Our Photon ticks off battery usage in 10% increments...dunno about you, but it gets to be annoying!
Here's a nifty app to add a Battery Indicator (Circle or Numeric only) to your Status bar. Best thing about it? It ticks off EVERY percent! YAY!
No more guessing...am Loving this!
Battery Circle - Android Market
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How does the app do that!? We must find a way to make the whole system tick battery in 1% increments. Mostly because I like geekyouup's battery widget. I found that the Battery Circle Widget ticks in 1% increments, so that is a possible replacement.
Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=fr.depoortere.android.CircleBatteryWidget
Dude awesome find and love the looks of it.
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I had another battery percentage indicator installed but it wouldn't do more than showing whatever Moto was reporting, so this works much better. Why would Moto do it this way is puzzling...
Good find. I'm currently using battery monitor widget which has a notification display and you can download a lot of display options. I've just started using this so I don't know if it'll kill my battery. Does your display impact battery life that you can tell?
Haven't noticed any ill effects regarding battery life.
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Good find. I'm currently using battery monitor widget which has a notification display and you can download a lot of display options. I've just started using this so I don't know if it'll kill my battery. Does your display impact battery life that you can tell?
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I've been using this for over a year, never affected my EVO. Now I run on my photon, battery life is great. So I don't think it has any negative impact on battery life
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I just found out that Minimal Text Widget shows exact percentages too so if you aren't a fan of things running in your notification bar check this out on the market, it is free. XD
Is there any way to remove the battery icon once this is installed, or better yet, have this replace the stock icon?
Bandage does this mean ur back to Mopho ville?
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I wanted this. Some of the new Rome and kernals have this. Mainly penguin.
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Thanks for the tip
Nice it works as said... but really just does nothin more but irritate and reassure just how sucky batt life is ..as we now watch 1% a minute dissapear..Ohwell android will always be a battery vamp!
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Can any of the developers or theamers do a 1% mod like the ones for the Epic for example?
There is a mod already...check the dev thread. rangerby did it for jokers Rom. You might be able to flash it visa bootstrap over his locked skinny version.
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Hello,
I purchased my Motorola Droid X2 two days ago from Verizon, but I noticed that it has a very short battery life, especially when on 3G. The battery lasts for 10 hrs with very moderate usage of the phone.
Is there any solution for this? Maybe a 3G toggle widget?
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Hello,
I purchased my Motorola Droid X2 two days ago from Verizon, but I noticed that it has a very short battery life, especially when on 3G. The battery lasts for 10 hrs with very moderate usage of the phone.
Is there any solution for this? Maybe a 3G toggle widget?
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I recommend using the in rom task manager, making most cpu / ram heavy apps auto close
I would disagree about using any task managers. I strongly suggest removing all accounts in your account manager except for gmail. If you want twitter,facebook, etc. Log in within those apps and not through account manager. Motor blur syncs like every 15 min and there is no way to change that.
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Order a bh6x battery I run 12hrs with heavy usage
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Well remove all bloat and then do the stock moto"blur" task killer
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Order a bh6x battery I run 12hrs with heavy usage
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Where do you order those at?
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I use "DCSwitch" to turn off data. It works fantastically, and really helps with the battery life. If I know I'm not going to be around a charger for awhile, I'll flip off data, then just turn it on when I want to check up on email, facebook, twitter, etc. It even comes in a nice widget you can put next to the power control widget, same style and all. One click and it's off!
I don't have enough posts to actually put the market link, but just search it and it should come up.
Amazon and the stock battery works fine with the DROID X2
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I get 12+ hours on stock battery under moderate use, and I don't use any juice defend majiggers or taskmagilicutties. Just take my suggestion previously posted. Oh and freeze both news apps unless you use them.
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Thanks all, I will try your tips guys.
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Amazon and the stock battery works fine with the DROID X2
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ordered the extended battery last night this stock battery just isnt working for me
on my note with stock 2.2 the battery sucked because of all of the bloat/garbage you won't need, upon rooting and freezing my battery life flew up =p
+ another big factor was using wifi over 3g if your in a rural area
now i'm having battery issues again with gingerbread because phone idle eats up probably 3/4 of what display does, which is ALOT and it's annoying
i wonder what the fix to that could be, sigh, time to wait for a rom to come along
Also Try Underclocking The CPU, There Are Free Apps In The Market. Definitely Would Help I Got Mine Set At 816,000 For My Daily Driver Use.
I have a Samsung Vibrant and it's running CM7 7.1.0.1 with the following kernel
2.6.35.12-gdf10700
My problem is that the process "cell standby" has been killing my battery for the past few weeks or so. I'm looking for a new kernel that won't drain my battery so quickly.
