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Hi forum.
I hope you can help me, as i have a really strange battery problem on my mini pro.
At first when i got it, it would only last for about 8 hours, no matter what i tried, and how mutch i turned off.
No data, only 2G and so on.
Then in october my provider did some network updates, witch resulted in a total network crash for a whole day.
BUT after that day, my phones battery started to last for at least two days, and i was happy.
(The funny thing about that is actually that i don´t even use that providers network, as i live in an area with no connection, so the phone is roamed onto an other providers 2G network allways)
NOW.
I have updated my phone to android 2.1 yesterday, and went to sleep last night with 100% charged phone, i was chocked when it was drained this morning after about 7 hours.
After the update to 2.1 yesterday i turned all off again, no data and only 2G, and so on.
Can someone pleace try to help me explain this behavior of the phone ??
When i look in the section showing what uses battery, right now with 89% left the phone say:
1h9m since charge
45% doing nothing
29% cell standby
27% display showing
(i don´t know the actual english labels, as my phone is danish)
I am really suppriced over this, i have NO clue at all as of what is happening, so i would be really happy to hear something from you.
you can try the app SystemInfo Panel, it can monitor the cpu usage. with the pro version you can see history cpu usage after a while of monitoring.
Found a program that might help you find the culprit http://ziyang.eecs.umich.edu/projects/powertutor/UMLogger-release-signed.apk
Gives extremely detailed usage of battery. Even down to how much the different programs use. Can see if its a specific program or if its a system fault..
I my self went to charging twice per day with 2.1 instead of only once with 1.6
I will look closer, but it looks like timescape is causing this somehow...
Send from my X10, still only with 2.1 *&%# :-/
did you root it?
if so, have you tried turning off and on? (not soft reboot)
I now have 2 days again at least :-D
But my phone is also working as an old gsm phone now. Nothing fancy is turned on.:-S
But i thing it was when i removed the facebook account from timescape the big bat saving was "enabled"...
Now i can try to turn everything on again, one thing at the time, to see what happens...
Send from my X10.
Is it still working ok? I got it less than a week ago and battery has not lasted for more than 8 hours, no matter if I use it a lot or not. I updated to 2.1 the next day after buying it so I am not sure how it behaved in the first day, but it went more than 8 hours without recharging I'm sure. Anyone else having this behaviour? Any ideas to save battery by shutting down SE cpu intensive apps?
I found that the screen is somewhat capeable of brightness higher than needed and it sucks battery faster than chevy chase at a blow-party. To me it seems that the auto brightness also is an issue, so i use a way to control it directly setting the brightness needed myself.
2.1 doesn't have decent memory handling which results in one killing of the wrong apps in an attempt to save battery - this will just eat more battery.
It's a good thing to keep in mind that it will use more resources to reload an app, than leaving it in memory in case you need it and discarding it if memory is required.
On rooted devices it's a real good idea to install an app like "Autokiller Memory Optimizer", which enables you to setup detailed limitations (or choose profiles) that will eliminate the need of automated killers or heavy use of task managers (which can be hard to setup correctly).
And as you mention - hunt down app's that startup in background to update or do timed operations, and turn off any hardware, that you don't really need.
>X10 mini pro - U20i - 2.0.2.A.0.24
>root,xrec,jit,link2sd,cus. key + bootanim
do you use original or castom ROM ?
The 2.1-update1 from SE.
>X10 mini pro - U20i - 2.0.2.A.0.24
>root,xrec,jit,link2sd,cus. key + bootanim
try to boot in to xrecovery and wipe battery status, then charge you evice to full and repeat this step again!
So far i've wiped the batt status at around 40% and recharged fully - i can already feel a major difference. I think this will do the trick - thanks dude
EDIT: the battery stats wipe worked great for me - now it seems more reasonable.
>X10 mini pro - U20i - 2.0.2.A.0.24
>root,xrec,jit,link2sd,cus. key + bootanim
Real nice tip - dont know why but if my device seems to use more power than normally, i charge it to full > do a battery wipe > reboot > and makes sure it's charged to 100%.
Really noticable difference
>X10 mini pro - U20i - 2.0.2.A.0.24
>root,xrec,jit,link2sd,cus. key + bootanim
Try this.
Go to Settings> Privacy>and check that Use my Location is disabled.
My battery drained so fast with this option enabled.
good luck
I think u need to put a software to see the process behind, they are somes (like mediascape) that drain ur battery... if u can, remove that kind of application.
The problem is timescape, backupandrestore, and auto-sync.
I've gotten real nice (in comparison) battery life with doing this:
Disable auto-sync (and doo it manually when needed)
Remove the 3 timescape and the backupandrestore apks
Reboot to xRecovery and clear dalvik cache
If you're smart do it when fully charged and clear battery stats too.
