone WAS HOTTTTTT at the earpiece area and the camera area and it didnt want to turn on. i removed the battery, then it started and the battery was at 4% from 30% on hour ago!
what was this? anyone else with this?
You were running GPU hungry apps on the background of the phone. Don't worry, just make sure you have a ha bit of closing and deleting apps that you don't need.
i didnt start anything......and how come it was dead....and only started after pulling the battery out!?
Thermal protection.
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but i dont have any games installed! what high gpu? nothing was on!?
i have a task manager.....i always use it......but maybe it is not good for ics! what do u use?
Do you have cats?
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Uninstall your task manager.
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Do you have cats?
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you lost me!
joshnichols189 said:
Uninstall your task manager.
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why? how do i close apps?
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why? How do i close apps?
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The way I understand it is this...
Google spends a TON of money developing the Android Platform. It was orginally and continues to pride itself on multi tasking. That said they didn't just forget that programs running in the background could drain the battery. Android manages your apps perfectly and to think they would leave it up to a 3rd party software to assist the OS is a joke. App management software is bad, all bad.
More people come on here asking why their phone suddenly died, and majority of them have app management programs. Don't know if they are causing the issue, but it seems possible.
Hope that helps
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:multiple face slaps at the same time from all possible directions:
Is anyone else having terrible battery life with ICS? I'm using Calkulin's ROM with FD26, and my phone is already at 50% after 5 hours of being on. No phone calls, screen was barely on, and no browsing. It would usually be at 85-90% on the UnNamed gingerbread ROM. The battery stats say android OS is using the majority of it, and it's making the phone hot as well. Anyone else have this issue? Is it time to go back to gingerbread?
I am havig the exact same issue, fast drain and Android OS being at the top of the list. I haven't got a reply as of yet in other posts so IDK....
If your phone is getting hot then there's probably an app eating up cpu cycles and keeping the phone from deep sleep.
Use an app like system panel to see what app is misbehaving.
Try a few things.. I fell aslee with..umm... A.very family friendly website on and it stayed on all night. I ended up gaining battery somehow... Not really gaining but it was around 45 when i slept. But my settings are so tweaked...
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Is anyone else having terrible battery life with ICS? I'm using Calkulin's ROM with FD26, and my phone is already at 50% after 5 hours of being on. No phone calls, screen was barely on, and no browsing. It would usually be at 85-90% on the UnNamed gingerbread ROM. The battery stats say android OS is using the majority of it, and it's making the phone hot as well. Anyone else have this issue? Is it time to go back to gingerbread?
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If you are using Calk's FD26, then it's trying to use 'conservative' cpu governor but it's not supported on Stock ICS. Backup his CPU tweak init.d script and try modified version in here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625299
Hopefully, I expect coming FE07 has more CPU governors that will give us more power saving options.
Well why dont you try my RubiX Xcel Rom. Users are reporting awesome battery life of 14hrs Plus under Moderate to heavy use. Just a thought
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Well why dont you try my RubiX Xcel Rom. Users are reporting awesome battery life of 14hrs Plus under Moderate to heavy use. Just a thought
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Thanks, I'll give that a try. Do you know how it compares to the AOKP ROM?
How does this look? Caulk v1.5.
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Yes its horrible!
Edit..sorry I couldn't resist
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No one can beat you JC!
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kobridge said:
No one can beat you JC!
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I think Sammys just agree with me...my NS4G yesterday
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Yes its horrible!
Edit..sorry I couldn't resist
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BS!!! pm me your ways of eternal battery life!
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radrian92 said:
BS!!! pm me your ways of eternal battery life!
