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I find myself regularly repeating many of these suggestions on many threads to many different people on how to extend your battery life. When not in use, my phone loses at most only 1-2% battery per hour! So I'm making one thread in the Epic forums dedicated to maximizing battery life while trying to explain why these steps will work. Some battery improvements come at the cost of performance or lack of certain services. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of these steps.
Step 1: Brightness & Battery
Let's face it. Our Android phone screens are huge. This feature is the largest, and completely unavoidable battery-drain. The only way to limit it is to not use the screen... ergo... not use your phone. But that clearly makes no sense, so how to limit that drain? Well, a good step is to turn down your screen's brightness to the lowest you can read clearly, don't hurt your eyes! For night-time use, there's an app that can turn the brightness down even lower called Screen Filter(Thanks to iModMM for the find!). Also, choose a nice dark background, something in the black color range. For all phones, the darker the color, the less brightness used, less power consumed! But for our Epic's Super Amoled screen, specifically, a black pixel is technically an "off" pixel. That's right, every black pixel on your screen is a part of your screen not being powered, since the Super Amoled does not need backlighting. Blackle is also a good alternative to the standard Google site for a black themed search engine, though it doesn't seem to be mobile optimized. Also, lock your screen with that nice little button on the top right side of your phone. Don't wait for it to lock itself! As far as the battery itself goes, charging to 100% can be tricky. The moment that led turns blue, your phone has generally reached 100%, but it will generally trickle charge between 97 and 100 after that. A good way to charge to 100 percent is to use an external charger, which generally come with 1 or 2 spare batteries for about $20. This way, the moment your battery dies, shut down, and pop a fresh one in.
Step 2: Using a Custom Rom
At this point, there are many Epic 4G custom roms out, and if you're in this forum, you've likely rooted or are trying to root. Well I will not go into rooting directions here. Take a look at one and see how it fare's out-of-the-box for you. If you choose to use my customized rom, you will find a task manager with a preset ignore list, ready to use as a one-tap app-closing widget; as well as the service-freezing patch mentioned below in Step 8 ready for execution through a terminal, and my entire setup(among many other mods, apps, and tweaks tested for the greatest battery performance). These are just roms I've used myself to great results. Many others exist. Updated 7/6:
RandomKing's Customized Rom
2.2.1 EC05 v.1 Plus [Journaled w/Genocide 1.0] [Screenshots]
SyndicateFrozen Rom
2.2.1 EC05 v.1.2
Bonsai Rom
2.2.1 EC05 v.4.1.1 Not Supported on XDA. Sorry.
Midnight Rom
2.2.1 EC05 v.5.3
Step 3: Disable Unnecessary Services
First and foremost, disable all location services, wifi and gps based. This will affect certain apps like weather apps, you'll simply have to deal with static locations. Next, disable data sync. Contacts will not synchronize with Gmail while this is off. You will have to enable it sporadically. The Gmail app also will not function while this is off, I recommend using the email app and simply adjusting the refresh interval. You can always manually check your own email . Likewise, you may put your phone into airplane mode altogether if you don't plan to use it for an extended period of time, such as school, work, swim meet, movies, or on an airplane.
Step 4: Task Killers and JuiceDefender
First, let's get JuiceDefender out of the way. It's a neat app, and in certain ways, effective. However, it's own effectiveness comes with certain contradictions. It disables nearly all signals, which will include, for example, Google Voice. In my experience, this app hindered certain other services, and if anything may have drawn further on my battery. My recommendation is to stay away from it. Now onto Task Killers, they are good, and they are evil. Let me explain. Many of us may find issues closing all the apps we open, and sometimes forget we left something open. A task killer can easily ensure that you've closed all of your programs. Now onto the bad. Task killers can try to kill certain system services. This is generally BAD. Certain services shouldn't be killed, and others can't be killed, and the ongoing battle only further drains your battery while trying to kill services that AREN'T actually bad. So on that note, the worst part of task killers is AUTO-KILL. Disable it! Kill it! Kill it with FIRE! I use Advanced or Adao Task Killer, with no auto-kill. It is one of the only widgets I use, and I simply tap it before I lock my phone each time.
Step 5: Widgets
If you don't need them, don't use them. Almost all widgets make continuous unnecessary calls to the Android system, and this can be a huge battery draw. Even simple widgets. Through all my testing, there's only 2 widgets I have approved thus far: Advanced Task Killer, Power Control. Other disapproved widgets: Pandora, Winamp, Weather(ALL OF THEM), etc.
Step 6: SetCpu, Voltage Control, and Over/Underclocking
As with much of this thread, this is opinionated and empirical theories. Through my testing, Overclocking is unnecessary, and guaranteed to draw on the battery. Most of these roms come from fantastic devs and are, by default, blazingly fast. Overclocking is completely redundant in my opinion, and I'm generally all about speed. Underclocking/undervolting may preserve more battery, but my opinion on the matter is similar to my feeling on widgets. If you don't need it, don't do it. If you feel the need to use these apps, a generally accepted setting for battery preservation is to undervolt to 800 max. and 100 min. (if your phone can handle it, some may experience wake-locks, raise min. to 200) on conservative governor, adjusting your profiles for when the phone is locked, unlocked and etc.
Step 7: Unnecessary Apps
Free apps are great, aren't they? But how many have you gathered, just because they're free? Now how many of those don't you use, but regularly draw on your phone regardless. There's an easy way to roughly check. Open your settings. Now go to Applications. Manage Applications. Take a look at which are running that you have not opened. Using a task killer prior, and waiting a couple minutes to see what re-opens may be a good way to check which apps are continuously running in the background and evaluate if they can be removed.
Facebook --- Notorious for running in the background. Disabling notifications may help.
Latitude --- Largest offender of location service usage. Neat app. Huge battery hog.
QIK/Fring --- Any video chatter really. If you don't use them, remove or disable them.
Browser --- Large ram usage. Try Dolphin Mini or Miren.
Step 8: Freeze Services
Using Titanium Backup Pro, MyBackup Pro, or Bloat Freezer (yes, non-free apps) freeze any of the following services:
sns --- (Will disable sns)
snsaccount --- (Will disable Facebook contact integration)
drm --- (May affect media programs like mediahub)
drmcontent --- (May affect media programs like mediahub)
systemupdater --- (Best disabled if on custom rom)
Enter the following commands into the Android Terminal to manually freeze the above services:
Code:
su
pm disable com.sec.android.providers.drm
pm disable com.sec.android.app.sns
pm disable com.samsung
Simply enter the previous commands into the Android Terminal while substituting "enable" for "disable" to manually defrost these.
