Hey guys, i was just wondering what apps you guys use that actually work to improve performance of the phone in battery and speed?
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Check out this guide made by Woodrube. The third post has a list of apps designed to prolong battery life. My favorite is Juice Defender. It's worked wonders for my phones battery. The guide also discusses other methods of increasing battery like undervolting [must be rooted to undervolt] (post 2) and other misc. things (post 1). I suggest you take a look at it.
As for increasing speed performance that's what overclocking is for. You must be rooted to do this and have flashed a custom kernel. Then you have to have installed an app like SetCPU. Just keep in mind that overclocking drains battery. Overclocking to 1.2Ghz shouldn't hurt the battery too bad and have increased performance, but it will drain faster then not overclocking at all. Underclocking is good to prolong battery life, but will reduce performance.
Hope you are able to get the most out of you battery
Thanks for the plug N00B.
Also if you are on Stock Kernel, you can use Tegrak's Overclock and overclock your stock kernel. It will work on 2.2 stock based ROMs. That in conjunction with SetCPU you can overclock your stock ROM easy-peezy. It also has a 5min compatability time to see of your settings will work or freeze/restart. There is a paid version too with more functionality and "set on boot".
You should definitely consider downloading "Watchdog Task Manager" from the Market, as it monitors what is using your CPU and how much, so you can keep power hungry apps under control. Its a "real" task manager, as it doesn't close apps based on the RAM that they use, which is what the Android OS already does.
As for OC, I use Antutu CPU Master, and keep it at 100-1000/1200mHz while in use, and 100-800mHz if I'm not. Hope this helps.
Im on stock 2.2 with bail uv and its great i get scores between 1700-1800 abd battery is awesome and im using auto minfree im just looking for an edge. What do you guys think of minfree apps?
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I just got ram manager pro that can tweak your settings and even allow u to play hardware intensive games like gta3 without lag. Or chainfire if u are into gaming
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I am currently running bionix 1.3.1 with kernel 2.6.32.9 (red edition theme too) and killed my battery in half a day. I have set cpu app and was wondering if anyone can help me tweak things a little to get better battery usage?
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Hmmm, The Axura, EDT and Trigger roms have excellent battery. Are you overclocking ? 'cause if you are that will burn up battery and there is no fix or adjust for that, other than just running @ normal speed. Read the Bible for fixes and adjustments for the battery
If you're gonna burn battery that fast you might as well flash Gingerbread which is better.
I was actually looking for a gingerbread rom to flash but couldn't find one. I don't really want to use this much battery so fast but think its the team whiskey dragon rom edition kernel that I think is the problem.. it allows me to overclock which of course kills my battery. I was just looking for some tips to conserve battery. I set my setcpu settings to conservative and am going to see what it does. Should of stuck with my nexus-s or even nexus-1 but got two free phones and a fly rod out of deal than just a phone lol...
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I have a doubt: when not in use, the CPU is downclocked or work at 1.2Ghz.
If it isn't downclocked, there an app or something else that could be that? I think that could be usefull to improve battery life.
Download CPU Spy to monitor the CPU. It should go into deep sleep when idle.
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DARKF3D3 said:
I have a doubt: when not in use, the CPU is downclocked or work at 1.2Ghz.
If it isn't downclocked, there an app or something else that could be that? I think that could be usefull to improve battery life.
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Normal settings are for it to only run at 1.2 GHz when loaded. Also, in addition to downclocking, the CPU can go into "deep sleep" where everything shuts off.
The specific clock management settings can be tuned with an app like SetCPU.
Stock frequencies are 200, 500, 800, 1000, 1200 MHz.
I'm wondering if there's a way yo improve battery life... maybe it's better to install a custom rom?
DARKF3D3 said:
I'm wondering if there's a way yo improve battery life... maybe it's better to install a custom rom?
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Most people seem to gain battery life on custom roms. There are several to play with and, once you get over the initial hurdle of getting one installed the first time, you won't want to go back!
DARKF3D3 said:
I'm wondering if there's a way yo improve battery life... maybe it's better to install a custom rom?
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A couple options which I do myself are run all speeds undervolted by about 50 and set Max speed at 1000Mhz. Not sure if it makes a huge difference on battery life but it definitely doesn't ruin the performance, that I can tell.
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Even 800 doesn't ruin the performance enough to start caring. Once I jump a new kernel I'll start tweaking undervolting and even crazier profiles.
