Since upgrading to KP's 4.5 rom my battery is horrible, I did not update the new radio, will this help? I was also just thinking of using Ronaldo_9's rom kp rom with extras and flashing the radio. Anyone have suggestions?
try doing a batt call once you charge it to 100%. I'm on KPs 4.5 rom on 2.3.4 and I get around 18-22 hours on a charge on normal use. Also make sure you do the battery fix so your battery indicator doesn't jump all over the place
schwiing said:
try doing a batt call once you charge it to 100%. I'm on KPs 4.5 rom on 2.3.4 and I get around 18-22 hours on a charge on normal use. Also make sure you do the battery fix so your battery indicator doesn't jump all over the place
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Do you use juicedefender or battery saving apps?
No batt saving apps here. Also, I'm on performance mode for my battery mode.
schwiing said:
No batt saving apps here. Also, I'm on performance mode for my battery mode.
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Wow that's legit. 18-22 hours of normal moderate usage? Or very light usage?
Thats with about 10-15 min of youtube/surfing the web..some time on wifi, display on for about 1-2 hours. 45-50 minutes of call time. Normal/light use.
How do you do the battery calibration?
Make sure you're @ 100% first, but either you can wipe battery stats in CWM or use "BatteryCalibration" App from the marketplace, which allows you to do it without rebooting. Either way works fine.
Thanks i will try the app im at 90 so hopefully soon.. I love the new GB but the way my battery is draining is unbearable.
Schwiing, Did you update the radio when going to KP's rom? Also what battery fix did you do?
beyorj said:
Schwiing, Did you update the radio when going to KP's rom? Also what battery fix did you do?
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Yes, I updated to 1.77.30 (from 1.77.15)
I did this battery fix: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174349
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So i have been searching for about an hour or so now and can't find a definitive solution to the phone idle problem.
Some people are saying to flash this new .30 radio for gingerbread, which i also searched for and can't seem to find unless im typing in the search wrong.
Some people say to use juggernauts battery fix...but he himself has said all it does is fix the 1% battery mod and does not affect battery life for good or bad.
Has anyone any clue how the hell to fix the phone idle battery drain issue????
J-Roc said:
So i have been searching for about an hour or so now and can't find a definitive solution to the phone idle problem.
Some people are saying to flash this new .30 radio for gingerbread, which i also searched for and can't seem to find unless im typing in the search wrong.
Some people say to use juggernauts battery fix...but he himself has said all it does is fix the 1% battery mod and does not affect battery life for good or bad.
Has anyone any clue how the hell to fix the phone idle battery drain issue????
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Radio: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159505
Battery fix: flash it, you need correct readings of your battery. After all that, wipe the battery stats through CWM (under advanced) and use the Battery Calibration app.
Idle battery drain: Not necessarily an issue, we're not sure yet.
Vangelis13 said:
Radio: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159505
Battery fix: flash it, you need correct readings of your battery. After all that, wipe the battery stats through CWM (under advanced) and use the Battery Calibration app.
Idle battery drain: Not necessarily an issue, we're not sure yet.
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Is flashing an ATT radio safe? Over the past month i've been reading not to flash ATT radio's???
yeh it's safe...in fact I flashed mine yesterday....but didn't notice any different...I guess I have to get Setcpu...and make some profiles on there....
Whenever you flash a new rom it seems the battery drains fast. I noticed the first day I bought the phone and thought that the battery was worse than my iPhone 4. After a few days, I guess the phone calibrated the battery stats and it got better. The phone idle % will be high if your phone sits on the table more than when you're using it. When I'm using my phone, usually my display it really high and idle isn't even on the list.
Phoneguy589 said:
Whenever you flash a new rom it seems the battery drains fast. I noticed the first day I bought the phone and thought that the battery was worse than my iPhone 4. After a few days, I guess the phone calibrated the battery stats and it got better. The phone idle % will be high if your phone sits on the table more than when you're using it. When I'm using my phone, usually my display it really high and idle isn't even on the list.
