These are the two of the best battery saving apps I have used for my Nexus 4. I have gotten just about two days of battery using these app on 4.2.2. I haven't tested it and gave them time for 4.3 being that there are bugs in the AOSP and some work is needed to be done on custom Kernels.
I recommend the Faux123 kernels and using the Faux Clock App and following the direction in the devs OP on what settings to use. Again this has worked for me as I was getting sick of battery drain.
Below are the links of the free versions of the Apps I mentioned and a link for Faux Clock which you can also find in a bunch of other threads as well.
App #1: Qualcomm Snapdragon
App #2: Battery Widget Reborn
App #3: Faux123 Kernel Enhancement Pro
If anyone has any other suggestions on apps, advice or anything else to help save battery beside check your wakelocks and such please feel free to add your thoughts.
clairvoyant83 said:
These are the two of the best battery saving apps I have used for my Nexus 4. I have gotten just about two days of battery using these app on 4.2.2. I haven't tested it and gave them time for 4.3 being that there are bugs in the AOSP and some work is needed to be done on custom Kernels.
I recommend the Faux123 kernels and using the Faux Clock App and following the direction in the devs OP on what settings to use. Again this has worked for me as I was getting sick of battery drain.
Below are the links of the free versions of the Apps I mentioned and a link for Faux Clock which you can also find in a bunch of other threads as well.
App #1: Qualcomm Snapdragon
App #2: Battery Widget Reborn
App #3: Faux123 Kernel Enhancement Pro
If anyone has any other suggestions on apps, advice or anything else to help save battery beside check your wakelocks and such please feel free to add your thoughts.
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turn off your date wifi sync don't install no apps best battery saver advise up to date i feel the battery saver apps do more damage that they are worth smart phone these day's don't have the battery life of say 5 year's ago because how the are used now facebook ebay football betting game's ect
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guy you have a nexus device, don't use apps to get better battery life ! install a custom kernel, a clear rom and tune it, you will never feel sorry !
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I'm down to 25% after only nine hours and I don't understand why.. Lol I'm confused for real I thought rooting would improve it. And I've only actually used the phone for probably 50 minutes. Any help or suggestions
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search around for suggestions. to start off control data usage,sync control,use auto brightness,turn toggles off you don't need uninstall or freeze apps especially those that run in background for no reason that fail to cache. use a different kernel. do some undervolting. overclock and underclock when necessary.use tasker to setup screen off/on profiles for different min/max frequency ranges and governor selection,use apps to monitor usage such as drain guard and cpu spy. check apps that hog too much unwanted usage. the list goes on. if you do your research you could save yourself 70% of battery usage. using tasker alone saved me around 30%. for example my phone is fully charged before bed,I sleep about 6-8 hours while listening to music and I have about 80% once I'm awake.nothing on besides the phone's cellular radio,no gps,no data on,no 3g,no wifi,etc. not even airplane mode so sms isn't queued all night. tasker can also auto turn off gps once gps based apps are killed so it's not always on,plenty of threads on battery saving tips,majority aren't all device specific so they're universal tips
wayneb02 said:
I'm down to 25% after only nine hours and I don't understand why.. Lol I'm confused for real I thought rooting would improve it. And I've only actually used the phone for probably 50 minutes. Any help or suggestions
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Rooting by itself won't do anything for battery life.
douger1957 said:
Rooting by itself won't do anything for battery life.
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I thought the kernel helped it. But Never mind on this post, I didn't realize that a friend downloaded a couple of apps that were running constantly in the background.
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wayneb02 said:
I thought the kernel helped it. But Never mind on this post, I didn't realize that a friend downloaded a couple of apps that were running constantly in the background.
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agreed rooting won't do anything for your phone unless you put it to good use (uninstalling bloat apps, loading a custom more battery and performance efficient kernel, same with a better ROM, as well as countless performance/battery mods)
There are so many ways to improve performance and battery life on your phone with root, but you have to actually apply them to your phone.
