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Hi folks,
I have had my rogers S3 for several days now. while i love it very much but one issue frustrates me. I get only about 6-7 hours for one charge on a maybe a little bit more than moderate use.
I read somewhere there was an error in one of the system config files but that article was talking about the international version. do any of you experience the same?
My GS3 battery life is going against all the reviews. help.
I had the same problem, I did a factory reset and it seems to be considerably better now.
not sure why the phone kept going into deep discharge, but it hasn't done it since and it's been a week or so now.. is your phone also warm near the USB connector?
The error in the config file was just in regards to the reporting of usage.. Cell Standby usage was being over-reported.. I am not seeing that as being the case on my Rogers SGS3..
One thing I did do is nuke all the rogers installed apps.. I got sick of the VVM+ whining constantly about not being able to work over WiFi.. I just used Titanium Backup to freeze all of the rogers apps.. (rather than uninstalling them).. battery life is quite good actually.. very surprised.
quekou said:
Hi folks,
I have had my rogers S3 for several days now. while i love it very much but one issue frustrates me. I get only about 6-7 hours for one charge on a maybe a little bit more than moderate use.
I read somewhere there was an error in one of the system config files but that article was talking about the international version. do any of you experience the same?
My GS3 battery life is going against all the reviews. help.
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jvoisin said:
I had the same problem, I did a factory reset and it seems to be considerably better now.
not sure why the phone kept going into deep discharge, but it hasn't done it since and it's been a week or so now.. is your phone also warm near the USB connector?
The error in the config file was just in regards to the reporting of usage.. Cell Standby usage was being over-reported.. I am not seeing that as being the case on my Rogers SGS3..
One thing I did do is nuke all the rogers installed apps.. I got sick of the VVM+ whining constantly about not being able to work over WiFi.. I just used Titanium Backup to freeze all of the rogers apps.. (rather than uninstalling them).. battery life is quite good actually.. very surprised.
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thank you for the info. how is a factory reset done? does that mean i would lose everything i downloaded already? i will give the Titanium Backup a try to get rid of the rogers apps too to see if it helps. yeah, the phone gets pretty warm after a short while.
Are you on LTE, My battery gets about the same with LTE always on since it does consume a lot of power
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quekou said:
Hi folks,
I have had my rogers S3 for several days now. while i love it very much but one issue frustrates me. I get only about 6-7 hours for one charge on a maybe a little bit more than moderate use.
I read somewhere there was an error in one of the system config files but that article was talking about the international version. do any of you experience the same?
My GS3 battery life is going against all the reviews. help.
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Well.. this may not be a fix but it really worked forr me. Battery time was at least trippeled.
I drained my battery until the phone shut down, then I connected the charger WITHOUT turning on the phone (allright I KNOW it sounds stupid). Noticed the time to charge it fully increased from 1.5-2 hours to 4-5 hours.
I had to charge the phone during the day before, now it last for 2 days at least.
The cell standby is still wrong but that is just a indication fault, this was a real problem for me.
it's the rogers apps!!!
FYI - disable the rogers apps (all of them) and your battery life will DRASTICALLY increase. I've tested this with them enabled (battery life sucked), and disabled (battery lasted for like 1.5+ days).
Oh and let rogers know their apps suck like I did. The more people that report it the more chance they might actually fix them. A fun way is to do it to their twitter account @rogershelps
If you decide to keep them disabled, be sure to call Rogers and tell them to remove any of the features those apps use...thus reducing you monthly bill.
Rogers apps
dorcy75 said:
FYI - disable the rogers apps (all of them) and your battery life will DRASTICALLY increase. I've tested this with them enabled (battery life sucked), and disabled (battery lasted for like 1.5+ days).
Oh and let rogers know their apps suck like I did. The more people that report it the more chance they might actually fix them. A fun way is to do it to their twitter account @rogershelps
If you decide to keep them disabled, be sure to call Rogers and tell them to remove any of the features those apps use...thus reducing you monthly bill.
