Hello guys,
I have turned on the Call alert -> Answer vibration (so when awaiting for the receiver to pick up the phone you don't have to hold the phone near ear - that helps to avoid network)
I found out that the vibration is really weak, is there any way to fix it? A lil bit stronger would be nice.
Also the screen to me is a bit over-satured, any apps to calibrate the screen so it becomes a lil bit naturally? The natural mode is not good imho.
Regarding battery, what apps do you guys use to optimize the battery, what task manager you use to kill / block un-needed apps to run in backround?
Thank you!
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Phone menu > settings > sound > vibration intensity > haptic feedback
Don't use task killers, they are unneeded on latest Android. Block app from starting with using "autostarts" app, requiring root. There are others, but this works well for me.
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UpInTheAir said:
Phone menu > settings > sound > vibration intensity > haptic feedback
Don't use task killers, they are unneeded on latest Android. Block app from starting with using "autostarts" app, requiring root. There are others, but this works well for me.
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No this doesn't work with the answer vibration, only normal vibration when the phone is ringing etc.
Good question by the OP, I too would like a mod for this.
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Phone menu > settings > sound > vibration intensity > haptic feedback
Don't use task killers, they are unneeded on latest Android. Block app from starting with using "autostarts" app, requiring root. There are others, but this works well for me.
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So you advice that using Task killers = not required? Better root the fone, delete the bloat-wares, set CPU and autostarts?
What else do you do in order to make the S3 battery super-man?
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No this doesn't work with the answer vibration, only normal vibration when the phone is ringing etc.
Good question by the OP, I too would like a mod for this.
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Yes making it a lil bit stronger would be nice
+ reduce a bit (very lil) saturation would be awesome too.
Today I compared the s3 with Note and I found out that S3 screen is darker (note is brighter a bit) and s3 is has some slight pink-orange tint, note has the tint to something slight blue-green (very very little)
Many ways to help out battery life.
Disabling motion, GPS, auto sync, lowering screen brightness, setup background apps for manual syncing, prevent certain apps from auto starting, removing or freezing bloatware, UV UC custom kernel, using 2g instead of 3g, disabling animations, and many more......
Personally, I just use lower brightness level or auto bright. Sometimes use "auto brightness" app from the market and customise the curve. Everything else i leave on and sync etc. I want to use this phone the way it was made to I have heavy on screen time and still get 6+ hours.
On the SGS2, I would also UV the GPU and CPU, but waiting for more mature custom kernel for the SGS3 first before trying that.
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Many ways to help out battery life.
Disabling motion, GPS, auto sync, lowering screen brightness, setup background apps for manual syncing, prevent certain apps from auto starting, removing or freezing bloatware, UV UC custom kernel, using 2g instead of 3g, disabling animations, and many more......
Personally, I just use lower brightness level or auto bright. Sometimes use "auto brightness" app from the market and customise the curve. Everything else i leave on and sync etc. I want to use this phone the way it was made to I have heavy on screen time and still get 6+ hours.
On the SGS2, I would also UV the GPU and CPU, but waiting for more mature custom kernel for the SGS3 first before trying that.
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My fone is set to auto-brightness, power saving, screen power or something, all vibro and notifications off (using Light Flow to enable LED notifications)
my device is pushing like 4hours with screenie ON.
hieupham said:
My fone is set to auto-brightness, power saving, screen power or something, all vibro and notifications off (using Light Flow to enable LED notifications)
my device is pushing like 4hours with screenie ON.
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Grab the Better Battery Stats app from XDA or donate version in market to check your wakelocks. Heard something about Light Flow casing wakelock of not configured right. Check the XDA BBS thread or search Q&A. I only skimmed, so could be wrong. You shouldn't need to use power saving to get reasonable battery life.
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For people facing battery drainage problem, u may try this
-Battery calibration has to be done. "Battery Calibration" app for the calibration:
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result
-I use "Juicedefender ultimate"(Just google it and get a pirated copy if u dnt want to buy) - set to "Balanced" profile: (there is a free version, too). Bt ultimate is the best
-"Autostarts" is great for preventing useless apps from autostart. Use it to disable apps wich wil autostart.