You need to do the clear dalvik thing before booting up, when you've removed the apks. The system shouldn't be unable to boot if the dalvik-cache have not been recompiled.
It shouldn't be a desaster if it boots up and fails - just boot up xrec and clear the cache.
>X10 mini pro - U20i - 2.0.2.A.0.24
>root,xrec,jit,link2sd,cus. key + bootanim
Try this:
Set wifi sleep policy to never
settings -> wireless & networks -> wifi settings
press menu -> advanced
and set wifi sleep policy to Never
press menu -> save
This part does need root though:
delete /data/system/batterystats.bin
fully charge your phone and let it full drain
NOTE: it shouldn't be nessesary to disable auto-sync - timescape i know eats juice.
>X10 mini pro - U20i - 2.0.2.A.0.24 - Customized
During these months I always searched for a solution to the very well known issues that plagued our Folios without finding something really useful, but now the game is over (so I hope). Let's see how:
The problem(s):
-Foliomod 1.4 (thanks Dexter, you made my day when I discovered it), is the best rom you can find ATM for the Folio table: it's fast, it's smooth and really stable, and it's based on the last Toshiba rom. But it suffers from a couple of major issues that make it less than perfect (all the issues are from the original Toshiba rom, Dexter did not add anything). These issues are the SOD (sleep of death) that make the device never go out from standby (you have to reboot to regain control of the device) and frequent spontaneous wakeups from standby that make your battery drain quickly when you put the tablet in hibernate mode.
The solution:
The solution is based on a mix of magics with a little bit of luck (only to say that what is working for me, can work for you too, or cannot work at all: I give no warranty!)
Download and install the following software from market:
- SETCPU
- SCREEN OFF (by techvision systems)
- BATTERY GUARDIAN
Now, in setcpu, configure the system as Tegra2 and raise the min clock to 608mhz and tick "Set on Boot". This will help with SOD.
After that, put a shortcut on your homescreen for the "Screen Off" app.
Then, go to Preferences and set the device to never go to sleep in display options.
From now, you'll use only the shortcut to the "Screen Off" app to put the device to sleep, and you'll use the power button only to wakeup the tablet. You'll notice that you have to press power button three or four times before the device really comes out from sleep, but it will never fail.
Finally, reboot the device to activate Battery Guardian (it's a little daemon that closes all network connections when the device is in standby, and reactivates all the connections on wakeup).
Ok you are ready to go. My tablet is really perfect with these mods, I hope the best for you too, but remember that what's working for me, could work or not for you: don't blame me if this doesn't suit your needs.
My Folio wakes up only when I need it, and it gave no SOD in one week of intense use. Post your feedbacks, please...
Thanks for share it with us, i will try.
Thanks for sharing.
I don´t have foliomod instaled but i gave it a go on cyanogen 7 and screen off works ( have to use power button 3 ou 4 times to wake up, but works) , battery guardian didn´t work (after wake up it won´t connect to wifi until i clean my wifi password , insert it again and connect manualy).
As nothing to do with foliomod but i wanted to share with everyone .
Problem
The SOD mode is wrong in the Foliomod 1.3d?
Thomas7610 said:
The SOD mode is wrong in the Foliomod 1.3d?
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Foliomod 1.3d is not different from 1.4 under this aspect. The kernel is older and some app FC randomatically. The only reason to keep it is 3G support.
problem
The screen off (by techvision) could not find in the android market..
Thomas7610 said:
The screen off (by techvision) could not find in the android market..
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http://techvisionsys.com/
I can find it on market, black icon with red power
Hi,
Is there any replacement app for SETCPU you would recommend?
I understand that SETCPU is not free...
I also cannot find the Screen Off app, even if I use the download link at their homepage
screen off
I cannot download also but I find another free version..Itt seems right now I have 5% decrease after one hour.This is good result?
lillknurra said:
Hi,
Is there any replacement app for SETCPU you would recommend?
I understand that SETCPU is not free...
I also cannot find the Screen Off app, even if I use the download link at their homepage
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505419
www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/productivity/screen-off_piig_download.html
www.androidblip.com/android-apps/screen-off-119036-download.html
screen off
Topogigi said:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505419
www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/productivity/screen-off_piig_download.html
www.androidblip.com/android-apps/screen-off-119036-download.html
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I send it to email but the android link doesn't exist....
Thomas7610 said:
I send it to email but the android link doesn't exist....
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don't know if it works: comes from my titanium backup. remove the last. zip extension before decompress and try...