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I totally agree, but the problem is that the "idle phone" problem hurts my battery so i don't have enough through out the day.
I go to sleep with it fully charged...wake up and its at 70%!!! it should not be like that...especially since i used to be able to go to sleep with it at 100 and then wake up to it at 99 or 98...then get about 30 solid hours out of it with heavy to moderate use...games, email, text, phone calls and internet...
There has got to be something else to it
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I totally agree, but the problem is that the "idle phone" problem hurts my battery so i don't have enough through out the day.
I go to sleep with it fully charged...wake up and its at 70%!!! it should not be like that...especially since i used to be able to go to sleep with it at 100 and then wake up to it at 99 or 98...then get about 30 solid hours out of it with heavy to moderate use...games, email, text, phone calls and internet...
There has got to be something else to it
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I had the same problem I tried 3 GB roms all produced same results so..just flashed 1.2.6 via RSD and flashed radio .30 via RSD...now I am getting more then 40+ hours of battery life with moderate and light use...but in idle mode it may drain max. about 1% per hour..btw i don't have setcpu installed..
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I totally agree, but the problem is that the "idle phone" problem hurts my battery so i don't have enough through out the day.
I go to sleep with it fully charged...wake up and its at 70%!!! it should not be like that...especially since i used to be able to go to sleep with it at 100 and then wake up to it at 99 or 98...then get about 30 solid hours out of it with heavy to moderate use...games, email, text, phone calls and internet...
There has got to be something else to it
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Had the exact same problem, wrote up a guide on how to fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198333
I was running bionix from before I decided to switch. I flashed back to stock via Odin and flashed to ICS Passion v11. It's an excellent ROM but my battery life is abysmal. Just texting for 5 mins drains it about 8%. I have to charge my phone 3x a day in order to keep it alive. Really like this rom so does anyone have suggestions on what to tweak or disable to fix this?
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I was running bionix from before I decided to switch. I flashed back to stock via Odin and flashed to ICS Passion v11. It's an excellent ROM but my battery life is abysmal. Just texting for 5 mins drains it about 8%. I have to charge my phone 3x a day in order to keep it alive. Really like this rom so does anyone have suggestions on what to tweak or disable to fix this?
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Yeah same for me.. I had to buy the Samsung Galaxy Epic 4g 1800mAh battery.. It solved my problem. You can get one on amazon for like 20 bucks. It's totally worth it. For some reason the 1500mAh battery gets random drains on this ROM
It's not just this ROM. I have noticed it on all the ICS Roms. Some of the apps are not configured properly for ICS yet, thus the battery drain. When you re-install your apps using Titanium Backup try not restoring data.
Bump for possible solutions. The new battery is a good idea. I hear so many people claiming battery life is superb and mine is far from it. I never restored apps with titanium backup either. Everything was clean slate
When I was running ics, i had a few times where my phone would not deep sleep. I just reinstalled and it seemed to correct it.
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When I first installed Passion V11 my first full charge only got me about 8 hours of use. I installed BetterbatteryStats and CPU Spy, and Battery Monitor Widget. I looked at the logs and saw that Beautiful Widgets was causing alarms and kernel wakelocks almost non-stop. After identifying the problem app and uninstalling it, my phone still has 70% battery with 24 hours of use.
You guys just need an 1800 mAH battery. The thing can last me a day and a half with no charge (assuming I put it in airplane mode at night). You can find it for $10-20 on Amazon or eBay.
To get best battery life all you need to do is "Charge Cycles"
For ICS Passion v8,
Charge Cycle means completely charging your phone too 100%, reboot and LET IT DRAIN UPTO 0%
Now charge it to 100% again without interuption and then reboot.
This is one/first charge cycle. Also get unused toggles off and remove unused widgets.