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Forgive my ignorance, I have a VZW GS3. What are Rogers apps? What app names should I look for to see if they're on my phone? Thanks to VZW I cant unlock and root my phone this may not matter.
why don't you return it for a new one?
cbandchikin said:
Forgive my ignorance, I have a VZW GS3. What are Rogers apps? What app names should I look for to see if they're on my phone? Thanks to VZW I cant unlock and root my phone this may not matter.
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Rogers is one of the provider here in Canada...similar to AT&T. They each have their own bloatware that they install in their phones.
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Hi guys,
How do you remove Rogers app? You have to be root, right?
Thx,
Phil
korg33 said:
Hi guys,
How do you remove Rogers app? You have to be root, right?
Thx,
Phil
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With root you can either delete them or use titanium backup to freeze them (stop them from running or updating).
I did this (freeze the Rogers apps and most of the samsung ones) and get all day battery life (6am to midnight) with between 4 & 5 hours of screen time.
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I've found that battery life is related to cell coverage. If I have 3-5 bars and I'm not using the phone I could lose about a percent of battery per hour and my phone will run at a 40-45 when I do use it. If I only have 1 or 2 bats and it keeps switching between 3g and 4G I could easily lose 6-10 percent an hour and my phone will run at 50 or so degrees celcius. A restart seems to help the phone get a better lock. All this temps were cpu temps.
I just did a wipe/reset and found that this worked for me. I couldn't squeeze out a day with it and now go to bed with 30-40 percent left.
Battery life
My battery life on a debloated stock build was average. I was getting about 16-18hrs on moderate use. I've recently tried CPU Editor battery saver profile and so far its going great. I'll post back on the results after I go through a few charging/discharging cycles.
The forum page for the CPU Editor is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798765
[MOD/SCRIPT]CPU Editor SGS3 Edition - Secret to Die Hard Battery
I'm with rogers and my battery is pretty awful too. Not quite as bad as yours, but still not as good as I'd hope with LTE off.
What kind of usage do you have though ? For example I work with a guy who has the same model and was complaining about battery. I checked his stats and was at 35 percent battery with 4 hours display time. If you're getting 5 to 6 hours screen on time that's enough to kill battery. If its in standby for 6 to 7 hours and battery is dying then something is wrong
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I've had very similar issues. Tried several ROMs and had charging problems and finally ended up on cm10 and it took about 3.5 hours to charge from 30% to 85%. Then dropped to 80% after only thirty minutes off the charger. Not sure exactly what to do to fix the issue.
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Is there an app or way that conserves the battery power. The phone is still completely stock but it received a firmware update through Tmobile and ever since then the battery gets drained by 4 pm (after all apps are x-ed out and phone is just in standby) the batter drops to around 30 percent... what can I do? I don't think it needs a new battery since its only a few months old... suggestions?
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Is there an app or way that conserves the battery power. The phone is still completely stock but it received a firmware update through Tmobile and ever since then the battery gets drained by 4 pm (after all apps are x-ed out and phone is just in standby) the batter drops to around 30 percent... what can I do? I don't think it needs a new battery since its only a few months old... suggestions?
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I dont know how much you use your phone and weather or not you watch movies or download files with Wi-Fi alot but it could seriously drain your battery if you leave things like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, Brightness Up, or use live wallpapers.
If not, I would recommend checking your battery against someone elses because I've had a phone before that had a bad battery that could explode and caused me to have battery issues. Make sure your battery isnt swollen at all and if it is make sure you take it out and dont put it back in and go to a Battery+ store nearby and I'm sure they got one for your phone (they come with warranty).
Well my wife and I have the same phone and it does it to both. I don't have signal in my job since they have a Verizon antenna and it blocks our t mobile signal so I don't use it during the day which means the phone is just on stand by for the first eight hours. I make sure I turn off wifi, blue tooth, GPS etc and close all apps....but by the time I get out of work it's at 30-40% power.... both phones were bought this April so was hoping it wasn't/isn't a hardware issue and have to replace the batteries....
