I'm on the collective ICS Unoffical
I don't think it drains too bad but I like to turn wifi off when not in use. I pretty much only use it at home. LTE is fine everywhere else without hitting my data usage limit.
So...is there a way to have wifi toggle off once I'm out of range?
TIA
Use tasker.
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What's so hard about using the drop down toggle to turn it off? Why do you need it to be automatic when it's right there all the time?
Settle down there cowboy.....
That's not hard at all and it's what I do.
But I usually forget and do it hours later.
"IF" it drains the battery by constantly looking for a connection, I'd like to minimize that....
The beauty of android is there is usually a way to do things like this.
Thus the question....
Have you tried Llama? I'm using it on my captivate, not sure if it works on ICS or the note but it is a scheduler that uses cell towers to define locations and you can have different actions occur if you are in certain locations. I have an at work set up so that the ringer is off and so is wifi, at home I have ringer on high and wifi on until 10:00 then I turn the ringer off.
I think juice defender app does just that among other things.
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schrochem said:
I'm on the collective ICS Unoffical
I don't think it drains too bad but I like to turn wifi off when not in use. I pretty much only use it at home. LTE is fine everywhere else without hitting my data usage limit.
So...is there a way to have wifi toggle off once I'm out of range?
TIA
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Have you had a look at "Y5 - Battery Saver" in the market? It's a very simplistic app, but it works pretty well in my experience.
Give it a look.
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delacrow said:
I think juice defender app does just that among other things.
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Yes it does (at least the pro version does) -- Wifi gets activated and deactivated based on location. When it gets in range it turns on, when its out of range it turns off.
I've had issues with Juice Defender turning off my WiFi when I didn't want it off. I vote Tasker.
kimtyson said:
I've had issues with Juice Defender turning off my WiFi when I didn't want it off. I vote Tasker.
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Tasker, at least in my experience, really needs to be paired with a tutorial. Its amazing the things it can do, but its a very intimidating program to start using.
JD ultimate does the wifi trick (Ive been using JD Ultimate until just recently). I actually feel I've gotten better battery life when I stopped using JD and switched my launcher to GO launder EX. When I had JD active...I'd struggle to see just over 3 hours screen on time. Now I see close to 4 hours, if not more.
EDIT: I also have turned my syncing off.
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Thanks for all the replies.
I tried tasker about a year ago and agree with it being a bit intimidating.... I might go that route.
Never heard of llama but it sounds interesting.
I use 2X battery and it definitely helps save battery. I'm in a LTE area and that can suck it down quick. I don't need things pushed to me instantly so as long as I get texts and calls I'm cool. I can jump on data and get things sent down. However it looks like the wifi option isn't avail.
Llama is cool and did the trick. Now to see how else I can use it. It's like Tasker with a friendly gui. Thanks
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Is juice defender worth installing and if it is what are the best setting
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ttieder said:
Is juice defender worth installing and if it is what are the best setting
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I think so. The defaults work very well. I have the Ultimate version, which allows it to automatically turn on WiFi in all the places I regularly manually connect. I can tell a big difference in battery life with it.
Starting using it Monday more than doubled battery life using default settings 14 hrs and 37 mins 60% left with moderate use seem great.
ira9700 said:
Starting using it Monday more than doubled battery life using default settings 14 hrs and 37 mins 60% left with moderate use seem great.
Its Ultimate version pM me if u want it
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The free version and the Ultimate are both available in the Market. Why would he need to PM you?
I also use the smartass CPU govenor, although idk if that's available on any other phone than the HTC Aria. It gives me insane battery life, those two.
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Honestly, I don't know. I've gone a week without it and a week with it and my gains haven't been much with the Evo 3d.
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Honestly, I don't know. I've gone a week without it and a week with it and my gains haven't been much with the Evo 3d.
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During your week without, how much did you manually manage radio settings, etc.? Were you in strong signal areas? How did you measure your gains (% left at end of day, time before a certain %)? Did you standardize use patterns for the test?
