I wanted to know other people's experience with battery guru. I feel it's hindered my battery performance instead of helped it. Please share your experience on this thread about your battery life. Thanks.
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My battery was already bad, this app pretty much did nothing to help me out... but I left it running, mostly as a placebo effect lol
I feel as though if u can toggle on/off wifi and mobile data this app will do nothing for you.
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I've been using it for a week and haven't really noticed that much of a difference over stock. Pretty much all it does is stop things from syncing all the time.
I use Juice Defender and I do notice a big difference
Don't notice a difference either. It's been almost a week.
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Most people in this forum are far more tech savy when it comes to cell phones.
Post your personal tips for battery conservation. Include specific apps if you'd like.
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I don't worry about battery life, brightness all the way up, sync on, widgets on every screen, Wi-Fi always on. I usually get about 14 hours
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I'm very conservative. WiFi off, data off when not using it, brightness depends, auto sync off, no battery sucking apps like facebook
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Liteflow is the one everyone should watchout i have 2x better standby time simply by deleting it and i put airplane mode everywhere i get like 1bar/signal it helps a bit also.
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The simple solutions are the best.
Extension cords in the house.
Car chargers/docks in the cars
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I get phenomenal battery life out of my S3 (stock).
I had an Epic 4G and was afraid to leave my desk because of the battery drain. With moderate usage (30-60 mins talk time, texting, chat, some web, exchange, ect) I can easily get 16-20 hours. Signal quality in your area will impact it more than anything. Also, wifi is vastly easier on the battery.
PS Facebook app SUCKS. Just bookmark the webpage and use that. Works better and doesn't ruin your phone.
Here how it looks like ! Lovin this screen on time..
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I have a whole thread with tips and tricks.
[How to] --->You Want Better Battery Life:::Read This
It is pretty extensive too.
Woodrube said:
I have a whole thread with tips and tricks.
[How to] --->You Want Better Battery Life:::Read This
It is pretty extensive too.
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Thats a great thread man! Thanks for linking to it!
You guys should definitely check it out if you haven't already. Lots of great info!:thumbup:
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shahkam said:
Liteflow is the one everyone should watchout i have 2x better standby time simply by deleting it and i put airplane mode everywhere i get like 1bar/signal it helps a bit also.
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I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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Awesome thread!
I am noticing that Google Chrome uses half the amount of RAM the stock Internet Brower uses.
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elflip88 said:
I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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I think it depends on how its configured. I've seen it eat the battery but also not use it much at all. Been a bit since I messed with it though so don't remember what settings made the difference.
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elflip88 said:
I've never even seen liteflow on my battery usage. What makes you say liteflow kills battery?
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I checked in betterbatterystats and it gave me a ton of wakelock so the phone couldnt go onto deepsleep..
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I checked in betterbatterystats and it gave me a ton of wakelock so the phone couldnt go onto deepsleep..
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i have betterbatterystats too but have no idea what the wakelocks affect and how to get rid of them.
Post a screen shot and I'll tell ya what could be happening.
You can improve battery life by switching to custom roms with less bloatware, and updating to more efficient kernels. (This is on a Rom/Kernel level)
Software wise, just figure out what apps are causing wake times and try not to use them. Basically whenever an app/widget refreshes/updates content, it may cause phone to wake (like weather/clock widgets for example).
I have been using cpusleep and it seems to have helped my battery life ... also using a custom rom without the bloatware is key for me.
my current setup is freegs3 release 6 with the latest trinity kernel...even though its overclocked my battery has been amazing and phone has worked flawless.
Im also using system tuner which has given me the ability to manage the cpu with on demand and other customizable settings
The only thing I synch is my k9 mail account
I also have frozen several samsung apps which helped...
Im now getting over 20 hours of basic use between charges...I dont use games/videos so might be a little skewed . I use this phone for business calls/internet/messaging/photos/navi...pretty basic
4500mah stock
Only 58% of battery
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I have been using Gigajoule lately by feckmu and it has given me the best battery life out of all the custom roms I have tried. Even with GPS, WIFI, and screen at full brightness I can make it through the entire day with 30-40% battery left. If your looking for a rom-based solution to your battery life, check it out!
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4500mah stock
Only 58% of battery
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That isnt impressive at all.. 2hours screen on time and 15 hours standby ? I can doo that on stock 2100mah.
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I am rooted and have been using Poweramp for nearly a month. I really enjoy it as an app, but I have found it to be extremely daunting on my battery. Has anyone experienced this or have any advice? Thanks!
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CamFlawless said:
I am rooted and have been using Poweramp for nearly a month. I really enjoy it as an app, but I have found it to be extremely daunting on my battery. Has anyone experienced this or have any advice? Thanks!
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Yup, it uses more battery for me too. I thought it was a known fact lol.
Basically unless you manually close it completely sometimes it will cause a wakelock, but then again even standard usage uses more battery life than average.
Hi All I just got the Galaxy Note 2 like a month ago and I've been loving it the only thing that I've been question mean if the battery life right now I'm getting like 4 hours of screen time and that's basically what I use to get with my Galaxy Nexus.
I just wonder if this is normal because I hear people a lot saying that they get several days of battery in for me I just feel like I have to charge it every day I also been monitoring the apps that I have and the background usage of them and nothing seems to be draining it.