-"Auto memory manager" is a great replacement for "Task Killer"( Task killer just kills all apps so they could start again in the background - useless!) Use it in "agressive" mode, apply the mode once and forget about it (and task killing):
-DISABLE automatic syncing and background data!
To save battery, turn off wifi & bluetooth when you are not using them.
- Install APNDroid, to easily switch 3G/EDGE data off when not needed (still allows you to receive MMS messages when data is off, and has a widget)
- Set your screen to the minimum brightness that you can (but so that the display is still bright enough to use)
- Turn off "Power Saving" in display settings (actually uses more power than it saves 9 times out of 10)
- Use auto memory manager
- uninstall 3D gallery(uses lot of battery). instead use "quickpic"(very very fast for viewing images)
-Exiting apps using the back key, home key put the apps to background task.
-use setcpu profiles (setcpu from here for free)
press profiles tab, then add profile.
in that select a profile for screen off and set the max to a lower value as we dont use the phone wen the screen is off. This saves some battery. priority:100
create another profile for incall and set the max to a medium value. priority:99
and another profile for temperature>44, set a medium value. priority:98
another profile for charging usb. max slider at medium value. priority:97
profile for battery<21%. max slider at medium value. priority:96
profile for battery<6%. max slider at lower value. priority:95
note: min for all profiles set the lowest. untick stay awake in settings => development.
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I do all of this, and I can get up to 2 and half days(sometimes 3 days) use without charging.
u may also try this
Things that will drain your battery the most (highest power usage):
- Wifi
- Bluetooth
- 3G/EDGE
- Screen
- Phone calls
Thanks m8, nice tutorial, i'm going to test battery calibration when it's fully charged.
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How to uninstall 3d gallery?
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very useful! Thanks a lot, now we'll see how long my phone will stay awake without sleep
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How to uninstall 3d gallery?
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U cn uninstall only if u r rooted. Use titanium backup for uninstalling after rooting the phone
1 question! Do i need to keep Autostarts and setCPU in background for any reason?
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1 question! Do i need to keep Autostarts and setCPU in background for any reason?
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S they shud b running. Decrease their priority in auto memory manager for keeping them alive
Which app can control the apps running in background and stop them from autostarting?
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Which app can control the apps running in background and stop them from autostarting?
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plz read my first post completely. Its "autostarts" app. I hv mentioned it
I am not sure if this is an isolated or common occurence but on several occasions that my brightness setting is changing by itself. Now, i have made absolute sure that my setting is not on automatic and nor have i activated battery saving mode. I can for sure say when exactly this happens but it may be during/after charging. Brightness is always lowered when this happens. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
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The Brightness will only change in the Stock Web Browser if you had set it up different with system brightness, otherwise it should remain at a same level.
Regards.
This happens out with the stock browser.
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Could it be some app you installed lately or is it just this way from the first?
Im not sure...have not had my device long and pretty much installed my apps straight away so its difficult to determine how and when it all started. I did update recently.
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If the problem remains and you still haven't figured out if it's caused by an application or not then I'd advice you to do a Factory Reset, don't forget to Back Up data before.
Regards.
This was happening to me sometime ago! Than I noticed that my brightness gets lowered automatically when my phone overheats (while playing a game) and as a result it keeps the setting!
Don t worry about it! I advise you to lower your brightness to 50% before playing a game so that the phone does not overheat! It s one of the main factors that helped me eliminate overheating problems Hope I put your mind to rest
Thank you...that has certainly put my mind at ease now.
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1. Go to Settings -> Display -> Brightness -> Set it to manual.
2. Go to Settings -> Display -> Auto Adjust Screen Power -> Turn that to off.
Hope that helps.
recently flashed cm7. Really cool. This place has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to this stuff.
I do have a few questions regarding cm7, however.
I've tried to search, i'm no stranger to forum etiquette. the search feature just isn't turning up any relevant answers to me questions.
Is there a built in airplane widget/app ? i can only access airplane mode via the settings.
