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Is juicedefender works on nexus?
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attacker said:
Is juicedefender works on nexus?
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Yes, and also a lot better than it did on my HTC Sensation!

animaleyes76 said:
Yes, and also a lot better than it did on my HTC Sensation!
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Do you feel it really increases battery time?

I am currently trying out Juice Defender free on the standard preset for my unmodded Galaxy Nexus. Unfortunately I am not thinking that I am going to continue with it.
So far it has crashed my phone to reboot (first time that has happened) and when not using my 4g it turns it off but it takes forever for it to come back on once I want to use the phone and it gets pretty frustrating having a useless phone for about 5-8 minutes everytime I pick it up.
I hope you have better luck than I am having.

sjankis630 said:
I am currently trying out Juice Defender free on the standard preset for my unmodded Galaxy Nexus. Unfortunately I am not thinking that I am going to continue with it.
So far it has crashed my phone to reboot (first time that has happened) and when not using my 4g it turns it off but it takes forever for it to come back on once I want to use the phone and it gets pretty frustrating having a useless phone for about 5-8 minutes everytime I pick it up.
I hope you have better luck than I am having.
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Strange. It's never done any of that on mine. I'm on HSPDA+ though.
As for whether if makes a difference I'd definitely have to say a big yes. But it all depends on how you use your phone.

Ultimate working nicely here. Syncs every 15 min like it should. Screen is eating 60-70% so it makes only a small difference.
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I bought ultimate, and found it to be a bit of a hog. I then turned off all the extra stuff and went back to the basic setting - the same as the free version, and noticed very little difference.
I think it might help you if you're one of those people who accidentally leaves radios on, or don't have high signal most places you go. For me a UV kernel made the only real difference.

It works well but not saving as much battery as it did on Gingerbread. Default Android idle-time battery management seems to have got much better.
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animaleyes76 said:
As for whether if makes a difference I'd definitely have to say a big yes. But it all depends on how you use your phone.
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This. I see a nice increase in battery life while I'm not using it, but if I have it on a lot (which I usually do) the battery gets drained pretty quickly.
I keep my phone on CDMA mode most of the time, unless I need to download something or want to watch a movie, then I switch to CDMA/LTE. I'm still not sure how much it helps though, as I've only had the phone for a little over a week.

For me, JD Ultimate works wonders. Especially when I'm at work and not playing with the phone too often and having only 2 signal bars, JD enables radio every 30 mins to allow apps to sync. It also manages my brightness automatically, which results in screen usually taking less than 50% of battery.
In general it helps me a lot, like it did on SGS2. My night schedule uses airplane mode and I only loose 2-3% over night.
I would have to remember about too many things if not using JD, so for me well worth it.

schriss said:
For me, JD Ultimate works wonders. Especially when I'm at work and not playing with the phone too often and having only 2 signal bars, JD enables radio every 30 mins to allow apps to sync. It also manages my brightness automatically, which results in screen usually taking less than 50% of battery.
In general it helps me a lot, like it did on SGS2. My night schedule uses airplane mode and I only loose 2-3% over night.
I would have to remember about too many things if not using JD, so for me well worth it.
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I thought brightness worked only in the beta version. Does it work in the release now?

pedmond said:
I thought brightness worked only in the beta version. Does it work in the release now?
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It does, i never used beta and JD controls my brightness. Remember there is a bug related to manual apk install where you cant tap install. I still use JD for brightness, just disable it in quick menu when manually installing apps then reenabling right away.
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schriss said:
It does, i never used beta and JD controls my brightness. Remember there is a bug related to manual apk install where you cant tap install. I still use JD for brightness, just disable it in quick menu when manually installing apps then reenabling right away.
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Thank you for your answer.
When JD is managining brightness, if the phone is asleep, when waking it up with the power button the screen comes full brightness and then settles to a lower level, which is quite annoying. Do you see this happening too?

pedmond said:
Thank you for your answer.
When JD is managining brightness, if the phone is asleep, when waking it up with the power button the screen comes full brightness and then settles to a lower level, which is quite annoying. Do you see this happening too?
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no, for me it wakes up with the brightness that was in use before going to sleep.
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why use juicedefender and similar app when, in the gnex pure android, there is no bloatware up in background? >_>

schriss said:
no, for me it wakes up with the brightness that was in use before going to sleep.
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That is totally weird, cause mine seems to wake up high and only then lower the brightness. I wonder if it's ROM related, although I'm on stock kernel 4.0.3.

pedmond said:
That is totally weird, cause mine seems to wake up high and only then lower the brightness. I wonder if it's ROM related, although I'm on stock kernel 4.0.3.
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Make sure system brightness is set to Auto. And I use Filter Mode in JD. Sensor is set to Normal.
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Abufinzio said:
why use juicedefender and similar app when, in the gnex pure android, there is no bloatware up in background? >_>
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Beacuse, believe it or not, it provides functions that some people find useful. Same goes for LightFlow, if you like the white-only color led notification of pure android, then you don't need this app either. If you prefer more colors/choices, then you do.

