I would like to start a discussion about extending your battery life. For daily usage, battery life is sufficient, but for long trips like intercontinental flights, train travelling or car journeys, power cuts, forgetting your charger somewhere, battery life of any smartphone would not be enough.
I personally have a spare battery, which gives you double battery life, at very low costs (€8,-). What other extra's do you guys use to improve battery life, and how do you use those extra's?
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I under clock the phone to 700 when I don't need the processing power. Also use scheduling apps to auto sync on a schedule. Saves me a lot of juice.
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1. Portable charger
2. Solar Charger
3. Extra battery
4. Deep sleep your phone when not needed. (Most phones automatically switches to deep sleep mode, even if not rooted)
5. Get a nokia.
Underclock your phone! saves a lotta battery!
Disable data, the phone can go for up to 2 days with data disabled.
Get a razr maxx
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dragonizer said:
5. Get a nokia.
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That just made me lol :laugh:
TheDarkDefender said:
Underclock your phone! saves a lotta battery!
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:thumbup: do this
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sdk16420 said:
I would like to start a discussion about extending your battery life. For daily usage, battery life is sufficient, but for long trips like intercontinental flights, train travelling or car journeys, power cuts, forgetting your charger somewhere, battery life of any smartphone would not be enough.
I personally have a spare battery, which gives you double battery life, at very low costs (€8,-). What other extra's do you guys use to improve battery life, and how do you use those extra's?
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I put my neo in airplane mode! in the other day was down only 1%! i do this when my battery is in the end! at night when i go sleep!
(sorry, google translate here rsrsrsrsrs)
Undercloking saves nothing.
I just dont get it why people say underclock it will help.
NO IT WONT HELP.
I find underclocking stupid.
Underclocking from 1GHZ to 700MHZ is not going to save your ass.
Except if you underclock to 200mhz then yes you will save a lot of battery but you will make the phone almost unusable.
Just disable the light sensor.
It is sucking battery while using your phone and also it will give you more brightness.
Ah and undervolting is not reccomended in any situation
AND FOR THOSE WHO RECCOMEND Underclock just to let you know smartassV2 has been ported for locked bootloader so just use it.
Underclock wont help you.
And also dont reduce minimum clock to 100mhz because 100mhz need more power than 200mhz (yeah it sound strange but it has been proven and it is... just strange.)
@martirio3000: ok, can you give some references?
Where I can find smartassV2 governor for locked bootloader...
Where it has been proven that "100mhz need more power than 200mhz"...
I may trust you, but I want to learn more about...
Thanks
Set brightness lower, always turn off wifi, data, bluetooth, use task killer, that can help a lot
You really don't need a task killer as the apps you "kill" restart immediately.
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-turn off wifi when not using it
-turn off data when not using it
- use portable charger
it's save my battery life :good:
Bertellio said:
@martirio3000: ok, can you give some references?
Where I can find smartassV2 governor for locked bootloader...
Where it has been proven that "100mhz need more power than 200mhz"...
I may trust you, but I want to learn more about...
Thanks
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don't know about underclocking. but 200 MHz helps only for dual core devices..not for single cores.. I read on galaxy s2 forum
martirio3000 said:
Undercloking saves nothing.
I just dont get it why people say underclock it will help.
NO IT WONT HELP.
I find underclocking stupid.
Underclocking from 1GHZ to 700MHZ is not going to save your ass.
Except if you underclock to 200mhz then yes you will save a lot of battery but you will make the phone almost unusable.
Just disable the light sensor.
It is sucking battery while using your phone and also it will give you more brightness.
Ah and undervolting is not reccomended in any situation
AND FOR THOSE WHO RECCOMEND Underclock just to let you know smartassV2 has been ported for locked bootloader so just use it.
Underclock wont help you.
And also dont reduce minimum clock to 100mhz because 100mhz need more power than 200mhz (yeah it sound strange but it has been proven and it is... just strange.)
