alright, so I've recently started installing custom ROMs (Go Bionix!) and so I've been needing to "recondition" (I put it in quotes because it's not TECHNICALLY reconditioning) and since most of the ROMs increase my battery life, the step involving... you know... draining the battery... takes up to 3-4 hours.
So I got to thinking:
What if we could design an app that is basically a white screen that runs your GPS and pulls data, etc. so that we can kill our batteries faster. What do you guys think?
I was just thinking about that a couple nights age when I was trying to run my battery down. Just stream some Pandora while using the Google Maps Navigation and go for a drive. It worked pretty well for me
You wanna drain your battery fast as hell? Use media hub! That's a power sucker if I've ever seen one. Or, alternatively, get hopped up on energy drinks and play reckless racing for hours on end.
Not sure if I'm correct here, but I thought the best way to condition your battery is to let it drain out as natural and lengthy as possible; as in avoiding heavy data usage or heavy loads. This way it allows the battery stress to be less and successfully make it adaptive to long-time uses.
the thing that works the best imo is recording a video.
Just open up the HD camera, with the brightness all the way up.
It will drain it under 3 hours, and you can just delete the video after the reconditioning!
gravis86 said:
I was just thinking about that a couple nights age when I was trying to run my battery down. Just stream some Pandora while using the Google Maps Navigation and go for a drive. It worked pretty well for me
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Well, I don't actually have 3G... Our a car...
Mothafizzy said:
Not sure if I'm correct here, but I thought the best way to condition your battery is to let it drain out as natural and lengthy as possible; as in avoiding heavy data usage or heavy loads. This way it allows the battery stress to be less and successfully make it adaptive to long-time uses.
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I think that's for true reconditioning, but with Li-Ion batteries, you don't actually recondition... We're just giving the software some stats to work with
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myself i use CPU intensive apps like PSX4DROID and live wallpapers. I also keep the brightness up and screen always on. And...... what i like to do is turn all antenna's like WiFi and GPS on... 5-6 hours, its dead.
just start playing angry birds.
sroach23 said:
just start playing angry birds.
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I agree! Angry Birds is a real battery killer, but so addicting.
sroach23 said:
just start playing angry birds.
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+1........
yeah, I get about 2 hours playing Angry Birds
Did this yesterday for a new install of Bionix Fusion.
1. Install free app "Every Trail"
2. Turn blue tooth on.
3. Set screen off for 30 minutes.
4. Put brightness on full
5. Run Pandora. Stream high quality. (turn volume off if you don't want to hear it)
6. Launch Every Trail and start tracking a hike. This causes the GPS to continue locking on your position.
Drained the batter in ~ 3 hours.
I tried Angry Birds and it just wasn't draining fast enough (strange, huh?).
Trapster is another possibility.
Be careful leaving the screen on with full brightness. I have always kept my screens to never timeout and set to full brightness but I have minimal screen burn so I stopped. You can see it well on my phone when using a flashlight type app.
Just a little heads up..
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Be careful leaving the screen on with full brightness. I have always kept my screens to never timeout and set to full brightness but I have minimal screen burn so I stopped. You can see it well on my phone when using a flashlight type app.
Just a little heads up..
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When I leave the screen on, it's usually playing a movie or running a flashlight app.
Okay thats when your wrong, muting the sound wont drain as much battery, it has to be max to drain the juice out faster
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Okay thats when your wrong, muting the sound wont drain as much battery, it has to be max to drain the juice out faster
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yeah, i'll put it between a couple of pillows to muffle it.
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When I go to spare parts --> sensor usage, I notice that there is some sensor being used 100% of the time that the phone is on. What is this sensor? (Captivate never had a sensor being used all the time phone was on, even in sleep mode.)
I think this sensor is causing an unnecessary drain on the battery?
Could anyone who deleted moto blur/moto apps check n see if this sensor usage is present on their phones too.
Could anyone who does not use finger print security check their sensor usage under android?
Edit: Nvm, it still uses that sensor at over 98%.
It could be the service that handles all sensors, or it could be the light sensor, some kind of touchscreen sensor, etc...
Who cares. It likely uses virtually no battery.
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It could be the service that handles all sensors, or it could be the light sensor, some kind of touchscreen sensor, etc...
Who cares. It likely uses virtually no battery.
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It should be using. Cos phone usage of battery is on the high side. Plus overnight, it fell from 100 to 80.
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It should be using. Cos phone usage of battery is on the high side. Plus overnight, it fell from 100 to 80.