Thanks in advance.
Im also noticing cell standby drains my battery pretty bad. Even with Ultimate defender
Have you tried Bali-CM, 99Problemz, or Streamline?
I installed Bali, but I'm not sure how to configure Voodoo Image.
Have you tried rebooting your phone after taking it off the charger? That has fixed my drain issues and lets the phone go into deep sleep properly.
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For me the stock CM7 kernel works best. I am on the latest nightly.
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Like this forum says every vibrant is different
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For me the stock CM7 kernel works best. I am on the latest nightly.View attachment 768811
Like this forum says every vibrant is different
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What are u doing to get this kind of bat use? Is it just the latest build? What modem are you running?
Including 8 - 9hrs sleep (periodically waking to fiddle with World of War), I get 24hrs or slightly more on a single charge with MIUI (same backbone as CM7). I simply freeze or uninstall any apps that use battery that I don't need, such as Gallery, Music, File Explorer, etc. I'm also using an Epic 4G Touch 1800mah battery ($20 from Mobilecityonline) and am using the Glitch ML kernel for some ridiculous undervolting (in my signature).
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Including 8 - 9hrs sleep (periodically waking to fiddle with World of War), I get 24hrs or slightly more on a single charge with MIUI (same backbone as CM7). I simply freeze or uninstall any apps that use battery that I don't need, such as Gallery, Music, File Explorer, etc. I'm also using an Epic 4G Touch 1800mah battery ($20 from Mobilecityonline) and am using the Glitch ML kernel for some ridiculous undervolting (in my signature).
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Can anyone confirm that the Epic 4G Touch 1800mah battery works on the Vibrant?
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Including 8 - 9hrs sleep (periodically waking to fiddle with World of War), I get 24hrs or slightly more on a single charge with MIUI (same backbone as CM7). I simply freeze or uninstall any apps that use battery that I don't need, such as Gallery, Music, File Explorer, etc. I'm also using an Epic 4G Touch 1800mah battery ($20 from Mobilecityonline) and am using the Glitch ML kernel for some ridiculous undervolting (in my signature).
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testing what u have set in ur signature...hopefully this helps my dismal 8hrs of medium use battery life...
Knightsofwar210 said:
Can anyone confirm that the Epic 4G Touch 1800mah battery works on the Vibrant?
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Yes it works
Just wanted to show my battery life after i got a new battery sent to me from Motorola, I knew it was the battery and not my phone
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Nice..how did u get them to send u a battery?
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Nice..how did u get them to send u a battery?
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i just called them up, my phone was still in warranty, so i had one free replacement, just give support a call, let them know your having battery issues and you should be able to get one
Yep, this phone rules. Love the fact that it works so good as a PHONE too, the way they all should. Motorola has it down. My best since the latest update was over 40 hours, with a few hours worth of phone calls.
Wow that's awesome. Now did you do anything else special like turning off data etc.
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What were you getting before?
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Wow that's awesome. Now did you do anything else special like turning off data etc.
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I use custom data saver mode set to turn off data automatically after 15 min all day and night. That way I don't have to bother switching data on and off manually. Plus, it comes on very fast when I turn the screen on. I do keep BT and WIFI off when not in use, brightness at 25%. I also use the built in task killer to auto kill a few apps that want to keep running, like Facebook. I'm locked, but rooted running stock rom, and I used battery calibrator app after the update which helped. Although, before the update I was getting pretty much the same battery life.
And with me, believe it or not, I have the brightness all the way down, (you'd be surprised how bright the screen still is!!!!!) That's my only real secret to even better battery life
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I did the same thing with moto, except i was getting great battery life to begin with. I just wanted a second battery.
One thing that I don't get though is why the phone always wakes up on it's own. My heroc and Evo 3D didn't do that, with the same apps installed. It kinda concerns me.
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One thing that I don't get though is why the phone always wakes up on it's own. My heroc and Evo 3D didn't do that, with the same apps installed. It kinda concerns me.
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Just wanted to post new battery settings:
- Running Skinny ROM, unlocked, rooted
- Actually stopped overclocking the phone - max is 1000 Mhz
- Undervolt @ -75mV
- Juice Defender - Customized Settings (wondering if Aggressive is better)
- I did go through two nights on Airplane mode 14hrs
- Alarm I hear is what causes the phone to be "awake" at night...
Well, I'd say it's been pretty impressive...though I didn't text much and wasn't on too many phone calls, I'd say 24 hours of use w/ 10% left isn't too shabby. I could have probably gotten another couple of hours.
