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Obviously it all depends on what you've done while the screen was turned on but it'd be an interesting statistic.
Overall battery:
26hrs on stock rom 1.8.3
16hrs on gingerblur 3.1
Both with more than 3:30hrs of display on
About 24hrs on battery with 4hr15min with the display on. I think I have a screenshot on FB, lol.
I might be on to something here then..
Am using GladiAtrix 3 b0.2, before I installed it I did a battery stats reset through CWM
(advise from KennethPenn, dev of Gingerblur):
"""- Reset battery in CWM (under Advanced)
- Drain your battery to 0 percent and let it turn the phone off, then charge it back up to 100%."""
On my phone are more than 120 apps installed. Battery Manager is on "Maximum ".
The result is fairly amazing; the display time of almost 7 hrs is under heavy use; wlan & sync constantly on, Xscope & XDA app non-stop checking, market downloads, etc!! I have never had such good battery!
I advise everyone to do the above, it really helps.
Vangelis13 said:
I might be on to something here then..
Am using GladiAtrix 3 b0.2, before I installed it I did a battery stats reset through CWM
(advise from KennethPenn, dev of Gingerblur):
"""- Reset battery in CWM (under Advanced)
- Drain your battery to 0 percent and let it turn the phone off, then charge it back up to 100%."""
On my phone are more than 120 apps installed. Battery Manager is on "Maximum ".
The result is fairly amazing; the display time of almost 7 hrs is under heavy use; wlan & sync constantly on, Xscope & XDA app non-stop checking, market downloads, etc!! I have never had such good battery!
I advise everyone to do the above, it really helps.
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are u using only GSM/EDGE?
about the battery mannager on maximum... if i leave my phone for more than 15 mins on the table... that means i wont get notifications or recive my Whatsapp and Facebook Messages??
are u using any task mannager?
Budske said:
are u using only GSM/EDGE?
about the battery mannager on maximum... if i leave my phone for more than 15 mins on the table... that means i wont get notifications or recive my Whatsapp and Facebook Messages??
are u using any task mannager?
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That's right, only 2g unless I need 3g for data. I'm always around a wifi though.
No task manager, android 2.2 does all that automatically.
Not sure battery manager is so aggressive, I think it takes a bit longer than 15 minutes.
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nice.. ill do the same....
u use *#*#4636#*#* to change the data connection to 2G??
How do u change 2g-3g ext?
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Budske said:
nice.. ill do the same....
u use *#*#4636#*#* to change the data connection to 2G??
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Download Any Cut in the market. Put a shortcut to the above on your home screen.
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6hrs is my personal best, straight stock phone.
I've just put mine on charge, prob got about 40-50 hours, mostly standby. Seems a lot but I just unpacked my charger from going away for the weekend.
Prob about 4 hours talk time, prob 3 hours web. No GPS, no wifi.
Strange thing is, the battery thing said '5 hours since unplugged' which is definately not the case, is this a known issue? 5 hours since I rebooted it maybe.
when you reboot - the time since unplugged counter is reset.
Is there a way to do the battery stats reset without CWM?
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Is there a way to do the battery stats reset without CWM?
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That one worked 100% for me.
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Here is mine
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a little off topic but howd you get that 1% battery mod and not the ugly circle, this looks kinda nice sitting at 33%, can one get that without gingerblur , stock plus root would do?
on topic, i get about 2 days on a medium usage on my battery , 1.5 days on heavy, i dont think i could use another phone after getting this much battery life, i just wonder what gingerbread would do to this phone
5 1/2 hours, with 3G turned on. Although the last 45 minutes of that it was just sitting at the launcher, I was waiting for the battery to die on it. I usually average 2-3 hours, but when I charge my phone I usually still have about 50% left.
Seeing as I rarely use data, I may have to try that 2G trick. Maybe I could charge it every other day instead of each night.
My best "Screen On" time is close to 4.5 hrs running Greyblur. For those just posting "time since unplugged"..screen on time is a much better indicator for battery life imo because it means actual use. The phone sitting idle in your pocket or on your table for 48 hrs is misleading to some people because then they wonder why they're only getting 12hrs with 5hrs of actual "useage" (screen on time).