POQbum said:
agreed rooting won't do anything for your phone unless you put it to good use (uninstalling bloat apps, loading a custom more battery and performance efficient kernel, same with a better ROM, as well as countless performance/battery mods)
There are so many ways to improve performance and battery life on your phone with root, but you have to actually apply them to your phone.
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What do you mean battery mods? I'm new to all of this in case you can't tell lol
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wayneb02 said:
What do you mean battery mods? I'm new to all of this in case you can't tell lol
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well I probably worded that wrong. There's mods you can do that will improve battery performance.
Check here and scroll down to the bottom where it shows performance mods:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969371
As a personal suggestion.
ROM: CM7 latest nightly
after you flash the ROM, flash the latest Gingerbread [AOSP] kernel:
http://www.incredikernel.com/?page_id=10
2.6.38.8 incredikernel 10/08/2011 (3277)
Then apply:
Adrenaline Shotv12.zip - found on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236779
Convert2Ext4_no_data_limit_dalvik_moved.zip - found on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315372
Then proceed to uninstall the crap apps you don't want.
Then customize the mutha lovin hell out of your phone with these apps:
Widget Locker
Launcher Pro Plus -or- Go Launcher
And use Android Kitchen to finish the sexification of your phone:
http://uot.dakra.lt/
You'll end up with an amazing phone that you'll cherish forever <3
POQbum said:
well I probably worded that wrong. There's mods you can do that will improve battery performance.
Check here and scroll down to the bottom where it shows performance mods:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969371
As a personal suggestion.
ROM: CM7 latest nightly
after you flash the ROM, flash the latest Gingerbread [AOSP] kernel:
http://www.incredikernel.com/?page_id=10
2.6.38.8 incredikernel 10/08/2011 (3277)
Then apply:
Adrenaline Shotv12.zip - found on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236779
Convert2Ext4_no_data_limit_dalvik_moved.zip - found on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315372
Then proceed to uninstall the crap apps you don't want.
Then customize the mutha lovin hell out of your phone with these apps:
Widget Locker
Launcher Pro Plus -or- Go Launcher
And use Android Kitchen to finish the sexification of your phone:
http://uot.dakra.lt/
You'll end up with an amazing phone that you'll cherish forever <3
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All of this.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
Thanks a lot, guess I'm gonna have a fun playing with my phone tonight lol.
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before i flash adrenaline am i supposed to wipe anything?
Rooting doesn't improve battery life. usually a custom kernel or rom will improve battery life. It all depends what you are running in the background. With Nil's Gingersense 3.5 (2.2) and tiny's latest kernel I am getting unbelievable battery life. This is in part to how well both of these things work together along with the removal of all the bloatware. I have found that if you run Yahoo IM, it tends to kill your battery faster as well. Make sure to set most of your sync options to manual or every few hours as well. It won't impact your gmail or gtalk settings.
I understood that just rooting wouldn't change a thing. I just miss worded it lol. I was already running cm7 and incredikernel. I just hadn't realized I had 2 apps running in the background killing my battery
just flashed tinys last night and waiting to see how it works. I have two batteries and one lasts much better than the other and they have both been treated the same as far as charging and discharging....
How can I improve the battery life of my play with rooting? I don't want apps that kill every background app though as I may want to go back but it would be killed
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Assuming you're on a stock rom theres a couple things you can do. The easiest would be to root and use Titanium Backup to either freeze or remove the bloatware from your phone as it runs in the background and causes drain. Another would be to look into using some of the tweaks found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227269
Another option is to try running different firmwares, personally I found the older ones to give me better battery life while others found the oppisite to be true, so try a few till you find one that suits you. A more extreme approach which will yeild far better results is to unlock your bootloader allowing custom ROMs and kernels. With custom kernels you can over and underclock your phone while choosing more effecient governers (like the smartass governer). You can also undervolt your phone which will probably lead to the biggest saving. Custom ROMs can also increase or reduce your battery life, again, try a few. Personally I run at 1.5ghz on smartass, undervolted as much as possible with version 7.1.0.1 of CM7 and have great battery life. Also keep in mind the obvious tweaks such as turning off wifi, gps, 3g, brightness, etc to prolong battery life.