I know JD doesn't necessarily do much if you always have good signal and if you manually manage radios, etc. But if you don't, then it can make a difference. How much? I'm not sure, particularly with the amount of headroom the 3D gives you if you're not a heavy user and you charge daily anyways.
Right now, I'm checking to see how much difference there is between managing the BT radio and leaving it on all day. Right now, it accounts for 3% battery usage almost 7 hours off charger, and phone's at 88% overall still.
ira9700 said:
Starting using it Monday more than doubled battery life using default settings 14 hrs and 37 mins 60% left with moderate use seem great.
Its Ultimate version pM me if u want it
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If you're planning to give him the Ultimate verion it won't work on both phones. JD periodically checks the license so that one copy can't be run on multiple phones. I have a solution though, STOP TRYING TO GIVE AWAY PAID SOFTWARE FOR FREE!
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During your week without, how much did you manually manage radio settings, etc.? Were you in strong signal areas? How did you measure your gains (% left at end of day, time before a certain %)? Did you standardize use patterns for the test?
I know JD doesn't necessarily do much if you always have good signal and if you manually manage radios, etc. But if you don't, then it can make a difference. How much? I'm not sure, particularly with the amount of headroom the 3D gives you if you're not a heavy user and you charge daily anyways.
Right now, I'm checking to see how much difference there is between managing the BT radio and leaving it on all day. Right now, it accounts for 3% battery usage almost 7 hours off charger, and phone's at 88% overall still.
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On week days, I use my phone exactly the same way every day.
8:20am Wifi ON, BT on, GPS off, BT headset connected.
I have excellent signal, it sits in the same 3ft area at work for all the "tests".
Every "syncable" app is enabled and set to 1 hour if possible except for push gmail.
At 5:30, tasker turns WIFI off, leaves gps off, and leaves BT on.
At 6:30, WIFI on, GPS off, BT off
at 11:30, WIFI off, GPS off, BT off
Repeat procedure Every day
Any variation, Wifi goes off and use cell for data. But if I'm in Wifi range, I'll use it over cell since it's so much faster.
I'll say tho, I've had better battery life with this than I've had with prev phones. Evo, Evo shift, TP2, Pre.
I never use the 4g as it's pretty weak in my area.
I suspect that my use of tasker to automate the radio functions is probably negating what JD would do for me
Never mind just trying to be nice
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I suspect that my use of tasker to automate the radio functions is probably negating what JD would do for me
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Sounds about right. You're way more organized in using Tasker than I am, and I suspect JD would be pretty redundant if I set up Tasker with more detail. I like JD because it is kind of "fire and forget" without extensive setup.
I do, however, like the periodic checks JD can do. I think Tasker could do the same, but I never tried.
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I'm not 100% sure about it on the 3D but I used it on my Evo 4g and barely noticed a difference. I'm guessing it'll be the same way with the 3D.
Does juice defender affect the phone performance
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ira9700 said:
Starting using it Monday more than doubled battery life using default settings 14 hrs and 37 mins 60% left with moderate use seem great.
Its Ultimate version pM me if u want it
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Pm me that man!!
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right now im running cm7. I undervolted my phone and I am currently underclocking it too. What else could I do besides the typical turn off your data, brightness, animatoins etc.?
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right now im running cm7. I undervolted my phone and I am currently underclocking it too. What else could I do besides the typical turn off your data, brightness, animatoins etc.?
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Switch to a Sense based Rom
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paulhf said:
right now im running cm7. I undervolted my phone and I am currently underclocking it too. What else could I do besides the typical turn off your data, brightness, animatoins etc.?
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Right now I'm on an extended battery but before that, used all theory cm7 aosp based ROMs. His memory tweaks to the kernel are ridiculous. But one thing that helped a lot was using an app called automateit. Works like green power or tasked but better for me.
I have it set for 3 seconds after the screen goes off, I kill all mobile data. Then when screen goes on, it turns mobile data back on. This does not effect txt messages and phone calls.