Is there a built in task manager? (does it need one) and if not, would u recommend one ? Again, accessing running apps via the settings...
Can you freeze any apps? such as "talk" "voice dialer" "voice search" "torch" "news and weather" ?
This is more of a request than a question. But I would like an optimal setting for the display, as it's killing my battery. It's almost 50% of my battery consumption. I notice it gets brighter and dimmer sort of randomly... ? i know there are settings on this, but don't really know how to set them accordingly.
Thank you in advance for any help!
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recently flashed cm7. Really cool. This place has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to this stuff.
I do have a few questions regarding cm7, however.
I've tried to search, i'm no stranger to forum etiquette. the search feature just isn't turning up any relevant answers to me questions.
Is there a built in airplane widget/app ? i can only access airplane mode via the settings.
Is there a built in task manager? (does it need one) and if not, would u recommend one ? Again, accessing running apps via the settings...
Can you freeze any apps? such as "talk" "voice dialer" "voice search" "torch" "news and weather" ?
This is more of a request than a question. But I would like an optimal setting for the display, as it's killing my battery. It's almost 50% of my battery consumption. I notice it gets brighter and dimmer sort of randomly... ? i know there are settings on this, but don't really know how to set them accordingly.
Thank you in advance for any help!
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For app freezing invest in Titanium Backup Pro. To my knowledge that is the go to app for app management.
I have yet to find a task manager as I've been on cm7 for all of 4 days
As far as an airplane toggle goes, you can setup the power control widget to display the airplane mode toggle...which leads me to a random question: the **** does airplane mode do?
The random dimming is cause your brightness is set to automatic-- this can also be changed with the power control widget, which is built in.
Hope this helps!
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recently flashed cm7. Really cool. This place has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to this stuff.
I do have a few questions regarding cm7, however.
I've tried to search, i'm no stranger to forum etiquette. the search feature just isn't turning up any relevant answers to me questions.
Is there a built in airplane widget/app ? i can only access airplane mode via the settings.
Is there a built in task manager? (does it need one) and if not, would u recommend one ? Again, accessing running apps via the settings...
Can you freeze any apps? such as "talk" "voice dialer" "voice search" "torch" "news and weather" ?
This is more of a request than a question. But I would like an optimal setting for the display, as it's killing my battery. It's almost 50% of my battery consumption. I notice it gets brighter and dimmer sort of randomly... ? i know there are settings on this, but don't really know how to set them accordingly.
Thank you in advance for any help!
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1) Airplane widget/app: You can set it as one of the options on your notification bar by going to settings, CyanogenMod settings, Interface, Notification power widget, Widget buttons, and selecting Toggle Airplane Mode. That way it is easily accessible with only one swoop of the finger.
2) Built in task manager: no clue. I simply access running apps by pulling up by app drawer and selecting running apps.
3) Freezing apps: I swear there is, because I've done it... my mind is going blank. Will edit when my brain decides to work.
Airplane mode can be toggled by long pressing the top button of the phone. Task manager is not really necessary IMHO. As for freezing apps, titanium backup pro is probably the best for that. I think an app called bloat freezer existence off market but you might have to do some searching for that.
CM7 <3
thank you guys. Found airplane mode, but i also found the toggle to turn off data, so that's basically why i wanted airplane mode. I live in an area with crappy service, airplane and data toggle help me extend battery life... basically so my phone isn't constantly working trying to find service when i know i don't have any... as far as Freezing, i have an app that can do it, i was just curious if it was safe to do so? Mostly the apps i had mentioned above. I don't wanna freeze something, then make my phone freak out. and have to nandroid or something.
and i just wanted a faster way to reach the running apps... i'm paranoid about apps running when i don't want them to.. lol
thanks for the help though guys. much appreciated.
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thank you guys. Found airplane mode, but i also found the toggle to turn off data, so that's basically why i wanted airplane mode. I live in an area with crappy service, airplane and data toggle help me extend battery life... basically so my phone isn't constantly working trying to find service when i know i don't have any... as far as Freezing, i have an app that can do it, i was just curious if it was safe to do so? Mostly the apps i had mentioned above. I don't wanna freeze something, then make my phone freak out. and have to nandroid or something.
and i just wanted a faster way to reach the running apps... i'm paranoid about apps running when i don't want them to.. lol
thanks for the help though guys. much appreciated.
