Anyone else noticed that there is still no battery usage data available even after the ICS update?
Is this a kernel issue?
I was a bit supprised that this is still not fixed.
I wanted to study the usgage as it seems not as good since the ICS update.
I agree this would be very useful feature
Several threads on this already but the answer is.. yes, kernel related and they failed to update the kernel and roll this function in. It does suck, as that is a valuable feature.
Complain to them, email or call.
Battery usage is showing up on mine... maybe I don't know what I'm talking about . Are there some other battery-specific statistics we should be seeing apart from the graph and time?
But I do have to agree, the battery on ICS doesn't seem to be as strong as HC. One thing I've noticed though is that the usage time on ICS seems to be count of actual hours, not including idle, while HC graphed idle.
Soon as I got home yesterday, I started using my Prime for a couple hours, put it to sleep while I did other things for a couple hours, then used it for the rest of the night before going to bed. Looking at my battery usage, it was at about 5.6 hours of usage, which is technically the amount of time I was using it. And my battery percentage was @ 42% at the end of the night.
Guys they did this for a reason constantly checking what apps are using the battery USES battery this is the same reason why Task killers do more harm then good on battery life!
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF20
Wordlywisewiz said:
Guys they did this for a reason constantly checking what apps are using the battery USES battery this is the same reason why Task killers do more harm then good on battery life!
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF20
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This seems hard to believe that they disabled the function to save a minute amount of battery life. I would expect it to be enabled in a future update.
Mines started showing after the update.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
ModestMuse23 said:
This seems hard to believe that they disabled the function to save a minute amount of battery life. I would expect it to be enabled in a future update.
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You realise the ipad has a standby battery life of about a month? This is one of the reasons why. SystemPanel has this functionality if you NEED it.
tformed said:
Mines started showing after the update.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
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Pics or it didn't happen
tshoulihane said:
You realise the ipad has a standby battery life of about a month? This is one of the reasons why. SystemPanel has this functionality if you NEED it.
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Yes, and SystemPanel uses "one minute of CPU / battery time per day of operation" so I'm pretty sure the consumption is so insignificant as to not be a key area of savings.
[Source: SystemPanel App description]
Mine has always showed in both the shipping HC and now ICS,
chamberc said:
Mine has always showed in both the shipping HC and now ICS,
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Showed what? We are looking for the display that shows the % of system resources and specific apps that have been consuming battery. This function does not work on the ATP.
tformed said:
Mines started showing after the update.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
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nope... it didn't
Wordlywisewiz said:
Guys they did this for a reason constantly checking what apps are using the battery USES battery this is the same reason why Task killers do more harm then good on battery life!
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF20
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poppy-**** - This function, minimal minimal power draw. So much so, many RO M makers and kernel makers are sure to add this function in their work as it is so valuable, the same guys that do everything to eek out battery life and minimize resource use to make the best releases keep this function. Notice the screen shot below? It is from ICS and it is from a ROM where the function was cooked in and made available on that kernel. And furthermore, according to previous TF owners, Asus added this in at a later update so it would correctly report. I would love to know where you officially read that Asus purposefully did not cook this into their kernel to "save battery".
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Mine has always showed in both the shipping HC and now ICS,
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Nope, your wrong
First.. this function is cooked into the kernel. If they don't cook it in, we don't get the data. So, it is not broke or busted, just not available.
Second... for the guys that say it works on the TFP, not true. Look close at the chart/graph - all you see are SYSTEM processes. You "should" be able to see actual apps and all 3rd party apps you installed battery usage.
If Asus had done it right, we should see this.. notice BELOW the first 6 system resources you can start to see the actual apps and their usage listed. We only get system resources.
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Actually, you are incorrect. That is exactly the screen I have on both my 64 GB & my wife's 32 GB. Also if you click on the chart, you can see the status of when Wifi, gps, etc are all on and off.
Well mine hasn't worked before the update and it doesn't work after the update.
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Actually, you are incorrect. That is exactly the screen I have on both my 64 GB & my wife's 32 GB. Also if you click on the chart, you can see the status of when Wifi, gps, etc are all on and off.
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Yes I can click on the chart. Yes I know how to use the setting. Yes I can see wifi, gps, screen, awake, charging, etc.. BUT THOSE ARE SYSTEM RESOURCES not apps! We are suppose to be able to see 3rd party apps and all apps usage, not just system resources. We all have this screen, we all have the chart, we all have the setting, we all have the timer, we do not have the ability to see any battery usage data about anything other than system resources.
So, do 2 things if you claim you can see 3rd party APPS..
1. post up your kernel (2.6.39.4 is mine)
2. post up a screen shot - let me see it and let me see it show 3rd part apps usage
That's correct. I mentioned the system resources because you were showing the app screen, which is what I have on both Primes in addition to the other screen.
Here are my details:
Android Version: 4.0.3
GPS version v6.8.13
Wi-fi: 6.1.1.17
BT: 9.23
kernal version: 2.6.39.4
Build IM74k.us_epad-9.4.2.7-20120106
I'm not able to post pictures from work, due to our proxy server. I'll do so from my unit tonight when I get home.
Not following you..
"That's correct." does that mean I am correct you do not see 3rd party apps and only see system apps or are you saying "That's correct, I can see 3rd party apps AND system apps"?
What do you mean "because you were showing the app screen"??
So your confirming, with the same kernel as me and everyone else, you see 3rd party apps in your list. Notice in the photo above you can see, at the bottom of the list UNDER the system resources you can see 2 3rd party apps.. Facebook and Google+ so your saying you can see apps like that??
I find this very hard to believe. I have 2 Primes in front of me, neither show anything but system resources. We are all on same kernel. Both show like this.. Notice nothing but system resources show and also notice that in photo 1 under just the timer NO list of apps or resources and then in photo 2 when you expand the chart, only system resources. If we had full function in the kernel, we should see it like the above phone screenshot.
So, post up your photos, now I am dying to see this...
