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Hi Guys!
I am facing a very extreme battery draining situation...
Something is keep waking up my phone while my screen is turned off.
Is there any good app out there I could monitor / Find out what is constantly waking up my phone? I can not find any good app for that.
Thanks for your help in advance.
Rem-X said:
Hi Guys!
I am facing a very extreme battery draining situation...
Something is keep waking up my phone while my screen is turned off.
Is there any good app out there I could monitor / Find out what is constantly waking up my phone? I can not find any good app for that.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Settings->About Phone->Battery->Battery Use
Get yourself rooted and grab SetCPU. I have a profile set on that which underclocks my CPU when the screen is off. Doing this GREATLY increased my battery life.
I also use Tom Hubalek's Battery Gauge Widget to help me monitor my battery. But, after using the RCMix S v2.0 ROM and calibrating my battery (and the mentioned CetCPU settings) I get a good day out of my phone with a lot of wifi and 3g usage.
Never had any issue so far with my battery... I am checking battery usage in the settings menu but it is not enough. Need to see what exactly using my battery 'cause its unacceptable to drain 60% in 5 hours... The only thing I can see that something is using (waking up) the phone even when the screen is turned off...
I am using SetCPU as well with Smartass governor... can not be the problem...
Also set a profile for screen off - i have it set to 245min-245max smartass. It seems to save battery more than just set on the main screen.
davebugyi said:
Also set a profile for screen off - i have it set to 245min-245max smartass. It seems to save battery more than just set on the main screen.
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Hmmmm... never tried that before... I'll give it a try. Thx
But ANYWAY... something is using my phone and thats not normal imo...
Rem-X said:
Never had any issue so far with my battery... I am checking battery usage in the settings menu but it is not enough. Need to see what exactly using my battery 'cause its unacceptable to drain 60% in 5 hours... The only thing I can see that something is using (waking up) the phone even when the screen is turned off...
I am using SetCPU as well with Smartass governor... can not be the problem...
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Have you tried changing the Wi-Fi sleep policy? Also, pocket mode and fastboot, if you have those options.
My SetCPU is set to OnDemand. I thought Smartass was unstable and gobbled more power than it should? I dunno, though, I use whatever the ROM developer uses for the ROM; I don't change anything.
But you're right, my phone has lost 61% in 14 hours. 60 in 5 is wrong.
I think JuiceDefender has some of the features you're looking for, though:
https://market.android.com/search?q=juice+defender+battery&so=1&c=apps
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Also set a profile for screen off - i have it set to 245min-245max smartass. It seems to save battery more than just set on the main screen.
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Ach, I have mine to 245-600MHz when the screen is off. Any less and my rom is lacky when the screen wakes. Had the same settings as you for other none Sense 3.0 ROM's though. MAJOR power saving. If you leave your phone downloading, though, the screen off profile kills the download rate.
Check it out, upload a file to your phone via wifi, turn the screen off and watch the speed plummet to about 100kbs!
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Anyway, I had a massive power saving when I used this ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988570
Still using it today!
Kryten2k35 said:
Ach, I have mine to 245-600MHz when the screen is off. Any less and my rom is lacky when the screen wakes. Had the same settings as you for other none Sense 3.0 ROM's though. MAJOR power saving. If you leave your phone downloading, though, the screen off profile kills the download rate.
Check it out, upload a file to your phone via wifi, turn the screen off and watch the speed plummet to about 100kbs!
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Anyway, I had a massive power saving when I used this ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988570
Still using it today!
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I am using LeeDroid 3.0.8.2, never had such problem... weird...
Dialer
If you're using a gingerbread based ROM, it could also be the dialer. At least it is for me. Sometimes he just goes crazy and I have to reboot the phone. Apparently the dialer checks the phones proximity using the sensors again and again.
For further reference and solutions see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069251
Juice defender and Setcpu are in the same basket as task killers.
If you are using Smartass you don't need any profiles. Check your widgets, probably you have one which updates every second and kills your battery.
Hi all,
i'm new with DHD, i flashed Revolution rom and i have high battery drain.
I charged my phone untill current was 0 mA, deleted the battery info and reboot.
So i turned on only data connection and leaved about 8 hours sleeping.. from 10pm to 10am all sync are off.. the result is: -25%!!!
I'm trying to find the batterykillerapp but i can't do it!
If i type the code *#*#4636#*#* i can see only battery info, no battery history, if i try using Spare Parts the app crash
how can i find the app that sucks my battery life?
lilfo said:
Hi all,
i'm new with DHD, i flashed Revolution rom and i have high battery drain.
I charged my phone untill current was 0 mA, deleted the battery info and reboot.
So i turned on only data connection and leaved about 8 hours sleeping.. from 10pm to 10am all sync are off.. the result is: -25%!!!
I'm trying to find the batterykillerapp but i can't do it!
If i type the code *#*#4636#*#* i can see only battery info, no battery history, if i try using Spare Parts the app crash
how can i find the app that sucks my battery life?