-EDIT- Also on older firmwares there was a problem with using "Automatic" under time and date where it would cause a lot of battery drain so you may want to turn this off if you think it might be a problem
Thanks, but I'd rather not root my phone yet. Thanks anyways
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I would say update to .62 firmware it should be up for all around the world yesterday i updated my arc s to it.I was setting up the phone after (flash before the update) and i had to set up everything again and my battery is still on 70% from yesterday (im talking downloading apps,connectin accs and stuff,like 3-4h of usage and around 8h on idle while i was sleeping).My phone isnt rooted and its with stock rom and stuff
I use juice defender ultimate. It allows me to easily get a days usage out of my phone when before i barely got a day
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Hello, I just wanted to start a thread to discuss battery optimization for AOKP. My battery life is suffering right now, so I'm reaching out to see what you guys are doing to get great battery life with this Rom. Please share your tweaks, thoughts, concerns or whatever....
I'm A O K with AOKP
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Hello, I just wanted to start a thread to discuss battery optimization for AOKP. My battery life is suffering right now, so I'm reaching out to see what you guys are doing to get great battery life with this Rom. Please share your tweaks, thoughts, concerns or whatever....
I'm A O K with AOKP
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post your setup. kernels, tweaks, oc/uv, # of apps..
And what apps are listed in running services. As well as highest wakelocks and duration in Betterbatterystats,
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I have setcpu 1400/200. I'm using the nylan kernel also....I'm running build 29....I didn't do any power saver tweaks....what else did you guys need to know?
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jworkcoo said:
I have setcpu 1400/200. I'm using the nylan kernel also....I'm running build 29....I didn't do any power saver tweaks....what else did you guys need to know?
I'm A O K with AOKP
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lol 1400/200!?!? theres ur 1st problem. use voltage control instead of setcpu and stick with 1000/100 or 1100/100. i always found cfq and conservative to be nice for battery, but apparently noop/ondemand is best. maybe try both. also turn data off when not using it most importantly. also try using the auto-start manager in the ROM Toolbox app (free in market) to disable most of ur apps from staying open or updating widgets constantly in the background. freeze system apps you don't use. forget the v6 supercharger, and i'd say stick with the stock kernel. hope that helps..
Do you expect to get good gas mileage running your car at 100 MPH on side streets? Do not OC if you want good battery life.
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Thanks for schooling me...lol....I'm implementing your suggestions now....What do you mean turn data off when I'm not using it? Will I still get emails, text, etc?
I'm A O K with AOKP
If you turn of 3g data, you can still send/get phone calls and texts but no email
Also, undervolt you frequencies with voltage control, I don't think you have to go to stock kernel, but do as you please I would imagine the dark blacks from voodoo control would save battery. But anyways, Marcusant had a great guide for setting up any kernel for your phone, ill try to find it..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420447
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sorry for double post this is it, just had to hyperlink
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420447
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somebody in another epic thread posted a link to another phone's thread where this guy did a REALLY thorough study about setting up kernels. he found the noop/ondemand was best on battery and that undervolting AT MOST saves about 2% battery, but typically does just about nothing. For that reason, i wouldn't bother doing it..but it's up to you. as for voodoo color you might be right about the blacker blacks..i just noticed on cm9 that the stock kernel saved more battery for me so figured it might apply on aokp too cuz its so similar
FrankyFiggz27 said:
somebody in another epic thread posted a link to another phone's thread where this guy did a REALLY thorough study about setting up kernels. he found the noop/ondemand was best on battery and that undervolting AT MOST saves about 2% battery, but typically does just about nothing. For that reason, i wouldn't bother doing it..but it's up to you. as for voodoo color you might be right about the blacker blacks..i just noticed on cm9 that the stock kernel saved more battery for me so figured it might apply on aokp too cuz its so similar
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Thanks for that info
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Ahem what battery life oh okay
I haven't figured out what is so different but I get much better battery life on AOKP than CM9. My imagination or is something really different on the roms? I don't use the power saver feature because I need my data all the time.