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Yes I can click on the chart. Yes I know how to use the setting. Yes I can see wifi, gps, screen, awake, charging, etc.. BUT THOSE ARE SYSTEM RESOURCES not apps! We are suppose to be able to see 3rd party apps and all apps usage, not just system resources. We all have this screen, we all have the chart, we all have the setting, we all have the timer, we do not have the ability to see any battery usage data about anything other than system resources.
So, do 2 things if you claim you can see 3rd party APPS..
1. post up your kernel (2.6.39.4 is mine)
2. post up a screen shot - let me see it and let me see it show 3rd part apps usage
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srsly? I can't even see system stuff. Mine still says battery usage info not available. I've done several factory resets after ICS to try and fix other stuff, i just thought this was still broken.
Notice in my photo 1 - the main "Battery" screen before the chart is expanded - I also show no specific battery data as you should under the collapsed chart. I only show "battery usage data not available" and the timer that shows how long you have been off charge. We "should" see a full list of system resources and apps below that collapsed chart.
Notice in my photo 2 - the secondary screen when the chart is clicked and expanded, we only see system resources below the chart when we should, again, see all apps listed that are consuming battery.
So again, I can't wait to see chamberc's Prime screenshots showing his 3rd party apps displaying in ICS - heck, this did not even work in Honeycomb. I don't see how it is possible as we are on same kernel and many report this and I have 2 Primes in front of me both showing the same thing.
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I am using JD Ultimate and even with that on aggressive/extreme I only get about 6-7 hours of battery life. Im always carrying around my charger, which is ridiculous. Considering it took 2 weeks just to root my Samsung Vibrant, im very hesitant on trying to switch to a different ROM/kernal. But the battery just sucks soooo bad!! Ive even bought a brand new battery only to get the same results. Ive also used battery calibrator and setCPU and never got more than 8-9 hours. Are there any other options im overlooking before I attempt to switch to a different ROM? My main concern is that I dont want to lose my stuff or have to reset all my settings.
Try this...
Use phone till it dies on its own, completely dead.
Charge phone completely, plus 30 minutes longer.
Unplug phone from charger
Reconnect, you'll notice it's not full, charge till it is again.
This is bump charging and NOT something you want to do often, a few times is okay, in my opinion. You could skip the bump charge if you like.
Phone remains plugged in.
Boot into recovery (volumes + power)
Advanced > wipe battery stats, reboot.
Use phone till it's literally about to shut off (or does) Charge till full + Use phone like normal.
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Now, when it comes to roms it's kind of hard to say which has best battery life considering their are hundreds of roms for the vibrant floating around. But I can tell you that if you flash MIUI and then flash the Bali-CM kernel you'll get great battery life and an excellent rom! If you follow my guide it will teach you how to backup everything so you don't have to start from complete scratch and how to flash MIUI and more! Here's a link to my guide... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307637&page=1
How do I get into the advanced area? I don't see it in recovery
It should be on the main CWR screen...
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Once there click "advanced"...
Then click "Wipe Battery Stats", then select yes, click "+++++Go Back+++++" , and then click "reboot system now".
Battery Calibrator from the market does the exact same thing w/o booting into recovery. It is just in an app version. Or you could, now that you have root, go into Root Explorer or whatever file manager you have with root permission and go here /data/system/ and delete this battstatt.bin (it is just the manual way to do it).
I have tried to help you on this before and am determined to get you more that 24 hours on a single charge (unless you want me to back off). I just see your threads and know that it can be done. I'm getting outstanding battery life and you should too.
24 hours? Is that possible?
Sent from my SGH-T959 (Samsung Vibrant)
I am getting 30+ with on-line music in the mornings, XDA at lunch and Poweramp the rest of the day. Surfing on the way home from work with music playing (I take the bus, so I have plenty of time). Check XDA later on, market, Dolphin and standby overnight. Start recharge around lunchtime.
I am using Juice Defender Plus,Toxic8 ROM with Bali 1.2 kernel. I don't have FB, G+ or Twitter updates running and have JD+ set on an app-to-app basis to kill the radio/data when the screen is locked. Just because the screen is off,doesn't mean the phone is off. Radio/data running is huge battery drain.
Dude, 30+ hours!? That's crazy! I've never tried JD before, but after hearing this I'm going to give it a shot for sure. Thanks.
N00B_IN_N33D said:
Dude, 30+ hours!? That's crazy! I've never tried JD before, but after hearing this I'm going to give it a shot for sure. Thanks.
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This is how the JD Plus works (no need for JD Ultimate b/c we don't have many of the functions it supports. I just copied this from another thread the OP started awhile ago and I was trying to helps him out there.
If you set it to custom, the go into the settings tab on the right and then all the way at the bottom, there is two buttons to push, The first in Interactive which will pull up Juice Defender for up for any app that isn't already configured and the other is Configure Apps. This is the one that you can customize on an app-to-app basis where if you are no using an app and the screen is locked, it kills the radio/data traffic for that app.
Say you are listening to IHeartRadio, this you would want either Enable or Enable/off (which means the screen will be locked but the radio/data will be working). Now take the browser. It you are not using the browser, then you don't need it transmitting data right? So you would set that one to Enable (which means that it will only enable data traffic when that app is being used).
Juice Defender only works when the screen is locked, don't forget and all widgets are battery drains b/c all they really are is a monitoring app and if it is tied to something like FB or G+, then that data will be running constantly.
Examples:
Gmail = Enable (not enable/off b/c then it will keep your radio/data open)
Beautiful Widgets = Enable/off
mClock/Clockr = Enable/off
Angry Birds = Disable (with this and something like Adfree, no more ads in Angry Birds even though the ads are embedded in the .apk)
SMS/MMS = Enable or Do Nothing (why would you push disable)
Enable = Radio/data on when app is in use (front)
Enable/off = Radio/data on for background apps (when screen is locked)
Disable = Disables radio/data traffic completely when that app is running
Do Nothing = What is says.
