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Battery effiecient settings tips for our 1X (May help some with battery problem)

I am on Stock Rom (Forgot to mention this)
I average about 3.30 hours of screen time with my settings everyday, today I had 4.30 hours, 1.4 Internet surfing, 30 min voice calls, and 12 hours of wifi, total time 22.54 hours.
This is my best so far: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...79392&page=114 (I think I can reach better results (Have better average results now)
Also please feel free to share your settings.
My settings:
Unlocked and rooted.
LED Notifications off (except for SMS).
Fastboot in power settings unticket.
Sound Settings - Turned sensors Off: Quiet ring on pick up, Pocket mode, Flip for speaker.
Brightness Control using this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...rightnesslevel (I mostly leave it at 15% its more than enough for my vision at least, then if out and its really sunny I just switch to 50% its a widget so its easy to use).
All vibration settings,haptic feedback and stuff off(except for phone calls).
All auto-sync off (everything updates when you enter it like email and weather and others so no need to be on).
All animations Off (you won't notice any difference after awhile so it might as well be off).
Phone dial,keyboard and other tones off.
In developer options-> Background process limit set to 3. (Reverts after reboot/restart)
Using Core Control, can be found here (Must be rooted) http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1652136 and I have it set to 2 cores. (Reverts after reboot/restart)
Have the backlights on the 3 capacitive buttons on the bottom off at all times using Tasker using a mod made by backfromthestorm, credits go to him and nobnut, mod can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...1657619&page=3 (Reverts after reboot/restart).
Another mod from backfromthestorm (which can be found in the link above aswell)is better multi-tasking which changes the values in sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree file to 1536,2048,3584,5120,15360,20480, I set the values using Tasker. (Reverts after reboot/restart).
Another thing I do before going to sleep or not going to use the phone for a few hours is I use the built in app Task Manager's and kill all tasks and then turn the screen off, by doing this I have noticed that battery percentage doesn't mysteriously drop without using it.
Can't remember what other settings I may have at the moment but will add if memory allows
I have frozen the following apps and others:
I thought this way would be quicker and easier, I hope at least excuse my laziness otherwise
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Old thread copied and up with moderators consent.
Old thread was closed due to pointless flaming.
Old thread could not be re-opened so I copied the contents, I hope people that comment here keep it clean and to the subject.
Decent stats:

This was pretty much hardcore non-stop usage.
This was pretty much not letting the phone rest from the moment it finished charging.
Will do some video tests later to see how long it can last while watching some HD flicks.

Apps in first in screens post are all frozen?

stifler05 said:
Apps in first in screens post are all frozen?
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I have frozen the following apps and others:
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yes mate

Goku80 said:
yes mate
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Thank mate.
Always have to be sure 100%

Thanks for all the tweaks, I have never had more than 2.5 hour screen time. Ill shall now use some of your settings to mix my own frozen yogurt (edit Ice Cream yogurt) . So far CM9 seems to be my bag, but I bought the phone for the camera...

Very useful thread, thanks
Just one thing though, the LEDs used for the LED Notifications use so little power that you can leave them enabled and it will drain next to no power at all! Not sure about the capacitive LEDs though, I can't imagine they use much power either!

Meltus said:
Very useful thread, thanks
Just one thing though, the LEDs used for the LED Notifications use so little power that you can leave them enabled and it will drain next to no power at all! Not sure about the capacitive LEDs though, I can't imagine they use much power either!
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You are welcome, yeah I know that the LEDs may not save much battery at all but one thing I like about the capacitive lights is that I have the options as widget shortcuts on my screen so I can turn them on when I feel like I need them, but most of the time I keep them off

dondavis007 said:
Thanks for all the tweaks, I have never had more than 2.5 hour screen time. Ill shall now use some of your settings to mix my own frozen yogurt (edit Ice Cream yogurt) . So far CM9 seems to be my bag, but I bought the phone for the camera...
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You are welcome and I hope it helps.
Cheers

Will give these tips a try. Quite a lot of cutting here, kind of reminds me of what David Cameron is doing to the UK economy to save money
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thanks Johnny0906, wow just got the phone and that info is priceless.. Thanks

Thanks at first since it's a piece of useful information.
But I can't keep myself wondering. what do you use this phone for since almost everthing is frozen.

How to improve battery life on jellybean?