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That's kinda crazy, I was at 74% when I left work today with moderate usage and 30 min of streaming slacker to and from work. Maybe you have an app gone crazy?
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Clienterror said:
That's kinda crazy, I was at 74% when I left work today with moderate usage and 30 min of streaming slacker to and from work. Maybe you have an app gone crazy?
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The first day I found it was google voice. So this time I killed it manually, and took off auto sync. This time when I went to spare parts, the time taken by gvoice was very less to what was used by "phone".
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That's kinda crazy, I was at 74% when I left work today with moderate usage and 30 min of streaming slacker to and from work. Maybe you have an app gone crazy?
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This. I spent an hour and change playing Dungeon Defenders (one of the most demanding games in the Market, and specially designed for Tegra 2) and only lost about 18% battery. Did this twice just to be sure.
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This. I spent an hour and change playing Dungeon Defenders (one of the most demanding games in the Market, and specially designed for Tegra 2) and only lost about 18% battery. Did this twice just to be sure.
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Not worried abt battery usage while playing, or doing anything. I am only trying to find out the about the high idle drain when phone is not in use -- sleeping state. Like the thread title says, all this is about some sensor used by android process 100% of time, even in sleep state.
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That's kinda crazy, I was at 74% when I left work today with moderate usage and 30 min of streaming slacker to and from work. Maybe you have an app gone crazy?
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you what i think is funny about this the hardware in the phone only registers battery usage in 10% intervals so what i want to know is how you know its at 74% i mean im just wondering is all is this like a houdini thing
I'm not typically on the phone for long amounts of continuous time, just to text then i turn the screen off (the display is on auto brightness), and i'm getting half a days battery, and display is showing up as using about 70% of my battery at any given time. Any ideas on what could help or anything? Any help is much appreciated
I've had the same thing since day one. What I always do is turn the brightness down when ever I can. It actually helps a lot. You'll notice a difference
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I play HD games for like 5 hours before battery runs out .
How often you sync your emails? every 15mins?
Also try UC , UV and turn your screen brightness to as low as you can.
I hardly ever sync my emails, i have it to auto-sync but i never open it. and whats a good kernel that allows me to do that?
% means nothing... Tell us how long your screen was on
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total screen time was about an hour
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total screen time was about an hour
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if you never change your email sync setting, it is sync every 15 minutes I believe and that sure use a lot of juice.
Really you should try UV and UC and don't use force dual core if battery life is most important to you.
do you know what kernel would allow me to do this?
I take it most of you run manual w/ the screen fairly dim. I have had it on automatic. Im curious at about what percent auto hovers at. I know it auto adjusts but it probably has a general range it stays at - just curious if its like 35% or 55%.
What Percentage do you guys keep the brightness on for the best combination of battery life and visibility?
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do you know what kernel would allow me to do this?
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Mine is GSM version, so probablly can't help you. I am sure it will be all over the place in CDSM section.
I will start looking, thank you very much for helping me
I thought we've been over this. A high screen on percentage doesn't mean youre screen is killing the battery. It means its using the most amount of overall power. Technically that's a good thing. It means the rest of your phone (syncing, android processes, games, etc. Etc.) Aren't running wild in the background while the phone is asleep.
I'd be more worried if your display was only using 40% of the battery!
Turn auto brightness off.... It's too simple to pull down quick settings to change it that way,
Find an app to see running processes and services,might see stuff listed you have no idea was running.... Don't force close anything or mess with anything just use it as a refrence and find out if u really need the app or not, I use titanium back up to keep apps that I use just not to often and just restore them quickly use it and delete it.... I've seen a lot of games running in the background to give notifications and stuff, could be a lot of things... Best soulution to save batttery.... Buy a spare lol
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I have following battery consumation: display eat battery capacity very quickly. In decreasing area i was veawing 3d video trailers on youtube constantly. And during this perion screen eat 78% from all processes. Is it normal? Can i change this horrible appetites of screen? Backlight in automatic.
what app can effectively track our battery drain in MA?
battery monitor widget is quite erratic, or is it really that high during idle
-50 to -150ma (screen off)
I had installed battery monitor and noticed, that when using phone in internet plussed in usb for charging - BM shows -430mA!!! Is usb port so weak? why phone consume so many power?
Anyone else getting poor battery life with their Razr? I cannot go a full day without recharging at some point. I need a phone to last at least 16 waking hours, so I can recharge at night.
My typical usage pattern is a few hours a day of web browsing and email. I don't game, and I rarely stream video or do anything data intensive. GPS is switched off unless needed, and my screen brightness is set to auto.