For my style of use..battery saver modes and apps don't do me any favors because then I miss out on my IM's which I rely on for most of my communication. And unfortunately 2G isn't an option any more for most of us Canadian users..as 2G has been pretty much phased out.
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My best "Screen On" time is close to 4.5 hrs running Greyblur. For those just posting "time since unplugged"..screen on time is a much better indicator for battery life imo because it means actual use. The phone sitting idle in your pocket or on your table for 48 hrs is misleading to some people because then they wonder why they're only getting 12hrs with 5hrs of actual "useage" (screen on time).
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With you on that, I keep asking people to post screen usage time (also in other threads); anything else is fairly misleading on how long the battery lasts.
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At the moment screen time 2hrs 50mins battery stands at 55%
That's with wifi or 3g when screen is on
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There is an unbelievable amount of battery drain anytime I reboot my sgs2. This one time it went from 59 to 15 percent. Does anyone have any idea why this happens and how to fix it. Thanks.
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You will notice that the battery will begin to 'increase' (after reboot, from 15% it will start going up if you leave the phone for a little bit) ... Try wiping cache and battery stats...
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I've experienced same on several occasions especially on crashes!
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Okay. Thanks, I'll try that.
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I had same problem recently while experimenting with new ICS roms, but after I flashed ICS Remix 7.1 all problems gone.
Same problem
I have the exact same problem with my sgs2. battery is good before reboot but after a reboot its at 9% this cant be normal.
did you find a solution yet ?
I am currently on CM7 (Cybik's) but I have experienced this on CM10 as well, just never seen it. This time I actually saw it literally step down directly to 20 from 37 as if there was nothing in between.
No battery apps or task killers to speak of. Getting great battery life on CM7 and the usual 8 hours or so on CM10. Anyone else experience this?
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+1
You calibrating the battery properly? How many reboots have you done since flashing?
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You calibrating the battery properly? How many reboots have you done since flashing?
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Probably not, I'm not doing anything fancy with the battery. And it's been about a week since I flashed CM7... couple reboots at most.
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Probably not, I'm not doing anything fancy with the battery. And it's been about a week since I flashed CM7... couple reboots at most.
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Calibrate the battery. That will go away after two or three full charge cycles.
1) Charge to full
2) Wipe battery stats in cwm
3) Deplete the battery as fast as you can till the phone dies
4) Charge the phone to full while android is booted (not the charging only screen that pops up when you plug a dead photon into a power source)
Itll still drop a wide margin the first cycle. After 2 or 3 cycles it will stop doing that.
I decided to make a thread to see what kind of battery life and performance people are getting with their devices. Please include what build you're on, the kernel you're using, any special apps you're using, and any comments you have about your setup.
Guess I'll start..
Build: The Base 0.7.3 (4.0.4)
Kernel: sk8's 2.2 ICS kernel
Apps: Android Tuner Pro and SetCPU
I use Android Tuner for voltage control and governor settings. SetCPU is used for profiles to adjust the CPU frequencies for different apps. As well as a lot of tweaks I've applied. Forgot to take a screenshot before I charged my phone, but I'm able to push 36hours with about 6 hours of screen on time.
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Pure stock rooted, locked bootloader, frozen bloatware. 18000+ on average Antutu, over 7000 Quadrant average. Battery goes from 12 hours to 27 hours, my two broadest 'average' ranges. 12 had moderate use, 27 had light use, data off, power saver on.
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Make sure you also post your screen on time like the OP. Your ROM, kernel, tweaks, etc are important, but screen on time is the closest we can get to a constant variable.
On 12 hours, screen on was about 3 hours. 27 it was about 45 minutes. I've deleted the screenshots though.
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Great, Nice work
On ginsix v1.5. Only sync I have is my Google account and gps always on. Brightness set to 60%. I usually get 4 hours of on screen time and up to 30 hours depending on use.
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I am running rooted Stock ROM/Kernel (waiting for official JB update) with unlocked bootloader. I have been recieving terrible battery life though! I've tried calibrating it and still had issues. Besides that, I get like -5% every 7 minutes of low-mild screen on use even with Eco, Powersave, and underclocked at 384 MHz all enabled. About -10% every hour with the screen off. :/ I'm going to go ahead and factory reset/wipe and restore my apps. Hopefully this will solve my jacked up battery.