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Not lower clock, but lower voltages, hence lower current, hence lower resulting power is what saves battery. But basically yeah, to lower the voltage, you will most probably have to underclock.
CPU
MAX: 460
MIN : 245
GOV: conservative
Saves a lot of battery and the phone is usable like nothing happens, this way you can see which ROMs are the best too. Those values work best on GingerBread since it it is designed to run very smoothly on low-end devices with low-powered processors. To fully enjoy your phone, use GingerBread. Preferably use Codename.
Longer Battery Life
I would suggest you to use the[APP]DeepSleep Battery Saver.
it's a great app with 6 different power saving modes and it really saves a lot of battery even with the mobile data ON.
u can find the app by searching in all forums.:good:
Nice decision
This external battery is kinda cool
Hey guys can u tell the best governor and i/o scheduler for my neo v running ultimate hd 2.0.3 and suave kernel.. I dont have much info about governors.. I need a decent battery life and multitasking only 2 apps at a time whatsapp nd tapatalk nd no games at all... Currently my battery life is 10 - 12 hours with data always on..
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Hey guys can u tell the best governor and i/o scheduler for my neo v running ultimate hd 2.0.3 and suave kernel.. I dont have much info about governors.. I need a decent battery life and multitasking only 2 apps at a time whatsapp nd tapatalk nd no games at all... Currently my battery life is 10 - 12 hours with data always on..
Sent from my MT11i using Tapatalk 2
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I have the exact same set up with you ! A big reason that your battery life is short is that data is always on ! Also you can turn off wifi whenever you don't need it. There is also an app with which you can schedule when your wifi should be turned on or off.It is called WiFi Timer. Read about governors and schedulers here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1989824
as there are a lot of them for all tastes and i can't reccomend you something specific
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Has anyone played with the profiles for this app to get optimal performance and better battery. Life of so post your results and share your profiles thank you
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Other than that it is always set to 816/216.
I usually get about 5 hours screen time and about 20 hours standby. Email and Calender sync at 1 hr, with a custom power profile that turns data off after 15 minutes between 3a-9a. I'm happy with it
Girgizzlemuf said:
Other than that it is always set to 816/216.
I usually get about 5 hours screen time and about 20 hours standby. Email and Calender sync at 1 hr, with a custom power profile that turns data off after 15 minutes between 3a-9a. I'm happy with it
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Your profiles are similar to what I use, although I don't have one for charging/charging A/C
Also, you run 816/216 rest of the time? Aren't you short-changing your phone's capabilities a bit though ... ? I find the biggest different is having screen-off profile.
crippenx said:
Your profiles are similar to what I use, although I don't have one for charging/charging A/C
Also, you run 816/216 rest of the time? Aren't you short-changing your phone's capabilities a bit though ... ? I find the biggest different is having screen-off profile.
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Not really. I change it to 1000/216 if it's spectral souls, gun bros or a benchmark. Angry birds plays on my fuze (lol) so i don't change it there. I have noticed little to no difference running 1000/216 on launcher screens, pictures, data rates or anything versus 816/216. If i bump it down to the 700 range then things get laggy, but as it sits 816 runs everything almost flawlessly.
Girgizzlemuf said:
Not really. I change it to 1000/216 if it's spectral souls, gun bros or a benchmark. Angry birds plays on my fuze (lol) so i don't change it there. I have noticed little to no difference running 1000/216 on launcher screens, pictures, data rates or anything versus 816/216. If i bump it down to the 700 range then things get laggy, but as it sits 816 runs everything almost flawlessly.
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Good to know, thanks! I'll try that, maybe squeeze out a little more battery life than I am now What are you averaging? I can go about 1.5 days with good usage as it stands
Strange, I can't have more than 15 hours if moderate usage...
I have similar profiles to the screenshot posted above, but I don't have one for when powered. The main profile on mine is 1000 max ~400 min. I've found that keeping the min ~400 makes the device always snappy without sacking much battery life.