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Expect poor battery life from any Android phone
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Also, don't use auto brightness. Just set to a mid setting.
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Mine is great, it got considerably better after a few days of conditioning.
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I'm actually getting pretty good battery life compared to what I've read so far... Though it wasn't 16 hours, I DID get almost 12 out of it yesterday with pretty heavy usage all day.
I highly suggest using the task managers auto end feature. It'll turn off any apps you set it to after 2 minutes. Fast Reboot is also a very good friend of mine. Though I haven't set any yet, I've played with Smart Actions, and I think with some tinkering, it'll work wonders as well!
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JuiceDefender with root, AOSP helper, and a manual setup is extremely helpful. The data disable override feature should be on as well.
Make sure in-pocket detection is OFF, as well. It kills the battery really really quickly.
As far as smart actions.... Just turn on the premade battery extender and nighttime battery extender. And data off on screen off.
Lastly, screen filter from the market helps a lot.
I got a full day and 2 hours of use today on Wi-Fi. I'm sure on 3G I could get 20ish hours, and on 4G I could get 15ish.
Mine is great. I got my phone yesterday so it isn't fully calibrated yet but it still last very good.
I've found that the the biggest drainer for me is being in an area where 4g/3g is flip flopping alot. Other than that, phones got amazing battery life. Especially on wifi.
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Ya, idunno about that....
What has always worked for me is to use an app called brightness profiles. My phone lives at 30% brightness 95% of the time. The RAZR has a super bright screen, 30 is plenty.
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my gf just got her razr a week ago and says with regular usage she gets about 4 hours of battery life. thinking about returning it for a different phone or maybe she got a dud? she doesn't want it rooted so I did everything else mentioned. if there are more tips I'd love to hear them before the phone goes away for good.
Turn all haptic(vibration) feedback off. i get about 20 hours on 4g, all apps in auto end list, i don't have any BS apps that like to run randomly, not synced with my fb,twitter, g+(have my laptop all day so no point), brightness is about 30%, smart actions usually kill my batt faster for some reason, gps is on, timeout is 30 seconds. I text a lot, and about 2hours of phone calls perday
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my gf just got her razr a week ago and says with regular usage she gets about 4 hours of battery life. thinking about returning it for a different phone or maybe she got a dud? she doesn't want it rooted so I did everything else mentioned. if there are more tips I'd love to hear them before the phone goes away for good.
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What's her definition of "regular" lol... My fiancée sees "regular" as all day usage...
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I'm on my phone using opera xda reddit mobile hotspot, and only get a couple hours of usage. I aaam on my phone almost all the time but I gotta charge it quite a few times every day.. :/
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tried and failed
So I took everyones consideration and yes I got better battery life but I don't do much on the phone. My gf does a ton of more stuff than I do and by the end of the day. She still has better battery life when for me I did a few txt. Check fb on my lunch break and I'm down to 20% by days end. Whereas my gf surfs,txt,stream,chat half the day and she's down to 60%. Only difference between mine and hers. Mine is rooted. Mind you she has her 4g data on while all day I'm running only 3g. Any more help would be appreciated
kent1146 said:
Anyone else getting poor battery life with their Razr? I cannot go a full day without recharging at some point. I need a phone to last at least 16 waking hours, so I can recharge at night.
My typical usage pattern is a few hours a day of web browsing and email. I don't game, and I rarely stream video or do anything data intensive. GPS is switched off unless needed, and my screen brightness is set to auto.
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Put the power control widget on your home screen.
Set brightness to minimum or lowest setting that you can use well.
Use wifi whenever possible. Turn. Off new network notifications.
Turn off animations.
Use a simple, mostly black wallpaper.
Turn off auto data sync.
Since I'm around wifi all day I can easily go 12 hours without a charge and have plenty of battery left. 4g is a total power hog.
If you're outside you might want to buy the power pack... good luck!
I think typical android battery life for a normal use will be varies from 6~20 hrs depending on the way u use and what you use.
when running only data/wifi when i need it(off data/wifi when not using), i can get more then 20hrs. if i on data all the time, i can get 8~10hrs with with some facebook, emails and lite web sufing. i will get 4~6 hrs on heavy use on gaming, video and music.
but u need smart action, task killer and ti backup to really optimize the battery life.
kent1146 said:
Anyone else getting poor battery life with their Razr? I cannot go a full day without recharging at some point. I need a phone to last at least 16 waking hours, so I can recharge at night.