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Where did you find the data goggles? When I look it shows 2g and 3g and it is greyed out. I also used turning off data when not in use to save battery.
The data toggle should be right there on the same menu iirc.
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thank you guys. Found airplane mode, but i also found the toggle to turn off data, so that's basically why i wanted airplane mode. I live in an area with crappy service, airplane and data toggle help me extend battery life... basically so my phone isn't constantly working trying to find service when i know i don't have any... as far as Freezing, i have an app that can do it, i was just curious if it was safe to do so? Mostly the apps i had mentioned above. I don't wanna freeze something, then make my phone freak out. and have to nandroid or something.
and i just wanted a faster way to reach the running apps... i'm paranoid about apps running when i don't want them to.. lol
thanks for the help though guys. much appreciated.
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I have ~20 apps frozen out of the maybe 50 I have and my phone is totally fine. So long as you aren't freezing something like your launcher, you're golden.
I feel the same way about running apps. Try advanced app killer. Its found in the Market, its totally free and easy to use. You can drag down the notification bar open the app and see exactly what is running and then kill anything you don't want running. There's also a one touch killer widget.
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Ignore this...
Also for brightness control on the fly go to settings, cm settings, interface, status bar tweaks and check off status bar brightness control. Takes some getting used to but you can change your brightness by sliding your finger left and right along your status bar.
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CadenH said:
Also for brightness control on the fly go to settings, cm settings, interface, status bar tweaks and check off status bar brightness control. Takes some getting used to but you can change your brightness by sliding your finger left and right along your status bar.
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That actually works for you? I've been trying to do it but nothing happens.
Nevermind, it just decided to start working. Odd...
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One more problem. "Phone idle" is eating up my battery today... what does that even mean??
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One more problem. "Phone idle" is eating up my battery today... what does that even mean??
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Where did you see that?
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I just installed cm7 and am very pleased so far. However, I am noticing a significant battery drain compared to Blur. Is this anything anyone else is experiencing? If so, any fixes or is there something in the works from the CM team. Thanks a billion!
Droid X2 CM7
Give it a few days...the battery will get better. I would also suggest completely draining then recharging the battery until its been at 100% for 15 minutes.
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Where did you see that?
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Settings, applications, battery use.
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Settings, applications, battery use.
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Hmmm I think that is battery used while the screen locked and not in use. I've no idea how you'd regulate that other than turning the phone off altogether. Is phone idle draining more battery than your display? If so, that might be a problem.
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No, phone idle has never used more battery than display. So I guess that's good. Lol. I've noticed lately tho, that if I turn data on, I can literally watch my battery percentage drop. I've calibrated. And completely drained and then charged (uninterrupted) the battery.
I like cm7 though. Has lots of really cool features, but my main purpose for getting it was better battery life. ( which wasn't bad on stock) again, any and all input is welcome!
Juice defender pro. Watch it triple ur battery life.
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How would that help if he has problems with data on? Not with it off. Also, juice defender does nothing more than turn off data connections when your screen is off or when you schedule it to. Its much more efficient to do it yourself.
It could be a problem with the driver. I have this issue too on my G2X.
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So after some research and Googling, I discovered that "Killling" your app is only worse or has no effect for your battery life. Even using apps that "save" battery only harm it even more. I've been told these were the fundamental things to save battery ever since I even got my hands on a smart phone.. Guess I've been asking the wrong people.
So, what are real ways to save battery? I'm a heavy phone user, often surfing the net or watching Netflix on the go. Dimming my screen is not enough, are there any other techniques to prevent my phone from dying? I've got an Android 4.
If you're rooted:
Underclock
Undervolt
Change cpu governor/io scheduler
Flash different ROMS and kernels
Change your modem
And a few more.
Not rooted:
Use screen filter? Lol.
Update your firmware
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If you're rooted:
Underclock
Undervolt
Change cpu governor/io scheduler
Flash different ROMS and kernels
Change your modem
And a few more.