I would add that you need to go into Clockwork Mod manager by rebooting your phone, selecting advanced, wipe battery stats, repeat after drain to 0 and recharge to 100%
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I installed BetterbatteryStats and CPU Spy, and Battery Monitor Widget. I looked at the logs and saw that Beautiful Widgets was causing alarms and kernel wakelocks almost non-stop. After identifying the problem app and uninstalling it,
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All this is in my guide stickied in the Q&A section.
jpatt said:
Charge Cycle means completely charging your phone too 100%, reboot and LET IT DRAIN UPTO 0%
Now charge it to 100% again without interuption and then reboot.
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Best way to get the most out of your battery, hands down (although I never let it fully discharge. Got pegged once on another phone and it never held a charge again. My own superstitiion though b/c it was an entirely different manufacturer).
Also get unused toggles off and remove unused widgets.
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Also in my guide
I would add that you need to go into Clockwork Mod manager by rebooting your phone, selecting advanced, wipe battery stats, repeat after drain to 0 and recharge to 100%
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This has been debunked but I still believe in it and what I have seen from my own personal experience.
i have the elegant white rom,its awesome low ram consumption speed etc.
BUT first to change stock rom(original from manifacturer)i could play 2 hours and 1/2 sometimes 3 without trouble with battery at 30/35% left now i play 5 mins and my battery goes from 93% to 87% in 5 min
so 6%x12=72%battery lost in 1 hours its bad really bad! i also installed the battery fix but notthing!in idle without playing i lost 2/3% per hours so this is good.
someone have my same trouble? it is normal?if so i should install back stock rom?
if i get stock rom again the battery should be fine?
the elegant rom is on stock 2.3.7 i had 2.3.3 when i bought this phone
sorry for bad english i have not much time
thx everyone
(already done calibration)
to full charge it takes 1 hours max is it normal?
cech12 said:
i have the elegant white rom,its awesome low ram consumption speed etc.
BUT first to change stock rom(original from manifacturer)i could play 2 hours and 1/2 sometimes 3 without trouble with battery at 30/35% left now i play 5 mins and my battery goes from 93% to 87% in 5 min
so 6%x12=72%battery lost in 1 hours its bad really bad! i also installed the battery fix but notthing!in idle without playing i lost 2/3% per hours so this is good.
someone have my same trouble? it is normal?if so i should install back stock rom?
if i get stock rom again the battery should be fine?
the elegant rom is on stock 2.3.7 i had 2.3.3 when i bought this phone
sorry for bad english i have not much time
thx everyone
(already done calibration)
to full charge it takes 1 hours max is it normal?
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You need to calibrate your battery (and/or delete your battery stats)
Soeskip said:
You need to calibrate your battery (and/or delete your battery stats)
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i said:already done
done 2 days ago after let phone shut down and charged until 100%
Roms based on CM7.2 do drain battery massively compared to stock so going back to stock would help.
Battery callibration does not help - see Here
Same problem here... Living with it cuz stock has just become old and lazy
But if you really want battery switch to stock its way better than cm
[practice random acts of kindness and selfless acts of love]
cech12 said:
i have the elegant white rom,its awesome low ram consumption speed etc.
BUT first to change stock rom(original from manifacturer)i could play 2 hours and 1/2 sometimes 3 without trouble with battery at 30/35% left now i play 5 mins and my battery goes from 93% to 87% in 5 min
so 6%x12=72%battery lost in 1 hours its bad really bad! i also installed the battery fix but notthing!in idle without playing i lost 2/3% per hours so this is good.
someone have my same trouble? it is normal?if so i should install back stock rom?
if i get stock rom again the battery should be fine?
the elegant rom is on stock 2.3.7 i had 2.3.3 when i bought this phone
sorry for bad english i have not much time
thx everyone
(already done calibration)
to full charge it takes 1 hours max is it normal?
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Battery Calibration has nothing to do with battery life on any ROM.
Source: XDA-Developers Battery Callibration Myth Debunked
008bond said:
Battery Calibration has nothing to do with battery life on any ROM.