My typical usage pattern is a few hours a day of web browsing and email. I don't game, and I rarely stream video or do anything data intensive. GPS is switched off unless needed, and my screen brightness is set to auto.
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yeah.
battery life is a hard problem for android device for a long time.
but i can use some trips, for example.
1. using the task managers, it can kill some app that you used.
2. using the app called province electricity king or the same function app.
3. turn off the back-data auto sync
for your information, 3q
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Mine is great, it got considerably better after a few days of conditioning.
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My Razr has a very good battery life after a few cycles of charging and discharging.
geez... my battery was at 93% & decided to play this game a bit. I played 2 levels & then took a break... it then said my battery is at 34%!!....
I even had the phone in CDMA mode & had headphones on. the game doesn't even seem too graphically intensive. what gives?
Seems like you have every issue under the sun with this phone. Like 7/10 of the threads I see you start is you having an issue with the device LOL! I played the game for hours with the HD pack, and had very minimal battery drain. Either your device or battery is defective no doubt.
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Did you look in battery settigns and make sure that's what did it?
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I checked and the game wasn't even listed under battery use... "Display" was at 74%.
I had the brightness turned all the way down also.
well, the initial 'dead pixel' apparently was a sign...
Phone now on %10 after 2days 10Hrs
Usage -
calls - 1Hr
Angry Birds - 1Hr Aprox
HD playback - 40Mins
HD recording - 5mins
Alarms - 30mins
Music - 10mins
Wifi - 10mins (for updates and app install)
Connected to TV - 10mins
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and some other day to day things like looking at pictures and using apps.
Changed to GSM only data only on for Facebook updates
With the same usage as above before removing Drop-box,changing screen brightness and GSM only, i was getting less than a days use before recharge needed.
I think the biggest battery sucker is the screen, my brightness is set to about %25
Running services and other stats shown in screen-shots.
Iff i play Angry Birds like an half hour, I think battery will be 50...
Faulty device?
I would organize an party if my batterylife goes like this..
Efe64 said:
Iff i play Angry Birds like an half hour, I think battery will be 50...
Faulty device?
I would organize an party if my batterylife goes like this..
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Try re-calibrating your battery.
Can you link to where you got that wallpaper as I really like it
Also what is the name of the clock widget?
Thanks
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Switching off data, or to only GSM really defeats the purpose of having a smartphone... It's well known the main battery drain is data connection and phones searching for better reception (i.e. between GSM + 3G). Using WiFi over 3g and even switching to GSM only when using wifi is beneficial but having to manually do this all the time takes the smart out of it.
Nothing new here to be honest.
I Agree, used to switch data transfer always off and on, but found out its a way more handy to keep it always on. If there was a function that will automatically switch 3g data on when you need it and then turning it off would be awesome...
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Iff i play Angry Birds like an half hour, I think battery will be 50...
Faulty device?
I would organize an party if my batterylife goes like this..
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Used to be like this with GBA emulators but yesterday I played for the full commute(1hr45~) and only drained like 20%. If your phone is still new give it time to burn in.
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Try re-calibrating your battery.
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Did 1 billion times.
Scratchling said:
Used to be like this with GBA emulators but yesterday I played for the full commute(1hr45~) and only drained like 20%. If your phone is still new give it time to burn in.
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what's the name of that clock/battery widget?
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Can you link to where you got that wallpaper as I really like it
Also what is the name of the clock widget?
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RawkBob said:
Switching off data, or to only GSM really defeats the purpose of having a smartphone... It's well known the main battery drain is data connection and phones searching for better reception (i.e. between GSM + 3G). Using WiFi over 3g and even switching to GSM only when using wifi is beneficial but having to manually do this all the time takes the smart out of it.
Nothing new here to be honest.
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what's the name of that clock/battery widget?
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Wallpaper found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520253&highlight=screen+shots&page=5
Clock Widget is from Beautiful widgets,
As for Data, I had it off on other tests and the battery lasted less than 17Hrs,
So its not the main problem i was having, i would say its the screen brightness and the running programs/widgets
however, i will now do the same test but with data always on and see what the score is.
i used to be like you, gsm n low brihtness, etc. but then i changed it to using my phone to its max potential (e.g. anti-theft programs will be rendered useless if ur using 2g mode/data turned off while screen off profiles, whatsapp can only get msgs every intervals of 30 mins e.g.)
with 3g and wifi turned on 24/7 using net most of the time i get about 16 hours which is just perfect, ( and 8 hours sleep), unless im going to go for flights (then i just bring my power bank, prob solved!)