If you would like a shortcut for this method, check out the patch in This Thread Also Included In RandomKing's Rom..
Step 9: Journaling
Journaling... some love it, some hate it. The fact remains, journaling enables extra write cycles. While this will prevent data loss, it also means more cpu usage. It follows that battery should last longer with journaling disabled. You can use chris41g's mod HERE to turn Journaling on/off at will.
Step 10: Turn it Off and Spend Time With Loved Ones
That's right. You're obsessing with your phone. Leave it be. Do something meaningful and memorable. Have fun with life! This is just a phone.
More coming as it comes to me! Including mods, apps, etc. aimed at improving battery life. Feel free to leave your own suggestions or questions! If this guide and it's features have helped you in anyway, leave THANKS so I know whether or not to keep up on it!
Y is this in q&a?
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA Premium App
Because its an answer to many questions posted here.
-Sent from my Random Epic.
many good suggestions here RandomKing.
this stuff is all so useful to us newer users out here, maybe this should be stickied (either here or in general).
jarcher1971 said:
many good suggestions here RandomKing.
this stuff is all so useful to us newer users out here, maybe this should be stickied (either here or in general).
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Thanks! I have no control over where this belongs, I just know its an answer to many questions and would be noticed here.
-Sent from my Random Epic.
has anyone noticed an effect on the phone's ability to sleep when you manually reorder the apps alphabetically in the app drawer? I kept having problems and factory reset 2x. Now I did find 3 troublesome apps that although not apparently running in the background, kept my phone from sleeping simply by being installed. I also stopped ordering my apps, deleted the troublesome apps and now it seems my phone is working correctly. I wonder if that (editing the default order) could also prevent the phone from sleeping? Any thoughts?
rando991 said:
has anyone noticed an effect on the phone's ability to sleep when you manually reorder the apps alphabetically in the app drawer? I kept having problems and factory reset 2x. Now I did find 3 troublesome apps that although not apparently running in the background, kept my phone from sleeping simply by being installed. I also stopped ordering my apps, deleted the troublesome apps and now it seems my phone is working correctly. I wonder if that (editing the default order) could also prevent the phone from sleeping? Any thoughts?
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Can't say I've noticed this, but I've been on launcherpro for quite some time now. Perhaps you could share more details on your setup?
-Sent from my Random Epic.
I'm non rooted stock EC05. I used to use EDIT in the app drawer to rearrange my apps in alphabetical order (they don't arrange themselves automatically this way after rebooting). I had noticed in spare parts that my phone was never sleeping and killing my battery. I did a factory reset and it worked as advertised. I slowly added apps back until I found two that seem to prevent my phone from sleeping so I uninstalled them. Phone worked fine for a while but then started acting up again. I repeated the procedure, leaving only the apps my wife's phone had (hers always sleeps like a baby), but then my phone started up again. Tried another reset but this time decided to leave the apps in the order they put themselves and so far so good...wondering if that was doing something or if it is an app update that goes bonkers?
rando991 said:
I'm non rooted stock EC05. I used to use EDIT in the app drawer to rearrange my apps in alphabetical order (they don't arrange themselves automatically this way after rebooting). I had noticed in spare parts that my phone was never sleeping and killing my battery. I did a factory reset and it worked as advertised. I slowly added apps back until I found two that seem to prevent my phone from sleeping so I uninstalled them. Phone worked fine for a while but then started acting up again. I repeated the procedure, leaving only the apps my wife's phone had (hers always sleeps like a baby), but then my phone started up again. Tried another reset but this time decided to leave the apps in the order they put themselves and so far so good...wondering if that was doing something or if it is an app update that goes bonkers?
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Hmm. If you can't narrow it down to a certain app, I'm not totally sure what it could be. Have you tried clearing the data/cache of Twlauncher? You could try a launcher like LauncherPro, you don't have to be rooted to use a different one.
No but if the problem comes back up I will try some of those...these are the 3 apps that when loaded caused problems: NIV Bible, Document Scanner, [I now have relacement apps for each of these now] and most recently Espn Score Center, but my wife had all of thse but the doc scanner and had no problems
i would check in spare parts to see which apps may be holding a partial wake lock. for me the facebook app was not letting my phone sleep until i disable all of its notifications.
jarcher1971 said:
i would check in spare parts to see which apps may be holding a partial wake lock. for me the facebook app was not letting my phone sleep until i disable all of its notifications.
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Likewise. This is why I removed facebook altogether. The new mobile site has proven to be pretty useful now.
-Sent from my Random Epic.
Yeah I found the same thing...but I would log out of Facebook too. Also the problem reappeared after a factory reset and I had not gone into Facebook. Are you saying that even if you don't log in, it can stop your phone from sleeping? My phone started doing it again a few days ago for no apparent reason, and I was able to stop that behavior by: finding and moving 2 apps from the phone to SD card (I thought I had gotten all of them), clearing any cache from different apps, and rebooting.
jarcher1971 said:
i would check in spare parts to see which apps may be holding a partial wake lock. for me the facebook app was not letting my phone sleep until i disable all of its notifications.
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That wouldn't tell me anything when I had the problem. The only thing was Android System....and....the phone wouldn't sleep even if in airplane mode! Which meant it had to be a process or app doing it all the time. I had never thought to clear cache, but I wonder why doing that works? Also there's a menu option in Spare Parts about Button Behavior which leads you to believe you can make the phone sleep but the menu says "only available in Ver 1.5". I've checked the market and can't find a ver 1.5 Spare Parts...
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That wouldn't tell me anything when I had the problem. The only thing was Android System....and....the phone wouldn't sleep even if in airplane mode! Which meant it had to be a process or app doing it all the time. I had never thought to clear cache, but I wonder why doing that works? Also there's a menu option in Spare Parts about Button Behavior which leads you to believe you can make the phone sleep but the menu says "only available in Ver 1.5". I've checked the market and can't find a ver 1.5 Spare Parts...
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I believe it means android 1.5, because that says "End Button Behavior", and no new phones have Call and End buttons on them. Because the "Fancy Screen Rotation" says 1.5 only also.