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Make sure system brightness is set to Auto. And I use Filter Mode in JD. Sensor is set to Normal.
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You got me there. What filter mode? Can't find that setting. I must be blind...
I can't get rid of that flicker and for some reason it bothers me....

pedmond said:
You got me there. What filter mode? Can't find that setting. I must be blind...
I can't get rid of that flicker and for some reason it bothers me....
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I have no flicker. Filter Mode is unusually placed in Help section I have it enabled.

I purchased JD Ultimate yesterday so I can't really comment on how well it is improving my battery life. I will say that I am having issues going back to LTE when the screen is unlocked (Using the network mode setting). The phone keeps going to WCDMA instead of LTE. However, I noticed that since I have been using JD Beta 3.8.8, version 3.8.9 has come out and has addressed a few of my issues. The configure apps now works without crashing JD. I still don't know if the LTE is functioning incorrectly as I haven't had time away from my computer (I have no Wi-Fi at my hotel and must tether).
Is anyone else experiencing issues with the phone going to WCDMA mode after the phone wakes up? Also, what version of JD are you using?

[Q] School me on battery life (screenshots attached)

Is this the kind of battery life I should be expecting? Completely stock and running Juice Defender. Thanks!

It looks like you need to apply the "Cell standby" fix. That won't help your actual battery life, but it will help your reporting.

Everyone is going to be different depending on usage and signal strength.
Your battery usage isn't that bad, but when I was running ICS I would be able to get over 3 hours screen time and someimtes 20-24 hours total life.
It really varies based on your data usage. To extend battery life, then turn off unused data connections. Adjust your sync frequency, and limit push notifications. Network data coverage also impacts battery life, so in areas that have bad coverage, your phone is going to be searching for signal more often.
Use CPUspy as well and see if you phone is going to Deep Sleep when it should.

Here's a screen shot of CPUspy. Hope this helps!
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anthony42992 said:
Here's a screen shot of CPUspy. Hope this helps!
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Your phone is not going into Deep Sleep as it should which is causing the higher drain you're seeing. Post what is using battery stats. Also, try to reboot. You said you were stock, so it could just be a random program that didn't close and is running in the background.
I would check your sync settings too.
Check this tread for other ideas:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969741

pytyper483 said:
Your phone is not going into Deep Sleep as it should which is causing the higher drain you're seeing. Post what is using battery stats. Also, try to reboot. You said you were stock, so it could just be a random program that didn't close and is running in the background.
I would check your sync settings too.
Check this tread for other ideas:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969741
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Should I post a screen shot of partial wakelocks or kernel wakelocks? Thanks!
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Yes please do.
You have a rogue app that is prevention your cpu from sleeping.

What gives?
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If your screen on time is not around 4+ hours then you most probably are not getting good battery life.

Post a screen shot from betterbattery with Processes and Since Unplugged as your parameters. Wakelocks are not the problem. You have an app constantly running that will prevent DS, so a Wakelock is irrelavent at this point.

Woodrube said:
Post a screen shot from betterbattery with Processes and Since Unplugged as your parameters. Wakelocks are not the problem. You have an app constantly running that will prevent DS, so a Wakelock is irrelavent at this point.
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I did a restart recently so this is all I could get. Let me know if this helps or if you want one since unplugged.
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Ya no dice on that one. Just charge it up and run it for a few hours and then pull a screenie of Processes and Since Unplugged. I wanna set what it shows for your Android System as that is your main culprit.
Some things right off that I see with this last screen shot. First, I don't think that your JuiceDefender is working properly. Usually there is a Red, Green or Blue dot in the upper right corner of the shield. This is an indicator of your radio state. Second, that Revamped Nexus S live wallpaper will munch your battery. It's cool and I own it too, but it does cause some issues with battery, not neccessarily wakelocks though. Third, that Battery Monitoring widget is eating it up too. Not sure if the icon on the top-left is for that or not, but if it is in the notification area, then it is polling and is not caching causing drainage.
Those are just what I am seeing from this last screen. I am more interested in the Processes/Since Unplugged screen shot. Charge up and go get some lunch/dinner (depending on where you are) and come back later on after and post it up.