I have been using JD+ for over a year on 3 different phones and have noticed a considerable difference in battery life, even on a crappy Motorola phone. Just takes some time to figure out YOUR settings and what YOU like. I have also used it on Stock kernel and had no problems either.
You wouldn't believe how anxious I am to try this. You've not only exposed me to an app I've never tried before that will increase my battery life, but then gave me instructions on using it. Thanks so much. Also, can I PM you if I ever have anymore questions on this app?
N00B_IN_N33D said:
You wouldn't believe how anxious I am to try this. You've not only exposed me to an app I've never tried before that will increase my battery life, but then gave me instructions on using it. Thanks so much. Also, can I PM you if I ever have anymore questions on this app?
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Most definately. Here to help. I used to have a bootlocked 2.1 Motorola that only had 256ram and crappy battery life. Learned all about minfree settings, battery savers and adb. We eventually hacked 2.2.1, CM6/7, Miui and built a custom recovery from scratch (CWR hijacks don't work on some Motorolas).
Woodrube said:
This is how the JD Plus works (no need for JD Ultimate b/c we don't have many of the functions it supports. I just copied this from another thread the OP started awhile ago and I was trying to helps him out there.
If you set it to custom, the go into the settings tab on the right and then all the way at the bottom, there is two buttons to push, The first in Interactive which will pull up Juice Defender for up for any app that isn't already configured and the other is Configure Apps. This is the one that you can customize on an app-to-app basis where if you are no using an app and the screen is locked, it kills the radio/data traffic for that app.
Say you are listening to IHeartRadio, this you would want either Enable or Enable/off (which means the screen will be locked but the radio/data will be working). Now take the browser. It you are not using the browser, then you don't need it transmitting data right? So you would set that one to Enable (which means that it will only enable data traffic when that app is being used).
Juice Defender only works when the screen is locked, don't forget and all widgets are battery drains b/c all they really are is a monitoring app and if it is tied to something like FB or G+, then that data will be running constantly.
Examples:
Gmail = Enable (not enable/off b/c then it will keep your radio/data open)
Beautiful Widgets = Enable/off
mClock/Clockr = Enable/off
Angry Birds = Disable (with this and something like Adfree, no more ads in Angry Birds even though the ads are embedded in the .apk)
SMS/MMS = Enable or Do Nothing (why would you push disable)
Enable = Radio/data on when app is in use (front)
Enable/off = Radio/data on for background apps (when screen is locked)
Disable = Disables radio/data traffic completely when that app is running
Do Nothing = What is says.
I have been using JD+ for over a year on 3 different phones and have noticed a considerable difference in battery life, even on a crappy Motorola phone. Just takes some time to figure out YOUR settings and what YOU like. I have also used it on Stock kernel and had no problems either.
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Thats the settings I have using JD ultimate. I just have "keep data off" and then enabled whatever few apps I usee that need data when i need to use them.
I really would love to have 24 hours of battery life. I use battery calibrator, but im not sure thats helping. Did get a new battery last week. I have also set JD to only have data in use when i open an app that needs it, like your settings show. Ive had it like that since i bought JD a year ago.
itsLYNDZ said:
I really would love to have 24 hours of battery life. I use battery calibrator, but im not sure thats helping. Did get a new battery last week. I have also set JD to only have data in use when i open an app that needs it, like your settings show. Ive had it like that since i bought JD a year ago.
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You only need to use Battery Calibrator once and not on every charge. I just use it when I flash a new ROM or restore an old one. What ROM are you using? Lets start there. What is your day like in terms of phone use i.e. what are you using it for and how long? If you are using heavy data/ graphics, process apps for long stretches at a time, then of course you are going to drain your battery quicker. But if you are listening to music for a stretch or playing a game for 20-30mins, then it should last longer.
Don't forget that while you are screwing with it trying to find out why you don't have good battery life, that in itself is using battery power.
You should try these
ROMs: Toxic8, Bionic, Bi-winning, Zendroid (all 2.2's)
Kernels: Bali, Immortality, Overstock.
Give them a shot and then see which is better for you. If you are on stock ROM/kernel, it won't have the tweaks that custom ones do to extend the battery life.
How about your brightness settings? I find that turning down my brightness even a little does wonders for my battery life.
Day in the life for my phone usage.
Wake up at 7 for work. Phone has been on charger all night and is fully charged. I use jd on night setting. Usually at my 10am break I check fb real quick four maybe 10 min max. All day my jd settings are set to only enable data when I open an app I have set to connect data. My display brightness is at 25%. Not on auto brightness. I have stock every thing. Took me 2 weeks to root. At noon my battery is about 70%. And I haven't touched it since 10am break. Then when I get off work is about 45 at 5PM. I still have night classes and my phone does at about 6PM.
I literally watch my battery stats drop every few mins
The thing is, in really not using my phone much thru out the day and background data its switched off with either jd our apn.
Can i flash a kernal like the Bali 1.8.8UV with the stock 2.2 ROM? Or do I need a different ROM first>
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Can i flash a kernal like the Bali 1.8.8UV with the stock 2.2 ROM? Or do I need a different ROM first>
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You can flash any kernel that is a 2.2 kernal. Read the OP and you shoudl be good. I would flash Bali X 1.2 instead b/c you can overclock it if you ever want to in the future (and it is of 2.2 roms). Beware that overclocking will reduce battery drain, but really not that much. Your stock ROM and kernel are the problems with your battery imho.
I think that once you flash a new kernel, drain the battery and fully uninterupted recharge (without using it-try overnight), you will be pleasantly surprised.
Not sure why you want to stay on stock ROM b/c most the other ROMs have battery/data tweaks that will really open your eyes to the possibilities of your phone. To each their own though. Good luck and let us know how it goes.
That fancy Launcher TSF shell which we all got a preview of earlier in December has finally come out:
http://tinyurl.com/7owwsfo
Any body take the plunge and drop 17 bucks on it yet?
I am considering doing it cause it looks amazing and I'm sure it'd run awesome on our GSIIs.