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RandomKing said:
Step 6: Unnecessary Apps[/CENTER]
Free apps are great, aren't they? But how many have you gathered, just because they're free? Now how many of those don't you use, but regularly draw on your phone regardless. There's an easy way to roughly check. Open your settings. Now go to Applications. Manage Applications. Take a look at which are running that you have not opened. Using a task killer prior, and waiting a couple minutes to see what re-opens may be a good way to check which apps are continuously running in the background and evaluate if they can be removed.
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I think you mean "Now go to Applications. Running Services." Going to Manage Applications will show all non-system applications and not tell you what is currently running, AFAICT.
Or am I mistaken?
Thanks for this thread.
prodigyplace said:
I think you mean "Now go to Applications. Running Services." Going to Manage Applications will show all non-system applications and not tell you what is currently running, AFAICT.
Or am I mistaken?
Thanks for this thread.
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No, there is a "Running" tab inside Manage Applications. An app doesn't have to have a service to be running.
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zanderman112 said:
No, there is a "Running" tab inside Manage Applications. An app doesn't have to have a service to be running.
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Thanks for clarifying, Zanderman. Somehow I never noticed that tab before.
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That wouldn't tell me anything when I had the problem. The only thing was Android System....and....the phone wouldn't sleep even if in airplane mode! Which meant it had to be a process or app doing it all the time. I had never thought to clear cache, but I wonder why doing that works? Also there's a menu option in Spare Parts about Button Behavior which leads you to believe you can make the phone sleep but the menu says "only available in Ver 1.5". I've checked the market and can't find a ver 1.5 Spare Parts...
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Sounds to me like a system process may be the cause rather than any particular application. For me also I had issues early on with the SNS service forcing itself to restart continually and being a battery drain. It usually takes a force stop on that service followed by clearing data in the sns app and rebooting to fix. Don't know if that will work for you, but hope it helps.
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My tips you can add:
1. I always, no matter what, always have brightness on lowest setting! If you have a hard time seeing in sun, than do auto, but turn off when don't need to, I have on low 24/7. Then at night, I have this app called screen filter which lets you lower brightness then default setting(good on eyes).
2. I always have auto-sync off. If you want emails etc. configure with ur preferences. And most of the time background data. But with background data off, you don't have access to market and have to enable for use. Don't get notifications. Lately, haven't been getting WhatsApp messages. This is optional.
3. In wifi settings, network notification turned off. Haptic feedback and all vibration disabled. Sounds on key clicks or anything disabled. Auto rotate screen off. No window animations. Screen timeout, 15 seconds. Keyboard timeout, 3 seconds. In location, use wireless networks and gps satellites unchecked.
4. No live wallpaper! No bright colors! I use a black background for wallpaper!! Try to go a little dark, not bright, stay away from white! Id recommened, the full black wallpaper. Also on ur homescreen, avoid widgets! Especially ones that use live web feed like, facebook, scorecenter. These are battery suckers!
5. I delete all apps I do not use! Stock and user. Download titanium backup to fix this issue. I freeze, system updates, swype, drm content, drm content launcher, sns, snsaccount. I uninstall the stock browser, use dolphin!! I also uninstall, all sprint bloatware, my files, gmail, email, talk, news and weather. Uninstall all stock and user apps you don't use! Check spare parts to see what runs in the background that you don't use. Another thing to add, I uninstall swype and android keyboard and use better keyboard gingebread edition 8.
6. Disable refresh interval in facebook, do it manually when you are going to use it!
7. Use setcpu. Undervolt to 800max and 100min on conservative governor. Set profiles, when phone is locked and etc.
8. Now lets talk about juicedefender and task killers. Juice defender will work and is a good app! BUT: if ur a person like me, I text a lot in whatsapp and when u lock screen it disables data, so u wont get texts. Download it, take a look at it, try it out. I recommend using agressive mode. Now lets talk about task killers. Personally, I think they dont work at all, and actually waste battery then save it. I just would say don't use one, and use samsungs stock task killer(actually works!)
9. Use a custom rom and kernel. Always be up to date on updates. I usually use, SRF and midNight. All about preference.
10. Extended battery FTW!!! Buy a seidio extened battery! May cost some money, but will greatly increase battery!!! Or get a cheap asian knockoff on ebay.
11. Disable data and put phone into airplane mode when it wont be in use for a period of time. Like at school or work. I usually keep data off during school. You will see a difference with data on and off.
12. Always keep wifi, bluetooth, gps, 4g off when not in use. They will drain battery crazy!!! Wifi will search for networks constantly, same basic thing with gps and bluetooth.
13. Also do full charges!! At night shut off phone and let it charge for a good 8 hours. Then in morning, turn on still plugged in. The charging indicator will be red, leave it alone till its blue. Go get dressed and eat some breakfast lol. Then when you come back it should be blue. And when on boot, let it finish media scanning, don't interrupt it!!
I can guarentee if you follow my tips, you will see a significant increase in battery life!
These are my tips!! I will add more if I can remember some more!
Typed this all on my Epic!!
Better Battery Life Tips
I've been using (and tweaking) Android devices since the original HTC Dream (aka G1, Android Dev Phone) was released, and I've had devices that are both good and bad at power consumption. In this thread I will share what I have learned and invite you to share what you have learned as well so that we can all get the most out of our devices.
Please note that I like to keep my smartphones "smart" and don't like to be manually toggling things on and off throughout the day. If you like to geek out 24x7 you can manually turn on/off every feature of your phone every time you use it to conserve juice... that's not me though!
Here we go...
-Consider a Different Browser
It seems like Opera Mobile and Mini are the kings of battery conservation. I tried Dolphin, Boat, Firefox, Chrome, the stock browser, and about 10 others... I didn't see significant differences in battery with any of them, but with Opera I noticed the difference. It makes sense since Opera renders the pages and optimizes the images remotely and then sends the bare minimum amount of data to your device to display the page.
-Location, Location, Location
Android's location related services can be a big drain. There are 3 different location settings you need to know about.
1) Location Access (Settings -> Location access): For maximum savings, you can turn off "Access to my location". However, there are many apps that make good use of your location. If you don't want to cripple them, leave this option turned on but at the very least uncheck "GPS Satellites" to save some juice.
2) Google Apps Location Settings (Settings -> Accounts:Google -> Location settings): Allows Google apps, such as Google Maps, to access your location. Why this needs to be separate from #1 above is beyond me, but turning it on requires the above setting to be on as well. If you don't use Google Maps, Now, Plus, or any other Google services that use your location you can turn this off.