Install a custom rom that removes bloatware and known battery drainers, and undervolt the cpu/downclock it to save most of your battery. Theres many threads about battery life, I suggest you look though those.
Just curious is most people who root/use custom ROMs overclock, and if so, what settings do you typically use in SetCPU?
I'm using a S2, rooted with latest Unnamed ROM and find myself contemplating if I should make any changes with SetCPU. Lots of options, and Unnamed has all the different governor options, etc. just really looking for some best practices that people who overclock often.
Would appreciate seeing what you consider to be stable overclock options that give a good boost without causing excessive heat/stability issues.
I'm coming at SetCPU with limited experience so I do appreciate any tips that might see rudimentary, or if there are better resources that teach about this I'd appreciate any links as would like to get a better technical understanding of all this. Thanks in advance.
I use No Frills CPU, and I just set it to 1.6 max/ondemand. Absolutely no heat issues or stability issues, so I just stuck with it. Battery life is good.
most maybe but only by a little bit. a good number of people underclock and undervolt their devices to try and get better battery life. to be honest, the newer phones dont need overclocking to handle the current apps and stuff. the older phones like the nexus one and older need overclocking tho. i leave my gs2 stock. what we really need is dual core support before OC becomes worth it on my phone. ymmv
I have never overclocked mine, phone runs smooth as butter at 1.2 so I don't see the need to go farther. Plus I like my battery lasting more than 24 hours...
I overclock my s2. im running unamed 1.3.0. I like run different speeds at different at different battery percents. 1.6 till 75% 1.4 till 50% 1.2 till 25% 1000 till 15% 800mhz till dead. i had some problems with 1.4 ghz but i tweeked the voltage and that did solved my problem. I'm at 50% battery with normal usage. display 1hr 25mn phone calls for 47min and android os for 56min. my phone doesn't get any hotter then it did before i overclocked. I just did it to say i did. It will prolly help a little unless you like emulators then it will help alot. i have to overclock my iconia a500 to 1.6 if i want to play n64 games.
I'm on UnNamed 1.3.1 with the latest entropy dd kernel and am very happy with the stock CPU speed
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http://www.tomsguide.com/us/overclock-android-device,review-1762.html#xtor=RSS-998
Opinions from people who really know? I can't imagine that overclocking increases battery life.
It doesn't. At least from my understanding. In fact as I understand it running at higher clock speeds would decrease your battery life no? I usually under clock, so...
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The theory is that overclocking allows you to complete processes quicker, which in turn allows the processor to go back to a idle/deep sleep faster. In practice it doesn't really work that way though.
ryude said:
The theory is that overclocking allows you to complete processes quicker, which in turn allows the processor to go back to a idle/deep sleep faster. In practice it doesn't really work that way though.
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doesn't the increase in voltage also come into effect?
They did talk a little about undervolting to increase battery life. Personally I don't worry about it. I'm not using my phone to sort out heavy algorithims at the moment, so running how it does is fast enough for what I use it at. Just found the article interesting.
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doesn't the increase in voltage also come into effect?
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They say the undervolting on lower clocks should balance out the higher voltage on overclocks.
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They did talk a little about undervolting to increase battery life. Personally I don't worry about it. I'm not using my phone to sort out heavy algorithims at the moment, so running how it does is fast enough for what I use it at. Just found the article interesting.
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Undervolting rarely makes a difference on mobile SoC's, but on the desktop/laptop CPUs you can really save a ton of power with undervolting and underclocking.
Why to overclock and understand it?
Here is a good reason to know what you are doing..
and the battery avg's lasting at least through the day, but most of the time, I have a charger near me...
EDITED: because it won't accept my screenshots HTML Probably cause I have n00b status on this account name.
AnTuTu Benchmark v.2.8
Total Score: 7446
RAM: 1201
CPU Int: 2264
CPU Float: 1767
2D: 295
3D: 1148
Database: 450
SD W 11.8MB 118
SD R >50MB 203
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Fluxi Kernel/My own OOM settings/AOKP/my own XXTweaker settings
The article says its not the actual overclocking that is saving battery life. When you put SetCPU on your phone not only can you overlock but you can underclock and set different voltages. I'm not 100% sure how the voltages play into it but you can set the processor to run at really low speeds during certain acts ei. when the screen is off, or any other time you don't necessarily need alot of power. That's and I changed all the voltages (I got them from a post where the guy knew what he was doing and tested them). I get almost 2 days moderate browsing, apps and text. If I talk alot or use my hotspot I only get 1.5 days. It is a little time consuming to get everything just right but when you do you really see it.