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This is where the world of rooting and tweaking your android becomes extremely attractive.
There are ROMs that last 1 day + ( that's 24h+ hours of battery)
Only need two things....
1. Patience - to sit, read and closely follow instructions
2. Guts - to take a dive and risk ruining your phone. (Which doesn't happen if you have number 1)
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thanks for the reply. Yeah I've been thinking about doing such things, but am a complete noob. Is there a link to a tutorial (from start to finish) on rooting/flashing custom rom in here? All I see is one or two step threads or discussions on different roms?
SLP Catalyst said:
thanks for the reply. Yeah I've been thinking about doing such things, but am a complete noob. Is there a link to a tutorial (from start to finish) on rooting/flashing custom rom in here? All I see is one or two step threads or discussions on different roms?
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Try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650908
Or this ( more thorough and noobish)
http://theunlockr.com/2011/12/01/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-all-versions/
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1. juice defender is a start.
The rest all needs rooting really.
2. Build.prop tweaks
3. UV with a custom kernel
4. Lowest screen brightness (doesn't require root)
5. Restrict yourself to 2G networks either using AOKP settings or a build.prop tweak
There are others but this is how I achieve great battery times mostly.
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TheLastSidekick said:
1. juice defender is a start.
The rest all needs rooting really.
2. Build.prop tweaks
3. UV with a custom kernel
4. Lowest screen brightness (doesn't require root)
5. Restrict yourself to 2G networks either using AOKP settings or a build.prop tweak
There are others but this is how I achieve great battery times mostly.
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Thanks for the info:thumbup:
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Thanks for the info:thumbup:
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Why not try and find out what is using your battery up first? Try GSAM from the play store, its free for one, easy to use, it will show you what is draining your battery, there are a few paid ones as well, but try the free first , HERE is the direct link to GSAM.
or QR code, just scan it with phone.
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Well my wife and I have the same phone and it does it to both. I don't have signal in my job since they have a Verizon antenna and it blocks our t mobile signal so I don't use it during the day which means the phone is just on stand by for the first eight hours. I make sure I turn off wifi, blue tooth, GPS etc and close all apps....but by the time I get out of work it's at 30-40% power.... both phones were bought this April so was hoping it wasn't/isn't a hardware issue and have to replace the batteries....
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That is a very weird situation and try a app that shows the apps using battery. Even check the stock android battery section in settings and see whats getting used. Your brightness should be first since it can really eat your battery if its turned up. I dont think its defective since both your phones are having the same problem but both my parents have the 4.0.4 firmware installed on their T989's without a problem and get decent battery power. I however am using a custom rom with kernel. Did you use the same battery for each phone? or each phone has the same problem with their own devices and their own batteries when getting updated to 4.0.4? If you used your battery on her's I'm assuming the problem may be the battery and you just got unlucky with a defective one.
P.S. I'm assuming 4.0.4 because thats the latest update to ICS for the T989 on T-Mobile.
The battery manager that comes with the phone identifies the display, but I've set it to lowest setting and have a dark background. And yeah both phones have their respective batteries which makes me think it's a software issue.. We just upgraded to the 2.3.6 ( I guess t-mobile is a but behind lol). But I going to try the juice defender tomorrow... It's just while I root the phone and get a custom ROM... (doing my homework before doing anything since it'll be first time)
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Those apps wont really help, it basically does what you can do manually, turning off settings or putting them at low usage. Rooting is the way to go, its rather simple, once you do it, you will have wished you done it sooner. Trust me, I was in the same boat, I had just got my phone last december, the wife and I were in Vegas and my battery was horrible, I was taking lots of pictures and video, but my battery was dying. I had no way to charge it til we got back to the hotel, next day was same thing, horrible battery, this was all before ICS even was around for this device. When I got back home, I rooted my phone, to date, I have gotten a best 44 hours out of the phone. I ROM hop so I try out the variety, there is how to's and videos here and youtube, you will kick youself on how easy it truly is to root and flash. GSAM will show you in more detail what is using your battery the most, good luck with whatever you choose to do. There are many people here who can help you along the way, thats what this site is for.
