Hey just came from an EVO to THUNDERBOLT was wondering after i root will i be able to enable and disable the 4G LTE on my ThUNDERBOLT or if this another way to do it ?
You can do it before or after root.
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The TeamAndIRC 4G LTE Settings app (free in the market) will allow you full control. The latest update makes it even easier...
does turning off 4G really save that much battery. The first day using my ThunderBolt I thought the battery drained pretty fast. Came home after 8 hours, minimal use at work, talked a bit and battery got down to 25%. I did a factory reset (my reasons) and removed Advanced Task Killer and today my battery was 50% after work (talked for a hour) and minimal use at work (no games, no internet). Honestly I thought it actually behaved like my Evo (rooted). Will most likely get the extended battery still, but really didnt notice the battery issues today.
Hopefully will root soon. Remove the bloatware.
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ddgarcia05 said:
You can do it before or after root.
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yeah im gonna root it anyway just didnt know if i had to be rooted to do it or not so thank you sir
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The TeamAndIRC 4G LTE Settings app (free in the market) will allow you full control. The latest update makes it even easier...
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thanks i will give this app a try
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does turning off 4G really save that much battery. The first day using my ThunderBolt I thought the battery drained pretty fast. Came home after 8 hours, minimal use at work, talked a bit and battery got down to 25%. I did a factory reset (my reasons) and removed Advanced Task Killer and today my battery was 50% after work (talked for a hour) and minimal use at work (no games, no internet). Honestly I thought it actually behaved like my Evo (rooted). Will most likely get the extended battery still, but really didnt notice the battery issues today.
Hopefully will root soon. Remove the bloatware.
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and yes it does save alot of battery 4g kills the battery life on this phone same as it did on the evo then again i didnt use 4g that much to begin with so it never really effected me but not being able to turn it off out of the box was just stupid on verizons part along with the retarded about of bloatware it came with and i will also be rooted soon
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and yes it does save alot of battery 4g kills the battery life on this phone same as it did on the evo then again i didnt use 4g that much to begin with so it never really effected me but not being able to turn it off out of the box was just stupid on verizons part along with the retarded about of bloatware it came with and i will also be rooted soon
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I agree but they might of wanted to stay away from the 4g switch temporarily because of all the trouble the EVO had in the beginning from the switch draining the battery, just a theory I believe.
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Hello all!
My Brother is over right now and he is an owner of the HTC Thunderbolt.
He just got the newest OTA update on his phone a few mins ago.
He was telling me his battery life n' such was very horrible.
I was telling him how my HTC Evo 4G was the same way when I first got it. I was telling him how I rooted the phone and installed a ROM that gave me better performance and battery life.
So I talked him in to rooting his Thunderbolt. Now I am trying to figure out What ROM or Kernel would be best to flash on his phone for better Battery Life.
Also before I rooted his phone I wanted to ask to make sure I would not run in to any issues since his phone just received an OTA Update.
I know with ROM's it is usually best to test them all and go with the one you feel is best. I was hoping someone could give me some insite though on to which ROM would improve battery life the most.
He wants to stick with Sense. Don't care if it's Froyo or GB.
Thanks for the advise/help!
You can look into damf, synergy, and gingeritis all great Roms. But in my opinion gingeritis give me the best battery for my TBOLT and performance I give it synergy I'm using that now and its my fav out of all of them. But they are all great roms devs did good jobs.
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He should see how battery life does for a week or so because of the new update. Then decide if he wants to root.
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He should see how battery life does for a week or so because of the new update. Then decide if he wants to root.
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I agree with this. But if he wants to root now tell him to try out bamf 1.8.6. Its really stable and it is much much better on the battery.
I've been running synergy and now liquids new gb rom and both have had great battery life..especially compared to when I first got the phone.
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Does he live in an area with LTE? If not, disabling the LTE radio would help battery life. To do this, open the dialer, any type *#*#4636#*#*
This will bring up a menu. Choose phone information, then scroll down and under "set preceded network type" choose cdma auto prl. This will disable the LTE radio, which causes battery drain in a none LTE area because it is constantly searching for an LTE signal.
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Can the new OTA be rooted? I just got the T-bolt and my GF accidentally accepted the update when she was playing with my phone and now I'm stuck with it
B.klewis said:
Can the new OTA be rooted? I just got the T-bolt and my GF accidentally accepted the update when she was playing with my phone and now I'm stuck with it
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yes it can
I'm also on synergy and love it and getting great battery life (easily 12 hours on 4g) make sure he also downloads setcpu and sets it to scale down cpu when the screen is off that saves a ton of battery.
try inj3ctth3ory rom the battery life is good so far
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Does he live in an area with LTE? If not, disabling the LTE radio would help battery life. To do this, open the dialer, any type *#*#4636#*#*
This will bring up a menu. Choose phone information, then scroll down and under "set preceded network type" choose cdma auto prl. This will disable the LTE radio, which causes battery drain in a none LTE area because it is constantly searching for an LTE signal.