I didnt find screen off either but I searched for techvision only in market and then I clicked on the button that shows other apps from the same company. There it was.
brunte said:
I didnt find screen off either but I searched for techvision only in market and then I clicked on the button that shows other apps from the same company. There it was.
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I tried this and found it
Problem is that the Folio says that it can't download it...
Can someone make a backup of the app and post it here or at a fileshare?
Try downloading with dolphin browser or opera
I have a question !
It's really necessary to have installed battery guardian ?? I want to be noticed with a sound if I have a new notification. Folio is going to deep sleep if i don't install battery guardian too ?
Hi guys!
I'm a new (proud?) folio owner, and so far I've tried FolioMod1.4 and FolioTNT1.0, but I've been seeing wifi problems, SOD and sometimes random freezes, and random wakeups from sleep.
1. I've downloaded the app called "CPU Master Free" which allows changing the minimum and maximum frequencies (as a replacement of SetCPU).
2. I've disabled the "screen timeout" in settings->display (I guess that was what was meant by display sleep in the OP)
3. Installed "Screen Off" to turn off the screen
Seems like it works, except that I guess the battery life is decreased by a lot as the device is running at the lowest running at 3x the minimal frequency.. (I get around 5h usage with screen at 50% + Wifi + Browsing)
I've also read that the SOD is a driver issue, and nvidia has released an update which "fixes" it... Anyone knows anything about that?
Another issue I've noticed with TNT is that a USB mouse does not work. The cross appears in the middle of the screen but it cant be moved. (This worked fine in FolioMod1.4)
Anyway, the rest of the system is prettyyyy sweet! Thanks for all the great work
sergi711 said:
I have a question !
It's really necessary to have installed battery guardian ?? I want to be noticed with a sound if I have a new notification. Folio is going to deep sleep if i don't install battery guardian too ?
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When the tablet is in hibernate state wifi is disabled, so youl'll get no notification for new emails. For all the other notifications (alarms, calendar and so on), battery guardian has nothing to do with them, as it only closes network connections. And yes, hibernate works without battery guardian too, but I noticed frequent unwanted wakeups without it.
Yesterday I configured my Folio exactly as described in the first post.
So far so good and all works well, but it seems, that this configuration drains the battery quickly and the battery was empty after 9hrs of standby (from 65 percent remaining).
Anyone got a solution for that, i.e. extending the standby time?
hallo,
i installed different kinds of android (SD version) on my HTC HD2, lastly i decided to use the MccM HD V6 SD SENSE FROYO and im very happy with that.
but ive got a problem: when im using flight mode while sleeping (usually 6-8hours), the battery loses 40-45% charge.
here is the situation:
- when im turning the device off and on again before using flight mode (means boot to wm6.5 artemis and then launching android, activating sim card and then setting device to flight mode) it tages 3-5% of charge during the night.
- when i do NOT reset the device, just enter flight mode after using the phone the whole day (facebook, google maps, ...) then the battery loses 40-45% charge as said before.
so the problem might be an application, which - once it is startet - always tries to connect when im flight mode. i startet using zdbox with autokill on lock, later also autokill system programs - no sucess.
lately i tried batteriefu, but this only stopped my data traffic/connection right now.
i have no idea, what to do against that. a friend told me, its not necessary to use taskkillers at all in android - whats your opinion?
maybe the SD android is a problem? (when programs use the SD card during night, it drains the battery?)
thnx in advance
markus
ps: sorry newbie, first thread in this board - when im doing wrong, just tell me - it was not on purpose.
Battery drain
wHY NOT JUST SWITCH THE PHONE OFF AT NIGHT????. Am I missing something??
Good luck
- galarm? (alarm use)
- and it takes time to go to wm6.5 and then launch android?
John, your shift key is stuck..
I can't help you directly, but SpareParts has a log feature that will tell you which applications cause the device to not enter sleep mode correctly (wake-lock), using that you should be able to locate the program causing the issue.
ok, spareparts was one of the things i uninstalled
spareparts or spareparts+?
thnx!
Normal spareparts should be able to do it (at least the one that came with my CM7 does)
ok, installed it, checkt the logs, loading battery and testing this night
interesting, last 2 nights there was a batteryloss of only 3-4%.
no idea why...
I've heard of roms / kernels taking a couple days to settle before some of the kinks go away, so it might be something of that sort. Otherwise I would assume your phone should be saving power if it's not connecting to networks as frequently
VVarboss said:
I've heard of roms / kernels taking a couple days to settle before some of the kinks go away, so it might be something of that sort. Otherwise I would assume your phone should be saving power if it's not connecting to networks as frequently
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Y'know, I thought it was just me thinking this but I have noticed better performance once RevolutionROM has been in for 2 days or so.
