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I have a question regarding my battery life. Yesterday night at 10:00 pm i played +/- 40 minutes on games like Angry Birds and used my 3G connection for about 10 minutes. My battery dropped from 100% to 61%. When i didnt use my phone (just idle mode) @ 11:46 pm i wanted to check how much battery i had left today in the morning (10:00 am) ..... it whas completely dead 0% .... i have this phone since august but if i knew the battery life whas so crap i would have picked another device.
Is there a way to improve it ??? since i read in diffrent topics people can use their desire for 2 days without a recharge.
- Not rooted
- Froyo 2.2
The HTC Desire is a smartphone running powerful mobile OS and a lot of additional gadgets like GPS, ...
So comparing battery life is impossible.
You can get a battery life of a mobile phone/week if you use it like a mobile phone: No GPS, no data, no playing games, no surfing, just occasional talking. So the battery life is normal and good, compared to mobile phones.
But normally you use it like a smartphone, thus you use it daily, play some games, ... which results in a battery life of a few hours (navigation) up to two or three days (moderate use), with an average battery life of a day (heavy use).
However, one thing for sure: Something is wrong with your phone.
This dosen't mean something is broken, rather you use an app/setting, which causes the battery drain, so you did something wrong, you're the failure, not the device!
Playing a game drains the battery fast. The display is on, probably max. brightness and the CPU and GPU is working like hell. It also gets warm, so you can feel the increased power consumption.
In sleep mode however, it should consume much less than it did for you. Maybe 2% each hour.
So to find what app you've installed or what app you keep in the background running, install a program like Android System Info and take a look at the task list, CPU load should be around 10% if you wait a few seconds and do nothing.
Take a look at the running services (android settings, applications, ...) and check if you really need all of them or if an app is active which you don't use. Then don't force close it, only idiots do this, rather open the app and deactivate the service (like automatic updating)
Next option: Test the battery life again. Maybe an app crashed and caused the increased power draw and now everything is working fine again and battery life is normal again. Then it's impossible to find a culprit with Android System Info.
Also tell us what settings you've activated: GPS/Wifi/Data/BT/...
This is happening because, some process not letting your device to sleep..!!
All you need to do is type *#*#4636#*#*
and check the battery history ,you'll get to know which process is using your battery, and remove that application.
UpSpin said:
The HTC Desire is a smartphone running powerful mobile OS and a lot of additional gadgets like GPS, ...
So comparing battery life is impossible.
You can get a battery life of a mobile phone/week if you use it like a mobile phone: No GPS, no data, no playing games, no surfing, just occasional talking. So the battery life is normal and good, compared to mobile phones.
But normally you use it like a smartphone, thus you use it daily, play some games, ... which results in a battery life of a few hours (navigation) up to two or three days (moderate use), with an average battery life of a day (heavy use).
However, one thing for sure: Something is wrong with your phone.
This dosen't mean something is broken, rather you use an app/setting, which causes the battery drain, so you did something wrong, you're the failure, not the device!
Playing a game drains the battery fast. The display is on, probably max. brightness and the CPU and GPU is working like hell. It also gets warm, so you can feel the increased power consumption.
In sleep mode however, it should consume much less than it did for you. Maybe 2% each hour.
So to find what app you've installed or what app you keep in the background running, install a program like Android System Info and take a look at the task list, CPU load should be around 10% if you wait a few seconds and do nothing.
Take a look at the running services (android settings, applications, ...) and check if you really need all of them or if an app is active which you don't use. Then don't force close it, only idiots do this, rather open the app and deactivate the service (like automatic updating)
Next option: Test the battery life again. Maybe an app crashed and caused the increased power draw and now everything is working fine again and battery life is normal again. Then it's impossible to find a culprit with Android System Info.
Also tell us what settings you've activated: GPS/Wifi/Data/BT/...
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Brightness is already said to medium, i also turned of those life wallpapers and it still drains like ****. When i look at the battery status it says battery life is good. Maybe a application that is running i dont know, ill try to find it out. So far i have a few apps installed which i rarely use.
harish.awe said:
This is happening because, some process not letting your device to sleep..!!
All you need to do is type *#*#4636#*#*
and check the battery history ,you'll get to know which process is using your battery, and remove that application.