Not rooted:
Use screen filter? Lol.
Update your firmware
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I am rooted, thank you for the info! I'll be looking into it~
Get bigger battery?
Turn thing off lol only kidding but turn off auto updates such as news etc
If you look at your battery stats, under settings, you'll see what uses the most battery. Usually I find that my screen uses around 70% of my battery, but if you have something else high on the list you might have a "rogue app" preventing your phone from going into sleep mode.
If your screen is the culprit you can only save 10% or so by throttling your CPU etc. The only way you can make real savings is by reducing screen brightness.
Easiest way to save battery is use gemini app manager to stop apps being able to autostart when you don't want them to as then you don't have the os having to kill off unused apps to make more free ram.
For example a lot of apps can autostart when your wifi goes on or off, when your 3G signal drops etcetera including things like facebook or google play. By changing auto start for such apps you don't have to run a task killer which also saves battery.
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i use the aokp rom milestone 4 atm, and i also have come accross a fantastic battery app called "Badass Battery Monitor". its free and details very very specifically what apps are using the battery most.
I have managed to increase my battery by rooting out the apps i dont use that are using prescious power...
Also, turning off useless app permissions for apps theat really dont need them and work perfectly well without them will also save on power massively. for this i use "LBE Privacy Guard" works an absolute charm
I have widget where I can turn off Internet connection, set brightness, GPS etc. Internet stand-by mode uses damn much battery... And when you don't use Internet, you can put on 2G, it also saves battery.
This may not benefit you if you are a heavy user but I find the feature on my Droid 3 that turns off 3G after 15 minutes of inactivity saves battery and also saves data. Not sure if this is a standard Android feature or if it would even benefit you.
Here with LG P990 and I don't have option to turn off 3G aftre some minutes... but if/when you didn't need high speed you can choose only 2G network (for example when needed receive only notification): this save a lot your battery.
Moreover you can verify battery consumption to see if there are autostart apps from your vendor than have heavy power consumption (for me there was OnScreenPhone) and use gemini app manager as explained previously.
In the end you can find out custom ROM for your device usually optimized for smoothness and power consumption.
First apps I download when switching to a new Rom to get a little control on battery are
Adfree- Get rid of ads, they eat a bit of battery.
DroidWall- Control what apps are able to access Internet under separate "Mobile Data" and "Wifi" Conditions.
Screenfilter- Dim the screen below factory settings.
LED's hack- Turn off the Softbutton Backlights (home/menu/back/search), even though they don't seem like it may eat up your battery, it is an extra 'light' that's on, even though it may be minimal, it's still drawing power.
Also, It maybe just a Photon thing cuz of the Pentile display but I always use if not completely Black background image, a dark one because the 'lighter' or 'whiter/colorful' images take more battery, same reason I always look for 'Inverted' or black themed apps too.
Turn OFF any 'Haptic feedback' settings on your phone (Keyboard, Phone DialPad, Screen/UI Interactions, etc..)
For Calls (Ringtone) and Notification settings, don't have them set to 'Ring and Vibrate' or just 'Vibrate' because the Vibration Mechanism will eat alot if battery. Some may argue that the Notification 'Vibrate' setting and even the Haptic feedback (which does in fact use the phones Vibration mechanism) would not kill battery because it's a 'quick' or 'minimal' use (depending on use) and but if your keyboard had the Haptic feedback on, thinking of how many times your touch the keyboard for even on Text message, try will add up and help kill the battery.
Turn OFF any/all Homescreen/UI Animations
Turn OFF any Auto Sync setting and instead have APPS sync in a specified interval, (Of course Depending on how important the information that's being pulled like Email) , Could be set to like every 4 hours to sync an so on.
Manually input Date/Time settings instead of "Get network provided values" because it'll be one less thing pulling from Internet.
Set Screen Timeout to 30 Secs and Never have Auto-Brightness set, instead use a brightness toggle of some sort (Stock 'Power Control' Widget works well) to only have it as bright as you need to view in current conditions.