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Thanks for that. I had him set that on his phone.
The new update did not help with the battery as you all know by now lol.
I will probably make him install ROM Manager so he can switch between ROM's to choose one he likes.
I will also have him grab SetCPU.
Thanks for the tip's / advice!
How the heck is it possible that while screen-off, my battery usage is between -401 and -495 mA? Is this normal? GSM version btw.
I had an android HD2, it uses average of -3mA
I know this sounds stupid, but have you installed any apps? HTC has said most battery drain issues are due to "bad" apps. Maybe do a nandroid, wipe data, and perform the same test from a stock clean ROM?
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A little ofd topic, but where tha heck u got the gsm version of the E3D??? Ive been dying to know!!!
-De Pü3rTøRr0 Puñetaaaaa!!
I got the gsm evo 3d here from Rogers 3 days ago. Battery was fine for the first two days. And now the battery is at 55% in 3 hours while it was I'm my pocket and not used for anything at all!!! Does not make sense.
Lol sounds like bad batteries or need to set a screen off profile.on set cpu
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Oh I think u guys aren't rooted yet right?
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Can't root GSM yet
sure you can
go to www.revolutionary.io
download it and bam enjoy
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sure you can
go to www.revolutionary.io
download it and bam enjoy
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Not for Rogers EVO yet....
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OP uses WA¹°Y too many vowels and caps for an OP. ;-)
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Might be an obvious question but do you have a Live Wallpaper enabled?
check your battery use in the settings. That'll help narrow what the cause is. Also keep an eye on your signal strength. Switching between roaming an not roaming takes a toll on the battery. Weaker signals also mean the phone is working harder to keep the signal. You can also go to Applications -> running services to see if anything instslled is keeping the phone awake.
Can you guys post some currentwidget readings of yourself?
Cause the lowest I get is 161, and my HD2 got to 3 or 4 most of the time..
Delano.888 said:
Can you guys post some currentwidget readings of yourself?
Cause the lowest I get is 161, and my HD2 got to 3 or 4 most of the time..
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Same here......i miss my hd2...=[
R.I.P. HD2 hello EVO 3D!!
Download CPU Spy from the market and see if your phone is able to go into DEEP SLEEP. if not, then remove 1 app/widget at a time till it does, voila, you found the rogue app!
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Can you guys post some currentwidget readings of yourself?
Cause the lowest I get is 161, and my HD2 got to 3 or 4 most of the time..
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Same exact problem here. My HD2 would use anywhere from 2-6 ma on idle with the screen off. This was running a non-sense ROM of course (CM7 or Vanilla 2.3).
My 3VO is still stock and it idles at anywhere from 40 to 300+ ma. It makes no sense. My HD2 got far better battery life with a much smaller battery.
I think once we get rid of stupid ass sense and get a clean AOSP/CM7 build, things will be much nicer.
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check your battery use in the settings. That'll help narrow what the cause is.
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This is where I'd also recommend you start
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This is where I'd also recommend you start
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That's all "normal" if you can call it that. Display taking up the most, but still in standby the readings are very high, but I guess sense does this seeing as more people have this problem..
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are the battery watcher app/widgets good or bad ? im losing battery every min .. phone is rooted and .. the rom that i have people are saying there getting 10.5 hours .. wtf i want 10.5
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That's all "normal" if you can call it that. Display taking up the most, but still in standby the readings are very high, but I guess sense does this seeing as more people have this problem..
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Practically, how much is your battery life dropping? Example: 100% to 60% in 2 hours? And what was the phone used for in that duration.
For example, If I charge my CDMA EVO 3D to 100% at 9pm and unplug it and leave it idle overnight, it goes from 100% to 98% by 7am. So, on idle, it drops 2% in 10 hours.
Since 4G On The 3D Runs On WiMAX Which Is Wifi, Would It Be Better For Battery Life Than 3G? I Ask This Becouse Wifi Gets Better Battery Life Than 3G And Whenever I'm On 4G It Doesn't Seem To Kill My Phone.
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Since 4G On The 3D Runs On WiMAX Which Is Wifi, Would It Be Better For Battery Life Than 3G? I Ask This Becouse Wifi Gets Better Battery Life Than 3G And Whenever I'm On 4G It Doesn't Seem To Kill My Phone.