I know there is politics for posting on a old thread but I saw this thread on Google while trying to see if this happened to anyone else.
I would like to report that right before bed I had 22%. My Samsung Skyrocket will eat right through 22% overnight if the cell radio is on. So without rebooting I turned on airplane mode (so I would have an alarm in the morning.) I woke up and my battery was at 28% I couldn't believe it. I will try to re-create this again. This was from 2am to 7am. In my battery details graph it even shows a little "hill" noting the increase.
I did hit the Task Killer button from my ES Task Manager widget right before airplane mode to make sure Facebook and Email were closed.
Any Input?
Have you tried betterbatterystats? I had high drain with new rom and seems to have been Audiout_2 which was started by the keyboard click. It was on by default in the ROM. Its off now and all is OK. Seems once it starts it must be continuously polling.
Sent from my HD2 using the power of Jelly Bean
Hi,
Xperia S have with stock ROM "Power saving" app (I do not know how it is call in English version so it is my translation).
I like this app for it simplicity compare to Profile Scheduller (very good app too) but have some problem with it.
When I run saving mode in Power saving app manually it working OK, starting power mode when battery is going down is ok too, but problem is with scheduled mode.
I set it to start power saving mode form 11 PM until 7 AM but it is not reliable. One time it start one time other time no. Biggest problem is morning when I taking phone in my hand at for instance 7:30 AM it should be in normal mode (from 30 minutes) but mostly it isn't. Typicaly after few minutes playing with phone it switch to normal mode from power saving mode but it is irritating.
Does anybody have similar problem? What is wrong with my phone or my setup?
arek1 said:
Hi,
Xperia S have with stock ROM "Power saving" app (I do not know how it is call in English version so it is my translation).
I like this app for it simplicity compare to Profile Scheduller (very good app too) but have some problem with it.
When I run saving mode in Power saving app manually it working OK, starting power mode when battery is going down is ok too, but problem is with scheduled mode.
I set it to start power saving mode form 11 PM until 7 AM but it is not reliable. One time it start one time other time no. Biggest problem is morning when I taking phone in my hand at for instance 7:30 AM it should be in normal mode (from 30 minutes) but mostly it isn't. Typicaly after few minutes playing with phone it switch to normal mode from power saving mode but it is irritating.
Does anybody have similar problem? What is wrong with my phone or my setup?
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I have the same. No idea why it does that...
I have the same issue as well. Schedule mode is simply unreliable, also even though it sometimes switches itself off properly it "forgets" to increase screen brightness or turn on auto-synch for instance. This app is just buggy so I don't bother with it anymore.
On .67 software it spent most of the time 'restarting' for me, havent tried it on .73 yet but its probably work in progress
It is nice to hear I am not alone. Maybe in .73 it will be better.
ArekS
Sent from Sony Xperia S
**my mistake, can someone move this to the AT&T forum?**
Hi there, I have this problem; my AT&T GS4 does not use the deep sleep state. I have made some research, and from what I understood, this problem has to be a result of any program that keeps triggering the phone to get awake.
So, I have the phone unlocked, rooted and ALL the sensors off, expect from gsm signal. With titanium back I have uninstalled the programs that I´ll never gonna use (mostly AT&T bloadware) and frozen the ones that I don’t want to use right know, but maybe by deleting them I would get into a problem (like S-Voice) or just because some day I would like to give them a try. Finally, there are the programs that I would like to keep, but I don’t want to let them make any cpu use while I am not using them. I used an application called Greenyfi, a good example of why this program is the best for the last propose, is the use of programs like google maps, in where I do want to use it, but, just when I open the app. Also, I used the app “Autostarts” to prevent applications to start after some events (like startup, state change, etc..)
With all that been said, I am steel not getting deep sleep, in any situation. I´am not saying that my battery life is bad, I think I can get easily 4-5 screen time use. But, by not getting into deep sleep, the phone is allways using the cpu at 384mhz, so the battery goes down in a range of 1.5 to 2 % per hour (10 hours of no use and 20% less battery).
SO, for you to see the problem better. I did a little experiment. Restart the phone, put it into flight mode and let it “sleep” for the night, the results are attached.
PD: Whatsapp isn’t the problem; I can froze it and still 0% deep sleep.
did you ever solve this.. my t mobile s4 is not going into deep sleep staying at 384mhz
Had this problem a while ago. Ran Greenify and froze things with TiBu but the phone didn't go into deep sleep. I ended up flashing back to stock then re rooted. Problem solved.
same here. reset didn't work.. flashing back to stock didn't work, flashing stock and then a reset worked.. and reinstalled everything and still going into deep sleep now.. now sure what it was, but something in system was ffd up.