Hi!!!
I'm currently using the black jellybean 4.1.1 rom. And I would like to improve my battery life.
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Thanks in advanced
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Turn screen brightness down and check for wake locks using BetterBatteryStats.
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Most likely, it's an app misbehaving.
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Try using something like juicedefender lite or go power manager from the play store. They can help you set up different modes that toggle things that eat battery life. They also tell you what apps/hardware is using the most battery.
I found that on mine, the screen was using a ton as was the 4g at work (bad connection). So Juice defender will turn off/on my 4g every 15 minutes and download updates without draining my whole battery. Good luck!

erodriguez87 said:
Try using something like juicedefender lite or go power manager from the play store. They can help you set up different modes that toggle things that eat battery life. They also tell you what apps/hardware is using the most battery.
I found that on mine, the screen was using a ton as was the 4g at work (bad connection). So Juice defender will turn off/on my 4g every 15 minutes and download updates without draining my whole battery. Good luck!
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no. just no.
@OP
you have an app keeping your phone awake alot.

How come NFC is waking up my phone when I have it turned off and frozen?!
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The thing is I use the task manager a lot closing my apps and all. But it has not improved my battery life at all. And its frustrating since I'm out of the house almost the whole day (9 to 10 hrs sometimes 12 hrs). Should I change my kernel or something?
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yuukimoonstar said:
The thing is I use the task manager a lot closing my apps and all. But it has not improved my battery life at all. And its frustrating since I'm out of the house almost the whole day (9 to 10 hrs sometimes 12 hrs). Should I change my kernel or something?
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stop using a task manager. that is probably what is killing your battery.

Add this tweak to /system/build.prop
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=0 - This setting puts your phone into a deeper sleep when on standby. This may improve battery life.
pm.sleep_mode=1 - This sets the phone to use power collapse when in standby.
0 - Power Collapse Suspend
1 - Power Collapse
2 - Apps Sleep
3 - Slow Clock and Wait for Interrupt (default)
4 - Wait for Interrupt
Hit thanks button )
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yuukimoonstar said:
The thing is I use the task manager a lot closing my apps and all. But it has not improved my battery life at all. And its frustrating since I'm out of the house almost the whole day (9 to 10 hrs sometimes 12 hrs). Should I change my kernel or something?
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Get the Rasbean Jelly ROM and the Trinity Kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26998659#post26998659
HTH,
vG

Zepius said:
no. just no.
... Thanks that was really helpful. I still stand by Juice Defender. In areas where my data connection is weak (like at work) my phone is on for hours without dropping more than a couple percent.
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there are many reasons that are responsible for fast battery drain.
1. App using the Processor to its fullest.
2. App misbehaving (restarting multiple times in background)
3. Overheating of device due to any external or internal factor
4. Battery fault.
I would recommend you
1. Set the brightness of your phone to "AutoMode"
2. Use Power saving mode while not playing resource hungry games.
3. Download Clean master. that will solve the app misbehaving problem which results in Overheating.
4. Charge your phone wisely.

Phone never sleeps when screen is off?

I am currently running liquidsmooth RC7 and the problem I'm having is that my phone never sleeps and that causes me to lose a lot of battery even when the screen is off. Before putting my phone on charging, my battery life is about 60 percent remaining on 7 and a half hours total with about 1 and a half hour of screen time.
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Can't sleep
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U need cpuspy to see if u are sleeping or not. Also the memdroids seems to be running all the time

adil17 said:
I am currently running liquidsmooth RC7 and the problem I'm having is that my phone never sleeps and that causes me to lose a lot of battery even when the screen is off. Before putting my phone on charging, my battery life is about 60 percent remaining on 7 and a half hours total with about 1 and a half hour of screen time.
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Mine never sleeps either on 7 or 9.
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Get the Better Battery Stats app from the market and use it to figure out what's wakelocking your phone. Either freeze, uninstall, change sync settings, or limit auto starts on the problematic apps.
Russian smashed across the interwebz from my T-Mobile Galaxy S2. Please hit thanks if I helped.

Better Battery Stats is the way to go. I had the same issue on Liquid Smooth RC7. You need to look for the partial wake locks after unplugged. The biggest changes I made was to change syncing on most apps to 3-4 hours. I can now get a deep sleep nearly indef. You will find a couple OS based wake locks that are triggered by apps you have running. just have to week them out one at a time. I can get two days straight off the phone with minimal use.