Belongs in the apps section.
Also I rather not spend $17 for something that might just kill my battery.
LiLChris06 said:
Belongs in the apps section.
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You could have reported the post so I could have seen it and gotten to it faster. Geeeeeeeez
johosophat said:
that fancy launcher tsf shell which we all got a preview of earlier in december has finally come out:
http://tinyurl.com/7owwsfo
any body take the plunge and drop 17 bucks on it yet?
I am considering doing it cause it looks amazing and i'm sure it'd run awesome on our gsiis.
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it does not work. I wasted my money on it and it force closes. Running stock.
Same RESULT on my tmo gsm tab
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WELL ... JUST WANTED TO SAY AFTER 2 UPDATES IT NOW WORKS ON BOTH GSM TAB AND SGS2 BOTH TMO
VERY RESPONSIVE, FAST BUT LACKS SOME OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLES FROM THE VIDEO
Giving it a try. Pretty damn smooth; there are a few features that aren't up and working yet, but it's very impressive. The lack of instructions is causing a few headaches, however.
It can only get better with time. While it doesn't quite have the HD look that SPB Shell has, it seems smoother, and just more useful. SPB looks good, but it's like it never got past demo stage. High hopes for TSF.
EDIT: If you are trying to make it do the "snake" thing from a folder and are having problems, someone on another thread figured out that you have to have more than 7 apps in it to make it work. It's seriously cool once you figure that out. Makes for a nice favorite contacts app.
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Giving it a try. Pretty damn smooth; there are a few features that aren't up and working yet, but it's very impressive. The lack of instructions is causing a few headaches, however.
It can only get better with time. While it doesn't quite have the HD look that SPB Shell has, it seems smoother, and just more useful. SPB looks good, but it's like it never got past demo stage. High hopes for TSF.
EDIT: If you are trying to make it do the "snake" thing from a folder and are having problems, someone on another thread figured out that you have to have more than 7 apps in it to make it work. It's seriously cool once you figure that out. Makes for a nice favorite contacts app.
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How much memory does it use?
sent from my SHOstocked sgs2 via tapatalk.....
This is pretty amazing!!! I'm going to wait a little bit longer then buy it! I have to say, if it isn't to much of a batter drain, then I could see this being a pretty nice launcher.
I actually set my "SetCPU" to 800 max, and everything ran SMOOTHLY!! no problems at all! I don't think this uses much more then 200 Mhz, because after fussing around for almost 15 minutes on it, I have CPU Spy saying 200 Mhz was being used for 9 minutes. So . . .
(It might be using the GPU tho, in which case I don't know how to check that.)
Looks interesting. Anyone run into any type of ROM specific issues yet?
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How much memory does it use?
sent from my SHOstocked sgs2 via tapatalk.....
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Looking at 5.48MB.
Still liking it; it's got lots of potential. I'm really digging the snake function of the folders. Load the folder up with apps, when you want one, just drag it out and tap it. I'm getting a list of tweaks it needs for the developer, like the snake needs to collapse after you use an app in it, stuff like that. Let's see how things go. I still find myself trying to swipe to move to the next screen, but you can't enable that and keep the core function of grabbing and manipulating multiple apps on a screen. I'm going to use this for a few weeks and see if I have the urge to return to a standard launcher.
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Looks interesting. Anyone run into any type of ROM specific issues yet?
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No ROM specific issues just yet. The video that shows off the launcher seems to be on a phone with MIUI, I think that they would be well suited for each other.
The favorite contacts folder I made works pretty cool; drag the contacts out, tap on one, and it gives you the quick info popup for it. The demo in the video looks different because it's MIUI.
The snake thing only works if you have at least seven items in your folder, and the folder won't hold more than twelve items, so some people might end up with multiple contact folders, like friends, family, work.
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I look forward to your review. I'm tempted to pull the trigger, but I've paid for way too many apps that I thought would be cool and useful that I used once and never again.
I got it, but I'm not pleased with it. It's kind of a pain to get to your apps.
Watched the video, read the reviews - even when it's done, it seems like they missed out on an essential factor - it's supposed to be a launcher. And it looks like they layered too much candy on that basic function for it to be usable as a daily driver.
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Watched the video, read the reviews - even when it's done, it seems like they missed out on an essential factor - it's supposed to be a launcher. And it looks like they layered too much candy on that basic function for it to be usable as a daily driver.
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Not sure why you think it's not a launcher. Instead of launching the app drawer like stock/LP/ADW/ect, the app drawer is the first homepage. The MIUI launcher doesn't have a standard app drawer either. And as far as launching the phone/contacts/messaging/ect, they are located on the left side pop-up bar. Granted, it feels different when you start using it, but I'm driving with it just fine. There are some bugs in it that would keep me from keeping it if they don't get addressed, but they seem to be doing updates pretty often and I'm hopeful it will continue to improve.
alacrify said:
Watched the video, read the reviews - even when it's done, it seems like they missed out on an essential factor - it's supposed to be a launcher. And it looks like they layered too much candy on that basic function for it to be usable as a daily driver.
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This. It just isn't comfortable to use. I'm still using it, hopefully it gets better.
SmittyRN said:
Not sure why you think it's not a launcher. Instead of launching the app drawer like stock/LP/ADW/ect, the app drawer is the first homepage. The MIUI launcher doesn't have a standard app drawer either. And as far as launching the phone/contacts/messaging/ect, they are located on the left side pop-up bar. Granted, it feels different when you start using it, but I'm driving with it just fine. There are some bugs in it that would keep me from keeping it if they don't get addressed, but they seem to be doing updates pretty often and I'm hopeful it will continue to improve.
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I didn't say it isn't a launcher, I said that it doesn't seem to function well as a launcher. If it's working for you, I'm glad - and I'll continue to watch and see if they live up to the promises made in the demo. It may well be as you say that I'd just have to get used to it - which I've done before, and will again, when I think the learning is worth it. Although I do like a clean home screen (yes, I know I could do it that way, but that defeats their design).
