I previously got awesome battery life on my phone. I've made some changes recently, and I wanted your help narrowing down what is causing the decreased battery life.
I network unlocked my phone. I'm leaning towards this as the culprit. If this is the problem, how do I go about locking my phone back to T-Mobile?
I flashed the new Bionix ROM. It was very slow for me, so I flashed the non-overclocked Dragon kernel.
I wanted to flash my phone back to stock and start reinstalling things, so I did that, and then flashed the new Loki ROM. Same battery issue.
I started using ADW Launcher EX.
When I go into the battery info menu, it shows that "Cell Standby" is using a large amount of battery.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Firmware version: 2.2
Baseband version: T959UVKA6
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9
Build number: Loki 1.2
If you're still using the dragon kernel that's the problem. If you're not I'd recondition the battery.
Thanks for the fast response. I'll go ahead and try out supercurio's kernel for a bit and see if Dragon was the problem.
Just use stock kernel
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Definitely use supercurio. It's based on stock, all of the other kernels are compiled from non-vibrant source and inherently have poor battery life.
dragon is as goon on battery as voodoo gets unles u overclock dragon to 1.4 which is overclocked by default to 1.4 so if you are not running setcpu to bring back cpu frequency bact to stock 1ghz , it will chew up your battery like 1.4 ghz should
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931351 get SETCPU from previous thread iv madde its below first post , and i think its a paid app so dont tell any one i gave it to you for free ;p
All - whats the best kernel for battery life/performance ratio?
Currently using faux 1.6 kernel - superfast but battery drains real quick - whats everyone else using?
I was on the stock kernel for awhile with Ken's Alien ROM. Battery life wasn't great, then switched to Faux's kernel. Didn't notice much of an improvement. Im trying out Kholk's kernel, which has gotten good reviews for battery life. This is my first full charge on it, so we'll see. Im currently at 85% after about 3 hours of moderate to heavy usage.
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From my experience edgans is best
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any more replies folks? Hows Kholkds Kernel - what radio are you using?
Cheers
Is anyone using Juice Defender (Free, Lite, or Ultimate) successfully with Da_G's OC Kernel?
I am still on the Stock ROM.
I flashed to the OC kernel this morning, after having serious battery issues with the Rooted Stock Kernel. I uninstalled JD last night to see if it made a difference?
Battery Life is dramatically better on the OC Kernel without JD installed.
Should the battery drain in ICS version be so bigger than in gingerbread stock version?
I use MiniCMSandwich Lite AOSP but even with gouvernor and io scheduler set, the battery is gone in less than a day...
Do you have any ideas? I disable all unnecessary functions when not used.. :/
Likely yes because ICS is more demanding.
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So in general, with the same usage behaviour, ICS will have greater power consumption than Gingerbread? I also have Huawei U8800 with Aurora ICS installed and didn't see such a difference compared to stock 2.3 firmware :/
psiriders said:
So in general, with the same usage behaviour, ICS will have greater power consumption than Gingerbread? I also have Huawei U8800 with Aurora ICS installed and didn't see such a difference compared to stock 2.3 firmware :/
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ICS is bigger, more powerful, which means it will require more power from the phone and also more juice.
i used active n lww. both are using ics. but, the active the battery drain is so much more than lww. even when i try to use stock rom n kernel (my lww bootloader can't be unlocked) my lww stil can survive 1d 14h (even more) , but my active can survive max only 1 day..
i use both with the same usage of call , internet , messaging
My active lasts almost two days with data/wifi always on and normal usage, a few days ago, without any gaming i had 56hrs running before i had to recharge...I use JD plus and performance boosting scripts (and anonmous' excellent kernel) and also i use miui (but i think any rom can use it) which has lbe guard which allows to prevent any app from autostarting
yup, I've noticed this too. ICS drains battery way too fast. I'm using Active and have tried both stock rom/kernel and custom rom/kernel based on ICS. Now I'm back to GB, Spartan ROM / Rage kernel, battery lasts a little bit longer, half a day more I think. What's the practical advantage of ICS anyway? I really didn't notice any, hehe.
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My active lasts almost two days with data/wifi always on and normal usage, a few days ago, without any gaming i had 56hrs running before i had to recharge...I use JD plus and performance boosting scripts (and anonmous' excellent kernel) and also i use miui (but i think any rom can use it) which has lbe guard which allows to prevent any app from autostarting
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could you give me a link for performsnce boosting script ? and what kernel you use ? i use mesa v1.8 ... at least the battery drain is not so fast like krsh or rage kernel
I also use mesa
Here a link to thunderbolt script which has a battery enhancing script http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1556013
Here some build.prop tweaks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16833651&postcount=1
Rudjgaard said:
I also use mesa
Here a link to thunderbolt script which has a battery enhancing script http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1556013
Here some build.prop tweaks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16833651&postcount=1
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will thunderbolt script work on xperia active? i read on the thread , it works on samsung only
psiriders said:
Should the battery drain in ICS version be so bigger than in gingerbread stock version?
I use MiniCMSandwich Lite AOSP but even with gouvernor and io scheduler set, the battery is gone in less than a day...
Do you have any ideas? I disable all unnecessary functions when not used.. :/
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something wrong. i have active and i tried many roms and kernels and always battery keeps 1d 12h - 2d 6h my favorite set smartasv2 and noop,cpu max805 min134 ,2g,hasa miui rom + rage kernel. if i listen all day music and playing games then battery keeps 1 day
Hey guys
I know its a repeated question but I have been trying several roms with all the different kernels on my SGS2 and the only one that I have found is the Foxhound Rom which gives me a decent battery life. But now I flashed Rootbox because I wanted to have the new TW launcher on the phone...I usually underclock the processor to 800Mhz on Ondemand profile....I installed the latest 1.7 version using the Darknight, CM9 and Siyah kernels and the battery lasts me for just a day of moderate usage mostly because I can see the phone deep sleep about 60-70% of the time? I also dont know if flashing a new modem will make a difference.
Can anyone advise me as to how I can reduce it and possibly get a better battery life? Also I am gonna try the Rootbox with Fluxi kernel as bajee11 uses that on his kernel? But if anyone else is on the same ROM and getting a decent battery life, can you please advise me and also suggest CPU profile that you are using?
All help much appreciated
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1612881
For ics I use try dark knight 1.8 and it's really good. Are you giving it a few cycles for the battery?
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