Juice Defender will help a ton with you're screen being off for extended periods of time. Normally without it, I lose 30% at work without touching it. Today, I have lost 6%. The margin won't always be like that but it's a sizeable difference. Also, I have an app monitor application you can use to track rogue apps. There is also this app called Autostarts where you can disable an app from opening and it's really useful for apps that you don't need running in the background. Turning off auto sync will help as well IF you are okay with not getting every email in 5 minutes.
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I just got the Note 2 in October of this year. I have always been amazed at the battery life. With regular use, texting, emails, internet and phone calls (nothing crazy), I easily could go 2 days on a charge. Now for the past few days, I am already at 71% and it's just 11am. I can't figure out what is going on. my battery meter shows the Screen as first then Android System next at 22%....Easily dropping 5-10% per hour. Help!!
mshart said:
I just got the Note 2 in October of this year. I have always been amazed at the battery life. With regular use, texting, emails, internet and phone calls (nothing crazy), I easily could go 2 days on a charge. Now for the past few days, I am already at 71% and it's just 11am. I can't figure out what is going on. my battery meter shows the Screen as first then Android System next at 22%....Easily dropping 5-10% per hour. Help!!
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It is running on Android 4.1.2. All of these things I am reading about rooting and stuff are foreign to me. I just want my battery life back. Any help would be appreciated.
Have you adjusted anything with your brightness? You may have accidentally turned off auto adjustment if you were using it previously. If that's not it I'd suggest a hard reset. If that cures it you can most likely chalk it up to a recently downloaded app.
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yes I keep it on auto brightness...
mshart said:
yes I keep it on auto brightness...
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When you get a chance run the battery down to 1% then power off and let charge for at least 20 min after light turns green. ..you'll probably see immediate improvement
i've had to move google play services as a user app with titanium and then greenify it. all my devices started getting big time standby drain last month from google play services.
i do have the donation version of greenify, but i didn't feel like installing xposed to use it.
OMGosh...I updated to 4.3 and did a factory reset as well and it is not helping! What does it mean to "root" your phone? Will rooting the Note 2 nullify my Samsung warranty? Someone please help....
mshart said:
OMGosh...I updated to 4.3 and did a factory reset as well and it is not helping! What does it mean to "root" your phone? Will rooting the Note 2 nullify my Samsung warranty? Someone please help....
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yes rooting will void your warranty but there are methods you can do to unroot it and have it go back to stock rom. I, as well as most of the people in this community get better battery if you root your rom and install a custom kernel, you will get better battery life.
one app that I found that I use daily is 2x battery pro. it's not free though.. there is a setting on the app that lets you turn off any background data while the phone is idle; you will still get calls and texts though. this will give you longer battery life. when you turn your phone on data will come back on. I get around one day and a few hours from the charge. check it out man. might help you..
Hii Guys,
I'm planning to buy note 2 international version. Because of good battery i have selected this mobile. But I have heard that with latest 4.3 update the battery drain is too much and it is backup is not too good. Please give me some review about this. u can also post ur screen shots of battery usage which will give me better idea. please do help me. Thanks in advance.
pratikhinge said:
Hii Guys,
I'm planning to buy note 2 international version. Because of good battery i have selected this mobile. But I have heard that with latest 4.3 update the battery drain is too much and it is backup is not too good. Please give me some review about this. u can also post ur screen shots of battery usage which will give me better idea. please do help me. Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
i'm not really a gamer. I play only at the homeway after the work with the bus. And sometimes when it gets boring at home. But that only a maximum of 1 hour at a time, ok maybe sometimes 2 hours.