I've been playing with it and I think it's cool. There is a learning curve and it's not perfect but there are some nice features in it. I stopped using it though as soon as I discovered one feature it lacked that was a must have for me. scrollable widgets. They dont seem to work
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I've been playing with it and I think it's cool. There is a learning curve and it's not perfect but there are some nice features in it. I stopped using it though as soon as I discovered one feature it lacked that was a must have for me. scrollable widgets. They dont seem to work
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Ok, good chance to ask - which scrollable widgets are a must have? I like to keep my home screens clean, and watch battery drain (too) obsessively, so the only widgets I use are Simi Clock (covers clock, weather, and launching apps), 3G Watchdog, and music (PlayerPro and Subsonic). What am I missing?
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Ok, good chance to ask - which scrollable widgets are a must have? I like to keep my home screens clean, and watch battery drain (too) obsessively, so the only widgets I use are Simi Clock (covers clock, weather, and launching apps), 3G Watchdog, and music (PlayerPro and Subsonic). What am I missing?
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Well I did say for me they are a must have I use Android Pro widgets, I use about 3 of them(at least scrolling ones) all on their own home screens. I have one that loads twitter and FB updates, another that loads my agenda and one for my text messages. Then a full screen music widget(poweramp) on another screen and a full screen weather widget(fancy widget). I'm not too obsessive over my battery because I ALWAYS either have a spare charger or an extra oem battery (or both) with me
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Well I did say for me they are a must have I use Android Pro widgets, I use about 3 of them(at least scrolling ones) all on their own home screens. I have one that loads twitter and FB updates, another that loads my agenda and one for my text messages. Then a full screen music widget(poweramp) on another screen and a full screen weather widget(fancy widget). I'm not too obsessive over my battery because I ALWAYS either have a spare charger or an extra oem battery (or both) with me
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Thanks - I can see the use if I were a more connected person, but I'm not that big on Twitter or Facebook, full screen weather seems excessive (I look out the window , and tapping the weather icon on Simi Clock takes me to Weatherbug), don't text much (and get notifications for that), and my calendar is a tap away... I'm really never that far from a charger, but I like not having to plug in from the time I get up till I dock when I go to bed. If I were out more, I might need it, but I tend to do the home-work-home thing most of the time.
I picked this up. I like it, but some functionality is missing. I'm not talking about things they show in the video that you would have to figure out on your own, I'm talking about buttons that are available to use, but if you try to use it, it says the feature isn't enabled yet. That's kind of annoying. No need to have the button there if you don't have the functionality in.
Battery in my opinion definitely is affected. With my current build below, I was getting about 1% loss per hour. With this launcher it's approaching close to 3% per hour. I don't know why as it's not like my wakelocks are increasing.
Okay, I have a few tips that are likely helpful, or you could help me explore.. If anyone wants to post some useful features that may be overlooked or are hidden, I can update the OP.
First- Ram Utilization - Make that phone even more snappy!
Note- this settings resets after reboot! You would have to change each time you reboot!
Something I have been testing and seems to make a TREMENDOUS and immediate difference, at least in performance(and maybe battery, I guess it would depend on the background process cpu consumption)- the background process limit in developer options..
If you go to settings>developer settings>and change the background process limit to 4 or less(background processes-things that sync, this is NOT the same as activities which has its own setting, you can still multitask). If you want to test it out yourself, either pull down the status bar and click total memory, or get an app that gives you a much better breakdown of uses- I like system tuner, it does a good job. The third tip in this post will give you a shortcut to make it quicker to test.
Here are some screenshots of the ram break down-
This is with STANDARD limit:
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Pay attention to all the numbers under memory usage-- now compare to when the limit is set to 4--
It goes from 289mb free to over 400mb free- the user space allocated ram goes from 58 to 83(this is the ram given to what you are actually DOING), and as you will see the rest of the allocated ram for included and excluded system and kernel all went DOWN. This is under FULL load. For these screenshots I went from limit for 4 to standard limit.. but as soon as I limited it to 4 it immediately jumped from 290mb of free ram to over 400 again.
I've been playing with this because I keep seeing people commenting on Keyboard lag- I experience it myself- and when it happens I noticed that there were too many background processes going on.. then again I have over 100 3rd party apps to hog my memory.
AGAIN, there IS a setting for "Don't keep activities- destroy activities as user leaves it"-- that is what would kill multitasking- I still had 8+ activities I could switch too and all were noticably snappier with background process limit of 4(or less). The difference between a limit of 4 and a limit of 1 seemed negligable, so for me I will stick to limit of 4..
Moving on..
Settings Usage- more useful than you might think.. - it may help tame data hungry apps and even reduce wakelocks(saving battery)
If you set a data usage limit you can actually restrict apps from using background data altogether- this is up to you, but may be useful if you ONLY want it to have access to data when it is in the foreground(you are USING it). Like I hate facebook, or I should say I hate that even if I tell it not to sync, it still uses data, still consumes CPU(in betterbatterystats it was number 3).. but if you go to- System Settings>Usage>set data usage limit(must be turned on to work)> click the name of the app>then check the box you'll see below..
..it'll show you a little pie chart of the foreground data(you using it) that is allowed versus what would be blocked. Before I enabled this it was causing wakelocks(wasted CPU), but since I enabled this there are no more wakelocks.. which is explained in the NEXT picture, the warning you get when you choose to enable it..
Which is why it wasn't creating wakelocks, it simply wasn't WORKING when I wasn't using it-- so be aware of that. ALSO be aware that if you enable something like dropbox like I did originally for my example, which I then used to upload these images -- some processes in an app ARE background, so when I shared from gallery dropbox was only a background process.. until I went into dropbox(making it a foreground app) or removed the restriction, or connected to WIFI, the pictures I was trying to share(hint, careful on disabling apps that share things) would never go thru.