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Thanks will check it out and see what it does now in idle mode.
Idle mode 01:28 pm starts now, will post results in a few hours.
Edit: It's 02:00 pm here and i already lost 4% battery, its 96% now , i did *#*#4636#*#* and checked battery status and it seems wifi is in full use 99.7%. I will turn this off but what about the 3G connection
Edit2: It's 2:24 pm here and the battery status is 92% now, i reveived +/- 4 emails in that time. I checked the status in battery indicator pro and this is what it says
Android system 37%
Mobile Stand-by 22%
Phone inactive 15%
Wi-Fi 15%
view 11%
nothing else......i am really lost now.
Is my battery damaged/broken ? .... how can i reset/callibrate the battery ? or should i contact the shop where i got this phone from for a new battery ?
don't worry, lots of people are having bad battery lifes, and angry bird drain your battery really quickly, so it is quite normal, especially on AMOLED desires.
h3llb3nd4 said:
don't worry, lots of people are having bad battery lifes, and angry bird drain your battery really quickly, so it is quite normal, especially on AMOLED desires.
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Yeah i have AMOLED
PS: After 30 minutes without touching it the battery is still 92%.
you could install setcpu and set profiles to save battry life
Might try that.....but after 1 hour the battery is still 92%.....i guess wifi drained my stuff down all the way as i am pretty sure i turned that thing of last time.
i will do some more tests later....
Edit: After 1 and half hour the battery is still 92%, guess the stock rom isnt that bad .
MichelN said:
Edit2: It's 2:24 pm here and the battery status is 92% now, i reveived +/- 4 emails in that time. I checked the status in battery indicator pro and this is what it says
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Its not 5:09 pm here and the battery is now 91% (idle, not touched)....guess wifi what the bad thing on my phone.
Tested the battery last night and must say i am happy with the results
10:00 pm yesterday the battery whas 60%, today i looked back @ 11:24 am and the battery just dropped with 10% (3G is on), i didn't touch the phone since then.
Stock Rom / Froyo 2.2
The battery drain came from wifi
I wrote HTC about the battery and they just sent me a brand new one So now I have 2 batteries and I think I'm happy DD
You can check your battery usage with a widget called "currentwidget" (search for it on this forum)
Usually on SBY with radio ON my phone drains from 3 to 4 Ma and 2ma in plane mode. (sounds good with a 1400mah battery)
In heavy usage, it can go anything from 150 to 500ma (ie: playing game with wifi ON)!!
For nice graphics, try to install "battery snap" too.
From HTC themself:
“To also help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly:
1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more
2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour
3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well“
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also found this on a swedish website (i useed google translate, to lazy to manually translate it)
A known problem with the new update of the HTC Desire to Android 2.2 Froyo is battery life. How users have experienced the change is highly variable. Several said that battery life has improved, some even talk about a major improvement. The others have had problems that the phone charges from a fully charged battery several times in one day. If you have experienced such problems, there are measures, some simple, others more complicated and time consuming. Below I list things you can try, the lightest at the top.
# 1 Look what it's drawing power. Go to Settings> About phone> Battery> Battery usage or enter * # * # 4636 # * # * on the keypad and look around a bit. Is there anything that seems abnormal, or any program that seems to be the culprit, uninstall simply the application and see if that helps. While you can uninstall applications you believe is in the background and drag the cream from the phone's battery. Some applications may slip into the "Android System" in your battery history.
# 2 Uninstall system control and task killers. Advanced Task Killer and similar programs do more harm than they help. It is unfortunately only to realize this and stop using them. Android is an OS made for having many applications driving on the background. The operating system puts himself applications you do not use the idle to conserve battery power. Different programs that measure your performance on the phone, for example, Task Panel never sets in idle and therefore system resources continuously. If you have such software installed it may be time to consider uninstalling it. More on why the task killers and Android do not go hand in hand in to read this article by Android developer Dianne Hack Born.
# 3 Clean your home screen. It can be a good idea to try if it helps to clean up your Home screens from various widgets.
# 4 Do a soft reset. Discharge the battery completely (not that the phone is turned off), turn off the phone manually, remove the battery and reinsert it, restart your phone and put it on charge. This may have some effect and provide an improved battery life. Such a restoration known as a soft reset and should be tested before you do a master reset (hard reset).
