I've been using this phone for about 4-5 years now and it started off great, but as expected battery life has deteriorated drastically. Been rocking project X for a while now and although it looks really nice, I've been feeling like battery life is A LOT worse than stock rom's. Does anyone have a good rom to share? Doesn't have to be the latest version of android, for now I just want to pass the day without having to charge it like twice/thrice.
-ps I'm kinda broke to afford a new device, so I gotta squeeze as much as I can from this sucker
A new battery costs 10$ on Aliexpress.
I recommend Liquid Remix on android 9 with Extended kernel EAS oldcam. It is very fluid and battery friendly. In the morning I get the same battery level I've had at midnight before bed. In total I get 10-13 hours screen on time with a 90% battery health and no 3D gaming.
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Hey everyone. I was just wondering what you people's battery life is like on a samsung galaxy s3 i747 att. My galaxy s3 is rooted, running 4.2.1 rom and the battery is bad. If i just watch like 20 minutes of youtube/ anime, the battery would go down about 5 percent. So i was just wondering is there any tips to save battery? or anything that i can do to extend m battery life. Thank you
The best thing you can do is to not use Max brightness and make sure no rogue apps running in the background. Cut sync times down. Cut down screen off time. Cut off unneccessary things. Like keyboard or device vibrating or making sounds everytime you touch it. Tons of things you can do to extend battery life.
The top thing you can do is buy an extended battery. So battery life won't be an issue for you. I'm rocking 4400mAh Hyperion extended battery. Ever since I got it, nbattery life is not an issue anymore. I even rum with Max brightness all the time and still get battery life with it. Surf the web, watch videos, and play games like crazy and battery still has plenty of juice yet. Check out the accessories thread on batteries. Great info on good batteries and battery life in there.
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but the problem with extended battery is that the case is bulgy
kevinncui said:
but the problem with extended battery is that the case is bulgy
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Ever since JB upgrade my battery has been ****. I am on AOKP 1/15 right now and am at 30% battery life over 8 hrs with only 25 min screen time. For some reason or another, I am getting high battery drain from Cell Standby. It's not just AOKP but a few roms I have tried...Google Now disabled, sync disabled, auto brightness, etc...I have tried other modems as well...maybe its my phone, but I can barely get through a work day with minimal screen on time.
That drain sounds about right for streaming. On the stock rom here, after the initial OTA battery life was maybe 6 hours at the most. For some odd reason, its gotten better, back on stock ICS I got about 8-10 hours max,18 if I barely used it. Now its giving me a hour of youtube and a hour or so on twitter/web browsing, texting, getting 10-14 hours on a charge,26 hours with minimal use
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are there any good roms for battery life?
What would be the best ROM for battery life? I'm using CyanogenMod atm and the battery life is decent. If I flash Android Rev. would I sacrifice battery life and if so by how much?
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What would be the best ROM for battery life? I'm using CyanogenMod atm and the battery life is decent. If I flash Android Rev. would I sacrifice battery life and if so by how much?
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Battery usage is completely subjective so what will be awesome for one may be absolute crap to another. Only way you'll know is to try it yourself
BLUuuE83 said:
What would be the best ROM for battery life? I'm using CyanogenMod atm and the battery life is decent. If I flash Android Rev. would I sacrifice battery life and if so by how much?
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As mentioned, battery life is completely up to your usage. Some steps to try though which can be used across any rom is to give Rom Cleaner a shot and to use Greenify. This will rid any rom of bloat that could be sucking up battery and better allow the device to enter deep sleep where the real battery savings are had.
A well optimized kernel would give you some savings as well. I can personally say that on ARHD 5.5 with Elemental kernel .15 I'm seeing about 70% battery left at the end of a normal day. For me though that may only be one 20 minute call and an hour of screen on time. Even when flashing and messing with tons of settings for hours, the phone has never reached a critical battery level for me. I
It's more about the way you optimize (or debloat) your phone , than the ROM you are running. Use battery monitors like GSam or Battery Drain Analyzer and freeze apps that are causing you huge drain. Greenify is also good. Ideally on the M8 you can expect around 6 hours of screen time if you're optimized correctly.
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It's more about the way you optimize (or debloat) your phone , than the ROM you are running. Use battery monitors like GSam or Battery Drain Analyzer and freeze apps that are causing you huge drain. Greenify is also good. Ideally on the M8 you can expect around 6 hours of screen time if you're optimized correctly.
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This. I am able to get about 6 hours on stock, ARHD and Insertcoin. With power saver on, that ends up around 7-8 hours of screen time. Coming from a Nexus 5 that got 4 hours typically, I'm pretty satisfied. I'm inclined to believe ARHD will get "slightly" better battery life than CM since it is based off the stock ROM on the M8.
Generally the OEM skinned roms have better battery life and benchmark scores opposed to aosp. Happens all the time on Sammy phones and HTC apparently too. Posts above mine cover most you'll need to know. Its all about optimization and frankly that part is extremely fun and especially rewarding IMO. Gives me an idea for something like a community made thread on different battery tweaks/voltages :good:
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Thanks for all the feedback guys
I'm currently using Android Rev. 6.1 odexed (using ART atm) with ElementalX 0.10. I don't know if this is a placebo effect or not, but after flashing ElementalX(with default settings) my battery life seems worse :/
Hello XDA!
I'm here seeking for some advice.
I'm a happy owner of an LG G4 since November 2015.
Phone has been running great (minus boot-loop, now fixed, last September).
Recently I've been noticing battery drains much faster, with the same usage as usual.
I know battery life is a thing, but having never changed a battery, I'm not sure if that means it's time to replace it yet.