Reasoning this works is because I found the 2 main battery killers to be cell standby and screen brightness. Part of cell standby is when your phone is searching for a data connection consistently. For example when. I would go to the movies, my 4g/3g was horrible. I'd go in with 80% and by the time i left it would be at 20% or less. Same with wifi but much easier to turn that off. So during my work day I would keep the app on, keeping my screen/data off, but when I wanted to see my mail, I'd turn screen on and it would sync instantly. Obviously if u want to get your mail randomly even with your phone off, there are settings you can tweak.
Aside from the cell standby issue, it'll also prevent your phone from constantly syncing.
Its a little harder than green power to use but it works all the time.
Aside from this use, there's countless other ways it can automate your experience.
I chose Trigger: screen off, and subsequent Action: mobile data off. Then trigger: screen on, action: mobile data on. With timers for each.
Last is screen brightness. If you get good data and cell reception then screen brightness will be the #1 cause of battery drain. In most cases with the bolt, its #1 regardless.
I just put it to 30% or 40% with widget. Sucks because its a killer screen, but at 75-100% brightness, you'll expect massive battery drain.
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Switch to a Sense based Rom
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God... the world is upside down when THAT statement makes sense, but it actually does. I have to really flog the hell out of the Tbolt running Sense to kill it in 8 hours. My girlfriends dInc running CM7 pretty much never last as long as mine running LTE.
On my brother-in-law's Thunderbolt, I moved him to "CL3ANTH3ORY_V1.0" which is GB and started using SetCPU. We also upgraded to the 627 radio set (CDMA+LTE) and now he can get through a whole day without a charge. Previously, he was charging 2-3 times a day. He is a pretty heavy user though, but still a great improvement.
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God... the world is upside down when THAT statement makes sense, but it actually does. I have to really flog the hell out of the Tbolt running Sense to kill it in 8 hours. My girlfriends dInc running CM7 pretty much never last as long as mine running LTE.
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Mix Sense with an extended battery and you're smooth as butta.
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agreed that theory's aosp rom does incredible with battery, even vs his own sense rom.
?? Please let me know if it produces results on sgs2
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Try a search loads use it loads stop using it loads swear by it loads swear at it .
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evolutiontheory said:
?? Please let me know if it produces results on sgs2
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If you want an app which will schedule your connectivity like WiFi, 3G, Packet Data and GPS etc then you could use it, but if you think it saves juice and produce good battery backup then NO, it drains more than it saves, I know some users here who were fan of JD but ultimately stopped using it for battery saving. Now it's your turn to think on which boat you are.
Regards.
I'm using Juice Defender Ultimate and using Advanced profile. My last recharge lasted for 38 hours and still I had 15% battery left...and I'm on Lite'ning Rom 6.1...I'm not an expert...but seems like it's working.
For me its working great. I removed the blotwares from my phone (Hubs and all other useless things) and JD is working fine. I'm using the ultimate edition and very happy with it.
@ithehappy I guess we will just have to agree to disagree on everything bro
I too use Jd Ultimate, other than sometimes it stops working, it works great. I use it to overclock and control my cpu speed too. (with ninphetime kernel)
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I don't like this kind of apps. I think Android does a good job with battery saving if everything matches well together.
Therefore search your
personal best modem.
personal best kernel.
personal best rom.
Add some smart tweaks.
And tada you will have a good battery life.
I have been using JD Ultimate for quite while with my old Desire & now my SGS2. On the SGS2 it displayed a number of problems:
- sometimes it lost its configuration data
- other times it would stop working completely
- the location feature where wifi was only enabled in the vicinity of known networks didn't work at all
- the feature where wifi was supposed to stay enabled when certain apps are a running didn't work
Just for fun I uninstalled JD a few days ago and my battery life seems quite a bit better than before. It took a few days to get into the habit of turning everything on and off manually. Mobile network and wifi are only turned on when needed.
Yes. I think it works. It's a good placebo anyways.
I use Tasker to automatically shut off the radio's when I'm sleeping. Works more reliably than JD's patchy on+off routine. Of course, you could just turn the phone right off as well.