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I think the battery has improved just a tiny bit after factory resetting. It not exactly satisfactory (about -9% every hour with screen off), but I think that might be normal for smartphones, right?? Under battery stats, it shows "Android OS" as using over 40% of the battery. I don't think that's normal.
SeekerofLight.iz said:
I am running rooted Stock ROM/Kernel (waiting for official JB update) with unlocked bootloader. I have been recieving terrible battery life though! I've tried calibrating it and still had issues. Besides that, I get like -5% every 7 minutes of low-mild screen on use even with Eco, Powersave, and underclocked at 384 MHz all enabled. About -10% every hour with the screen off. :/ I'm going to go ahead and factory reset/wipe and restore my apps. Hopefully this will solve my jacked up battery.
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I think the battery has improved just a tiny bit after factory resetting. It not exactly satisfactory (about -9% every hour with screen off), but I think that might be normal for smartphones, right?? Under battery stats, it shows "Android OS" as using over 40% of the battery. I don't think that's normal.
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o_o
My AndroidOS is also higher than 40% but I only lose 1-2% per hour with the screen off. Have you tried FD toggle?
SeekerofLight.iz said:
I am running rooted Stock ROM/Kernel (waiting for official JB update) with unlocked bootloader. I have been recieving terrible battery life though! I've tried calibrating it and still had issues. Besides that, I get like -5% every 7 minutes of low-mild screen on use even with Eco, Powersave, and underclocked at 384 MHz all enabled. About -10% every hour with the screen off. :/ I'm going to go ahead and factory reset/wipe and restore my apps. Hopefully this will solve my jacked up battery.
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I think the battery has improved just a tiny bit after factory resetting. It not exactly satisfactory (about -9% every hour with screen off), but I think that might be normal for smartphones, right?? Under battery stats, it shows "Android OS" as using over 40% of the battery. I don't think that's normal.
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That's the main reason why I use The Base. On top of being speedy, there a "fix" option for fast dormancy which helped me tremendously seeing as I rarely use LTE. It's like.. It disables it when not in use, but enables it when needed.
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So what is defined as "On Screen time"? I charged my phone all night and this morning unplugged the phone and turned on my screen and told it to not go turn off ever. I was hoping to test out the heating issue, as the previous version would start to get hot after half an hour of screen time. I left it sitting on my desk all day and after about 7 hours it ran down to 15 percent but when i look at "on screen time" it shows only about 5 hours (it should be at 7 hours as i started this when i got to work 7 hours ago...). I literaly just left my phone on and didn't interact with it at all, all day. Seems a whole lot better to me than the phone i got this as a replacement for. But was just wondering what is calculated for on screen time.
BTW: This is stock phone, just pulled out of the factory box. Not rooted, not unlocked, don't even have any accounts tied to it or moved any icons around.
It's best to track battery life/screen on time with every day use. Or for those that are heavy users, with games and such. Just leaving my phone on idle with screen on I can get about 11 hours as all my cores but 1 go offline while one remains at 384MHz.
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I'm completely stock after using LGNPST after soft bricks and my battery life is like 6 hours for a 8 hour shift at the job
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I was having crap battery life on the stock Rom only unlocked by freegee. Now on the Canadian jelly and life is good again.
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After six hours my batter is at 87%.. this is much better than the five percent per hour I was getting before flashing jb. It was already doing well as far as I'm concerned... in line with my galaxy nexus using an extended battery... very happy
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I'm on slick ROM, screen at 63% brightness, constantly use my phone for gaming , fb, and browsing the internet and I usually get at least 10 hours of use before I get to about 15% , I have never had any battery life issues with this phone. I don't talk on it a lot, but constantly text throughout the day. I can let this phone sleep all night and maybe be at most 96% when I wake up as well
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Neroga said:
That's the main reason why I use The Base. On top of being speedy, there a "fix" option for fast dormancy which helped me tremendously seeing as I rarely use LTE. It's like.. It disables it when not in use, but enables it when needed.