Source: XDA-Developers Battery Callibration Myth Debunked
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if i switch back to stock manifacturer rom it should be fine or not??
cuz if so ill get it back
elegant white is based on 2.3.7 not on cw(i have just cw console)
cech12 said:
if i switch back to stock manifacturer rom it should be fine or not??
cuz if so ill get it back
elegant white is based on 2.3.7 not on cw(i have just cw console)
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theres a lot of stock rom base try it...
go back to stock rom...stock roms are the best!!
ace-user said:
go back to stock rom...stock roms are the best!!
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umm is there a different battery life between
2.3.3 and 2.3.7?
I'll try to install stock rom.I'm doing a test with my friend's phone stock rom no Root my battery has more life with wifi and browsing.didn't try with gaming yet
more performance,less battery life
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sunnyfok said:
more performance,less battery life
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Any difference between 2.3.3 .5 .7 ?
which of these has more life?
cech12 said:
Any difference between 2.3.3 .5 .7 ?
which of these has more life?
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There isn't a noticeable difference in both versions in terms of battery life. However, 5.7 has better performance and is noticeable.
You can try underclocking to something like 730 MHZ and save a decent amount of battery life without losing performance. Check this OC kernel out:
OC zImage
Also, use Cyanogenmod, ADW launcher without customizations is faster than the stock touch-wiz UI launcher.
008bond said:
There isn't a noticeable difference in both versions in terms of battery life. However, 5.7 has better performance and is noticeable.
You can try underclocking to something like 730 MHZ and save a decent amount of battery life without losing performance. Check this OC kernel out:
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Also, use Cyanogenmod, ADW launcher without customizations is faster than the stock touch-wiz UI launcher.
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I just want to have a long life of battery so ill come back to stock .7
For all those who r shouting that battery calibration doesnt improve battery.. Did the XDA said it improves battery life?? Do u ppl know wats the meaning of calibration?? Calibrating means adjusting something to the accurate value.. Not improving the value!! Even we never said it ll improve battery life.. Battery calibration just calibrates the reading to more accuarte one. So let the ppl calibrate it. Else leave. It ll automatically gets adjusted after 1 or 2 week.. U can see urself the change..
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For all those who r shouting that battery calibration doesnt improve battery.. Did the XDA said it improves battery life?? Do u ppl know wats the meaning of calibration?? Calibrating means adjusting something to the accurate value.. Not improving the value!! Even we never said it ll improve battery life.. Battery calibration just calibrates the reading to more accuarte one. So let the ppl calibrate it. Else leave. It ll automatically gets adjusted after 1 or 2 week.. U can see urself the change..
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Yes, many members on XDA said that callibration improves battery life. The battery indicator on your status bar does not use batterystatus.bin. It does not automatically adjust after 1 week or 2. It re-calibrates every time you charge!
Read the article posted by XDA for more:
google-engineer-debunks-myth-wiping-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
well i dont know about you all
but on my phone battery percantage isnt that accurate
cause when i unplug phone from charger and just open game or do something battery percantage goes to like 90%
but when my battery percantage is low like 18% it holds 30mins on 18%
I've tested many roms here and stock rod do tend to have better battery life, but... When i tested the RAZRv3 by TeamCooper, it had extremly good battery life.
When i got my Ace it had froyo, that lasted about 2.5-3 days. I upgraded to gingerbread official, battery lasted about 1.5-2 days on. Then i tried several custom stock roms and they all lasted about 1-2 days.
After that i started testing CM7 (both 7.1 and 7.2) roms and most of them lasted 12-18 hours (i used the wifi disables 3g function and some other tweaks to last the battery longer otherwise those roms would not have been usable)
Then i got to the RAZRv3 i used it for 2 weeks and the battery was amazing, it lasted easily for 3 days with no other tweaks than "wifi disables 3g" and also the performance was good. No lag!
Then i tested the CM7.2byFAT and the battery was awful but i really liked the rom so i keep 3g disabled when i dont use internet (all background apps use 2g internet) and now the battery last for 2 days.