Woodrube said:
Ya no dice on that one. Just charge it up and run it for a few hours and then pull a screenie of Processes and Since Unplugged. I wanna set what it shows for your Android System as that is your main culprit.
Some things right off that I see with this last screen shot. First, I don't think that your JuiceDefender is working properly. Usually there is a Red, Green or Blue dot in the upper right corner of the shield. This is an indicator of your radio state. Second, that Revamped Nexus S live wallpaper will munch your battery. It's cool and I own it too, but it does cause some issues with battery, not neccessarily wakelocks though. Third, that Battery Monitoring widget is eating it up too. Not sure if the icon on the top-left is for that or not, but if it is in the notification area, then it is polling and is not caching causing drainage.
Those are just what I am seeing from this last screen. I am more interested in the Processes/Since Unplugged screen shot. Charge up and go get some lunch/dinner (depending on where you are) and come back later on after and post it up.
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Here you go. Great replies so far!
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Bump. Anyone?
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lazarat said:
If your screen on time is not around 4+ hours then you most probably are not getting good battery life.
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When I use my cell all the day NOT on WIFI, I get around 3 hours screen time (auto brightness - brightness medium most of time)
When I use my cell all the day with WIFI, I get 5 hours screen time (auto brightness - brightness medium most of time)
do I have a problem with my battery ?

Matrix_19 said:
When I use my cell all the day NOT on WIFI, I get around 3 hours screen time (auto brightness - brightness medium most of time)
When I use my cell all the day with WIFI, I get 5 hours screen time (auto brightness - brightness medium most of time)
do I have a problem with my battery ?
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Mobile Data uses more power than WiFi. Your stats are pretty good.
This is my battery life on Wicked.
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I usually only get around 2 hours of screen time. What gives?!
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[Q] Best Jelly bean Rom For battery Life

I'm wondering what ROM people have found to be best for battery life? I'm hoping to find something close to the stock Jelly Bean. I currently get about 6-8 hours on a charge and really need my phone to last me at least 12 hours. I'm not doing anything major just some email and texts maybe a short phone call.
Any advice would be appreciated.

You should be getting closer to 13 hrs
The stock rom is fine
Its your settings causing this
Keep wifi gps off #1
Brightness down
Turn sync off in settings
Manually push for your data
Use power saving mode
Set screen timeout to 15 or 30 seconds
Iff rooted govern the cpu down some
With rom tool box app
Not to many others have bad battery life
Good luck
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My answer: switch to aosp. Though make sure you're not syncing unneeded crap, and brightness also affects battery life.

Are you connected to a 4G LTE network alot? I am running GOODNESS JB and I can usually get about 2 days worth if I'm not on 4G. If I am constantly connected to 4G I maybe able to get 6 hours of battery life.

andy14120 said:
Are you connected to a 4G LTE network alot? I am running GOODNESS JB and I can usually get about 2 days worth if I'm not on 4G. If I am constantly connected to 4G I maybe able to get 6 hours of battery life.
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I have not had my 4G on at all.
lojak29 said:
You should be getting closer to 13 hrs
The stock rom is fine
Its your settings causing this
Keep wifi gps off #1
Brightness down
Turn sync off in settings
Manually push for your data
Use power saving mode
Set screen timeout to 15 or 30 seconds
Iff rooted govern the cpu down some
With rom tool box app
Not to many others have bad battery life
Good luck
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My Gps was already off, I will try some of the other things you suggested, I don't see sync in the settings. I will also turn of the wifi when I'm not using it.

Its been awhile since I looked but the festure to turn sync on and off through account /settings is now crammed deep into ics and jb somewhere
It used to be right under settings accounts and sync when USING GB
Its all trial and error
Adjust adjust adjust , main thing is keep off or down on BRIGHTNESS AND GPS AND WIFI AND SYNC
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My battery life is great with Frankenstein killjoy v.1
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FreeGS3 rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1748818&highlight=freegs3)
KTweaker kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800576&highlight=ktoonz)
...followed some of these settings / instructions for the kernel here: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032956&highlight=ktoonz)
I'm at 11h 34min with 93% battery left

FInd 7a - battery drain and solution thread

Hi
I have received the Find 7a . Tho only issue I have with that is the huge battery drain when off ( even with data and wifi off )
Therefore I want to create a thread where we can share the solutions for this battery drain issue.
PS: I am running ColorOS 2.0 beta
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me

I dont understand why people keep complaining about the battery. I use my 7a a lot and the battery lasts me just fine and I have Wi-Fi and GPS always on.
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It's a known issue, I'm actually in a pilot group with a product manager and developer using a new firmware based on 1.2 that seems to help.
In the meantime, change the lockscreen from Colorlock as that has been known to hold a wakelock and disable Google's location services.
After I did that on 1.2 or 2.0 beta my drain shot down to .5%/hr.