3) Location Reporting aka Latitude (Settings -> Accounts:Google -> Maps & Latitude -> Location Reporting): This is the bad one. Really bad. Wakelock and battery drain city. I don't even know why anybody would want this. Kill it with fire. Set it so that it does not update or report your location.
-Turn off stuff you don't use
This should be common knowledge by now... if you aren't using GPS, Bluetooth, or even 4G... turn them off. If you don't need instant notifications and app updates you can even turn off Auto-Sync. If you decide to do that, I recommend the Synker widget from the Play Store. It is nice and configurable so that you can sync on demand with one touch.
-ROMs and Kernels
I'm not going to go into these too much here... there's a whole development section devoted to them with tons of info. Generally you get the best life from the stock based ROMs. Liquid Nitro and HO!NO!'s v20f (+Wind kernel) are quite good. Next best is probably HO!NO!'s CM9. The CM10.1 ROMS and kernels have a bit of catching up to do at battery consumption, but they keep getting better.
-Kill Google Talk!
If you don't use this program, disable it. It is always trying to do something on the network. Even if you turn off data and wifi you can still get NetworkConnectivity wakelocks from this app trying to do its business! Killing it is the first thing I do after flashing a ROM, especially CM10.1. From home hit: Menu -> Manage Apps -> All -> Talk -> Disable.
*Some report that disabling apps through the Android OS might not stick. If this is a concern for you, download NoBloat or Titanium Backup and freeze this app. Or if you're a nerd like me, use a root file explorer and move or rename the .apk file in /system/app
-Kill Google+ (Plus)
Just like the above, if you don't use it, deactivate it. It also uses data and location services pretty regularly. Disable it in the same way, or use NoBloat or Titanium.
-Kill Google Now
If you don't use it, deactivate it. It uses data and location services pretty regularly. I like its features and keep it enabled on my N7, but leave it off on my phone. To turn it off, go into the Google Search app (long-touch menu/search button), hit Menu -> Settings -> Google Now. You'll see the option to disable it.
-Data-Toggling Battery Saver Apps
These are pretty controversial, almost as much as app-killers were when they were very popular. In a nutshell they turn your data connections on or off based on whether your screen is on or off. They usually will check to see if you are downloading or streaming anything before they shut off the connection. Then, they periodically turn the connection on while the screen is off so that the device can perform a sync to get emails, etc.
Should you use one? If you are running CM10/10.1/AOKP4x then YES USE ONE!! EDIT: THE LATEST VERSIONS OF QUATTRIMUS AND WIND FOR CM10.1 HAVE RESOLVED THE BATTERY DRAIN ISSUE. Use of a battery saver is no longer essential. If you still want to use one, read on...
Whether or not you use a battery saver depends on how you use your phone, and if you are willing to accept the trade-offs. These apps get their savings from maximizing deep sleep time for extended periods with zero data concerns or interruptions. If your usage habits allow the app to do its job, use it. If not, don't use it.
[What follows here is some long drawn out jibber jabber about the pros/cons of these apps. Read it if you like]
Some people love these battery saver apps and swear by them; others hate them. The reason some like them is because they get a few more hours of battery life. The reason why some people hate them is because:
1) They wake the device periodically to do their job... which negates some of the power savings you get from having them. To some people these tiny wakelocks are the most horrible thing ever... even if their impact is quite small compared to the power being saved. These people are usually the ones who live and die by their BBS logs. I'll admit, I was one of those people
2) Syncs are delayed, so messages and notifications do not arrive instantly but when either of the following conditions are met-
a) The screen gets turned on (which triggers data on and autosync)
b) The program hits a scheduled time trigger (usually at user selectable intervals)
3) There's a small lag while data connects when the screen gets turned on. If the screen gets turned on very frequently the constant on/off/syncing can actually hurt the battery more than it helps.
But, if you are ok with the delayed syncs and you set up the sync intervals long enough apart you WILL see a gain in battery life. Your phone will sleep much more soundly as well. With one of these apps my Nitro HD on CM10.1 can sleep all night and will only lose maybe a percent or two.
*Note that these will NOT help you at all when the screen is on, which is a bummer because the Nitro screen sucks down a LOT of power. Also, your usage patterns may make them ineffective for you... in which case you are probably better off without them.
Personally I get about an hour or 2 of extra life if I use one, but it's a trade-off since I lose instant notifications and a there's a slight delay while it reconnects to the network when the screen gets turned on. And the more you turn your screen on/off, the more it disconnects/reconnects/syncs... meaning it is using a bit MORE power than usual for those seconds.
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The following are my favorite data-toggling battery-saver apps. All of them have "free" versions and more advanced "pro/prime/advanced/whatever" paid-for versions. These are not the only ones out there; feel free to report back on ones you prefer. If you find one that you really like, I suggest buying the pro version not only for the additional customization they offer, but to support the devs for a job well done.
1) DS Battery Saver - Super easy to configure and since it kills background tasks before sleeping it puts your device into a nice deep sleep. Also combines the feature of CPU Sleeper if you are rooted... it'll shut off a CPU core when sleeping.
2) Green Power - Works really well. The interface is simple and well laid out. I used it for years before I discovered DSBS.
3) Juice Defender - Another decent app, similar to Green Power. I personally preferred the options and the interface of GP better, but you may not.
4) CleverConnectivity +++Battery - The interface is a bit weak, and I had problems with the full data on/off features working on my P930 w/CM10.1... BUT this program has one very cool feature- it has an option for dropping the connection speed down to 2G/EDGE when the screen is off instead of disabling it completely. This allows syncs to still occur while still saving some power in 2G. I've even streamed Pandora on 2G, so in theory you could do stuff like that too. This feature worked fine on my P930 dispite the normal data on/off failing intermittently. There is a moment of zero data while it toggles between 2G/3G. I think this app might be awesome when development advances some more.
-Underclocking (rooted users)
Capping your max CPU frequency at a lower limit can save power. Quite honestly, for 99% of my daily use I can't tell the difference between the CPU clocked at 1.2ghz and 1.8ghz except that at 1.8ghz my battery bar laughs at me and gives me a wedgie. On custom ROMs there is often a built-in method to set the CPU clock frequency (Settings -> Performance -> Processor). On stock-based ROMs you'll need a 3rd party app like Kernel Tuner, SetCPU, or any of the other 50 options in the Play Store. You can usually safely set your minimum frequency to 192mhz, but some phone/ROM/kernel/voltage combos will cause stability or lag issues with doing this. YMMV.