As a last note on this feature, when you are in the usage settings you can click the menu button, click usage settings, and enable "restrict background data"(which I believe is a global feature, not sure though) or "show wifi usage".. Clicking show wifi usage enables the two tabs you see at the top of the pictures above, and I am pretty sure that if you click that tab, then an app and disable it THERE, it will restrict background data on the WIFI side(which is how I got facebook to stop wakelock altogether).
If I am wrong about any of this above, feel free to correct me
And I know this is supposed to be JUST ICS features, but this launcher is supposed to be like aosp launcher and has some extra usefulness..
Activities shortcuts with Apex Launcher - Hey, I think it is cool.. maybe someone else will too?
If you have apex launcher(available free in market) and you want to do some testing yourself to see which option for the last tip is better(as an example), the quickest way to the development settings- Longpress or menu button then add>shortcut>Activities>scroll all the way to settings, click expand arrow, scroll all the way down to "Developer options(.Settings$DevelopmentSettingsActivity)" and select it..
If you look through that list of activities, you will see this can be a VERY useful feature that hasn't been around much since Launcher Pro.
Anyways, that is all I can share now..
Very nice! At least I learned a few things! If you know where Face Unlock is and how to hide apps from the app drawer, please post it! I can't find both lol.
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Very nice! At least I learned a few things! If you know where Face Unlock is and how to hide apps from the app drawer, please post it! I can't find both lol.
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Face unlock: settings/security/lockcode?/faceunlock
hasoon2000 said:
Very nice! At least I learned a few things! If you know where Face Unlock is and how to hide apps from the app drawer, please post it! I can't find both lol.
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To hide apps on Apex Launcher: Apex Settings > Drawer Settings > Hidden Apps
Face Unlock: System Settings > Security > Screenlock
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No option for face unlock. How do you hide apps from the standard launcher. Not apex.
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Which ROM are you using, stock?
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I'm on stock.
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AGAIN, there IS a setting for "Don't keep activities- destroy activities as user leaves it"-- that is what would kill multitasking- I still had 8+ activities I could switch too and all were noticably snappier with background process limit of 4(or less). The difference between a limit of 4 and a limit of 1 seemed negligable, so for me I will stick to limit of 4..
I noticed when I select the don't keep activities. The phone would reset and HTC would pop up. It took a few seconds for it to load maybe 2 but it was annoying.
Love all the other tips. Anything to help my erratic battery life I'm willing to try. I am anywhere from 5hrs to 13 hours. I was able to get 13 on a full charge and listening to music for 9 hours straight. Other days I may get a Max of 5 doing the same thing.
hasoon2000 said:
No option for face unlock. How do you hide apps from the standard launcher. Not apex.
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I had same problem flash
gapps-ics-facelock-20120131-signed
And it'll work
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No option for face unlock. How do you hide apps from the standard launcher. Not apex.
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I be live there is an option under settings> applications> disable. Or at least that is what I did to hide/ remove some crap I don't need.
hasoon2000 said:
I'm on stock.
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Hasoon2000, try pushing this to /system/app (rw-r-r)
Facelock.apk attached
Regards,
-Opentang
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Hasoon2000, try pushing this to /system/app (rw-r-r)
Facelock.apk attached
Regards,
-Opentang
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I just downloaded it and install it like a normal app. Works like a charm! Thanks
Help
I'm having a problem with the Developemet options, i set the process limit to 3, but when i turn my phone off and turn it back on it's back to "Standard limit" is that normal or is something wrong, can someone please help me with this thank you.
Mine reverted back tu Standard Limit after a reboot.
ICS Energy.
Wait....I sent this with Tapatalk?
BozAlex said:
I'm having a problem with the Developemet options, i set the process limit to 3, but when i turn my phone off and turn it back on it's back to "Standard limit" is that normal or is something wrong, can someone please help me with this thank you.
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Yea, when I was doing research on what it was, there were plenty of guys with the nexus saying the same thing- apparently it got fixed in 4.0.4. Still a worthwhile trick.. I'd like to see if there is a way to set it on boot.
Im running energy ics rom themed. Quadrant scores around 2800ish on avg. i activate background process limit to 4 and score drops to 2100ish on avg. Anyone else have this problem?
hzm82 said:
Im running energy ics rom themed. Quadrant scores around 2800ish on avg. i activate background process limit to 4 and score drops to 2100ish on avg. Anyone else have this problem?
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Quadrant isn't a good app, give up on it. Try antutu benchmark, or just don't base any opinions on any benchmark apps- they don't tell you anything.
Gonna give this a shot. Thanks OP!
hzm82 said:
Im running energy ics rom themed. Quadrant scores around 2800ish on avg. i activate background process limit to 4 and score drops to 2100ish on avg. Anyone else have this problem?
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Honestly I don't give a single heck about benchmark apps, is your phone running smoothly? If yes, stfu and enjoy your phone. Any questions?
And thanks for for this thread it really helped
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eggydrums said:
Honestly I don't give a single heck about benchmark apps, is your phone running smoothly? If yes, stfu and enjoy your phone. Any questions?
And thanks for for this thread it really helped
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Glad it helps. With how long it has been since ICS came out, if anyone had any good tips I would add them to the OP.. so if anyone has any, feel free to share..
BEFORE my SXP could hardly live a day. Overnight it ate 20% of the battery just laying next to the bed. As I do not have any apps except those stock I cannot remove, I was surprised by the behaviour of the Android which drained the battery even more than the screen.
I SEARCHED a lot for any fixes or reasons, but I got nothing except some rooted methods and alternative roms. I even already thought about changing the rom, but as CM9 or CM10 are not yet ready I left this idea.
One day I suddenly REMOVED WEATHER WIDGET and next day I found it was a solution. AFTER that my battery is drained 2-3% overnight and 50% during the day when I am busy with my job not using the SXP for movie or games. This made a huge difference to me.
Before writing this post I TESTED. I moved the weather widget back. Put the SXP on the table for 3 hours and got 10% of the battery away. Than removed the weather widget and put it again on the table for 3 hours more. It drained 3% only (wifi and sync was on in both tests).This is not a big statistics but for me it proves the easy solution - STOCK WEATHER WIDGET DRAINES THE BATTERY and the phone can live 3 times more without it.