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You can do the fast dormancy fix, even on stock ICS. There's a thread, in this section, that's dedicated to it (there's even an app, if you are unsure of doing the code submission that's outlined in the thread). It makes a HUGE difference, in my battery life.
dbgeek said:
You can do the fast dormancy fix, even on stock ICS. There's a thread, in this section, that's dedicated to it (there's even an app, if you are unsure of doing the code submission that's outlined in the thread). It makes a HUGE difference, in my battery life.
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It's really easy. My rom has it as well.
Using a Note 2 the last few days. Turned on the OG yesterday to take some pics of it as I 'm trading the note 2 for HTC butterfly. Just noticed this a few minutes ago........
Phone is rooted, stock AT&T rom,
Pretty sweet. This is my favorite phone of all time.
Before anyone jumps all over me, I realize the phone has been in standby for all but 5-10 mins of this time. Still can't believe how little battery it has used on standby.
I hate to tell you maddog, but there's no way that's accurate.
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Nastybutler said:
I hate to tell you maddog, but there's no way that's accurate.
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It does seem to good to be true. I've unplugged it at night before and when getting up 7 hours later noticed it was still at100.
Even thou I agree, this phone has great battery life on stand by.
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Does anyone still condition their batteries whenever flashing new ROMS and such? I remember back when I had the Vibrant when it first came out and I learned about custom ROMs and xda forums, you always had to condition your battery afterwards. This idea still relevant at all for keeping a healthy battery or extending its life cycle?
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It's helped me, so yes I still do it after flashing new roms..
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If you mean charging your phone to 100% and deleting batterystats.bin, that process is pretty useless. The battery stats file is automatically deleted when your phone reaches 100%, and unless you phone is almost dead, just use and charge it normally.
I usually calibrate the battery using battery calibration only after I have went from dead to 100% on the battery on a new ROM. If you have any issues with drainage like I have on Tweaked before, just do it.
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Does anyone still condition their batteries whenever flashing new ROMS and such? I remember back when I had the Vibrant when it first came out and I learned about custom ROMs and xda forums, you always had to condition your battery afterwards. This idea still relevant at all for keeping a healthy battery or extending its life cycle?
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I've has GN2 since launch day. Never conditioned the battery once, never had a single battery problem on stock, Cleanrom or Tweaked. This is the first phone in a long time that the battery just works and lasts and lasts without micromanagement.
I've been wondering this since I got this phone. I always saw the battery threads in the charge forum and thought it was weird when I didn't see that here. I've dine it a few times on this phone but I guess now I know that I don't need too.
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I've been using my Note II for a couple of weeks now and I never had to do any conditioning when using anything TouchWiz based. I flashed an AOSP ROM for the first time today, so I'll be keeping an eye out to see the changes.
Also do you guys think its a bad idea to flash ROMs without a fully charged battery?
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I do battery conditioning...it's called letting the battery management system do it's job and not trying to interfere.
And, there is no particular advantage to flashing with a full charge. I actually can't remember the last time I did, and I'm thinking back across 3 phones over two years. The worst you might get is a messed up percentage until you fully charge, but even that is rare.
The only thing I would worry about if flashing while low on battery would be the device dying mid flash.
Other than that I can see no reason not to.
Right on, thanks for the responses guys. Yeah I just been curious about this because before I used to always see people talk about conditioning batteries and wiping battery stats etc.
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Also do you guys think its a bad idea to flash ROMs without a fully charged battery?
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Pretty sure the main reason you don't want to flash on a low battery is it could run out while it's still flashing. I've flashed at 30% and no ill affects.
People should go here and then make up their own minds rather then try to follow a bunch of mixed information.
Charging -
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
Calibration - http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/battery_calibration
Care & Feeding -
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
Seriously these are worth the read
Note 2 - Nexus 7 - Charge - Player 5.0 - Fascinate
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Read twice, flash once
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I usually calibrate the battery using battery calibration only after I have went from dead to 100% on the battery on a new ROM. If you have any issues with drainage like I have on Tweaked before, just do it.
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i calibrated using the playstore app followed all directions and now my phone takes 17 to 18 hours to charger from 0% no less than 12 from any other percentage any ideas what i can do? this started happening the day after i calibrated any help would be much apreciated
thanks