I also use JuiceDefender to manage my data syncing. I leave the blur battery profile at high performance.
crippenx said:
Good to know, thanks! I'll try that, maybe squeeze out a little more battery life than I am now What are you averaging? I can go about 1.5 days with good usage as it stands
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Depends on the day. If its a day off, i get ~30 hours with ~6 hours screen time from 100%-10%. Most days though i don't notice much, I drive around a lot listening to pandora in my car dock so its constantly being charged
If I can tear myself away from pandora for a day i'll repost something more meaningful.
On a side note, I notice with circle battery widget I usually get the slowest drain between 80% and 40%, not sure if anyone else has noticed this.
Small update to what I said earlier..
With my profiles, and all the crap running in the background this is what i got now from 100%-31%
1d3h11m since unplug
1d0h25m idle time
3h04m display
0h45m spectral souls (!)
Would go further but I am gonna be away from a charger all day tomorrow
i get the same battery life with setcpu and a display off profile than with no setcpu at all. my guess is that the battery saved gets wasted on setcpu itself.
I have the phone on from 7:30am to 12 midnight with no calls and 1 hour display time and i have just 40% less. No wifi at anytime.
Apps i only have gmail, no other email accounts, twitter at 15 minutes and whatsapp
franciscojavierleon said:
i get the same battery life with setcpu and a display off profile than with no setcpu at all. my guess is that the battery saved gets wasted on setcpu itself.
I have the phone on from 7:30am to 12 midnight with no calls and 1 hour display time and i have just 40% less. No wifi at anytime.
Apps i only have gmail, no other email accounts, twitter at 15 minutes and whatsapp
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You got something else wrong. SetCPU will definitely not drain the life it saves. you must have a beast app running in the back somewhere...
also, what kernel/rom are you running?
dean_fx said:
You got something else wrong. SetCPU will definitely not drain the life it saves. you must have a beast app running in the back somewhere...
also, what kernel/rom are you running?
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lol what??
what kernel? since when there its custom kernels :rolleyes
i get like 12 hours in my normal day i guess its to few :s but streaming music over BT like 4 hours and surfing web forums tweetdeck. not impressed battery for my usage :S
perhaps seems better than my N1. and seems when i enable data it drain more faster like 5% per hour screen off, and no data like 1% or 2
zen kun said:
lol what??
what kernel? since when there its custom kernels :rolleyes
i get like 12 hours in my normal day i guess its to few :s but streaming music over BT like 4 hours and surfing web forums tweetdeck. not impressed battery for my usage :S
perhaps seems better than my N1. and seems when i enable data it drain more faster like 5% per hour screen off, and no data like 1% or 2
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Yes, my question was pretty straight forward...what kernel are you running. From your response I see your English may be the issue here.
Anyway, reason I ask is because some kernels such as BFS kernels don't really play nice with my phone nor battery. So maybe the issue is with the kernel being used.
"::rollseyes::"
dean_fx said:
Yes, my question was pretty straight forward...what kernel are you running. From your response I see your English may be the issue here.
Anyway, reason I ask is because some kernels such as BFS kernels don't really play nice with my phone nor battery. So maybe the issue is with the kernel being used.
"::rollseyes::"
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Bootloader is signed on the phone. No custom kernels.
We currently have 4 options on att and like... one on bell i believe. Mine is stock motorola 4.1.57 with gladiatrix2 pseudo-rom
I did forget to mention that i'd sent like 40 text messages and replied to a half dozen emails.
dean_fx said:
Yes, my question was pretty straight forward...what kernel are you running. From your response I see your English may be the issue here.
Anyway, reason I ask is because some kernels such as BFS kernels don't really play nice with my phone nor battery. So maybe the issue is with the kernel being used.
"::rollseyes::"
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/sigh. XDA, a wealth of information, but a lack of patience and reading comprehension.
Anyway, I feel like the Atrix does better than the Evo with battery life. I might try fiddling with SetCPU, so thanks for the info.