I just installed version 1.11.00 and it says no reference set yet.
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My media would cause my phone not to deep sleep so I would have to force close it. BBS helped me locate that
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adil17 said:
I just installed version 1.11.00 and it says no reference set yet.
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You need to pick one on the main screen of the app. This option is the one that allows you to pick certain things like Since Unplugged, Since Boot, Since Screen Off, etc. This is the "reference" point from which BBS will show you wakelocks from. For the other option, you're most likely looking for "Partial Wakelocks". It's also gonna take some time to gather stats. For a quicker check, I usually use Since Unplugged, plug my phone in, make sure music and other foreground apps are closed, unplug it, don't use the phone, and check BBS in an hour or two. Check the XDA thread for the app if you have more questions about it. I just know the basics of the app. ~_~
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My media would cause my phone not to deep sleep so I would have to force close it. BBS helped me locate that
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Try scanning both SD cards for bad media files, then running a checkdisk on them if you have Windows, if you haven't tried that. It fixed my media scanning issues.
Russian smashed across the interwebz from my T-Mobile Galaxy S2. Please hit thanks if I helped.

adil17 said:
I just installed version 1.11.00 and it says no reference set yet.
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No reference is usually from it not having a start point. Meaning you have to let it charge to 100% then unplug it with BBS running. Or if you just installed it, plug it in and unplug it. It will start from there.
"Since Unplugged" it the setting to use. Along with partial wake locks. I also highly suggest the 2x2 widget that goes with it. Just tap on it for a refresh of the new info. Will display how long you've been in each state.

What I did was I download juice defender and I under clock it when I lock/put it to sleep and before I go to sleep I close the applications that take a lot of ram. Overall when my phone goes to sleep it only loses around 1-5 percent which is way better than lossing 30%-50% every night
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Covert your flipcover into smart flipcover

Hi everyone
This is Arjun Rajput again presenting a small but useful guide.
As always i will use tasker for this guide too
I haven't seen anyone doing this ,this is original
If somebody believes that this is his idea and i have copied , please feel free to contact moderator and ask them to close the thread.
Let's get started
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Requirements
Tasker
Secure setting plugin
Flipcover
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This is very simple setting that's why i won't go in depth .i don't have much time so i m making it short .
First of all go to tasker preferences/monitor/display of monitoring , and allow tasker to monitor proximity even when screen is off
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Come back to tasker
Create new profile
Context=stat/sensor/proximity sensor
Task=display/system lock
Display/keyguard/on
Display/display timeout/7seconds
Create another profile
Context=stat/sensor/proximity inverted
Task=plugin/secure setting/wake device
Display/keyguard/off
That's it now display will automatically lock unlock according your flip cover(with proximity)
This will increase life of over power button.
Note that this will drain your battery
U can use phones orientation based triggers instead proximity it will save your battery .
Optional : in context add and invert your apps ,so screen doesnt accidently turn off while using inverted apps,also add pattern lock context so it doesnt automatically unlock device if u are having a pattern lock.
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My other useful guides
Make custom rom without computer
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Make android apps without computer
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Remove google account without factory data rest
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Interesting. I will try this tomorrow and let you know how it works. Thanks for you time in setting this guide up. :thumbup:
>^.^< Sent from meow HTC One which is like catnip to me atm

Great Guide Bro you are becoming Master in Tasker

1. I'm using Dashclock, Is it possible to wake the phone to dashclock screen lock?
2. Is it possible the screen will lock 2 sec after face down?
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richrach said:
1. I'm using Dashclock, Is it possible to wake the phone to dashclock screen lock?
2. Is it possible the screen will lock 2 sec after face down?
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I havent tested dashclock ,tasker is god on your phone i think it should work.
The procedure which i described will instantly lock your device
But u can add wait of 2 second
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There's an app for that, and its draining battery as well
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lordress said:
There's an app for that, and its draining battery as well
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Thanks mate
Can u plz tell me which app ?
So i can compare battery drain of both
Tasker used only 2% battery in 16 hours
And trust me my tasker is full profiles and tasker itself contains power of lot of applications so i would still consider tasker instead of that app.
And plz link me to that app which you are talking about
Thanks

rjunraj said:
Thanks mate
Can u plz tell me which app ?
So i can compare battery drain of both
Tasker used only 2% battery in 16 hours
And trust me my tasker is full profiles and tasker itself contains power of lot of applications so i would still consider tasker instead of that app.
And plz link me to that app which you are talking about
Thanks
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I think the app he said here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318091
I've tried this app but it consumes too much battery. Maybe tasker is a better one