I too am part of said pilot group that Sean mentioned and can confirm that a more battery saving firmware is in the works.
Give oppo some time to work the issue out, it's starting to look better.

MrColdbird said:
I too am part of said pilot group that Sean mentioned and can confirm that a more battery saving firmware is in the works.
Give oppo some time to work the issue out, it's starting to look better.
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how would one get in on this testing ?

barraclough0205 said:
how would one get in on this testing ?
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Head over to oppoforums.com and message Addel or Zeus and they will add you to the conversation.

seanpr123 said:
It's a known issue, I'm actually in a pilot group with a product manager and developer using a new firmware based on 1.2 that seems to help.
In the meantime, change the lockscreen from Colorlock as that has been known to hold a wakelock and disable Google's location services.
After I did that on 1.2 or 2.0 beta my drain shot down to .5%/hr.
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yep, that do the trick. Also I rooted, and froze some crappy apps like Oppo Launcher ..etc. Fully charged before bed time, and I woke up still 100%
thank you !

marianoitalianoo said:
yep, that do the trick. Also I rooted, and froze some crappy apps like Oppo Launcher ..etc. Fully charged before bed time, and I woke up still 100%
thank you !
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Did you froze those apps using Titanium Backup? Or how did you do it?
Thanks!

betold said:
Did you froze those apps using Titanium Backup? Or how did you do it?
Thanks!
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Freezing applications/disabling them is basically the same as removing them, except that they still take up space on the system. You can freeze applications using Titanium Backup as you said and if you have root of course. If you want to completely remove the applications you should get a file explorer that can request root permissions, then look for the applications you want to remove, these can usually be found in "/system/app/" or "/system/priv-app/". You can also remove them using adb, this is a little more complicated though, if you want to do it this way I'd recommend you to Google it. Be careful when removing files from the system though, as you may run into some weird situations, you can always make a backup of course. (when restoring back-upped files, remember to set the correct permissions)

enabling google location services do not have impact on standby battery drain, seems changing the lock screen and freezing default launcher (I use Nova) helped
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marianoitalianoo said:
enabling google location services do not have impact on standby battery drain, seems changing the lock screen and freezing default launcher (I use Nova) helped
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Changing to lock screen to what style will save battery drain?

Any one but the default
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migueldias94 said:
I dont understand why people keep complaining about the battery. I use my 7a a lot and the battery lasts me just fine and I have Wi-Fi and GPS always on.
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Because you are not affected?
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I am not seeing any battery drain here. I am still running v1.2.0i and not rooted. I have the password lockscreen and overnight I turn off WiFi and Data and I lose 3% in 8hrs. Pretty good I would say.

GibMcFragger said:
Any one but the default
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And... which one is the default?

AngryHapposai said:
And... which one is the default?
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default is the ColorLock
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marianoitalianoo said:
default is the ColorLock
cheers
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ColorLock? There is no such entry in the screenlock settings...

AngryHapposai said:
ColorLock? There is no such entry in the screenlock settings...
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Theme->Personalize->Screen Lock->Local screenlock
I'm on 2.0 beta, changing that to Revolving lock and disabling Google's location services (gimps the phone a bit sure but easy to enable and gps is still fine) and my drain is down to .6%/hr. Not too shabby, and will be testing tonight with location back on.

have been using the find 7a for nearly a week now. all i can say is...be patient, people! the first 2 days i had it, the battery drain is unbearable(8~12hr use and it's gone), but after 3~4 full cycle charged (start charging when below 10% then fully charged using 'battery doctor'), from the 4th day, the battery is amazing, easily get past 24 hours of use with data and wifi always on, screen on time 3 hours+ no problem. my current used time: 34 hr 26 m, with screen on 2 hr 7m, battery still 33%. Google location service is on all the time, Google now is off all the time. GPS off most of the time. running color OS 2.0 beta.
so be patient and charge your battery for few full cycles.
i hope this may help you guys.