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Go back to the thread and look for the radio recommended for the rom. I'm pretty sure these radios are the main reason for battery drain
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What do you mean by battery drain? if it goes down fast when you're using your phone. That's not battery drain at all.
You can also go to OC daemon and set governor to ondemand so that the CPU doesn't stay on higher clocks.
i mean that battery goes down fast when i'm not using the phone! -25% in a night
sleep governor is on conservative and wake governor ondemand
lilfo said:
even if i never use the radio?
i mean that battery goes down fast when i'm not using the phone! -25% in a night
sleep governor is on conservative and wake governor ondemand
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Tried wiping battstat?
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ABorgh do you mean the battery calibration?
I'm going to do it again now that i've flashed the radio..
I tried to find a ROM for lite user. Can anyone give me information?
lilfo said:
ABorgh do you mean the battery calibration?
I'm going to do it again now that i've flashed the radio..
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Make sure you have full battery before going into clockwork recovery and wiping battstat
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Hi, is it possible to wipe batery stats without having root or custom roms installed? My battery drains very fast.
@niyesuh
When you enter Recovery , your screen will be black ,that means you don't have a custom recovery installed . You need to have Root & RomManager whit Clockwork Recovery installed in order to wipe battery stats .
niyesuh said:
Hi, is it possible to wipe batery stats without having root or custom roms installed? My battery drains very fast.
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That can be depending on other stuff, like bloatware on a stock rom
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Hey guys, something better with recommended radio!
I'm using the phone from 15 h 24m and i'm at 52%
I think there is still something to fix because in 8 of this 15 h the phone was in sleeping mode and the battery gone down around of 15%
From battery info in the setting menu i can see: Display (40%); System (15%); Standby (13%); Dialer (13%); Idle (12%); Voice Call (5%); Whatsapp (2%).
Any suggestion?
lilfo said:
Hey guys, something better with recommended radio!
I'm using the phone from 15 h 24m and i'm at 52%
I think there is still something to fix because in 8 of this 15 h the phone was in sleeping mode and the battery gone down around of 15%
From battery info in the setting menu i can see: Display (40%); System (15%); Standby (13%); Dialer (13%); Idle (12%); Voice Call (5%); Whatsapp (2%).
Any suggestion?
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You have the best battery usage I have ever seen My battery lasts about 8 hours!
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really? but is it normal that in sleeping mode i have peeks of 200/300 mA?? shouldn't stay between 3 and 8 mA??
lilfo said:
really? but is it normal that in sleeping mode i have peeks of 200/300 mA?? shouldn't stay between 3 and 8 mA??
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How much in percent do your phone drain per hour?
Mine drain about 1-2%/H
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now 1-2% me too, so it's ok? but peeks in the log means that something run in sleep mode, so i would find this app and kill it to have better battery perform
lilfo said:
now 1-2% me too, so it's ok? but peeks in the log means that something run in sleep mode, so i would find this app and kill it to have better battery perform
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These peaks that you speak of can be the radio unit trying to find good reception. Try turning the data, LTE 3G and edge, off and see if it drains slower! But I don't see anything wierd with your battery usage or battery
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mhhh... i think you right! i'm by bedroom the reception is not so good and phone always skip between 3ITA and roaming.. i'll retry in another room with better reception
lilfo said:
mhhh... i think you right! i'm by bedroom the reception is not so good and phone always skip between 3ITA and roaming.. i'll retry in another room with better reception
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Try shutting the data off completely and then check! For more accurate results
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ok thanks for the help
I've got another question.. do you know what is better for the battery life? Should i charge it from 0% to 100% every time or trying to stay from 30-70% or if possible 40-60%?
lilfo said:
ok thanks for the help
I've got another question.. do you know what is better for the battery life? Should i charge it from 0% to 100% every time or trying to stay from 30-70% or if possible 40-60%?
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Well lithium batteries fell best if the are fully recharged once or twice a month and then charging just whenever you feel like it really! like from 30 to 76 percent. They do not need so much looking after.
My phone:
- stock rom .62
- latest doomkernel (v10)
-.36 baseband
I removed all bloat, have 310mb internal memory free (ran supercharger)
I configured setcpu 806max, 134min, smartass governor and screen off profile 365max 134min
When the screen is off, i don't have the drain. It was at 74% when i went to sleep, when i got up about 9 hours later it was STILL at 74%, so there's practically no drain when the screen is off which is really nice.
But when the screen is on, the drain is immense. I have about 1% drain every 3min when the screen is on. It's on max brightness. I just left the screen on continuously for about 3 hours, and it has gone from 70% to 14% in just those 3 hours leaving the screen on (just leaving the screen on, doing nothing else on the phone).
Is this normal? If not, can somebody tell me how i can find out what is causing this drain? I'm happy about the drain (which is zero to none) when the screen is off though...
you are doing everything ,however if you are using high powered apps like Muffin Knight/Experiment /etc they will drain battery fast under 3 hours
I'm not running any apps besides the standard+setcpu
Display needs to be lowered. Make it Auto.