HTC Desire with stock Froyo ROM
I've been using SetCPU 2.1.1a recently and have noticed no difference in battery life. Is SetCPU a placebo as far as battery life is concerned?
My settings:
Charging = Max. 998 / Min. 998
Screen Off = Max. 245 / Min. 245
Battery < 101% = Max. 998 / Min. 245
Battery < 25% = Max. 499 / Min. 245
If I "Disable Perflock" SetCPU says "Success: Perflock appears to be disabled".
Some say it increases their battery life, are they imagining it? I'm not interested in over clocking. I'd be very willing to buy it, if it increased my battery life. Thanks
Why are people using Setcpu to try to save battery life?
The whole point of Tegra 2 is ultra low voltage operation when the system is inactive..
Its absolutely counter-productive to use setcpu to try to already do what the chipset itself is made to do and not half as effectively.
seven2099 said:
Why are people using Setcpu to try to save battery life?
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Because plenty of people say it helps. Hence my question. I'm guessing you pessimistic?
seven2099 said:
The whole point of Tegra 2 is ultra low voltage operation when the system is inactive..
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The Tegra 2 is only in certain Android devices.
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Because plenty of people say it helps. Hence my question. I'm guessing you pessimistic?
The Tegra 2 is only in certain Android devices.
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it may only be in certain ones, but it DEFINITELY in the atrix....which is this section in which you're posting...
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it may only be in certain ones, but it DEFINITELY in the atrix....which is this section in which you're posting...
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This thread is covering more than the Atrix. I didn't want to start yet another thread about this, when there are already plenty. Besides the main SetCPU thread (with the download links) is in the HTC Dream section and that phone's ancient.
If someone can answer my questions please.
Hi friends,
I wanted to ask that does overclocking damage the mobile processor and decrease its life in any way. I want to use a Megatron rom but i am afraid to do so, kindly help me out.
Another question i wanted to ask is how to check if my mobile is running baseband or new baseband.
I have LG Optimus One Android version 2.3.3 default rom.
Regards,
Pravin
If you installed GB via official update,then you have new baseband.
About overclocking:
Every processor support a max frequency.Mine supports about 710 mhz.But,I overclocked it to 806,put the phone on "set on boot" and it kept rebooting for 5+ times.However,this didn't affected my processor.I don't think that overclock can damage your phone in any way.Also,until 729 mHz you'll get the same battery performances as at 600 mHz.Just OC until 691 mhz first time and play smth for 5 minutes.If it doesn't reboot( also know as KP = kERNEL pANIC) , then go on until 710,729,748,etc.Until you get KP.After,select the last working value and enjoy.
pravin_pran said:
Hi friends,
I wanted to ask that does overclocking damage the mobile processor and decrease its life in any way. I want to use a Megatron rom but i am afraid to do so, kindly help me out.
Another question i wanted to ask is how to check if my mobile is running baseband or new baseband.
I have LG Optimus One Android version 2.3.3 default rom.
Regards,
Pravin
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I dont think the overclocking can damage the phone, in the worst case it can heat up the phone slightly (which i experienced on stock ROM using franco's kernal)
The worst thing that can happen is that the phone will heat up after 1-2 hours like galaxy s and s2 do in 10 mins...
Sent from my LG-P500
Problems of Overclocking:
1.Decrease in battery life because we are increasing the voltage output.
2.Overclocking causes heating which can lead to damage to other hardware components and again damage to battery.
But since these effects are very minimal and are hardly noticeable(and in with most kernels, processor usage is controlled by good governors) in our phones there is no serious harm in overclocking and will only improve performance.
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Problems of Overclocking:
1.Decrease in battery life because we are increasing the voltage output.
2.Overclocking causes heating which can lead to damage to other hardware components and again damage to battery.
But since these effects are very minimal and are hardly noticeable(and in with most kernels, processor usage is controlled by good governors) in our phones there is no serious harm in overclocking and will only improve performance.
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Heating is not that bad, unless you are a sick gamer or surfer...
