So I have set my power saving mode to come on at 30% and for it to disable everything except wifi. The problem is that after I charge my phone back up, those settings remain disabled even though power saving mode is turned off, so I have to manually enable them each time. Is there a way around this?
apollero said:
So I have set my power saving mode to come on at 30% and for it to disable everything except wifi. The problem is that after I charge my phone back up, those settings remain disabled even though power saving mode is turned off, so I have to manually enable them each time. Is there a way around this?
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What ROM and kernel is on your phone?
If you enable user specified power saving with your customized settings (30% battery => shut down everything accept wifi), and you did not disable this power saving mode, when exactly is the power saving mode disabled?
As soon as you plug in the power cable?
And is it not re-enabled automatically, after pulling the power cable out?
Sorry, but I did not exactly understand your issue.
"those settings remain disabled even though power saving mode is turned off" => Yes, that's correct. If the power saving mode is turned off, all power saving settings should be disabled.
This sounds to me like "normal" behavior.
Maybe I misunderstood something in your description.
It_ler said:
What ROM and kernel is on your phone?
If you enable user specified power saving with your customized settings (30% battery => shut down everything accept wifi), and you did not disable this power saving mode, when exactly is the power saving mode disabled?
As soon as you plug in the power cable?
And is it not re-enabled automatically, after pulling the power cable out?
Sorry, but I did not exactly understand your issue.
"those settings remain disabled even though power saving mode is turned off" => Yes, that's correct. If the power saving mode is turned off, all power saving settings should be disabled.
This sounds to me like "normal" behavior.
Maybe I misunderstood something in your description.
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I'm on stock 2.3.3 and KG2
And I meant that these settings do not revert themselves after I finish charging the battery. For example, at less than 30%, my power saving mode turns off syncing. But once I finish charging my phone back to 100%, the syncing is remained off, so essentially, my power saving mode never really turns itself off even after charging.
I noticed the same thing - it's very annoying to set my screen timeout to 2 minutes, and when power-save mode comes on, it gets reset to 30 seconds and stays there.
I ended up turning off almost all of the power-saving features, and setting the threshold to 5%. I'm running the stock rooted kernel with NoCIQ, so I already have a pretty substantial battery life (~24-30 hrs with normal usage and wifi at home).
apollero said:
I'm on stock 2.3.3 and KG2
And I meant that these settings do not revert themselves after I finish charging the battery. For example, at less than 30%, my power saving mode turns off syncing. But once I finish charging my phone back to 100%, the syncing is remained off, so essentially, my power saving mode never really turns itself off even after charging.
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Have a look at MyProfiles app from the Market.
Maybe it can help you to switch between different profiles based on system triggers.
Or use AutomateIt app to define rules when to toggle wifi, bt, gps, etc.
Just worth a try...
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It_ler said:
Have a look at MyProfiles app from the Market.
Maybe it can help you to switch between different profiles based on system triggers.
Or use AutomateIt app to define rules when to toggle wifi, bt, gps, etc.
Just worth a try...
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I kinda want to get to the root of the problem here as opposed to installing an app to mask it. Does anyone else know what's wrong with my phone?
There's nothing wrong, that's just the way it works, it change your setting when activates but doesn't change them back.
I no longer use it, since I have GPS/wifi/BT disabled unless I use them anyway.
Hey Everyone,
Just making sure that this isn't just my phone. When I have the power saver enabled and try to input my pattern lock, if I go too fast, the pattern tends to miss a point and mess up until I restart again.
When the power saver is enabled, I think I read on the options that it limits CPU power meaning slower response, right?
I just keep the power enable setting off. I can enter my pattern fairly quickly, and I still don't run through this phone's battery like crazy, which lasts me all day.
Merry Christmas,
SlyG07
yup....
Yea it slows down the CPU to conserve energy. It says it in the power saver options
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i use it all the time.
I got this phone last week. It's beautiful and very fast. But as expected, the battery is terrible.