Open the Google 'Talk' application and uncheck the 'Auto log-in' setting, and then 'Sign out'. For some reason this always runs in the background and eats alot of battery.
If I think of more things ill post them
Hope these tips help, if they do don't forget to hit the thanks button thanks.
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There are many ways...
Switch on WiFi, 3G at only using, and close the not using application, decrease display brightness etc...
And if you root your phone, you may change CPU governor, or build.prop tweaks, script tweaks... Or change to custom kernel or custom ROM.
I forgot that 'LED's hack' is not available in the market anymore, I attached it below.
i hv just downloaded screen-filter lets c how that works...
Juice defender
Try JuiceDefender by Latedroid. It helps a lot to turn off things you don't need when you don't need them. Sorry I can't post the link- I'm new to XDA
my experience:
undervolting does not help much. you have to test a lot for only a little bit of improvement.
in my opinion you will not really remark it.
but what helps, i think, is set cpu speed, if possible. for example i use samsung galaxy s2 where cpu has max 1200mhz. i set max cpu freq to 800mhz. with a good rom (hydrogenics f.e.) android keeps running smooth with 800mhz and battery lasts noticeable longer.
I agree that undervolting doesn't help so much.
Like in up post, best thing to save Your battery is to change cpu power. You can also use diffrent cpu govenor : good for battery are smartassv2 and power save. Just need to have rooted phone and download app, fx. Antutu CPU Master or Set CPU. U can also make your cpu speed profiles.
Since the OTA I can't get my screen to dim enough. Does screen filter save battery.
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i use screendim and i noticed i do save battery.
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Yea I always wondered this but can anyone be certain for sure
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Yea I always wondered this but can anyone be certain for sure
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why not try it yourself?
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Try this app called LUX. It allows you to customise brightness.
The paid version allows dim below "0%".
You can set it to something like -40% in a dark room, and normal brightness when you're outside. Basically, it's like auto brightness which you can customise. This is so you don't have to on/off a screen filter app.
And yes lower brightness saves battery.
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Try this app called LUX. It allows you to customise brightness.
The paid version allows dim below "0%".
You can set it to something like -40% in a dark room, and normal brightness when you're outside. Basically, it's like auto brightness which you can customise. This is so you don't have to on/off a screen filter app.
And yes lower brightness saves battery.
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LUX is awesome!!! TIP OF THE YEAR!!!
Could we get a market link?
Can't seem to find it, just get light meters and cheap screen flashlights in search results.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux&hl=en (paid)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vito.lux.free&hl=en (free)
Yep.
Check what is using your battery on your phone.
You will notice that screen mostly use up the power
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Nikorasu said:
Try this app called LUX. It allows you to customise brightness.
The paid version allows dim below "0%".
You can set it to something like -40% in a dark room, and normal brightness when you're outside. Basically, it's like auto brightness which you can customise. This is so you don't have to on/off a screen filter app.
And yes lower brightness saves battery.
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i just tried this app and it killed my battery faster than using screen dim because this program is constantly running on the background. what settings are you using on it?
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I'm an author of a program named Custom Auto Brightness, currently it's not under-dimming automatically but it'll be added soon.
Meanwhile, could I ask some of you to test it? I'll provide apk if anyone agrees. The problem seems that PoverVR GPUs seem to have problems with screen shading like in Screen Filter and the like, I'd like to check if I were able to circumvent the problem or not.
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i just tried this app and it killed my battery faster than using screen dim because this program is constantly running on the background. what settings are you using on it?
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Having something run in the background doesn't mean it's using a significant amount of phone's battery. The amount of battery saved from low brightness is much much more than the battery used for Lux to compute brightness level. Of course I did not test it, but it is common sense: as the display uses most of the battery. You can check your battery use in settings.
Lower brightness, longer battery. Lux doesn't even appear in battery use. My screebl app, which constantly uses CPU to check for orientation uses only 3% in battery use.
Download ES task manager to see what's running on startup, and look at what you do not use, it'll probably shock you.