I'm using android HD 6.0 with Perseus kernel
posting a screenshot right now..
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Here's another one
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On really heavy use, that is pretty normal. But for normal use or moderate ones, certainly not. Based on your screenshots, you have a lot of wakelocks, these are the number 1 culprits for unexpected battery drain, go get better battery stats and use the phone exactly as how you used it when you took those screenshots, then after a day or two, checkout better battery stats and find which app was actually causing those wakelocks.
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Everything is supposed to load much faster. It's getting rave reviews in the playstore. Is it really that noticeable or placebo effect?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lcis.seeder
Here's the article i found it from: http://phandroid.com/2013/01/03/see...lag-from-rooted-android-devices-does-it-work/
I have it loaded. It really does make difference. :thumbup:
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Sometimes when I exit an app and go back to home (stock) it takes a moment to load up. Does that help with that? And the app drawer lol
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Sometimes when I exit an app and go back to home (stock) it takes a moment to load up. Does that help with that? And the app drawer lol
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Maybe. I might try the app.
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Give it a try, I promise you will notice a difference.
Holy cow! I was skeptical but gave it a shot to support good devs. I am astonished how much of a difference it made.
Definitely worth the purchase.
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Whoa! I think I just shat myself. This is like project butter on roids. I guess this will hold me over till JB
Also, this should be integrated in future roms.
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Jesus. This thing kicks some serious ass.
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I haven't noticed much of a difference, but I attribute that to the performance and capabilities of this phone. It probably works great with lower end or old phones.
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I haven't noticed much of a difference, but I attribute that to the performance and capabilities of this phone. It probably works great with lower end or old phones.
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^ this
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O... M... G... This app.... is amazing!
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At first I noticed no difference but I ran a few test like turning animations off and running apps with and without seeder then did the same with animations on and I do notice a slight speed up when opening apps. Not a huge difference because like someone said this phone is already a speed demon, but there is a slight increase, but then again could be placebo lol.
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sharkboy0901 said:
At first I noticed no difference but I ran a few test like turning animations off and running apps with and without seeder then did the same with animations on and I do notice a slight speed up when opening apps. Not a huge difference because like someone said this phone is already a speed demon, but there is a slight increase, but then again could be placebo lol.
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I feel the same way. I can't really tell if it's making much of a difference cause this phone is already so fast. But I installed it on my nexus 7 as well so we'll see...
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sharkboy0901 said:
At first I noticed no difference but I ran a few test like turning animations off and running apps with and without seeder then did the same with animations on and I do notice a slight speed up when opening apps. Not a huge difference because like someone said this phone is already a speed demon, but there is a slight increase, but then again could be placebo lol.
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I'm getting smoother transitions which means I practically have jellybean with that app installed that s the biggest difference I've noticed but it still wasn't that big but definitely worth the dollar fifty
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I don't know bout you guys but it does take up more battery, left it over night off the charger when from 64% to 52%
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I don't know bout you guys but it does take up more battery, left it over night off the charger when from 64% to 52%
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Took it off charger at 100% about 45 minutes ago. Haven't done much of anything and down to 91%.
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Ya I noticed it uses a lil more battery as well. Gonna uninstall for now, but I'll be watching its development.
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I posted this on another topic as well that was discussing the seeder app. This is straight from a CM Dev on G+.
" The entropy pool stuff is bull****. The only users of /dev/random are libcrypto (used for cryptographic operations like SSL connections, ssh key generation, and so on), wpa_supplicant/hostapd (to generate WEP/WPA keys while in AP mode), and the libraries that generate random partition IDs when you do an ext2/3/4 format. None of those 3 users are in the path of app execution, so feeding random from urandom does nothing except make random... well... less random"
A lot of tech talk but he goes on "The only reason devices feel faster is because by constantly polling the PRNG, it keeps the device's I/O in constant use (which in turn, depending on device, will make the CPU stick to higher clock frequencies to keep up)"[/QUOTE]
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I posted this on another topic as well that was discussing the seeder app. This is straight from a CM Dev on G+
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How is this useful? To anyone wondering if it will work or is curious: install the free apk on xda. Try it out. If it helps: great keep using it. If you want, buy the play store version to support the dev. If it doesn't work, good you didn't waste your money now you can go spend your buck and some change on a pack of gum or a soda.
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How is this useful? To anyone wondering if it will work or is curious: install the free apk on xda. Try it out. If it helps: great keep using it. If you want, buy the play store version to support the dev. If it doesn't work, good you didn't waste your money now you can go spend your buck and some change on a pack of gum or a soda.
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I'm sure most people here understand that concept. Were just discussing. And I think it's pretty useful to hear an experienced devs opinion on an app for our phones I'm sure he understands what goes in with our phones better than we do
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Just wondering if anyone here with a G3 is running Google now on their phones. If so, how is the battery life impact for you? Is there a noticeable difference in battery life compared to not using it?
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I have used it since it was created. I've never noticed any real difference without it. S5 and g2 both had exceptional battery life with it. The g3 doesn't have good battery regardless of what I do, so I don't know.
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Every day, its the greatest thing ever and no that's not sarcastic. Is very useful especially when you enable it from any screen. It has all of my important things in one place and I can set reminders by voice that sync to my chrome on my PC. That way I can't forget anything.
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