*If you are using a CPU controlling app like SetCPU that allows for profiles, you might be tempted to set the screen-off frequencies to the absolute lowest setting of 192/192... be careful! This setting could end up costing more power consumption because the CPU has to work for a much longer time to handle the tasks at hand at such a low clock speed. If it was allowed to ramp up a bit the task would be done more quickly and efficiently. Honestly I gave up on setting screen-off profiles. I just use governors based on smartass which have their own screen-off settings integrated. Less adjustments needed, similar results. This leads us to...
-Changing governors (rooted users with custom kernel)
There's about 50 different governors floating around out there. If you don't know what a governor is or what each one does, read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736168
In short: Any governor that is based on smartass, ondemand or interactive is going to be pretty light on battery, and you may not be able to tell the difference between them in normal use. I like smartassv2 and badass, which are both based on smartass. Conservative may sound the most battery friendly, but usually ondemand does better and is less laggy.
Try some out. Have fun with it. Eventually you'll want to start tinkering with the I/O Scheduler... that's a topic for another thread. There's not much battery life to be gained there anyway.
-Undervolting (rooted users with custom kernel)
WARNING: This can cause instability if done improperly. MAKE A CWM BACKUP BEFORE TINKERING WITH UNDERVOLTING!!! I've never seen *drastic* gains on any device, but you do get a little bit more life, and every little bit helps, right?
So if you want to do it, read this: http://bigfatreality.blogspot.com/2012/03/guide-to-undervolt-android-safely.html and then proceed with caution.
Generally you can aggressively undervolt at lower frequencies, but be careful at higher frequencies because your device needs more power under load and will not like it if it can't get it. If you're a car guy this is like running too lean of a fuel mixture
Kernel Tuner and IncrediControl have nice GUIs for fiddling with voltages. Remember, adjust in tiny increments, followed by thorough testing! If you get a crash or reboot then you've gone too far. DO NOT ENABLE "SET ON BOOT" UNTIL YOU ARE SURE YOU'VE GOT STABLE VOLTAGES!!!
-Screen dimming
Screen backlights use lots of power. This ain't no AMOLED where you can save power by using dark backgrounds- LCDs light up the entire display regardless of what is on them.
I suggest turning off auto-adjust and set your brightness at a level that is just bright enough to be comfortable. I keep mind around 30-40%. Auto-adjust periodically polls the sensor to get light data, and uses a small bit of power to do it each time.
Turn on the 'Status Bar Brightness Control' if your ROM supports it so that you can easily swipe your finger along the top of the screen to brighten or dim the display on the fly. In CM9/10(.1) this option is under Menu -> Settings -> System -> Status Bar -> Brightness Control.
If you MUST use the auto-adjust, consider adjusting the levels that it uses. Make them as dim as is comfortable for you. For stock-based ROMs you'll need a third party app like this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwyLDEsImNvbS52aXRvY2Fzc2lzaS5sdXhsaXRlIl0.
For CM/AOKP based ROMs this can be done from the Display -> Brightness sub-menu of your device's settings area. CM10.1 has an excellent and simple adjustment interface.
-Build.prop Tweaks (rooted users)
You can add the tweaks below into your build.prop file that may or may not help with battery life. Download BuildProp Editor from the Play Store and add them. They seem to help a bit, but it could be placebo effect. They certainly don't hurt anything so give them a shot and report back what you get. These seem to work with ICS and JB:
ro.config.hw_fast_dormancy=1
ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule=0
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1
pm.sleep_mode=1
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180
net.tcp.buffersize.default=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.wifi=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.umts=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.gprs=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.edge=4096,87380,256960,4096,16384,256960
^ this forum keeps adding a space near the 16384... there shouldn't be any spaces. I think they get disregarded anyway if they are put in the file, so no biggy.
^some of these have presets in BuildProp Editor, some you have to enter yourself. I copy/paste them individually. Don't paste the "=" signs though. Everything before the "=" goes under "Property Name", everything after it goes under "Property Value". If you are experienced you can edit the build.prop file directly using a text editor. Just back it up first and don't screw with the permissions.
-Some other useful apps that help with battery life:
*CPU Sleeper (root users)- Shuts off all but one cpu core when the screen is off. This probably isn't required with a good kernel and governor setup (and a stable phone that sleeps well), and if you are running DS Battery Saver this feature is built-in to it. It uses barely any resources whatsoever, so give it a shot.
*Greenify (root users)- This essentially freezes selected apps when they are not in use. They cannot do background tasks or wake your phone when they are not active. When you attempt to open one of the apps it instantly thaws them for use. After you are done with them it freezes them back up. It is quite brilliant really! It eliminates a lot of wakelocks and battery drain from apps trying to update, gather location data, etc. Use with caution though- don't greenify apps that you actually need to have a data flow from or ones that you use widgets for.
*RootDim (root users) - You know how when you are using your phone in bed at night and the screen is just too bright, even on the dimmest setting? This app lets you go even dimmer. Less brightness means less power, so it will reduce battery usage in the process.
-Apps that help diagnose battery drains
*Better Battery Stats - Good for discovering the cause of battery-draining wakelocks. Just uninstall it when you're done using it to diagnose- otherwise it is constantly doing its thing which is not going to help battery life any!
*OS Monitor - See if your CPU is settling down like it should and see what is keeping it busy. It also has a ton of other advanced options and features.
...there's too many apps to list here! Share the ones you like I'll add more later.
-Adjust your advanced Wifi settings
Go to Settings -> Wifi, then hit Menu -> Advanced
Most people agree that Network Notification should be UNCHECKED, Keep WiFi during sleep should be 'Always', and 'Avoid poor connections' and 'WiFi optimization' should be CHECKED.
If you have a noisy wifi router (some Netgears are guilty) that keeps waking your device from sleep with wifi packets you may get better results if you change Wifi During Sleep to 'Never' or 'Only when plugged in'.
-Watch the reboots!
Every time your phone reboots, Android checks the SD card for errors and then runs the Media Scanner to take inventory of all media files. Both processes consume power, so try to limit unplugged reboots. The more files on your SD card, the longer Media Scanner has to work, so get rid of unnecessary files cluttering up your card. You may have some luck using .nomedia files to tag directories to be skipped during scanning. You can also use an app like this to disable the automatic Media Scanning Service. It also lets you scan on demand. Caution- If you don't ever do a scan, then new pictures won't appear in your gallery nor will new music appear in your player.