As for my settings in Lux, I set it to dynamic and so far my linked samples are:
Lux ----- Brightness
2 --------- -40%
25 -------- -25%
550 ------- 20%
20000 -----100%
Been using these settings for a couple of weeks, and no problems. I have also added picture viewers, camera apps, and video players to ignore/compatible list.
Another tip to save battery which most already know: use setcpu to underclock your phone when screen is off to 300max/300min, or 600max/300min if you use your phone for music. Needs root though.
well i noticed after i wake up in the morning the battery has gone down so much more after i started using lux. i disabled it and everything was better. it probably used about 10% more battery in 6 hours.
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I can say the same about battery drain. Been off full charge now for an hour, already down @ 78%.
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I use the brightness control from widgetsoid. I leave it set at 10% and my battery still hase 40% or more charge after all day and evening, even though I read on the train for about 1 1/2 hours and do moderate email ---huge difference from auto brightness setting. Tap the widget to go to auto brightness when outdoors (although, frankly, I go days without using it outdoors so this works great for me).
Hi guys!
I just bought LG L5 II. It's still UNrooted, so I need a brightness control that doesn't require ROOT privileges. The reason is quite simple - the minimum brightness is too bright, when you're NOT outdoors (if you're outdoors, you better set the brightness on 40-60%). I'm posting here because it doesn't matter If I have Motorola or LG - the principle is the same - display is too bright.
I've installed Screen Filter. In this topic some of you lot are chatting about Lux app - is it better than Screen Filter? What's your opinion? Obviously I want to save some battery and to use my display at night or indoors (without causing pain to my feelings and emotions ).
I will test Screen Filter for couple of days and see what's what. Hope some of you have tested it already and give me some tips. Cheers!
PS: Sorry for reviving this old thread mods, found it on Google, dunno if there is a newer one 'bout the same problem.
I think Lux and other screen brightness modification apps use a transparent layer over the main ui and we actually darken and brighten that layer running over the Ui instead of setting a further down limit to the screen LCD power value. This might be the reason that using Lux or any other screen dimmer app consumes more battery~ the screen LCD uses same power and in addition an extra app is running in the background continuously . It is only the transparent layer that darkens to save your eyes in dark atmospheres~ LCD power consumption remains the same.
^^ This right here is what I've been wondering for some time, because I suspect that at least some of those apps work that way, and is also likely imho what the OP was really asking. Yes, everyone knows the display is by far the largest drain on battery, and so lowering the brightness helps with that, so the question is does the app in question actually do that or does it simply provide a customizable overlay, as the poster above me speculates. Because if an app is doing the latter, not only will it not conserve battery it will actually drain it more, to a point, because the actual brightness is still the same (even if you don't "see" it) and the app itself is running all the time. Granted its consumption may be very low, but the point is that scenario certainly wouldn't SAVE any battery. And my guess is that within this group of apps that are the focus of this thread, some are simply overlays and some (the very technical ones) are the real deal, and it's a question of knowing which to pick. What I'd really love is for someone who is very technical in this area to see this thread and provide some definitive info.
GuccizBud said:
^^ This right here is what I've been wondering for some time, because I suspect that at least some of those apps work that way, and is also likely imho what the OP was really asking. Yes, everyone knows the display is by far the largest drain on battery, and so lowering the brightness helps with that, so the question is does the app in question actually do that or does it simply provide a customizable overlay, as the poster above me speculates. Because if an app is doing the latter, not only will it not conserve battery it will actually drain it more, to a point, because the actual brightness is still the same (even if you don't "see" it) and the app itself is running all the time. Granted its consumption may be very low, but the point is that scenario certainly wouldn't SAVE any battery. And my guess is that within this group of apps that are the focus of this thread, some are simply overlays and some (the very technical ones) are the real deal, and it's a question of knowing which to pick. What I'd really love is for someone who is very technical in this area to see this thread and provide some definitive info.
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This is partially right. If you have an LCD, you are just dimming your screen, not saving battery in the process. If you are using a LED screen, the app's will save battery since LED pixels can be individually lit. Using black or battery saving backgrounds will also help your battery life on LED screens. This is one of the reasons why LED screens are much more preferred than LCD.