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I don't do anything special really. If you are starting from a stock ROM, delete Sprint bloat (I do keep Sprint TV and VVM) and delete Social Hub and the 4 apks tied to it. Replace those with inverted Facebook and Twitter if you use them. Actually use as many inverted apps as possible. Turn off auto brightness and control it by swiping across status bar. The more time on wifi the better obviously. Kobridge and I have discovered that leaving wifi on even when not connected actually helps. Ummm....not many widgets helps. I always have a minimal homescreen. Also dark wallpapers with only a little color is good too. Black ones are best. That's a good start. Let me think if I do anything else but for the most part that's all I do. Watch out for rogue apps running in the background. Oh yeah...delete Maps and only install when you need it. One app running in the background can ruin your whole setup. Monitor that with Better Battery Stats
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I still get like 24 hours each charge with AOKP
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I don't do anything special really. If you are starting from a stock ROM, delete Sprint bloat (I do keep Sprint TV and VVM) and delete Social Hub and the 4 apks tied to it. Replace those with inverted Facebook and Twitter if you use them. Actually use as many inverted apps as possible. Turn off auto brightness and control it by swiping across status bar. The more time on wifi the better obviously. Kobridge and I have discovered that leaving wifi on even when not connected actually helps. Ummm....not many widgets helps. I always have a minimal homescreen. Also dark wallpapers with only a little color is good too. Black ones are best. That's a good start. Let me think if I do anything else but for the most part that's all I do. Watch out for rogue apps running in the background. Oh yeah...delete Maps and only install when you need it. One app running in the background can ruin your whole setup. Monitor that with Better Battery Stats
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Why delete maps? Does it always run in the background?
FD10 to FD26 stock I was getting up to 31 hours of standby. Definitely only brought the phones down to 50% in 5 hours through moderate use.
This what I got from blue kuban fd24 by rujelus
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JC what ROM are you on?
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JC what ROM are you on?
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Venum Ice FD19 is my main daily. I just added WP7 Notifications to squash the one minor issue.
And yes I delete the baked in Maps because it has been known to start on its own after boot. Check with BBS and it should let you know
Actually I was involved with Ice. It is basically my exact setup out of the box.
Edit...I forgot about deleting clock and weather widgets apks if you don't use them. I use Weatherbug Elite
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Hey,
Just installed CPU Sleeper to kill off my second core when the screen is off.
Is there another program that will kill data connection when the screen is off, and only turn it on when i turn on my screen?
Would save ALOT of battery I imagine!
In AOKP, there is an option to switch to 2G when the screen is off. This works well, but the only drawback in my opinion is that it is a little slow to return to 4G.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1765911
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1765911
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awesome! thanks!!
Anyone test if this works well? I'm just starting to use the app today
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Anyone test if this works well? I'm just starting to use the app today
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Read the thread from the link I posted...
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Skimming through the posts, I don't see any t989 or i727 users , plus the op developed it for the one x , so I'm not sure how well it works /if it works for us. I'm still testing it tho
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Skimming through the posts, I don't see any t989 or i727 users , plus the op developed it for the one x , so I'm not sure how well it works /if it works for us. I'm still testing it tho
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I did test it and its working.. at the moment I'm not using it because aokp has same feature which im using.
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Its working fine for tdjs evolution. Will test longer to see how it affects battery life in the long run
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Hey,
Just installed CPU Sleeper to kill off my second core when the screen is off.
Is there another program that will kill data connection when the screen is off, and only turn it on when i turn on my screen?
Would save ALOT of battery I imagine!
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Check this out.... juice defender ultimate app...works 100%..
Or,easy battery saver app(free)
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Check this out.... juice defender ultimate app...works 100%..
Or,easy battery saver app(free)
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Works wonders doesnt it
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Juicedefender ultimate my favorite!
I use lama its event based so you can do allot more that just data off when screen is off check it out and its free
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I use the 2x battery app and it works great! It was a free download from the Play store as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739530
This does what aokp does but as a stand alone app. Read op instructors install the apk or flash the zip doesn't matter. When screen off, you can opt to go to 2g and with a ton of options like not down shift if network is being used (phone call, downloading a big app).