As i've tested.... 3g takes really alot of battery in CM7 roms but in RAZRv3 (cm7.1 based) it worked like a charm.
So.. Everyone who wants really good battery life should test RAZRv3 that can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1478807
Hey guys,
I have been running unnamed rom lately, but on any other rom including stock. My battery lasts for like 8 hours with little use and 4 hours with moderate use. When I see what is draining my battery it looks normal as the display uses the most, but I only have it at 30% brightness most of the time I have insurance should I see if I can get a new battery? Or any other tips?
Can you post a pic of your battery usage?
Have you tried to calibrate the battery yet?
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kingsfan917 said:
Hey guys,
I have been running unnamed rom lately, but on any other rom including stock. My battery lasts for like 8 hours with little use and 4 hours with moderate use. When I see what is draining my battery it looks normal as the display uses the most, but I only have it at 30% brightness most of the time I have insurance should I see if I can get a new battery? Or any other tips?
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Many things could cause battery drainage, such as oc-ing. You could find the original Samsung battery on eBay for a cheap price. Before buying one, try doing the following:
Clear OC/UV settings (i.e. put to defaults)
Download Battery Calibration by NeMa (on the Play Market)
Charge your phone and wait until it reaches 100%*
Tap on "Battery Calibration" and done
Once calibrated, use your phone as you normally would until the battery dies. Only when it dies you can charge it. You can charge as you please from then on.
Note: If it does not reach up to 100%, go to CWM and clear battery stats.
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Hey guys,
I have been running unnamed rom lately, but on any other rom including stock. My battery lasts for like 8 hours with little use and 4 hours with moderate use. When I see what is draining my battery it looks normal as the display uses the most, but I only have it at 30% brightness most of the time I have insurance should I see if I can get a new battery? Or any other tips?
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Which other firmwares? Anything UCKK6-based has known documented wifi drain issues.
The usual applies - look in battery statistics, use BetterBatteryStats to hunt wakelocks.
sykoj82 said:
Have you tried to calibrate the battery yet?
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THIS DOES NOTHING ON ANY SAMSUNG GALAXY S DEVICE!
never tried the battery calibration?... does it actually work or no?
have you installed any new apps recently? those apps that use a lot of apps in the background are a pest to your battery life as they usually won't show up in the battery monitor. try disabling your data when not in use and see if that helps. if the current rom you are on does not have a toggle bar with data use the "data enabler widget" by Farproc.
Hi guys i've been searching a lot for this problem but find no answer how to fix it.The problem is that battery drains very fast even in sleep mode.When i woke up my battery was at 42% now after ~12 hours it's at 16% and i don't even used my phone.(Only 1-2 calls and that's it)
Here are my battery stats in the attachments.As you can see 3days and it was running so good but today the problem started.Anyone help me?
Could be a problamatic battery. How old is the battery?
Are you rooted?
Hamza Murad said:
Could be a problamatic battery. How old is the battery?
Are you rooted?
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Battery and phone are 5 months old and yes i'm rooted.
SgsD said:
Hi guys i've been searching a lot for this problem but find no answer how to fix it.The problem is that battery drains very fast even in sleep mode.When i woke up my battery was at 42% now after ~12 hours it's at 16% and i don't even used my phone.(Only 1-2 calls and that's it)
Here are my battery stats in the attachments.As you can see 3days and it was running so good but today the problem started.Anyone help me?
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Disable auto sync, lower the brightness, don't overheat your phone.
Krishanshu said:
Disable auto sync, lower the brightness, don't overheat your phone.
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But i've disabled everything and i don't overheat my phone.
@SgsD
Which phone?
Do a nandroid and reflash stock rom/kernel. (Even if you are on stock)
SgsD said:
But i've disabled everything and i don't overheat my phone.
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Replace your battery.
Problem solved.Just fully charged my battery and it's ok now
You can even add some build.prop & init.d tweaks in your phone to improve battery backup as you are rooted. And you can also try any custom roms which have better ui & also better battery backup & even good performance compared to stock roms...