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I use custom data saver mode set to turn off data automatically after 15 min all day and night. That way I don't have to bother switching data on and off manually. Plus, it comes on very fast when I turn the screen on. I do keep BT and WIFI off when not in use, brightness at 25%. I also use the built in task killer to auto kill a few apps that want to keep running, like Facebook. I'm locked, but rooted running stock rom, and I used battery calibrator app after the update which helped. Although, before the update I was getting pretty much the same battery life.
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Can you tell me the name of the application?
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Battery calibrator...check in market
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My rate of battery loss is insane. I can sometimes lose more than 14% an hour while using it. That's with cm7 and the extended/fat battery! Is this normal for heavy use or is there something inherently wrong with my phone.
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what apps and hardware (bluetooth, etc) are you using? what is your birightness set at? are you using 4G?
No bluetooth. Mostly baconreader for reddit. 4g strangely makes no difference. Normally it is off, but I have found that the angle of descent is not impacted by switching. Brightness always sub 40%
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Something else has to be running. I get better than that with stock battery and heavy use.
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Here is today.
Keep in mind that this is with the 2750mA battery
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Is that an antivirus in the first screen?
My brightness (in a profile) is set to 15% and I run that 24/7 unless I'm outside making a phone call or something to see the screen . . .
Could be the antivirus. Have you tried battery calibration by nema? (In market) I'm running infected and using the same battery (OEM right?) And I get about 5% drain an hour with 4g on and screen on about half the time. Sometimes more or less depending on usage.
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Is that an antivirus in the first screen?
My brightness (in a profile) is set to 15% and I run that 24/7 unless I'm outside making a phone call or something to see the screen . . .
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Where? The shield? If so, that's juicedefender
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Could be the antivirus. Have you tried battery calibration by nema? (In market) I'm running infected and using the same battery (OEM right?) And I get about 5% drain an hour with 4g on and screen on about half the time. Sometimes more or less depending on usage.
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Doesn't that just clear the batterystats file on the Sd card? That doesn't affect use unfortunately.
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I could be wrong, but isnt juicedefender an app constantly running? Have you tested your battery without that app?
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First off thanks, I now feel better about my battery life. in my opinion battery life depends on a lot of things. Juice defender didn't seem to play well with my phone. I only turn on wifi when I need it. Also I would charge to phone to 100% and reboot into recovery and clear the battery stats. Not sure if any of that would help, but it can't hurt to try.
I've noticed a bit more accurate readings when resetting battery stats, which is why I suggested it.
Otherwise, you could try a complete backup of all your apps and trying a different rom?
My battery lasts about 14 hrs with regular to heavy use. 11 hrs on the fat battery seems like its way too low. Have you rooted and unclocked?
I would unistall juice defender. You can set up the phone just as well without it and have one less app running (which uses battery)
I have an avg of about 12 hrs fully cycle since i bought my phone over a year ago. I have to make sure that all the setting (i.e. GPS off, wifi off, screen turned all the way down) are always correct to push anything past the 12 hr mark.
Your best bet is do like the rest of us and make sure you have a charger always ready if you are ALWAYS using it.
Hey guys, I've been having a strange issue with my amaze... I currently have Android Revolutions sense Rom, with faux v022... Well my title says it, after I finish charging, after it INDICATES it being 100%, I unplug and wait. 5 minutes later it would be down to 95%.... It continue to drop fast and stop then slow down.... And decrease fast again... I'm guessing the indicator is malfunctioning... I'm also reading the voltage of my battery when fully charged (i have a 1900mah banker) and it would hover at 4100-4200v... I feel that's a little low for it.. anyone else experiencing this issue too? Anyone got a fix for this? I'm getting really frustrated with this false reading/fast draining of my battery... Ive tried calibrating, fully decharging and recharging... New Roms, new kernels, stock kernel... Am I missing something here?
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With an anker, what you're describing sounds pretty typical from what I've read on these forums. They don't behave like a typical oem battery. How long does it last? Worse then stock?
Yes, its an anker issue. Every amaze anker user will tell you the same thing like you described.
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Hey thanks for the responses! The phone definitely lasts longer than the stock... I gues ill just have to live with the whacky reading.... Haha.. on average I'm getting 18+ hours off this battery... Just wish there was a fix to this but oh well! Thanks again for the response again!!
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I have been using an anker battery, I'm running Fourth bar with faux kernel. So far this is the best battery life I've ever had. I used my phone quite a bit yesterday and even watched an hour of Netflix this morning.
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