On top of that you can choose to re enable 4G with a notification message manually as well as automatically. as sometimes when you screen on your phone only to check text or gtalk, aokp would swap back to 4G immediately and back to 2G when the screen goes off, killing a lot of battery in the process actually.
This app is seriously badass.
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Have any of you used the juice defender app on the s3 yet?
Pros and cons
Any known issue with it
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Have any of you used the juice defender app on the s3 yet?
Pros and cons
Any known issue with it
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Yes, use it now (Ulitmate) I have found nothing wrong personally. Mine's set for Data on with screen on, Data off screen off.. I don't have a schedule set or anything (i'm always off and on the phone anyway) does increase the battery life a bit.. Download, try it for a bit.. see what you think overall.
I did use it before, just the light version. it was indeed a battery extender. But now I am using ON(X).
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Well i have have it on my e4gt and it works great but sometimes it force closes
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Nope. IMO, battery saving apps like Juice defender burn more battery than they claim to save.
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I did use it before, just the light version. it was indeed a battery extender. But now I am using ON(X).
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What does that app do?
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Juice defender WILL help. I get about 24hrs to a charge. It simply disables data/location/wifi when not in use and can be customized to run different ways for different apps
-SlimBean...the bulimic's choice for the Galaxy III
Hope this helps. It's fully customizable and it does wonders. U can train it to learn your wifi and after a while, never touch the toggle again. Use it for games so they don't go online and pick up those annoying ads (if your unrooted). And u can schedule when the net comes on to get emails and so forth when your not touching you phone.
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I've the free one. It works out pretty well. Same usage I've got on average two to three extra hours.
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Orrrrrrr you could change to CM10 ROM and get bout 9 hours on screen time without battery saving apps
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Been using Ultimate from the beginning and if set up correctly is the difference between night and day for battery life. It works very well with no problems whatsoever on my end.
+1 When setup properly it can save a lot of juice. Or turn data off when not needed it will save a little more than using JD. But I rather have JD running so things are seamless. For Streaming audio like Spotify I find setting for enable/screen off works the best.
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Orrrrrrr you could change to CM10 ROM and get bout 9 hours on screen time without battery saving apps
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Be honest and tell people you have an extended battery.
i got a small issue with JD ultimate:
i set it quite correctly i think, but then, it prevents datas from coming to my phone, even when they're enabled.
let me explain better:
i set it so datas are off when screen is off and on when screen is on.
so i turn my phone on, datas take smth like 5 to 10 seconds to enable, everything normal till here, then the small H or G appear meaning i'm connected through 3G, but even then, i'm still offline... i wait, and wait 5 mins, but still, the H or G is visible on top right of my screen but.. no data.
i disable juice defender, restart my phone, didn't solve.
then i uninstall it completely, restard my phone, and everything works fine again...
anyone could help me on this one?
I got this epic as a extra phone and I'm trying to find a inactive ROM so I can use WiFi and use it as a gaming and music device.. thanks
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I guess not
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What do you mean by "inactive"? Like the phone is no longer being used for calling/texting and is not on a contract of any sort?
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Exactly.. just looking for a ROM to use as a tablet for games n such.. one that takes up little space.. right now I'm on slim ROMs...
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Honestly, that's probably the smallest ROM you'll get, you can remove a lot of stuff from the system like ringtones, notification sounds, etc.
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I let the kids play with my spare Epic as a gaming device. Just keep it in airplane mode w/ wifi enabled. Then I hide the phone app in the launcher so they're not opening it by accident.
I doubt any reasonable amount of space would be recovered by removing the phone app altogether.
Random king made a WiFi only version of thunder hawk... I had it somewhere if I find it I'll happily spread the goods.
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http://goo.im/devs/RandomKing/epic4g/mods/ThunderHawk-WifiOnly.zip
Dudes ROMs were pretty intense. My one e4g ran beautifully on thunderhawk.