I think JD does work, but I'm not sure if it's work the resulting inconsistant connectivity.
Removing bloatware (use CpuSPY and the Running services in the Applications settings to see what's sitting in the background) helps a LOT. Removing all of the useless Samsung UNA rubbish is a good start.
I've undervolted+underclocked mine to 800mhz, I can't notice any difference in usage, I'm not sure if it helps much or not, but I tend to get somewhere between 2%-3% per hour idle drain (the phone is in deep sleep so underclocking/volting is fairly irrelevant to this figure).
Whatever, the hardcore anti battery saving people might say it won't work. But I clearly see a huge improvement.
Running JD Ultimate saves me a lot of power. I easily get 2 days of usage (very personal, but it works for me - I use a lot of Spotify all day.. high volume )
It just works.. period. Turning off data and Wifi over time, included with other automated processes can't do much else than save battery.
Android doesn't need an app manager.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
I have it installed but only turn it on when needed. Ie if I'm out for a long day and my battery is getting low I'll turn it on. But otherwise I don't use it. I think it died help a little. But also there is the inbuilt power saving options in this phone that seem to work well too.
I use to use the app, and it did work for me, but I am no longer using it as I am now always close to a charger. when I need to conserve power (which is very rare) I turn off all data connections as I have found that this is my biggest source of battery drain.
The connection itself and apps updating in the background or when the phone is asleep, to add insult to injury, my data connection is very slow, causing the apps to keep the phone awake for a longer period to pull all the updates
Some one just tonite asked me how I can possibly get 15+ hours on a single charge using my new Amaze 4G. Just to give you a bit of background, since having the vibrant and the unofficial leaks of Froyo that popped up here and there I was always looking to improve my battery life in every which way while not comprimising my user experiance. For those that dont know, the Vibrant was stuck on Eclair for a really really long time and we resorted to building Froyo roms using the i9000 source which for some reason killed battery like you would believe. After weeks of playing and testing I came to a few generic tips that seem to drastically help (beyond the obvious things you normally would expect).
This is what I personally do and have found to work, you take them or leave them makes no differance to me whatsoever, just friendly suggestions.
The Super Duper Number 1 thing I've found to HUGELY improve my battery life was instead of using gsm (4g/3g/edge) I use Wifi whenever possible. Most of my time is spent at home or work where I have routers. For whatever reason using wifi is less taxing on the battery then gsm. Also changing the wifi sleep policy to never will add to this.
Since i spend most my day inside i keep my brightness relatively low. I do not use auto brightness unless I really need to.
Obviously I keep my gps off unless I absolutely need it.
Sense has some neat power saving features to help with sync settings at certain times... i.e. during my sleeping time, it automatically change my sync to every 2 hours rather then every 15 min like its typically set to during the day.
The few steps above have helped me acheive 15+ hours on a single charge. Some other things that should help even more would be:
Limit the number of widgets you run (especially the ones that constantly update)
Dont use Live Wallpaper
Extend your sync intervals on email and social apps... instead of every 10 move to every 20
make sure when you are away from wifi you turn your wifi off
If you are in an area with poor coverage (especially 4g) turn your data to edge only
Not sure about LCD but on my samoled keeping screen colors to darkest possible (black wallpapers, etc) helps conserve a bit
Change you timeout setting to the lowest you can stand possible (15sec, 30sec)
Avoid task killer apps... let the system do its job or use the built in task killer for those apps you wish to close. (I know the verdict is out on whether they help or not, but I believe using auto app killers does more damage then good, they were designed for old android versions that didnt function the way GB does now)
That's it for now... if I can remember or think of any more I will def post. Like I said you can take or leave my advice. Please do me one favor.... if you DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO ADD THEN KEEP YOUR NEGATIVTY TO YOURSELF. It makes for a happier forum! Thanks
how do you access the internal task killer? i havent seen it.. but i see it in the applications when i manage my apps.
and i think the one thing i do wrong is never switch to wifi lol
my previous devices would drain faster on wifi than gsm
but i will give it a try
thanks
I've heard this also WiFi + radio drains more than just radio unless you have a crappy connection then you are better.off with wifi. Gr8 guide tho .... Use less sync people the weather is the same as it was 2h ago.... Unless its raining
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WiFi barely uses any battery. I can 24 hours out my amaze with only WiFi. 4G is a real battery drain
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This is from the Evo forums here>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712990 <<<
To also help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly: 1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more 2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour 3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well.