So if your battery life on SXP is the same pain as it was for me - remove stock weather widget and try to use another if needed.
This is quite weird. Never had anything like this on my S, not sure what could be different on SXP. I could suggest you enabling 'Use only 2G networks' option under network settings, that did greatly improve my battery and it gets only to 47% with gaming and messaging in whole day, while with 3G I had to recharge it everynight. Also try decreasing brightness a bit, that helps saving those few % too. Good luck!
This is not happening on my xperia P:good:
For the weather widget, what's the sync settings? If the app checks the weather data every 15 minutes, you're gonna have a bad time.
Not that I know, I use a custom app for my weather widget.
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very true sir..even with other widgets they consume different percentages to the total battery life, i highly suggest using only the most simple widgets and removing the less important once, i only have a battery percentage widget and music player widget, i dont have a battery saving application though i have the stock ES task manager widget on home screen too but it only allows me to kill unused apps in a click and also when i turn off the screen.. my battery lasts 2 - 3 days max, no kidding, and i use it moderate to heavy,also brightness is set to just the right level.. this should apply to every other android device, though it still varies with the phones specs, if it has a large screen and multiple processor, it should consume more, but the little details that you adjust or disable should do the trick.. i also recommend using scheduled on-off which i believe is stock in most android phone, overnight, i only get 1-2% battery insignificant drain..
hmmm... I don't recall having such issue with my XP because I change in the widget settings to make it check for info updates every 12 hours.
And I also have network mode GSM only.
Here is my Battery diagram, is yours anywhere close?
Thou I don't know why the first major drop down happened. but usually it doesn't :-/
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I had noticed this few days back.. Just set the refresh thing to 12 hrs dosnt cause any problems then
my xperia sola loses 20% idling in just 4 hours, its crazy. i dont know what to do with this stupid phone
thunderising said:
my xperia sola loses 20% idling in just 4 hours, its crazy. i dont know what to do with this stupid phone
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A lot of things!
1. Use gsm instead wcdma
2. Use WiFi wisely, don't leave it connected all day
3. Root your phone and install titanium backup, then freeze some apps
4. Install another launcher, like lightning launcher and freeze Xperia home.
5. Install another governors and io schedulers from Xperia u forum (search for ondemandax)
6. Use the limit background process between 2-3 (settings-dev options-limit background process)
7. Lower your screen brightness manually
8. Install init.d script support for stock Rom and add battery tweaks, you can find them spread over xda or just install pimp my Rom from play store
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With that, and a little more, I can get two days of battery with my sola.
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A lot of things!
1. Use gsm instead wcdma
2. Use WiFi wisely, don't leave it connected all day
3. Root your phone and install titanium backup, then freeze some apps
4. Install another launcher, like lightning launcher and freeze Xperia home.
5. Install another governors and io schedulers from Xperia u forum (search for ondemandax)
6. Use the limit background process between 2-3 (settings-dev options-limit background process)
7. Lower your screen brightness manually
8. Install init.d script support for stock Rom and add battery tweaks, you can find them spread over xda or just install pimp my Rom from play store
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With that, and a little more, I can get two days of battery with my sola.
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well, my XU is not draining battery drastically at all, even with WiFi turned on, but when I freeze some apps and change the launcher, remove widgets, etc, I got battery for almost 3 days, and with everything stock I have battery +/- 1 and half day
Turn on extended standby mode you knuckleheads , you will lose barely anything whilst your phone stands by in your pocket , still able to recieve texts and calls
MadManMark said:
Turn on extended standby mode you knuckleheads , you will lose barely anything whilst your phone stands by in your pocket , still able to recieve texts and calls
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I don't see the use of extended standby mode for me. I want to be able to receive Whatsapp and mail updates whenever they are sent to me, not only by checking whether I received something. That's what my smartphone is meant to do for me.
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I don't see the use of extended standby mode for me. I want to be able to receive Whatsapp and mail updates whenever they are sent to me, not only by checking whether I received something. That's what my smartphone is meant to do for me.
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I see where you're coming from because I once had the same opinion but when I tried it out I didn't find I missed many emails worth reading nor whatsapp messages, because I check the phone so very often to check the time
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Periods where I don't check my phone is often when it's inconvenient to check email or whatsapp because I'm busy in a lesson or something
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I see where you're coming from because I once had the same opinion but when I tried it out I didn't find I missed many emails worth reading nor whatsapp messages, because I check the phone so very often to check the time
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Periods where I don't check my phone is often when it's inconvenient to check email or whatsapp because I'm busy in a lesson or something
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That's what I use my stylish watch for.. haha. I just want my whatsapp messages to be instant. Mail is not a big problem.
Just like I want text messages to be instant, as Whatsapp is the replacement of text messages right now.
espaciosalter20 said:
A lot of things!
1. Use gsm instead wcdma
2. Use WiFi wisely, don't leave it connected all day
3. Root your phone and install titanium backup, then freeze some apps
4. Install another launcher, like lightning launcher and freeze Xperia home.
5. Install another governors and io schedulers from Xperia u forum (search for ondemandax)
6. Use the limit background process between 2-3 (settings-dev options-limit background process)
7. Lower your screen brightness manually
8. Install init.d script support for stock Rom and add battery tweaks, you can find them spread over xda or just install pimp my Rom from play store
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With that, and a little more, I can get two days of battery with my sola.
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Using a custom ROM. I'll try Lightning Launcher and Titanium Backup. Expect those 2 everything is already done. I can't Limit Background Process it keeps resetting to standard processes.
same here ! Limit Background Process....
thunderising said:
Using a custom ROM. I'll try Lightning Launcher and Titanium Backup. Expect those 2 everything is already done. I can't Limit Background Process it keeps resetting to standard processes.
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mareq78 said:
same here ! Limit Background Process....