# 5 Do a "hard reset". Have you done all the methods above are still not noticed any major difference? Then it's time to do a master reset of the OS. HTC have said they for some users might went wrong during the update to Froyo causing poor battery life, and when it is easiest to do a reset to get to grips with the problem. Although Android automatically sync contacts in the "cloud" so it might be a good idea to make a backup of your contacts (Contacts> Menu> Import / Export). Note that when you do a hard reset resets the entire phone, including messages, settings, themes, installed applications, etc. These are not the contents of your SD card. There are two methods to restore your phone, do a google search on "hard reset desire," so there are many simple guides. After restoration, the idea not to install any applications you had installed before. Install the programs one at a time and not too many at once.
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Today i've noticed that my Desire uses avfully alot of power in standby;
since it was dead in the morning (while at ~60% when i went to sleep)
the drain @ standby is around 300mA...
So i figured maybe some app is preventing cpu into going to standby, so i've flashed my 3 days old backup, which was working normally at the time (no power drain) but for some reason the power drain stays the same today when i've flashed it.
I've disabled wifi,bluetooth, even put phone to flight mode, but drain is still high, which makes no sense , since its an old backup which was working fine at the time.
Anyway i have AMOLED Desire with Leedroid 2.3d and countts latest kernel.
Its really wierd why this suddenly started to happen.I just hope it isnt something with the hardware....
I've just tried the latest Oxygen rom and its the same thing... high power drain... ;(;(;(
Its really wierd...different roms and the same issue...
Now i've flashed back a fresh leedroid 2.3d and still no luck.I loose almos 30% battery per hour while phone suppost to be in standby!!
I've tried setcpu profiles and set 128Mhz when screen off, but power drain stays the same.
Could it be somekind of hardware damage, becouse i've tried many different roms and still its the sam thing ?
According to some app that monitors whan is using cpu, it says that system_server occupies all the cpu.But i cant find much about this....
Anyway if someone has an idea, i kinda like more than a 3h battery life a bit cooler phone (its quite warm when in "standby")
I've had this issue as well with CMY build #23 but it seems fine in build #24. Also, how do you check you mA output or what ever?
I have checked this with Battery Monitor Widget while having it run off the battery.
Isnt leedroid based off HTC stock rom ?
You could try flashing another kernel but I'm not sure if that would make a difference since it was running fine several days earlier.
tried flashing bunch of different kernels, same thing.
ill try another radio if it helps
If you open spare parts you can see if your phone enters standby and if its not you can see what app is stopping it.
HTC DESIRE CDMA Cyanogen 7
tried older radio... still power usage doesnt drop below 300 mA.
i really suspect that something is wrong with hardware...
only thing left is to unroot device and install stock rom.
will check...
where in spare parts should i check this ?
cant find anything related to standby...
although it seems that "android system"
is eating most of the processor.
hojnikb said:
although it seems that "android system"
is eating most of the processor.
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Get Spare Parts > Battery History
Partial Wake usage - You need to check this from spare parts( more info on Partial Wake usage)
If it says "Android System" / Try it with the following changes
* Settings > Date & Time ( uncheck automatic)
* Settings > Wireless & Networks > Mobile Networks ( uncheck - "Enable Always on mobile")
* As usual disable wifi/bluetooth etc., etc.,
If you use notification bar power control or Battery mod , it also consumes extra cpu usage
one more thing, get Watch Dog Lite from android to check if any app misbehave( consume more cpu)
You who have poor battery should test MIUI 1.1.28 really good battery life!!!!
Highly recommended! Lovely ROM also!
Went from one day to three days of battery life
ukanth said:
Get Spare Parts > Battery History
Partial Wake usage - You need to check this from spare parts( more info on Partial Wake usage)
If it says "Android System" / Try it with the following changes
* Settings > Date & Time ( uncheck automatic)
* Settings > Wireless & Networks > Mobile Networks ( uncheck - "Enable Always on mobile")
* As usual disable wifi/bluetooth etc., etc.,
If you use notification bar power control or Battery mod , it also consumes extra cpu usage
one more thing, get Watch Dog Lite from android to check if any app misbehave( consume more cpu)
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Tried all of this, same thing.Just cant get it below 300mA.
puredesire said:
You who have poor battery should test MIUI 1.1.28 really good battery life!!!!