It works but unflip has a problem
It works but when i unflip the device it turn on for a few second and then turn off again! how can i fix it?
I did not understand you mean in below. please explain more. i am newbie.
Optional : in context add and invert your apps ,so screen doesnt accidently turn off while using inverted apps,also add pattern lock context so it doesnt automatically unlock device if u are having a pattern lock.
Thank you so much

Good guide :good:
clickmeplz said:
I did not understand you mean in below. please explain more. i am newbie.
Optional : in context add and invert your apps ,so screen doesnt accidently turn off while using inverted apps,also add pattern lock context so it doesnt automatically unlock device if u are having a pattern lock.
Thank you so much
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Please write a bit more for the noobs like me
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Sounds good, and invented only the life of the tree bothers me
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Verizon took out Battery Saver, here's Qualcomm's solution: Snapdragon™ BatteryGuru

I, and a few other users have noticed that Verizon decided to have HTC strip out their battery saver toggle on the Sense ROM (4.2.2) that ships on VZW's One.
Luckily, Qualcomm provides a standalone application which covers 90% of what the toggle does.
Snapdragon™ BatteryGuru
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Xiam+Technologies+Limited,+a+Qualcomm+company
(personally, I haven't found the need to use it yet, but I figured it would help some people)

Thanks man, I was looking for that battery saver mode everywhere, but I guess this will do as well.

Thanks for this info. Anyone know if this is particular app will perform better from more generic battery extenders like Juice Defender?

According to the reviews all it does schedule syncing. Don't know how that is going to save battery...

Battery saver apps are a joke. The only thing I liked about power saver mode was that it cut the CPU frequency down and cut data off after a certain period of time. Other than that, if you need to save more just turn your brightness down, turn off bluetooth, use WiFi as much as possible, and use the phone less.

Syn Ack said:
Battery saver apps are a joke. The only thing I liked about power saver mode was that it cut the CPU frequency down and cut data off after a certain period of time. Other than that, if you need to save more just turn your brightness down, turn off bluetooth, use WiFi as much as possible, and use the phone less.
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for my personal use, I 100% agree.

andybones said:
for my personal use, I 100% agree.
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1+ lol

I normally agree - I realized the other day though, that I don't need background *push* email - but I'd like to have my phone "fetch" email every time I wake it up. Anyone know of anything like that?
(there is a manual setting, but it is when you *enter* the mail app, I'd like it to fetch every time I use the phone.)
-D

dweidman said:
I normally agree - I realized the other day though, that I don't need background *push* email - but I'd like to have my phone "fetch" email every time I wake it up. Anyone know of anything like that?
(there is a manual setting, but it is when you *enter* the mail app, I'd like it to fetch every time I use the phone.)
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Think about how often you "actually" need to have your emails and set it to that. For me, my Yahoo emails I don't need it to check but once hourly. But Gmail is push automatically so I won't mess with that. My corporate email defaulted to push but I often don't need it to constantly update and annoy me so I'm contemplating on 30 min intervals. Setting your emails to longer intervals should reduce that "email stress" that most people seem to endure these days.

The app has low power mode controls.
You can turn off mobile data during inactivity.
Some other features.
It basically gives you battery saver control on any Snapdragon based device.

Lol you could always just use BoneStock ROM. Andy threw the battery saver apk from (can't remember dev's handle. sorry) back in it.

BreakingVZW said:
Lol you could always just use BoneStock ROM. Andy threw the battery saver apk from (can't remember dev's handle. sorry) back in it.
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It was actually an .XML edit.
but sane difference

andybones said:
It was actually an .XML edit.
but sane difference
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Yeah... That's what I said... XML :silly:

BreakingVZW said:
Lol you could always just use BoneStock ROM. Andy threw the battery saver apk from (can't remember dev's handle. sorry) back in it.
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What does that battery saver actually do on the phone?
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dspcap said:
What does that battery saver actually do on the phone?
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What does that battery saver actually do on the phone?
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It limits CPU, dims display and disables vibration feedback. Basically everything you can do yourself in stock and if you have a CPU app like SetCPU. Just a one click option that Verizon took out bc they hate battery life I guess idk.

Im running bonestock now, and the power saver has increased my battery life fairly significantly, i'll take that, because at first i wasnt impressed with the battery life, and i watched the ifixit tutorial on how to tear this phone apart to replace a battery, and i want nothing to do with that