This was [op]'d by OneStepAhead and take no credit, just reposting to try and help.
Bigv69er said:
how do you access the internal task killer? i havent seen it.. but i see it in the applications when i manage my apps.
and i think the one thing i do wrong is never switch to wifi lol
my previous devices would drain faster on wifi than gsm
but i will give it a try
thanks
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drag down the notification tab click on quick settings click on total memory.
Radio by itself drains more battery then using wifi + radio... trust me i've been doing it for 2+ years. also had all my team mates do the same and they all confirmed a huge boost in battery. as long as you are CONNECTED to a wifi router it will not drain. now if you leave the wifi and keep it on along with radio on, that will totally demolish your battery. its the constant searching on both parts that eats the most battery. if youre solid connected... its no longer searching.
I did all that and then some and my battery shows 120 to 200 MA in standby . I used to have htc hd2 and it had 3 to 5 MA in standby . I don't know what to disable anymore , Or is this normal for this phone ?
Juice Defender is the best way to conserve battery on any android phone.... try it out on the app market. doing all these other tips you mentioned does help very little. but if you wish to have your battery last a lot longer then Juice Defender is the way to go...
Thanks!! I did all this and got juice defender ultimate
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This is from the Evo forums here>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712990 <<<
To also help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly: 1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more 2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour 3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well.
This was [op]'d by OneStepAhead and take no credit, just reposting to try and help.
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I was going to post the same thing, and found this here - lol. I have been trying this for a few days already.
I will add some minor modifications though. The above was done when devices and batteries were smaller. The 8 hours might be enough - see if the light changes from amber to green by then (or the battery indicator) - otherwise wait.
Then also wait on the 1st 1 hour charge while off if the light is still amber at one hour - wait until it is green. Ditto on the second one.
I did it just like the original above, and when I turned my phone on at the end - it was at 93%, so I plugged it in until it hit 100% for a while, disconnected, and then did a battery calibration (APP) at 100%
Again - I think with the bigger battery it takes longer. on a MT4G, the light was green at the end of each hour (smaller battery).
I have seen a significant improvement - and I already had battery saving profiles set up with SETCPU. I may do it one more time the way I modified it above.
PS - I always get better life on WiFi (If connected). Also, a friend lives in a weak (data) signal area, and when not on WiFi, keeping it on 2g (edge) really upped her life on a MT4G
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Thanks!! I did all this and got juice defender ultimate
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If anyone else is interested, you can get JuiceDefender Ultimate from the Amazon App Store for $1.99 right now.
Yeah i just got that one earlier
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I mainly posted that for proof of concept. The only way I ever got what I wanted out of a battery was through SBC kernels. That's one reason way I am leaving the Evo and switching to the Amaze, outside of the crap Sprint puts customers through.
Is the Ultimate app worth it?
Hell yea it's worth it. Because without it when your device is asleep it's still connected to 4g and whatever else. But with juice defender it turns off everything the moment you put the phone to sleep saving you a lot battery for when you really need to use your phone so yes. Its a must I feel like it should be mandatory on every android phone.
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Hell yea it's worth it. Because without it when your device is asleep it's still connected to 4g and whatever else. But with juice defender it turns off everything the moment you put the phone to sleep saving you a lot battery for when you really need to use your phone so yes. Its a must I feel like it should be mandatory on every android phone.
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x2 on that... It really gives you a longer battery life. and having 2 batteries also extends the life to 24 hours + of not having to sit and wait for a full charged battery.