I'm sure I'll think of some things later that I have forgotten, and I'll discover new things... I'll update this when I do.
Please share your findings so that this can be the best battery saving thread... In the world.
Very interesting and helpful info.
Thank you very much !!! :good::good::good:
Couple things I'd add, especially if you're running a CM-based ROM
Get NoBloat and disable the following:
SuperUser - Get SuperSU instead, less battery drain.
CM Update Checker - Every time I use my phone to go online (I don't have data on 24/7) this thing pops up and wants to check for updates, but never properly gets flushed. Disabling this one app dropped my hourly drain by about 1.5% on CM10
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Couple things I'd add, especially if you're running a CM-based ROM
Get NoBloat and disable the following:
SuperUser - Get SuperSU instead, less battery drain.
CM Update Checker - Every time I use my phone to go online (I don't have data on 24/7) this thing pops up and wants to check for updates, but never properly gets flushed. Disabling this one app dropped my hourly drain by about 1.5% on CM10
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Thanks for this- I just disabled CM Updater.
BTW with JB there's no need to download NoBloat- you can disable most apps (including this one) from the built-in App manager. Settings -> Apps -> All -> CM Updater -> Disable
Here's another trick for a specific type of battery drain: (you don't apply the fix in on your phone though)
Symptoms:
1) Your phone drains its battery while doing basically nothing while connected to your wifi router.
2) BBS shows massive amounts of wlan_rx_wake wakelocks
3) Android OS seems to be a high contributor to battery use
Fix #1: (Found HERE) "Change DTIM value in your router configuration from 1 (default) to 255. This value is usually in Advanced->Wireless tab on most routers."
^Seems to help a lot.
Fix #2: Set a static IP on your phone for your home network. The easiest way to do this is to find out what address range your router uses when it hands out IP address via DHCP, then hard-set an IP on your phone that is not in that range so that there won't be any conflicts with other devices that connect to your network. You'll need to consult your internets and googles to figure out how to get this information from your router, if you don't know how. Once you know a clear address you can use, go into your phones Wifi Settings, long-touch your network name, hit 'Modify', 'Advanced', punch in the static IP you wish to use. This might not be an option on corporate or shared housing wireless routers.
Fix #3: Check ALL computers on your network for the presence of the Dropbox software. Mac, Windows and Linux computers alike. If it is running in the system tray, click it, go into preferences, turn off 'LAN Sync'. This little booger wreaks havoc with wifi locks on some Android devices.
mpsantiago said:
Thanks for this- I just disabled CM Updater.
BTW with JB there's no need to download NoBloat- you can disable most apps (including this one) from the built-in App manager. Settings -> Apps -> All -> CM Updater -> Disable
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I've found that for whatever reason the built-in app disabler doesn't always work. I still like using NoBloat better.
Second to this, once you do disable a bunch of apps it's good to boot back in to recovery and wipe dalvik/fix permissions.
jekostas said:
I've found that for whatever reason the built-in app disabler doesn't always work. I still like using NoBloat better.
Second to this, once you do disable a bunch of apps it's good to boot back in to recovery and wipe dalvik/fix permissions.
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I agree.
Thanks for all the info it is very interesting! I'll be trying this
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Thanks for all the info it is very interesting! I'll be trying this
thanks you. it greats:good:
LTE battery drain
Any good tips for reducing battery drain in LTE and Wifi for 20c?
Updated the OP... from now on I'll just put new tips at the top of the list.
frankshi said:
Any good tips for reducing battery drain in LTE and Wifi for 20c?
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What ROM are you using and is LTE available in your area?
Awesome guide man, +thanks:good:
Oh this is kinda off-topic but Mattman86 I wanted to ask you, I just installed your Hono CM9 Full Throttle rom and I'm having some issues putting the apps onto my SD-Card. Whenever I move them (through titanium backup or just standard move to sd in settings) whenever my phone restarts the apps disappear and or say "app not installed" then they are a green default android icon and just don't work :\ Also does Wind Kernal work with your 4.0.4 Rom?
alainmona said:
Awesome guide man, +thanks:good:
Oh this is kinda off-topic but Mattman86 I wanted to ask you, I just installed your Hono CM9 Full Throttle rom and I'm having some issues putting the apps onto my SD-Card. Whenever I move them (through titanium backup or just standard move to sd in settings) whenever my phone restarts the apps disappear and or say "app not installed" then they are a green default android icon and just don't work :\ Also does Wind Kernal work with your 4.0.4 Rom?
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I haven't done anything with CM9.
I currently have the ROM in my signature with Wind Kernel 3.5 and Battery Guru along with SetCPU installed and I get roughly 23 hours of battery.
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I haven't done anything with CM9.
I currently have the ROM in my signature with Wind Kernel 3.5 and Battery Guru along with SetCPU installed and I get roughly 23 hours of battery.
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Oh then I'm tripping then haha, I have a question though. I tried installing Liquid Nitro and every time I tend to wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, and wipe system. It just hangs at the LG logo and I haven't had the ability to try out your v7 or for that matter any of the other previous Liquid Nitro. I'll send you a PM since I can't really post in the development section due to my lack of postage xD :cyclops:
On the CM 10.1M3 with wind kernel 1.8, after one day of normal use with WiFi off and Data Off and Location services off I got Google Maps being the worst offender battery wise, the weird part is that I didn't really used maps that day. So even with everything off some service is still eating bat in background.
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Didn't see it posted so I though I be the first, If it was sorry.
How to Increase Battery Life on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 or Simply how to make it last longer though out the day. Have another Tip? Leave a comment and let me know, Ill add them.
My Top 10 Tips for saving Battery Life.
1- Enable power saver
2- Disable unnecessary features & gestures
3- Turn off WiFi & Bluetooth when not needed
4- Delete unused widgets
5- Close applications that you are not using
6- Toggle From 4G to 2G
7- Disabling Background Data:
8- Changing Application Sync Settings:
9- Set Brightness to ” Auto ” and lower Timeout Duration:
10- Avoid Live wallpapers, instead set Dark wallpapers.
I installed Snapdragon Battery Guru from the Play Store. Good reports about it from people who use it on other Snapdragon powered devices
DS Battery Saver works wonders! With it I can easily get a day and a half of battery life under moderate use. Disabling location services will save your battery marginally also.