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I've noticed with ICS that if I accidentally leave my 4g on, it does not kill my battery like it did using GB. For battery life, it has traditionally been Wifi is best, 3g is second, and 4g is a battery killer, but now I am not so sure. I am not around 4g enough to test it, but if you are, that would be a great experiment. If you do it, please report back as inquiring minds want to know.
coal686 said:
I've noticed with ICS that if I accidentally leave my 4g on, it does not kill my battery like it did using GB. For battery life, it has traditionally been Wifi is best, 3g is second, and 4g is a battery killer, but now I am not so sure. I am not around 4g enough to test it, but if you are, that would be a great experiment. If you do it, please report back as inquiring minds want to know.
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I just switched to MeanROM ICS myself and have noticed the battery drains faster than it ever had on GB or the stock Sprint ROM. With or without 4G on. Are you getting the same battery performance on ICS that you were on GB?
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I just switched to MeanROM ICS myself and have noticed the battery drains faster than it ever had on GB or the stock Sprint ROM. With or without 4G on. Are you getting the same battery performance on ICS that you were on GB?
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I've seen a couple posts saying Meanrom ics is killing battery pretty quickly. It may, I haven't updated the past 2 versions... But in one of the latest versions, he's did post less emphasis on battery savings and more on power. I'm on an earlier version and get great battery life.
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TheDaltanian said:
I just switched to MeanROM ICS myself and have noticed the battery drains faster than it ever had on GB or the stock Sprint ROM. With or without 4G on. Are you getting the same battery performance on ICS that you were on GB?
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Screen off time on ICS is substantially better than screen off time on GB (like 1% drain every 3 hours). Screen on time seems to be worse. In the end, I get through the entire day using MeanROM ICS with about 50% battery left (today: 13.5 hours off charger with 1.5 hours screen on time). So, it is not quite as good as GB, but since I recharge every night anyway and I love ICS's interface and features, I stick with it. I am going to flash ZR3dX tonight to see what the new version is about though.
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I've noticed with ICS that if I accidentally leave my 4g on, it does not kill my battery like it did using GB. For battery life, it has traditionally been Wifi is best, 3g is second, and 4g is a battery killer, but now I am not so sure. I am not around 4g enough to test it, but if you are, that would be a great experiment. If you do it, please report back as inquiring minds want to know.
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I need some assistance, I just flashed MeanROM 5.7 this morning and seem to be experiencing the same issue, a draining battery. It's like 8:30am and I unplugged about 6:30am. I'm currently at 77% with very light usage. I've sent maybe 20 text messages and spent maybe 10 minutes in various apps. My on screen time is currently 29 minutes. I have email set to sync every 4 hours, weather syncs every three hours, I created the MeanRom.opt file and set parameters for battery. Is there anything I can do to increase my battery life as I hear about others getting at least a full day out of their battery.
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I need some assistance, I just flashed MeanROM 5.7 this morning and seem to be experiencing the same issue, a draining battery. It's like 8:30am and I unplugged about 6:30am. I'm currently at 77% with very light usage. I've sent maybe 20 text messages and spent maybe 10 minutes in various apps. My on screen time is currently 29 minutes. I have email set to sync every 4 hours, weather syncs every three hours, I created the MeanRom.opt file and set parameters for battery. Is there anything I can do to increase my battery life as I hear about others getting at least a full day out of their battery.
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I get 30+ hours with almost 4 hours of screen on try turning off auto sync and whatever else is not neccesary such as GPS and IMHO changing to battery I tried it once and got horrible battery life you can also check Better Battery Stats and see if some rouge programs are running I know GN is a big battery killer also I always heard having wifi on as much as possible was supposed to save battery but.. I had mine on and it kicked the crap out of my battery I saw in BBS that wifi had almost 6000 wakelocks so I turned it off until I needed it then back off when done no more battery problems.
It's not uncommon to have mediocre battery life immediately after flashing a ROM...give it a day or two to settle and it should improve. That's typically been the case for me.
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Couple of reboots also helps
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I get 30+ hours with almost 4 hours of screen on try turning off auto sync and whatever else is not neccesary such as GPS and IMHO changing to battery I tried it once and got horrible battery life you can also check Better Battery Stats and see if some rouge programs are running I know GN is a big battery killer also I always heard having wifi on as much as possible was supposed to save battery but.. I had mine on and it kicked the crap out of my battery I saw in BBS that wifi had almost 6000 wakelocks so I turned it off until I needed it then back off when done no more battery problems.