Turn Wifi off. If you don't need it, it's just awful to have it on because it's always searching & searching and wasting battery.
Also, use this app that I'll link below. It has something called a "Smart Power-saving" function where all 2/3/4G and WiFi will shut off when your battery is 20% or lower, thus leaving only Phone and SMS activated, and there's an option for root users where the cpu will underclock when the screen is locked! It DEFINITELY helps!
The market page is all in Chinese, but the app is in English.
https://market.android.com/details?...DIxMiwiY29tLmRpYW54aW5vcy5wb3dlcm1hbmFnZXIiXQ..
Hey guys. So, I'm currently using a stock rom for the XS w/ SSKernel v7 on it. I usually run my phone in OnDemand governor w/ 1.62ghz up and 138mhz (thru SystemTuner). When my phone is on standby for like 7-8 hours, 5-10% of my battery gets eaten up. And when I check the battery consumption (thru Settings ->Battery ->Battery Graph illustration), the phone is usually awake for like 75-90% of the time. How is this possible and are there any ways on lowering this down so that I could save more battery during standby?? Hope you guys could help me out with this Thanks..
P.S. WiFi, BT, Data Access(Mobile Internet) are off. Only the network carrier sim is on.
Can you provide a screenshot
Like this
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I just charged my phone again But your awake length isn't that much. How did you do it? I tried switching to KA19 rom. Still testing it out though.
First, ur settings are not optimal.
Second, dont trust ur battery. Use betterbatterystats to look for wakelocks and something like that.
Here's my screenshot. Apparently, that 7 hours is like standby coz I was sleeping at that time. You could see that it's been awake for a heck of a time and it's just so annoying to see that. What should I do??
Battery was from 82%-76% when I left it at standby mode.
I'm currently running 4.1.2 stock, rooted. With Locked BL. The battery drain has been absolutely shocking. Help
Download from play store this app: Du Battery Saver&Switch Widget! I have this app since last week and it really works...
People in here are right. Greenify it's more than enough. But also Du Battery Saver can do the trick, what's great about it is that is lowering your CPU frequency when screenlock, so try them out.
naeem123 said:
I'm currently running 4.1.2 stock, rooted. With Locked BL. The battery drain has been absolutely shocking. Help
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Use screen settings as low as possible. Trust me, thats the main cause of fast battery drain.
Use Lux auto brighteness. Its a good app.
Next one , use titanium backup to freeze the app that you are not using. Its always a good to freeze app, so it wont run in the background and u can save RAM.
Use greenify. Thats the best app for hibernating the apps. That way both battery and RAM is saved.
And use DU battery Saver , thats also an awesome app. in which u can set the phone to change your profile on time basis, and lower frequency of cpu when screen is locked so battery is saved.
Hope u got some ways to prevent battery drain to a limit
Those apps are all great, but why have a HD Screen phone when you have to lower the screen brightness to a minimum, that sucks.
pannekoek28 said:
Could someone give me a guide to du battery? I dont want to turn off wifi/data because i wont get whatsapp messages
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It's very simple, at du battery select saver at the bottom and create your own custom mode!
Thank you all for the responses, I will try out all the suggested apps and get back to you all. Thank you!
Keep the brightness around 35%. I find it perfect for indoors. Your screen on time should be atleast between 2:30 to 3 hrs on average.
Use darker wallpapers
And underclock to 1.2ghz or something if you dont use resource hungry apps. Use conservative governor and noop scheduler.
Trinity ROM
Screen brightness at 35%
Stamina mode on
Using greenify
Only 2G networks
Moderate Wi-Fi usage
Default CPU frequencies
Also, don't use battery savers like go battery saver and battery doctor, they only turn down brightness and data networks, alot of them don't have a great effect in battery life. Use apps that freeze/hibernate apps like greenify and snapdragomln battery guru.
naeem123 said:
I'm currently running 4.1.2 stock, rooted. With Locked BL. The battery drain has been absolutely shocking. Help
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so i did realise that you had your screen on alot of the time.... that is generaly 1 reason why , i can watch 8 hours straight of movies on my XS where as on a stock rom about 3 hours , so the XS battery realy depends
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sometimes the battery will just need to be used normaly just so it can calibrate its self (some weird reason not using my XS for 2 days fixed my battery issues)
i suggest checking if there are any apps that run in the background, just remove them if you dont need them (could prevent your XS from sleeping and also a posible overheat)
I also suggest making sure that your brightness isnt too high, (obviess)
the more you use your XS the shorter the battery lasts day by day, it is nessicary to not use your xs too much as it will take a few days for the life to go back to normal ,(like i said i had a simular issue)
I can see a strange behavior of Mediaserver process. It consumes too much battery. Usually it points to the problem with scanning your media files.
You can use BetterBatteryStats to find out the cause of it.