I used better battery stats and found out carrier IQ was waking the phone out of deep sleep the most... and quite often. since I disabled carrier IQ I have had much better battery life
You will need root, and a file explorer, go to /system/app and there are 3 files that begin with "IQ", at the end of those files add ".bak"
so it would be IQiforgotthefilename.apk.bak
do that for all 3 files, reboot, and now your phone wont be woken out of deeps sleep nearly as often
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I used better battery stats and found out carrier IQ was waking the phone out of deep sleep the most... and quite often. since I disabled carrier IQ I have had much better battery life
You will need root, and a file explorer, go to /system/app and there are 3 files that begin with "IQ", at the end of those files add ".bak"
so it would be IQiforgotthefilename.apk.bak
do that for all 3 files, reboot, and now your phone wont be woken out of deeps sleep nearly as often
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What is carrier iq for, what does it do? Is it for the tmobile name I'd?
Does everything else still work fine after you disabled it?
Instead of doing that can I freeze it through titanium?
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http://gizmodo.com/5864220/what-is-carrier-iq
It basically track you so they know how better to sell stuff to customers. There is no need for it. And some people are understandably very upset that it's even on phones.
I found the info on how to disable carrier is on another forum post. And apparently even if you freeze it, it will still activate if the apks are in system folder. If you add the .bak, it makes it so those files in a way no longer exist, but if for some reason you wanted to restore them, just remove the .bak and reboot. It will be like you never did anything.
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Carrier IQ. sounds familiar.
Or you can use an app called "greenify" from the App Store. If you use Titinium Backup, change some system apps into user apps then have "Greenify" snooze them.
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Didn't see it posted so I though I be the first, If it was sorry.
How to Increase Battery Life on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 or Simply how to make it last longer though out the day. Have another Tip? Leave a comment and let me know, Ill add them.
My Top 10 Tips for saving Battery Life.
1- Enable power saver
2- Disable unnecessary features & gestures
3- Turn off WiFi & Bluetooth when not needed
4- Delete unused widgets
5- Close applications that you are not using
6- Toggle From 4G to 2G
7- Disabling Background Data:
8- Changing Application Sync Settings:
9- Set Brightness to ” Auto ” and lower Timeout Duration:
10- Avoid Live wallpapers, instead set Dark wallpapers.
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Thanks you, in GSM mode I get full bars YAY :laugh:
Limeybastard said:
Thanks you, in GSM mode I get full bars YAY :laugh:
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Sarcastic? Full bars? where you not getting that with 4G?
blackout720 said:
Sarcastic? Full bars? where you not getting that with 4G?
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Wasn't being sarcastic. Hitting my note 3 into gsm mode prolongs the battery even further. When at home in use wifi so this tip was perfect for me currently got 20 hours with 64% juice left.
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Limeybastard said:
Wasn't being sarcastic. Hitting my note 3 into gsm mode prolongs the battery even further. When at home in use wifi so this tip was perfect for me currently got 20 hours with 64% juice left.
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If you get good hspa signal in your area, it is probably better to use wcdma mode only. Umts is very efficient and edge/GPRS are rumored to get refarmed in the next couple of years by at&t and T-Mobile. Believe it when I see it though.
sent from my sm-900t.
Check it. And that's with Google services raping my ass.
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Limeybastard said:
Check it. And that's with Google services raping my ass.
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In Marshmallow we had the enable LED option under Settings -> Screen, on Nougat this option is not there anymore, Light Flow with Normal/Direct/ROOT mode doesn't work too..
Does anyone knows an easy way tô enable the LED?
Since Marshmallow I've been enabling Miracast with a simple line on build.prop, hopefully there is another for enabling the LED.
Thanks.
Settings - Notifications - Settings cod - Pulse notification light
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Thanks! I haven't seem that menu..
The only bug on N that I am experiencing is that some apps seem to no longer trigger the notification light. Chrome does, for example, but Touchdown does not.
is sound for charging and led for charging is working in the Android N
MORADESSA said:
is sound for charging and led for charging is working in the Android N
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Led isn't enabled while charging. I don't know why google doesn't likes leds.
Nidstang said:
The only bug on N that I am experiencing is that some apps seem to no longer trigger the notification light. Chrome does, for example, but Touchdown does not.
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I noticed this on one of my apps when I set the phone down for a few hours like overnight, no light and no sound. I woke up this AM and seen no notification light and then as soon as i pressed the power button to wake up the screen the notification sound played. defiantly a bug, not sure if its with one specific app or across the board. I have yet to get a late night call, as far as I know.
carm01 said:
I noticed this on one of my apps when I set the phone down for a few hours like overnight, no light and no sound. I woke up this AM and seen no notification light and then as soon as i pressed the power button to wake up the screen the notification sound played. defiantly a bug, not sure if its with one specific app or across the board. I have yet to get a late night call, as far as I know.
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Do you charge overnight? If not, probably just doze.
RobbieCrash said:
Do you charge overnight? If not, probably just doze.
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It should not matter if it was charging or not, I'm trying to understand where you are going with this?
The app functions perfectly until the phone is left alone for several hours then it will never notify, no light, no sound, nothing until I hit the power button., then the sound played no light obviously.
I am tempted to start a thread on this shortly, but I need to see if other apps behave the same way.
carm01 said:
It should not matter if it was charging or not, I'm trying to understand where you are going with this?
The app functions perfectly until the phone is left alone for several hours then it will never notify, no light, no sound, nothing until I hit the power button., then the sound played no light obviously.
I am tempted to start a thread on this shortly, but I need to see if other apps behave the same way.
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Disable battery optimizations for the poorly coded app.
Settings > Battery > three dot menu button > Battery optimization > Select Not Optimized and change to All apps > Find and select app > Pick Don't optimize > Done
PiousInquisitor said:
Disable battery optimizations for the poorly coded app.
Settings > Battery > three dot menu button > Battery optimization > Select Not Optimized and change to All apps > Find and select app > Pick Don't optimize > Done
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I know there is that option, however I did not have to preform this in 6.0.1 for any app, so that's why I am wondering whats up and if that will make a difference or not. I do know that apps with GCS can automatically bypass this from what I read, but that has to be written into the app. I will continue to experiment with seeing what apps do it or do not do it without messing around with turning off optimization for any app like with 6.0.1 . Either this version of doze is overly aggressive or its a bug
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I know there is that option, however I did not have to preform this in 6.0.1 for any app, so that's why I am wondering whats up and if that will make a difference or not. I do know that apps with GCS can automatically bypass this from what I read, but that has to be written into the app. I will continue to experiment with seeing what apps do it or do not do it without messing around with turning off optimization for any app like with 6.0.1 . Either this version of doze is overly aggressive or its a bug
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Or the app hasn't been updated to cope with the improvements made to doze in N.