Highly recommended! Lovely ROM also!
Went from one day to three days of battery life
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Ill give miui a spin, but its not my battery's fauls since its fine, its the power drain thats the issue.
I've also noticed while putting phone to airplane mode, that in this case "Phone Idle"
uses the most battery.But battery drain is still 300+mA.Which is wierd since this suppost to use least power.
Have you tried deleting battery stats? I was getting abnormally high stand-by battery use after flashing to a different ROM from stock; after charging to 100% and deleting battery stats in recovery it really changed.
Then again this can apparently backfire and make the situation worse according to some :/
Ill try this...maybe it helps ...
I've reseted battery stats and flashed a fresh stock froyo (with htc utillity so im rootless now ) and hell power drain is the same !!!!
Guess it must be something with hardware or something...
Hello.
Sometimes my phone works normally about 25hours, sometimes it works twice shorter ~10 hours. I've analyzed battery usage and found out that only difference in Android OS process.
25 hours battery usage
Display - 60%
...
Android OS - 4%
10 hours battery usage
Android OS - 60%
Display - 15%
This definitely looks like a bug. OS should not use more than a display.
Is there any way to found out what is Android OS in details?
Why it takes to many power?
P.S. I guess that bug is triggered by programs like Google maps,
but can't definitely confirm it.
Is there a way to shut off maps till needed?
Get spare parts and you can check what is using what. It could also be useful to get watchdog or similar app to check if you have any apps gone crazy. It isn't unusual though that the screen usage is lower if you just haven't actually used the phone that much as the percentage is always 100% and is divided among the things that used the battery, thus the usage percent doesn't imply mA usage.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
I have still pretty high "Android OS".
Display 31%
Android OS 21%
I've tryed Spare parts (Battery history), but it doesn't help.
It just doesn't display such name.
Is there any other way to find out whois is lurking
behind this mysterious title?
I'm betting you have a "suspend process" issue.
What does Battery history from spare parts say? Choose CPU usage, Since last unplugged. Is "suspend" close to the top? What CPU usage details does it have (if you select it)? Obviously look at this data at the end of your phone's battery life, before you plug in.
Also what rom are you using? With cm7 it seems that the battery stats are quite crazy and don't seem to add up to the actual usage, it's been discussed a bit in the nightly thread. The inaccurate stats don't explain the changes in actual battery drain though...
just to be sure, you have usb debugging enabled right?
I'm on official ROM (no root) with USB debugging enabled (I confirm init issue).
My last guess that "Android os" caused by "Location -> Wireless networks".
Now have ~2 days uptime without ever running "Google Maps" and with "Location -> Wireless networks" constantly unchecked.
P.S. Spare parts constantly eats about ~3% CPU at top. Too many for battery monitor. Removed it.
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P.S. Spare parts constantly eats about ~3% CPU at top. Too many for battery monitor. Removed it.
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Hey, since you're worried about slight additional CPU-usage and overall performance, you really should consider S-OFFing and getting a different Radio and a custom ROM like ARHD. Or at the very least flash a new kernel, Buzz' kernel did wonders for me.
Dears,
I bought a G3 phone just a month ago and, apparently, the battery was lasting almost a whole day in the first two weeks, but, after that, the battery became to last less than half day. Of course I've installed some applications since then, but it's very strange because the Android doesn't report any abnormal processing load of any application, so I'm presuming the OS is causing the high battery consumption. After I bought the phone, I upgraded the OS to Lollipop almost forthwith. I'd like to know if it's a known issue of G3 with L version and there is something I can do to increase the battery life.
I've installed some applications that utilize the location services, but Android doesn't claim those applications are draining the battery. According to what Android reports, the screen and the OS are main things that are consuming more battery ( 24% for screen and 16% for OS )
Thanks in advance
nasordev said:
Dears,
I bought a G3 phone just a month ago and, apparently, the battery was lasting almost a whole day in the first two weeks, but, after that, the battery became to last less than half day. Of course I've installed some applications since then, but it's very strange because the Android doesn't report any abnormal processing load of any application, so I'm presuming the OS is causing the high battery consumption. After I bought the phone, I upgraded the OS to Lollipop almost forthwith. I'd like to know if it's a known issue of G3 with L version and there is something I can do to increase the battery life.