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Thanks BD, will try turning off the autosync. Is there a way I can disable GN? It's rather slow.
Do u do anything else to get that type of battery life? I heard I shld keep 3g off until I actually nd it. What say u?
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It's not uncommon to have mediocre battery life immediately after flashing a ROM...give it a day or two to settle and it should improve. That's typically been the case for me.
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Hey Premo, I have been having this problem with previous versions al well. I was told I shld keep 3g off until I use an app or svc which requires internet connectivity. What say u?
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Thanks BD, will try turning off the autosync. Is there a way I can disable GN? It's rather slow.
Do u do anything else to get that type of battery life? I heard I shld keep 3g off until I actually nd it. What say u?
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I have never used GN but I have seen members post there is a way to turn it off in GN settings and my 3g is always on unless I do hook into wifi for a few minutes, I only use wifi as needed.
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Hey Premo, I have been having this problem with previous versions al well. I was told I shld keep 3g off until I use an app or svc which requires internet connectivity. What say u?
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Yeah, that would help...wifi uses less battery than 3g too, so use that whenever you can. Just make sure the "Best WiFi Performance" option is disabled in wifi settings (it drains battery pretty aggressively).
You really shouldn't have to disable your data connection to get decent battery life though. Have you let the battery run all the way down? How many hours do you get on a full charge? Do you have the same problem with other roms?
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Hey Premo, I have been having this problem with previous versions al well. I was told I shld keep 3g off until I use an app or svc which requires internet connectivity. What say u?
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I never turn off my 3g. It seems that if it doesn't need data, that it isn't using the 3g. It's on but in a standby mode.
When I'm at home, it's connected to WiFi. Which will help some.
I do have my auto sync turned off too. If stops pinging for messages all the time.
What is GN?
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I never turn off my 3g. It seems that if it doesn't need data, that it isn't using the 3g. It's on but in a standby mode.
When I'm at home, it's connected to WiFi. Which will help some.
I do have my auto sync turned off too. If stops pinging for messages all the time.
What is GN?
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GN=Google Now
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GN=Google Now
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Oh, thanks.
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Is there a way to just use 3g? Like disable 4g. F.E., an app or code.
I want to test battery life, even though the dna radios switch better and are easier on battery. Thanks!
kushmacdaddy said:
Is there a way to just use 3g? Like disable 4g. F.E., an app or code.
I want to test battery life, even though the dna radios switch better and are easier on battery. Thanks!
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Unfortunately I don't like posting specific Roms in Q&A Section. But I know Venom has a 3G/4G toggle. Not sure what the guys used for it. If you really want to know, I will ask Nitsuj how it was done.
Check out the app called phone info. I'm sure one of the options will do that for you.
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that's a good one and the old Thunderbolt LTE ON/ OFF app works too... and has a cooler shortcut icon lol
just toggle the mode to CDMA Auto (PRL) to force only 3G
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Is there a way to just use 3g? Like disable 4g. F.E., an app or code.
I want to test battery life, even though the dna radios switch better and are easier on battery. Thanks!
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Here's the one I use. Last week when I was stuck somewhere and bored I decided to try several of the apps. Probably 4 or 5. This one ended up being my favorite by far because it's very straight forward, one click on the shortcut to open the menu, and it's not a huge battery hog like the ads in some of the other ones.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.andirc.lteonfoff&hl=en
Also if you have apps that are like toolbox or system type apps you might already have an app with a shortcut to the hidden phone info.
Just wondering if you noticed any increase in battery life when going to 3g
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Just wondering if you noticed any increase in battery life when going to 3g
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I notice a huge difference, unless the 4G signal itself is really strong. 4G being enabled in a 3G only area, or with a weak 4G signal, uses up A LOT of battery. Also if you run LTE/CDMA instead of the entire global radios being enabled that also helps with battery life for me, but I'm sure different hardware on the user end and different hardware from the network that's being transmitted all play in bigtime.
Thanks guys. I'll report back later.
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Here's the one I use. Last week when I was stuck somewhere and bored I decided to try several of the apps. Probably 4 or 5. This one ended up being my favorite by far because it's very straight forward, one click on the shortcut to open the menu, and it's not a huge battery hog like the ads in some of the other ones.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.andirc.lteonfoff&hl=en
Also if you have apps that are like toolbox or system type apps you might already have an app with a shortcut to the hidden phone info.
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What toggle did you use? I found if I clicked cdma it only gave me 1x. If I hit cdma auto, it gave me 3g.
I mean, I only wanna do this for a day to see if there's a huge difference of turning off 4g
Edit: bakemcbride21 already said cdma auto my bad