I'm also very often online (Facebook, Forum, Weather, News ...). But still, I get my phone until the second day without refilling. On the third day there is a maximum until noon. Therefore, I leave it on the second night to recharge. But I have to mention that the battery is old. It is the first battery that was inside in the phone. A new make it easy for me, quite simply until the fourth day.
The original 4.3 I never had it. Only Ketan's Rome. Now I'm on the original 4.1.2. And wait for 4.4
tryunus said:
Hi,
i'm not a really gamer. I play only at the homeway after the work with the bus. And sometimes when it gets boring at home. But that only a maximum of 1 hour at a time, ok maybe sometimes 2 hours.
I'm also very often online (Facebook, Forum, Weather, News ...). But still, I get my phone until the second day without refilling. On the third day there is a maximum until noon. Therefore, I leave it on the second night to recharge. But I have to mention that the battery is old. It is the first battery that was inside in the phone. A new make it easy for me, quite simply until the fourth day.
The original 4.3 I never had it. Only Ketan's Rome. Now I'm on the original 4.1.2. And wait for 4.4
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Yeah Thats The Reason For Me Considering it as my 2nd Phone....But i want to know more about 4.3 update any one with it???
Here's my battery status on custom android 4.3
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I'm on stock 4.3 ROM. Battery life is horrible after updating from 4.1.2. Drains even when the phone is turned off.
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Hello everyone!
I purchased a new note 2 1 month back. But i have noticed that my note 2 doesnt give me THAT GREAT BATTERY LIFE which was advertised.
I usually get about 12 hours of battery backup with just 3 to 4 hours of screen time and 30- 60 minutes of voice calling on 3g network.
I am on rooted stock room (4.3 jelly bean)
Please help me folks!!!
An easy way to get better battery duration is to use the Wakelock Detector application. When you see that an app is called many times (even if you haven't opened it), you can disable it via app manager.
iaakash said:
Hello everyone!
I purchased a new note 2 1 month back. But i have noticed that my note 2 doesnt give me THAT GREAT BATTERY LIFE which was advertised.
I usually get about 12 hours of battery backup with just 3 to 4 hours of screen time and 30- 60 minutes of voice calling on 3g network.
I am on rooted stock room (4.3 jelly bean)
Please help me folks!!!
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Charge your battery completely and calibrate it again.
by pressing *#0228# and press quick start and the moment you push this your screen will go off and come backup in few Seconds so patiently wait for it to come back and then observer how is the battery backup.
Optional only if Rooted.
If you are rooted use Greenify app.
check with Better Battery Stats to see who is the culprit who is draining.
Use greenify
iaakash said:
Hello everyone!
I purchased a new note 2 1 month back. But i have noticed that my note 2 doesnt give me THAT GREAT BATTERY LIFE which was advertised.
I usually get about 12 hours of battery backup with just 3 to 4 hours of screen time and 30- 60 minutes of voice calling on 3g network.
I am on rooted stock room (4.3 jelly bean)
Please help me folks!!!
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Me too just purchased a second-hand note2, realized that alhough it comes with 3100mah battery..it uses lotsbof juice for the large screen, obviously!
Here's what I did
Root the phone and install greenify.
From root explorer delete the apps that can be foundbin playstore..such as gmail, maps, youtube etc.
This way you can greenify the apps mentioned...saves a lot of juice (battery)
Hope this helps.
YAS
I have tried every solution mentioned above but still my battery is draining way to fast than before.
How do guys manage to get upto 2 days of battery backup from that monster. Mine doesn't even last for a day
I have flashed phoenix ROM v.17. It didn't help either..
Try to kill camera app after taking a photo. This one was draining my battery so fast.
Have you gone into wifi settings advanced and unticked scanning always available. That is the biggest battery killer for 4.3
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Same here
Idk How to stop this draining.
I can't even watch a complete movie w/o getting the battery drained.