I've been using 'Accubattery' for a few days, and out of 3000mAh, it reports 1980mAh, 66% health. Voltage is pretty much always at 3/4 (above 4mV, the bars turns orange sometimes aswell. Not sure if that means something)
Having never used this app before, I wanted to have a second opinion about this result, before I spend money on a new battery.
Notes:
- Last week I decided to try Resurrection Remix, and battery has been going pretty great. Although I reverted back to stock due the lack of a proper camera app/loss of camera features.
- I've been testing various kernels these days. SimpleGX is the one I've been using for the longest, and the early days (months ago) battery life has been great with it. I still use SimpleGX, but battery life drains by 1% every 10 minutes the screen is on more or less.
- In the past, when I was still using the phone fully stock, it used to get really hot (once it even triggered the 'overheating' error). I heard heat could drastically reduce battery life, so maybe... Overheating hasn't been an issue since I started using SimpleGX.
Thanks in advance.
I think all of us LG G4 owners who had owned it for more than a year has been complaining of short bad battery life just like me, on Accubattery app my battery health is currently at 72% (2152 mah out of 3000 mah), like I get maximum 3.5 hours SOT , So I think it's best time for most people to buy a new battery but for me I'm used to a power bank. In few months time I can't wait to purchase an LG G6! I'm giving more time to the LG G4 because in few months time let's see if my battery health drops below 72% of health. Can't say if the battery used to the heat from the CPU specially while charging? That heat might have degraded the capacity of the battery Happy that the LG G6 has thermal pipes and a much better CPU SD 821 that might not heat the battery in long term use
It could be time. If you ever played games heavily like pokemon go or done anything in general which sustained heat long term, it will slowly kill your battery health. With that being said these batteries do tend to go bad pretty quick especially after around the 1 year mark. I personally opted for the power bear extended battery and and nothing but good to report since then. I highly would recommend going for a new battery. Easy and cheap solution
Not a fan of Pokemon Go, but while using it completely stock, it often went hot for long time.
It stopped only after I started using a custom kernel, but I'd say I spent about 6 months with that already.
Not a fan of those extended battery, mainly due the aesthetic factor, but that's more a personal thing.
I will be ordering a new battery soon (Aukey one). Thanks for the advice
Which ROM has the best battery? Is it Stock because it has more battery optimizations or is it a custom ROM as they are more simple?
Please comment your setup along with your ROM and usage.
Thanks for the help
i am using resurrection 5.8.3 and the battery life is great!
at the moment i am 10h SOT with 40% battery remaining
I think stock is a safe bet. Coming from an LG G2, the P2 surpasses my wildest dreams. Could possibly get 20 hours SOT with very light use.
I agree.
I believe Lenovo optimized everything about the official ROM so as to provide huge battery life, from the auto brightness all the way to background process killing and signal search. I doubt any other ROM can achieve the same result without being severely hampered, unless it's some battery driven ROM.
Rooting the device while keeping the default ROM might allow you to tweak things a bit further and squeeze some more juice out of it, although I doubt much more can be done.
Then again, you might want to consider what you use the P2 for, and how much battery life can be expected from that usage... For example, I use mine for gaming all day on mobile data, and it lasts 8 to 10 hours! My previous device lasted 2 hours and a half under the same conditions with any ROM I tried, so I really don't expect better.
All the reviews before I bought this thing for $375 from T-Mobile claimed the battery life was just OK. Based off my usage on nougat and now Oreo, I have never seen any of my devices have this good of battery life. On nougat I was getting about 6-7 hours of so and on Oreo I'm getting 7+ hours of sot.
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All the reviews before I bought this thing for $375 from T-Mobile claimed the battery life was just OK. Based off my usage on nougat and now Oreo, I have never seen any of my devices have this good of battery life. On nougat I was getting about 6-7 hours of so and on Oreo I'm getting 7+ hours of sot.
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Same here, that was my biggest surprise with this phone. I've been getting at least a full 24hrs of battery life with 7hrs of screen on time. It blows every other phone I've owned out of the water.
Its on par/little bit better with the original Z force I think, with a much smaller battery.
835 + nougat are pretty damn good on battery. Easily gets through a day
Oreo is even better
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All the reviews before I bought this thing for $375 from T-Mobile claimed the battery life was just OK. Based off my usage on nougat and now Oreo, I have never seen any of my devices have this good of battery life. On nougat I was getting about 6-7 hours of so and on Oreo I'm getting 7+ hours of sot.
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Nothing mediocre about the battery life it is the best of any phone I have ever had, and the recharge speed is ridiculous. I have always been a battery hog that was my main reason for buying this phone.
Same here... 6/7 hr SOT on Nougat with a LOT of apps installed...
Yes, good battery
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I was having great battery life. I updated a bunch of apps the other day and now I have constant batter drain. Even over night the battery meter has a linear decrease where before it would be pretty flatlined.
How do I go about figuring out what is causing this? I currently do not have root.
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Well this says otherwise. I read a few reviews that the s8 plus with it's 3300 battery only lasted a couple of mins longer. I'll gladly take that trade off for the super slim design and light weight of this device. And that damn turbo charger is the best charger of all time.
Absolutely loving this device, battery included. The great thing to me is, I can always ADD battery with my Moto mod, but I haven't needed it yet ?. Thin and light device with flexibility if you absolutely need it.
Heavy business user here.
Yeah same for me here. I did the homework before I bought this phone about a month ago. I was expecting a mediocre battery life and it turns out to be the opposite. My battery life can last all day easily with a bunch of apps installed and can achieve 7+ SOT withing one to two days of usage. It blows my mind away with this tiny 2700mah battery. For people who have short battery life, look at my post in the screen on time thread. Some certain settings can drain battery easily.