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you have to set manually every time that you reboot your phone... It's a know feature of dev options....(not a bug)
MadManMark said:
Turn on extended standby mode you knuckleheads , you will lose barely anything whilst your phone stands by in your pocket , still able to recieve texts and calls
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I use the "Extended Standby Mode" and the battery is like this:
wow ! not bad !!!
That's kind of a contradiction compared to mine.
What was your display time?
Mine, on these screenshots, was 4 hours.
I was very intensively using Whatsapp, nothing else.
NFC off, GPS off, Bluetooth off, Autosync off, brightness on energy saving mode - low brightness.
And yes, I have deleted the weather widget.
Hey guys, so since i've gotten my S4 i've noticed that I have horrible battery life. My biggest gripe is when i'm not touching my phone. For instance, last night, charged my phone and after it was done I went to sleep. About 12 hours had passed by the time I had touched my phone from it being charged, minus checking the time a few times. My phone drained from 100% to 64% percent, not being used! I'm gonna try and give as much info as I can as I want some help to understand what's going on. Ok, I use Nova launcher. I have one widget that I use, HD widget clock. I put my phone on blocking mode when I go to sleep to suppress all notifications. So there is no LED usage when the phone is idle. The other thing I like to do is end every active application and clear memory(both from task manager) when I go to bed. Last night for the first time I turned off Wi-fi to see if that would help, obviously not. the last thing I do is turn the screen brightness all the way down. I'm gonna include some screenshots of the app "better battery stats" so maybe that will help, because I don't completely understand it.
Thanks for any help.
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Not sure why to say. My wife has a S4, stocked and her battery life is more than adequate.
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My s4 has great battery life. I rooted it, removed a lot of bloat ware, installed SetCPU and applied some profiles. Since I can't use my phone at work, I turn my data off and leave it there. In 8 hours, my battery level only went from 100% to 94%. When I'm at home, I also leave my mobile data off and connect to my wifi. I also use a task killer as well. Screen brightness can also take a major affect. There are many ways to conserve your battery. If you have a lot of apps running in the background, that can drain your battery as well.
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It shows over 4 hours awake time...were you using it for that time?...if not you have a major wakelock that keeps your phone from idling...personally I keep WiFi data and all location access turned off unless using them...better battery stats is a great app...there is a function on there that allows you to see what's causing wakelocks...it should help in diagnosing some or most of your battery drain...I used it to find my issues and last time I did a short test I lost 3% in about 16.5 hours...that's with a couple very short calls/texts and only using it to check time
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It shows over 4 hours awake time...were you using it for that time?...if not you have a major wakelock that keeps your phone from idling...personally I keep WiFi data and all location access turned off unless using them...better battery stats is a great app...there is a function on there that allows you to see what's causing wakelocks...it should help in diagnosing some or most of your battery drain...I used it to find my issues and last time I did a short test I lost 3% in about 16.5 hours...that's with a couple very short calls/texts and only using it to check time
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I work a third shift job so a lot of days I sleep very late into the afternoon. When I wrote this post I hadn't even been awake for 4 hours yet. So no, I hadn't used it. I'll try and grab a screenshot of the wake locks stat.
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I work a third shift job so a lot of days I sleep very late into the afternoon. When I wrote this post I hadn't even been awake for 4 hours yet. So no, I hadn't used it. I'll try and grab a screenshot of the wake locks stat.
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If you click other it will bring up a menu that shows kernel wakelocks and partial wakelocks...messing with most of the kernel related ones can be tricky...but 99% of the time the problems can be solved by messing with the settings in the apps that show up under partial wakelocks
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If you click other it will bring up a menu that shows kernel wakelocks and partial wakelocks...messing with most of the kernel related ones can be tricky...but 99% of the time the problems can be solved by messing with the settings in the apps that show up under partial wakelocks
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So, it looks like maybe light manager may be my biggest problem? That's interesting to me because I put it in blocking mode. I guess that doesn't make a difference.
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Hmm...are you rooted?if so you can download an over/under clock app that allows you to set profiles like screen off min MHz...with min set lower your phone can wake and do what it needs to do without it jumping to higher MHz which will help keep battery use way lower...It looks like you are running stock touchwiz...I'm not too familiar with it because I use aosp ROMs...I know some touchwiz ROMs are bad on battery...do you know which build you are on?its under about phone where it says build number
jamesd1085 said:
Hmm...are you rooted?if so you can download an over/under clock app that allows you to set profiles like screen off min MHz...with min set lower your phone can wake and do what it needs to do without it jumping to higher MHz which will help keep battery use way lower...It looks like you are running stock touchwiz...I'm not too familiar with it because I use aosp ROMs...I know some touchwiz ROMs are bad on battery...do you know which build you are on?its under about phone where it says build number
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I am rooted, I'm running mk2. Like I said, I use nova launcher, does that not stop touchwiz from running?
GAMECOCK1801 said:
I am rooted, I'm running mk2. Like I said, I use nova launcher, does that not stop touchwiz from running?
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No...nova is just an overlay that makes things more user friendly...touchwiz is always running in the system and can't be removed without damaging stability...if Samsung would ship their devices with pure android from original source their devices might near perfection...but I have never used nova and don't know how it affects battery
jamesd1085 said:
No...nova is just an overlay that makes things more user friendly...touchwiz is always running in the system and can't be removed without damaging stability...if Samsung would ship their devices with pure android from original source their devices might near perfection...but I have never used nova and don't know how it affects battery
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Well I really appreciate all your help man. So do you recommend anything? Should I remove light manager?
GAMECOCK1801 said:
Well I really appreciate all your help man. So do you recommend anything? Should I remove light manager?
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You can try it...if it doesn't help and you like the app you can always reinstall...there are also a few decent battery life threads on xda here that may have answers that I don't...good luck
I run Nova and it doesn't effect battery life at all for me. There are some really good wakelock detectors in the play store that are easier to use although better battery stats is good too. I'd try using greenify as well. It works great
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Try using this wakelock app. Very easy to use.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
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