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The article says its not the actual overclocking that is saving battery life. When you put SetCPU on your phone not only can you overlock but you can underclock and set different voltages.
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This isn't a SetCpu feature there are other programs that can do this as well. It just so happens SetCpu has it built into the program. I bought SetCpu back in my Atrix days and loved it so it does work great for a simple tuning program.
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Many of the kernels these days have their own tweaks and mod apps as well
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I'm running a kernerl and a custom ROM that allows me to underclock and overclock.
I tried it out both ways and the battery lasted for almost the same amount as on the stock option. As I tend to play games a lot on my phone, the underclocking ran into some issues with stuttering and sometimes force close of a couple of games.
Personally, I've never been a big fan of either .
hello everybody
the question is simple..... i have a E790 and i want a Rom, kernel, mod or configuration for best battery life... any suggestions?
Slick V3 plus MEs kernel. Lower min clock speed and use badass governor. I've never had anything better. I'm currently using MEs EG8 ROM, which I like better, but battery life is slightly less then when I used Slick.
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the question is simple..... i have a E790 and i want a Rom, kernel, mod or configuration for best battery life... any suggestions?
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Best configuration for extended battery life = power off when not in active use.
Not trying to be a jerk here, but while stating that question is simple, the answer most certainly isn't. There are a huge number of factors that play into battery life, and you haven't provided any info at all to us to provide good answer.
The answer depends on how you use the device. Do you need extended idle time but not high performance? underclock, undervolt, freeze all your background apps. Do you have lots of stuff running in the background? Try greenify paid with xposed features. Do you want the most possible screen on time? drop your brightness as low as you can stand it. Run in Airplane mode. Are you in a crappy service area? Turn off cell radio and use Wifi only.
We don't know what you need for connectivity, or how you use the device, or what apps you run, or anything else. We need tons more info to try to chase battery life. We don't know what will constitute "acceptable" performance, to you, when down-tuning processor speeds and brightness and things. These are all things you need to experiment with to find what works best for you.
In general, I've found that for my use-case, the new 4.3 ROMs are marginally better on battery life than prior versions. I typically get about 4 hours screen on time, with around 20 hours up-time, and minimal phone calls (15min per day or so) and end up having 15-20% battery left when I put the phone on the charger. In moderate use, I look for wakelocks to be roughly twice my screen on time. I don't run much processor intensive stuff, the majority of my awake time is spent at minimum clock speed.
Min screen brightness
x-geo said:
hello everybody
the question is simple..... i have a E790 and i want a Rom, kernel, mod or configuration for best battery life... any suggestions?
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Min screen brightness, lower timeout, eco mode, task killer, data off and airplane mode at the office (or school or whenever you use "silent mode" instead)
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Min screen brightness, lower timeout, eco mode, task killer, data off and airplane mode at the office (or school or whenever you use "silent mode" instead)
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Be very careful with task killers. If you try to kill stuff that auto restarts, you will end up causing battery draining start / kill loops. In general task killers haven't been necessary since gingerbread.
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Be very careful with task killers. If you try to kill stuff that auto restarts, you will end up causing battery draining start / kill loops. In general task killers haven't been necessary since gingerbread.
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As stated before, the 4.3 roms seem to have better battery life then the previous versions.
Certain apps can help with battery life as well. "Tasker" can be setup to disable functions when not needed.
"SetCPU" can be used to setup profiles to change min/max frequencies and change governors when certain conditions are met... this can also be done with Tasker but requires a good understanding of Tasker functions.
"Greenify" is also a good app. It will hibernate apps that you choose. This can prevent certain apps from running in the backround until you actually use them.
Turn off animations
Turn off animations and transitions, keep the minimum amount of widgets and location services from social apps
Kernel Confusion
Dear Concern,
m using AT&T LG Optimus G (e970), i just rooted my phone and unlocked my bootloader. the confusion m having ritenow is
m about to install the new custom rom in my phone but m confused about the kernel thing that ppl used to talk here .. my current software information is
Android Version :: 4.1.2
Kernel Version ::: 3.4.0
Software Version : E97020J
Can anyone guide me if i need to flash kernel while installing the custom roms *4.4.2*, and what are the risks?
is it necessary to flash kernel or not ??
Regards.
Moiz
Its not necessary to flash separate kernel..custom ROMs come with embedded kernels sometimes modified from existing kernels,such as mizry's AK kernel...flashing separate kernels are optional
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