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Or the app hasn't been updated to cope with the improvements made to doze in N.
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Well, in any case its too early to tell what it is, at least for my level of understanding the android OS as well as some others on here.
I guess I will just sit tight n wait and see what others are saying about notifications
Thanks
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Well, in any case its too early to tell what it is, at least for my level of understanding the android OS as well as some others on here.
I guess I will just sit tight n wait and see what others are saying about notifications
Thanks
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From my understanding/experience, Doze is significantly more aggressive now than it was in 6. Which is great for battery life, but annoying when you're watching TV and expecting an email or some such.
The charging comment in my other post was due to the understanding that doze is disabled while charging; if you charge over night everything should come in normally, but if you just leave the phone down then it will not.
RobbieCrash said:
From my understanding/experience, Doze is significantly more aggressive now than it was in 6. Which is great for battery life, but annoying when you're watching TV and expecting an email or some such.
The charging comment in my other post was due to the understanding that doze is disabled while charging; if you charge over night everything should come in normally, but if you just leave the phone down then it will not.
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I thought that might be what you might be getting at .
If doze is more aggressive, i think it is overly aggressive to the point where sometime within an hour of setting your phone down it will only alert for calls/text messages, nothing else, then if the text come in early enough in the light the notification light will completely stop by the time you wake up. I am just not too happy about how overly aggressive this is as like you stated expecting someone to contact you in some way you are SOL. I don't think one should have to go through every single app to set it manually, that is pointless IMO
I have re flashed my system partition since the factory images came out a few hours ago so maybe(not) that could help but I am not optimistic.
Thanks for clearing that up
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I thought that might be what you might be getting at .
If doze is more aggressive, i think it is overly aggressive to the point where sometime within an hour of setting your phone down it will only alert for calls/text messages, nothing else, then if the text come in early enough in the light the notification light will completely stop by the time you wake up. I am just not too happy about how overly aggressive this is as like you stated expecting someone to contact you in some way you are SOL. I don't think one should have to go through every single app to set it manually, that is pointless IMO
I have re flashed my system partition since the factory images came out a few hours ago so maybe(not) that could help but I am not optimistic.
Thanks for clearing that up
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Doze does not completely kill the services. It just adds more and more delay to its syncing, so even if doze is working aggressively, the notifications should be delayed (like by some seconds or minutes), not completely disabled. The case you are stating doesn't seems normal. I don't know if the apps need to be updated.
carm01 said:
I noticed this on one of my apps when I set the phone down for a few hours like overnight, no light and no sound. I woke up this AM and seen no notification light and then as soon as i pressed the power button to wake up the screen the notification sound played. defiantly a bug, not sure if its with one specific app or across the board. I have yet to get a late night call, as far as I know.
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So, at least in my case, I solved this issue with the notification light. I went into Settings --> System UI Tuner --> Other --> Power Notification Controls --> and turned them on. Then, Settings --> Notifications --> Touchdown (the app that was giving me problems) --> and changed the notification level from Auto to Level 4 (one down from the top).
Since then, the notification light works as expected.
PiousInquisitor said:
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Thanks been bugging me for days wondered if had been disabled in N just hidden in the cog setting hadn't noticed it lol
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Hi guys I have found a solution to the lag at the lockscreen!
Please download the following app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.wl
App Name- Wake Lock Manager
Steps:
1. Install the above app and open it.
2. Click on PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK.
3. The above numbers should go to 4.
4. Now go into options (by pressing the menu button)
5. Check the following boxes:
Autostart On boot
Notifications
6. Close the app and enjoy!
You may go in app manager and untick "show notifications" if you find the app notifications annoying or unnecessary.
I have tried this on 5 phones and it works perfectly. It does not affect the phone otherwise and it also does not use extra battery(I have tested it).
Questions are always welcomed!
Here is my link to the youtube video for the same:
https://youtu.be/QqT63RrAims
Thank you.
It works well , thank you for sharing.
musmax said:
It works well , thank you for sharing.
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Anytime!
thnks a lot
Surely it works, but this isn't a good solution.
Selecting number 4 in that app means that your phone will be "forced" in a partial wake lock state.
In other words when the screen goes off, the cpu it's still running and will never go to deep sleep (normal standby state).
If you use your phone a lot, this will affect battery life only a bit.
However if with a single charge your phone usually last 1-2 days, forcing a partial wake lock will affect a lot battery life.
Battery will discharge also when you are not using your phone... because cpu will be always on (partial wake lock).
So.. this is a "solution", but not a good solution.
Thanks for sharing this tips, but be aware.. if you use this app your phone's cpu will never go to deep sleep.
Hi!
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thnks a lot
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Welcome bro!
FSRider said:
Surely it works, but this isn't a good solution.
Selecting number 4 in that app means that your phone will be "forced" in a partial wake lock state.
In other words when the screen goes off, the cpu it's still running and will never go to deep sleep (normal standby state).
If you use your phone a lot, this will affect battery life only a bit.
However if with a single charge your phone usually last 1-2 days, forcing a partial wake lock will affect a lot battery life.
Battery will discharge also when you are not using your phone... because cpu will be always on (partial wake lock).
So.. this is a "solution", but not a good solution.
Thanks for sharing this tips, but be aware.. if you use this app your phone's cpu will never go to deep sleep.
Hi!
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Hi FSRider,
I know what you are trying to say and I had the same doubts earlier. So I tested it for a week.
What i did was,
First I didnt use phone much(only calling and msging) for a day and then did the same thing using the app running. I found that the difference in consumption was very less. In first case 30% was consumed and in the 2nd case 33% was consumed.
Secondly, I played some heavy games for 1 and half our and without the app the consumption was 28% and with the app it was 31%.
Thirdly, I just didnt touch my phone for 5 hours. Without the app the consumption was 1% or less and beleive me with the app too it was 1%.
Cheers!
Hi all lockscreen lag fixed in latest build which is on sammobile download it and flash you will not face any issue
sidcool121 said:
Hi all lockscreen lag fixed in latest build which is on sammobile download it and flash you will not face any issue
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I have installed the latest build but still the lockscreen lag is present. I guess currently the above given method is the only method to remove that lag.