Our device uses same voltage for 122-480 and 600-864, so the battery taken is not that bad...
Edit: the phone NEVER gets over 40°C unless there are 35° air temperature, you hold it very hard in your hand or it has a protection...
Sent from my LG-P500
Once I broke my phone with KDZ and took it to Service Center...
When I got it back, they said that also motherboard was damaged. I tried to look like a fool and acted that I'm surprised.
I'm pretty sure this is because of OC. Don't use higher than 787mhz.
Edit: Oh, and before this problem, I got GPS lock in 1.5 minutes. Now it's in about 10 seconds.
vlt96 said:
Heating is not that bad, unless you are a sick gamer or surfer...
Our device uses same voltage for 122-480 and 600-864, so the battery taken is not that bad...
Edit: the phone NEVER gets over 40°C unless there are 35° air temperature, you hold it very hard in your hand or it has a protection...
Sent from my LG-P500
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Yeah thats why i said the effect is very minimal. And higher the processor usage obviously more the battery usage. So with kernels like the original lg one which does not have a very good governor(as far as i know) the processor tends to stay towards the max frequency range and hence higher voltage.
Yes,overclocking 'too much' can damage CPU and battery life.
Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk
rishabh22 said:
Yeah thats why i said the effect is very minimal. And higher the processor usage obviously more the battery usage. So with kernels like the original lg one which does not have a very good governor(as far as i know) the processor tends to stay towards the max frequency range and hence higher voltage.
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Conservative is the best stock governor... it looks like interactive actually is much more battery saver than ondemand... which ALWAYS keeps at Max..(this is odd)
I love conservative, I am using it because it takes a minute to get Max performance, but then you have maximum performance... but when you do a short usage and keep minimum frequency at 122, there is a chance you will have no higher than 480...
Also, one thing I recommend is using maximum at 480 when idle and listening to music... phone tends to keep it at maximum always when awake and music in background... and 480 is smooth for small tasks... and really battery save!
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That's what i think too .
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OK lets put it this way..
Computers.. desktop for example.. are well known to be overclock..
CPU problems would be.. HEAT. it causes the processor to malfunction, reboots and worst to be cooked..
since are device is to small and 806mhz heats it up not much to burn.. its ok
but? it malfunction.
and overclocking SHORTENs your processor LIFE. that is true
Bad if too much
We are actually pushing the limits of our phone.
Too much of everything is bad..especially HEAT.
Beat the heat...
Battery drain is not a problem just as "vlt96" says.
It can decrease life of your mobile's processor as maufacturers claim.
729 Mhz or 748 Mhz should be sufficient for medium use.
I d like to read your experience with battery saving apps like JuiceDefender.
Do these apps really help?
I already use the phone with Bravia Engine Off,Screen Brightness at 30%,GSM only,DATA Off and Sync Off but I d like some more battery saving in order to get more than 30h out of every charge!
My phone is the XPeria Mini ST15i.
N.
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for me those apps don't help,
when phone is in sleep I get 0.3-0.5% per hour
Driver007 said:
for me those apps don't help,
when phone is in sleep I get 0.3-0.5% per hour
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Have to agree.
You can't get more juice from 1200 mAh battery. You have to deal with it.
I get same results on my stock-modified LWW, I don't sleep long enough to get exact results, but I do get also 0,3-0,5% drain per hour.
disable sync - it means less wake-up's ...and data of course
my phone goes for two days without that using FXP rom
I already use the phone with Bravia Engine Off,Screen Brightness at 30%,GSM only,DATA Off and Sync Off.
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Yeah,I know.
Sent from one of my 4 iPads.
JD is great for automating.
You might wanna play with different CPU governors and different MHz ranges....
No-frills CPU Control
Try the official Sony power saver app
Thanks but this app doesn't do something more than I ve already trying!
Is there any chance that WiFi tweaks drain the battery so fast?
I mean HT Enable,Burst mode and so on? When using Tapatalk and Twitter etc the battery drains like crazy!