Im running Stock Build 31 on EL30 modem and no custom kernel nor am I oc/uv. I have very few apps and I have no widgets running and im getting horrible battery drain. I purchased the 1800 battery which is a few months old and I just dont know what to do. While my phone is sleeping, the battery drain hardly even moves, but when I start doing simple things like texting or checking emails I start getting drops of 2% percent or more every 5 mins of use.
Any Suggestion would be great.
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I flashed the honeycomb battery icon. I have another app that I've been using (Android booster) that is a task killer. it shows my battery life, it was right on before the new icon but now they don't match up the widget says I have 10% more life in my battery then my battery icon on my status bar. Is there any way to fix this problem? or should I just deal with it
Thank you in advance
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xethcore said:
I flashed the honeycomb battery icon. I have another app that I've been using (Android booster) that is a task killer. it shows my battery life, it was right on before the new icon but now they don't match up the widget says I have 10% more life in my battery then my battery icon on my status bar. Is there any way to fix this problem? or should I just deal with it
Thank you in advance
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1st off, I'd recommend dumping any "task killer" as the GN2 has this functionality built in, especially since we're talking about battery performance...
2nd, I'd concentrate more on wakelock settings, and if I had to download any app it would be those that helped manage this. This way you can force everything to sleep when your not using your phone...
Also, depending on the governor, you may need to adjust your phones clock throttling upon waking/using the device, custom may be your best bet, but there might be a "built-in" profile that works perfectly for your particular individual usage
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For some reason, I seem to only be able to manage about 5 hours of screen time. I've heard of people getting 6-8 hours.
I'm using this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2150145 but for some reason, that thread isn't very alive..
I tried the jedi ROM, but I just can't stand it when developers change little things about the UI. Is 5 hours normal for a ROM that's mostly stock? I'm using the UNEAK kernel.
PhxDroid86 said:
1st off, I'd recommend dumping any "task killer" as the GN2 has this functionality built in, especially since we're talking about battery performance...
2nd, I'd concentrate more on wakelock settings, and if I had to download any app it would be those that helped manage this. This way you can force everything to sleep when your not using your phone...
Also, depending on the governor, you may need to adjust your phones clock throttling upon waking/using the device, custom may be your best bet, but there might be a "built-in" profile that works perfectly for your particular individual usage
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Thanks for the info phxdroid86:thumbup: will check into it. I did get rid of the task killer started using the stock one, I like it.
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I know xda doesnt like the usual rom threads. im trying to be different. my battery life is ok most days. though I notice if I idle phone the wakelocks come. and I seem to do everything in my power to prevent it. then I see people with wakelocks almost non existent. thought maybe you could share your setup. im increasingly finding myself needing the extra idle time in my phone and considering a new setup. currently using wicked v8 and ktoonsez kernal
BBS or no one can help you.
*Best Rom for wakelocks/battery* (in my opinion)
s384 said:
I know xda doesnt like the usual rom threads. im trying to be different. my battery life is ok most days. though I notice if I idle phone the wakelocks come. and I seem to do everything in my power to prevent it. then I see people with wakelocks almost non existent. thought maybe you could share your setup. im increasingly finding myself needing the extra idle time in my phone and considering a new setup. currently using wicked v8 and ktoonsez kernal
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Hello,
honestly the best rom for battery life + wake locks is the Synergy Rom. This Rom is amazing! The stock kernel that it comes with is also AWESOME! You need to try this rom for yourself! As an added bonus, it comes with multiwindow enabled for all applications! As a tweak for multiwindow, it comes with sticky windows... it is like pop up video for apps.
-Oyoyo12
Hit that THANKS button!
I use liquid smooth stable with bms kernel. Conservative gov with row scheduler. This set up gives me the best battery I've ever gotten out of a phone
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