The normal energy saver doesn't do much for me. And the extreme energy saver is not something I'd like to use on a daily basis. What does the normal energy saver do?
Normal energy saving mode
Stop background data, unless connected to WIFI
Dim screen, unless brightness is set to manual
I even noticed that the S Health services (constantly checking for motion pedometer) is still on in power saving mode.
There are a lot of options on this phone that are convenient, but I'm not sure which ones are having a non-negligible impact on the battery. Maybe we can combine our knowledge and come up with a list. We can each personally choose which ones we can live without, and which ones we want/need. I'll start with the ones I am thinking of:
Possible energy consuming functions
Touch Sensitivity: For when wearing gloves. Is this just the way software interpretes data, or does this in fact require more power?
Air View[link]: Is this just the way software interpretes data, or does this in fact require more power?
Smart stay: Uses front camera, which requires power. Is the camera always on, or only in browser?
Smart pause: Uses front camera, which requires power. Is this always active? Every video? Only Samsung video player? Youtube?
Smart scroll [link]: Uses front camera, which requires power. Only in stock browser? Or all apps?
S Health: I personally like the pedometer. Makes me walk a bit extra. Those pedometers you get for free with your groceries work forever on a penlite battery. But the one on the phone, does it have dedicated hardware? Or does it prevent the phone from sleeping, monitoring gyro sensors permanently?
Multi-window: Probably uses multiple cores. Can you just keep this mode active even if you use a single screen? Or does this mode permanently require more power?
3G: Switching to 2G always requires less power. Is this setting gone in the ALPHA?
Quick setting switches (toggles)
Half those options have a quick setting on the backside of the notification screen. But the other half does not. Which is annoying. Do the "hidden" features not matter as much for power? Is there a way to add these "hidden" features to the quick setting screen?
Discuss.
I would say that everything extra uses more power.
I always use power saving with limit cpu usage option, and haven't noticed a performance drop even if gaming. I also have disabled many samsung bloatware apps that i don't use (basically everything ). And I also use Greenify apps to stop those bloatware apps which can't be disabled.
If I had root, I would also remove "wake up" and "keep wake" from Google play services, which is currently my biggest battery draining app/service.
Hey guys, i've tested the "Restrict background data" and it works really GOOD!
More specific, my device is using 450mah (or at least, this is the reading im getting).
So with "No restriction for the back data" & logging to a 3G network (UMTS) im loosing: 1% / 2hrs
With restrictions ON & logging to a 2.5G (EDGE) im loosing: 1% / 3.5hrs !!!
Mind that this measurement is in IDLE state (screen off).
I believe that this "Restrict background data" option is also been used by the system,
when the user is activating the "emergency mode".
Hey Guys,
I am trying to get as much battery life out of my S9+ Exynos (SM-G965f) as I can so I like to keep it in power saving mode. The only issue with this is using my phone for GPS navigation. While using google maps I like to just listen to the voice commands and keep the screen off to save a little battery. In power saving mode with the screen off it will kill the GPS location. The current fix for this is turning off the battery saving feature and then it will keep tracking the GPS location with the screen off. Problem being when turning on/off the battery saving feature it has an animation and goes through each of the setting when doing so.
Is there a way to edit the power saving settings so that Google Maps can still use the GPC location with screen off in power saving mode?
Also on a side note, my phones location keeps changing out from battery saving mode. How can I tell which app is changing the location type?
Hey,
So I find if I go to settings > device maintenance > battery
I keep switching the Power Saving Mode to OFF
Just seems way faster I expect due to the CPU not being limited. Its wonderful without the CPU limiter!
But it keeps setting itself to Mid after a few hours have elapsed. I can't find any settings to control this.
Any ideas? I essentially don't want any of Samsung's power saving at all. I'm happy with Greenify and LSpeed.
Update, found a setting that restarted my tablet every few nights. Turned that off and the power saving mode is sticking