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iaakash said:
Hello everyone!
I purchased a new note 2 1 month back. But i have noticed that my note 2 doesnt give me THAT GREAT BATTERY LIFE which was advertised.
I usually get about 12 hours of battery backup with just 3 to 4 hours of screen time and 30- 60 minutes of voice calling on 3g network.
I am on rooted stock room (4.3 jelly bean)
Please help me folks!!!
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I am a Chinese.My English is very poor.I hope I can give you some help.The following is my search on the Internet to China.You can copy the following text use Google Translate to translate it into English, I hope you can read this, thank you
一、屏幕显示
降低屏幕的亮度，可以有效的节省电能，尤其是摩托罗拉产的Android手机目前为止均为TFT屏幕，同时自动锁屏幕的时间设置的短一些也会带来一些电量的节省。
二、减少后台运行的程序
很多Android软件不管有用没用都喜欢在后台运行，这样无疑增加了CPU的任务切换时间，当然由于Android系统设计原因，软件无法自动退出，可以使用第三方的小工具来解决，比如说手机优化大师的内存整理功能。
三、关闭动态壁纸，减少桌面小插件
Android系统在桌面上有很强大的功能，动态壁纸和appWidget小插件都是电量消耗大户，如果使用一个静态的图片作为Android壁纸会省不少电量，同时很多桌面小插件都是后台长期运行，比如天气、资讯、包含秒针的时钟或系统信息实时显示的小插件都比较费电，根据需要能减少一些更好。
四、WiFi、蓝牙、GPS、重力感应
对于智能手机来说，平时不用WiFi时一定不要忘记关闭它，同时在锁屏幕时尽量使用WiFi休眠功能，同时蓝牙也要禁用掉，GPS定位由于需要实时接收卫星信号十分费电，如果不在导航时一定别忘了关闭，对于重力感应来说由于内部的硬件需要时刻采集数据，同时屏幕的横竖切换都是很费电的操作。
五、尽量不在信号差的地方通话或上网
对于手机来说，信号差的地方通话或上网，手机底层的基带驱动会自动的加大收发功率，除了更耗电外辐射也会比平时大很多，所以信号质量不好一定不要上网或打电话，发短信这些操作。
六、尽量少用包含广告的软件
对于Android手机上很多软件都是免费的，但仍然有不少的软件内置了广告，由于处理广告的图片变换以及不停的下载广告图片除了更耗费电量外还会浪费GRPS流量，所以尽量少用包含广告的软件，部分广告插件还会收集用户隐私等问题。可以使用APK安装器3.0系列在安装APK之前就可以发现广告。
七、 尽量购买大RAM的机型
对于Android手机来说，更大的RAM可以有效的减少电池消耗，经过Android123开发站点评估，Android软件使用的Java语言开发，在内存吃紧的情况下系统会频繁的使用Java虚拟机的GC机制，增加I/O交换和CPU运算，所以2011年买的安卓手机，至少512MB RAM，当然很多768MB或1GB的运行内存都是十分推荐的。
八、晚上睡觉时使用飞行模式
如果你晚上睡觉时不需要开手机，可以不用关机，直接进入飞行模式就可以关闭GSM移**络通讯，这样的好处除了省电外，可以降低手机的辐射，Android手机的开机需要加载初始化大量的文件十分耗电，反复开关机也会大幅减少手机待机时间，快速进入飞行模式可以使用手机优化大师的快捷设置功能。
九、降低来电铃声音量
如果你听觉比较灵敏，可以适当的降低来电铃声的音量，同样通话音量也可以降低来达到省电的目的，但是不要设置的太小，以免耽误大事。快速调整各种音量的方法可以使用mTweak的快速设置，音量调整 功能。
十、定期更新软件
目前很多软件的设计并不是很科学，在设计逻辑上严重影响了安卓手机的续航能力，这点可以通过更新到新版本来解决一些开发者初期设计应用的不足。