I've installed some applications that utilize the location services, but Android doesn't claim those applications are draining the battery. According to what Android reports, the screen and the OS are main things that are consuming more battery ( 24% for screen and 16% for OS )
Thanks in advance
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You should root your LG G3, then install xposed, greenify amplify and powernap. Those apps will control your wakelocks and alarms. This will also improve your battery life.
May I also suggest to reduce screen DPI. Reduced mine from 640 to 534, added about 45-60 mins of SOT
Are you talking screen on time? Or idle battery drain. Because these are two very different things. Quite often it is the way you are using your phone and the applications installed that will cause your battery life to become worse.
Of course you have the obvious things such as disabling data when you aren't using it and wifi and so on. Through my experience I have found amplify to be of little use if you are generally cautious about the apps you install. Facebooks apps are terrible. Any instant messager will be causing some sort of drain. The problem definitely arrises from these things and while you can install many other apps to limit these things. I often find it is best to address the problem at the source. Perform a factory reset. Then begin installing your apps one by one and seeing when the hit comes. Thats my advice. Then find an alternative to the problematic app. That or BBS to find what is causing wakelocks. Remember, if you are gaming the processor is going to eat battery.
To follow up on orcam he is in the perfect rite direction as for reducing the dpi its a placebo effect you can read up on it on many threads and sot is in most case 7 to 12 min longer reduce britghness get rid of carrier iq is a big battery hog debloat the system apps like facebook and all the other bloat that lg uses is bad on battery life
The best way to get better battery:
1. Root
2. Debloat - delete useless app's and files from root directory!
3. 3845*#855# (855 its international model, put your model: 851, 852, etc) and search for Thermal Daemon Mitigation OFF, then click and enable it, and search Fast Dormancy and turn off, and in High Temperature Property OFF enable it too and turn off your phone for atleast 40 seconds, turn on and wait 1 minute with screen on to update those things.
4. Xposed with Greenify
5. TricksterMOD and set the CPU freq. to min. 300Mhz and max to 1.540MHz (if you use the phone normally, and dont play games).
6. in TricksterMOD set the GPU to 330Mhz for powersave.
7. Developer Options active the "Force GPU to 2D graphics"
8. Use brightness according with your needs, not only keep it in 100% (i know in 100% looks beautyful but screen is a battery beast).
This is what i have in mine and i can guarantee if you use moderate it can go up to 3 day's, mine got 5 hours and 20 minuts in On Screen Time so...
hi, has anyone experienced the battery drain when the phone is idle?
last night i've left the phone on 20-22% battery and when i woke up - the phone was turned off because the battery reached 0%...
when it charged - the idle battery consumption was off the wall...
device is about a month and a half old...
i'm using stock MIUI (latest, EU), not rooted
phone is slightly debloated via adb fastboot tool...
phone doesn't use 5G network at home or ever, mobile data is turned off when i'm home
i just can't figure out what is happening...
thanks in advance
Debloated too much I think. Have the same issue when I have Samsung Phone and used adb debloater
not sure about that...
i didn't touch any crucial Xiaomi apps, just recommended ones and never had any bebloat battery drain issues on any device which was debloated or even rooted
update:
last night i left the device with 38% battery, just to see what would happen
in the morning, 8 hours after - it still had 35% charge strange...
note: in the meantime, i adjusted some apps not to work in the background if not needed and uninstalled (almost) never used Google Lens (which i've installed few days ago to try something)
didn't touch any battery settings for common social and messaging apps that i use (Facebook, fb messenger, google messages)
so, maybe the culprit was either google lens or some of those adjusted apps - or the device doesn't read the battery well when under 30%... i'll see what will happen in the next few days...
@60nine Settings > Battery > Battery Use (check "Daily battery usage chart")
Look there if you see any app that has consumed much battery.
you seriously think that i don't already know how to check this? (how do you think i've found that the idle was draining the battery?
no suspicious apps there, idle battery consumption was at the top...
Sorry, I overlooked that you have already wrote it is the idle drain and not a specific app
no problem