Even Oppo has publicly stated the massive battery drain is a known issue affecting all Find 7a phones sold to date so I'm thinking denying there is an issue is a bit silly at this point. Also 2 hours screen time with 33% remaining is a terrible performance that sits at approximately half of what this phones current competition is offering.
Having has this from day one I would also point out that one of the problems associated with this is the inconsistency. I normally will see around 15 percent drain overnight but occasionally its as little as 5 or as high as 70. The problematic part comes in when you figure I've spent most nights testing some new scheme to see if I've made any improvements to the standy life.
Nor do I think its a good idea to accept excuses. On my N5 I never turned anything off, bluetooth, wifi, google now, location, etc. All on all the time and never had a problem getting 4 hours of screen time and never used more than 5% over night. That would of course make it nothing special since I haven't owned a phone since back somewhere around the sgs2 that couldn't do the same thing and there have been lots of phones between here and there. You shouldn't have to turn the phones features off to get the phone to work, being forced to means you are getting a sub industry standard experience. Calling it anything else is a lie.

Battery drain, wifi not turning off?

I've noticed lately my battery life has plummeted. When I get to work, I turn off wifi, and even after very light use throughout the day, 9-10 hours later it will be giving me the low battery warning. I checked the Battery screen, and noticed the Wifi bar is solid blue the whole day as seen in the attached picture. If I am reading this screen correctly, wouldn't that be an indication that wifi is actually on all day? As you can also see in the screenshot, the wifi logo is not on at the top, showing I do in fact have it turned off. Do I have a problem? Does anyone else know about this issue and have a fix for it, if it is in fact a "issue"?

Go in to your WiFi settings, hit your menu button and hit advanced. Uncheck "always allow scanning"
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Thanks, doing that this morning and will check the battery screen in a couple hours.

OK, that seems to have taken care of the wifi appearing to be on in the battery stats. I will wait until later today to determine if that was the cause of my battery draining quicker. I know there were a few new apps I installed around the same time, and I may have to start digging through those too.

fermunky said:
OK, that seems to have taken care of the wifi appearing to be on in the battery stats. I will wait until later today to determine if that was the cause of my battery draining quicker. I know there were a few new apps I installed around the same time, and I may have to start digging through those too.
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Are u in an area that has low lte strength. If its switching between LTE and hspa+ that is tough on battery. Or location settings, or random apps running in the background. Grab BBS and see what is eating up the battery, wake locks apps etc. Their is am Xposed module that dispatches of wake locks if that is your issue. But I'm guessing its one of your apps or signal.

jdidtht said:
Are u in an area that has low lte strength. If its switching between LTE and hspa+ that is tough on battery. Or location settings, or random apps running in the background. Grab BBS and see what is eating up the battery, wake locks apps etc. Their is am Xposed module that dispatches of wake locks if that is your issue. But I'm guessing its one of your apps or signal.
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Actually, yes. When in my office, I get VERY low signal and it is constantly in HSPA. Also, what is the full name of BBS? I am not finding any kind of tool just searching play store for BBS.

fermunky said:
Actually, yes. When in my office, I get VERY low signal and it is constantly in HSPA. Also, what is the full name of BBS? I am not finding any kind of tool just searching play store for BBS.
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Better battery stats is what you are looking for I believe.
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phil.culler said:
Better battery stats is what you are looking for I believe.
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Yup, found another battery thread on it. I downloaded it, but am not rooted, so not sure how helpful it will be. All the other data is greek to me on it, so someone have any pointers what to specifically look for?

fermunky said:
Yup, found another battery thread on it. I downloaded it, but am not rooted, so not sure how helpful it will be. All the other data is greek to me on it, so someone have any pointers what to specifically look for?
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Go in to your mobile network settings and change the network mode to wcdma/GSM instead of lte/wcdma/GSM if you're always switching between lte and 4g. Try that at least.
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fermunky said:
Actually, yes. When in my office, I get VERY low signal and it is constantly in HSPA. Also, what is the full name of BBS? I am not finding any kind of tool just searching play store for BBS.
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if possible grab WiFi at work, and use only that and I bet your battery significantly improves. then when u leave, hop back on normal data and see if that helps

Well, I've tried the setting the mode to not include lte, still getting pretty quick battery drain. There is no usable wifi here due to the level of security my facility enforces. Anything I can have BBS export to have you fine folks take a gander at and see if you find anything relevant?