If you want to see your Sense force closing after every restart + plus having other problems such as frozen clock, etc, then use Juice Defender. After a week of constant problems caused by this app (and I was using it on the Balance mode), I was that close to returning my Amaze, because initially I thought there was some software defect, till one day I googled it and found out the real reason. Uninstalled it and my problems disappeared at once (actually I did a factory reset just to make sure its all gone). Just a fair warning.
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If you want to see your Sense force closing after every restart + plus having other problems such as frozen clock, etc, then use Juice Defender. After a week of constant problems caused by this app (and I was using it on the Balance mode), I was that close to returning my Amaze, because initially I thought there was some software defect, till one day I googled it and found out the real reason. Uninstalled it and my problems disappeared at once (actually I did a factory reset just to make sure its all gone). Just a fair warning.
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Been on it for a week and and I haven't seen those type of problems and I'm using aggressive...
I was using Ultimate v. 3.80, tried it on my girlfriend's phone (she was using the free version before I installed the ultimate), started force closing too (she was about to kill me haha)... Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315494
P.s. Juice Defender team said the problem occurs with Plus and Ultimate because they use API call, which is incompatible with Android compatibility test suite... Im just saying all this so if people start getting these launcher force closes after restart, not to freak out and just uninstall it...
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Been on it for a week and and I haven't seen those type of problems and I'm using aggressive...
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Me either since i switched to ultimate.. Works better cuz you can customize.. The free one hust kills whatever is power hungry
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One thing I found to save power that I don't really see posted anywhere is by using this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=AutomateItPro.mainPackage&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwMiwiQXV0b21hdGVJdFByby5tYWluUGFja2FnZSJd
I have it programed to turn off 3G/mobile data when it screen's off....unless I have a certain app running like say the browser. It will then keep data connected until the browser is closed, then the screen turned off. I then have it turn 3G/mobile data on as soon as I screen on again, so it's ready to rock instantly. I personally noticed a huge difference in my battery drain when not using the phone.
The app is pretty cool, you can program a ton of things. I have gps auto turn on when I use G-Maps or GasBuddy, then it auto turns off when I close those apps. Saves time and juice imo. Just figured I'd throw this out there.
nice app. isn't there a setting within the OS to do this, though? pretty sure there is.
either way, agreed. data usage can/will cause battery drain.
the real perp is your display, however. adjust your brightness settings, you will see significant battery improvements.
My display is set low, and all my other settings are set to be battery friendly. It's been awhile since I used the app. But after I had that setup, I noticed better life instantly. Went fishing today with the little guy, left the house with 100%. No phone usage for 2hrs, and it was still at 99%.
Can't you do this without the app tho
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If there's a way to set the phone to turn the radio off when screen is off, I'm unaware of that. I tried turning it on and off manually, but it got to be a pain turning it on and off all the time. I would end up just leaving it on. Now I don't even have to think about it, and it gets done everytime.
Sounds similar to Tasker, which is a little confusing to new users.
But as for your post, turning 3g off saves a TON of battery. I have to keep it on during the day to get emails for my job, but at night, I turn 3g off, and the phone will drop maybe 2% overnight with 3g off.
The CDMA version of the 3D has a setting in network that allows you to turn off your mobile network if the screen is off for 5+ minutes. The setting is "turn off always on mobile network". But the screens needs to be off 5 minutes before it will. This setting will not turn off wifi though.
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Lol silly kids, saving battery is for iPhones,lol, but seriously, I have 4g on all day and my battery doesn't drain any faster that it would with normal useage
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A2CKilla said:
Lol silly kids, saving battery is for iPhones,lol, but seriously, I have 4g on all day and my battery doesn't drain any faster that it would with normal useage
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Pix or it didn't happen. I have full bars with 4G and my battery drains a lot faster.
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If you wanted to save battery life without downloading anything you could just use the HTC widgets for mobile network, 4g, WiFi, and GPS. This method allows me to switch the settings on and off on the fly. I've also found that if you disable all GPS options it won't be running in the background and for apps that require it. And if I'm in one spot for a while I just use WiFi.