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BlackArtsInc said:
Thanks but this app doesn't do something more than I ve already trying!
Is there any chance that WiFi tweaks drain the battery so fast?
I mean HT Enable,Burst mode and so on? When using Tapatalk and Twitter etc the battery drains like crazy!
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Try to do one thing at a time. Multitasking consumes a lot CPU power, high computer freq=high voltage. About the Wifi tweak i dnt see any difference though my phone can last 1.5 - 2 days w/o chargng with around 6-8hrs wifi usage(FB/XDA/mails), minimal gaming and walkman usage.
Try to throttle your min-max cpu freq and set your governor to brazillianwax or powersaver if you are not using it. Manually switch to smartassV2 or performance when browsing or playing games. Also use noop as I/O scheduler, most users say it is battery friendly.
Thank you for your reply.
I'm still trying to find out what's happening with the power drain.
I should mention also that the mini is V6 supercharged if it makes a difference.
Also take a look at the following photos.It s from the last 24h.
Battery 100%->7% in ~22h.
Cpu Min 122MHz Max 1024MHz.
Gov. OnDemand + NoOP.
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Display 27%-Some animations-Bravia ON-Timeout 30sec.
Data OFF-GSM preferred.
Tapatalk-XDA notifications OFF.
Phone idle for 18h (!).
So all this drain was for 3h use!!!
Well,what do you think?
Does this seem normal?
N.
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It is normal, however when you are using the phone, something uses battery. What did you use the phone for while using it?
Sent from my Xperia Live using xda premium.
Internet (Tapatalk,XDA,Seesmic and a bit of Viber),calls and SMS not so much...
That's about it.
We are talking about idle time of 18 out of 23 hours (!).
I still think something causes drain.Maybe the V6 SCharger?
I'm seriously thinking of flashing again the stock ROM and setup everything from scratch. :thumbdown:
N.
Sent from my ST15i using xda premium
What kernel and ROM are you using?
Rage kernel is very battery friendly.
If you want to try, link's in my sig...
Stock rooted .62 V6 supercharged.
I don't wanna unlock my bootloader atm though!
Sent from my ST15i using xda premium
A few suggestions:
1/ Flash .64 baseband if you don't have that already. I find it's better for batt life.
2/ Try adding these lines to build.prop
Code:
pm.sleep_mode=1
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1
3/ Remove all bloatware.
Here's a link that might help with that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328322
4/ You could try to flash a custom ROM. I'm not sure if every ROM requires BL to be unlocked. I've unlocked mine the minute I got it....
Thank you for the reply!
Baseband is already .64!
I have already uninstalled each and every app I don't use!
I ll try the build tweaks.
What do they do exactly?
N.
Ps.I can't find power collapse.
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Code:
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1
Allows the phone to sleep better
Code:
pm.sleep_mode=1
Saves power when phone is sleep
Try it, it may help a bit.
BTW- kickas kernelizer can cause an increase in battery drain. At least for me it does. So if you installed it along with V6, remove it...
No,I don't have KAK installed.
I guess I ll resort to a fresh installation and I ll take it from there a step at a time...
Also my battery never seems to charge more than 4180mV no matter how many times I ve deleted battery stats and charged to 100% etc.Weird.
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just use power save mode + juice defender works like a charm for me
BlackArtsInc said:
No,I don't have KAK installed.
I guess I ll resort to a fresh installation and I ll take it from there a step at a time...
Also my battery never seems to charge more than 4180mV no matter how many times I ve deleted battery stats and charged to 100% etc.Weird.
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Deleting batterystats file doesn't do anything to your phone. You are just deleting file manually, that actually is removed after every full charge.
There is no such thing as battery calibration for Androids. You just can't get more juice from there.
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I had the Galaxy S2 Sprint version before this phone and when I upgraded it to the ICS the battery life dropped because of the UI using more power. I'm guessing that when the official ICS comes out for this phone it should drop too...and that's the main reason why I like the razr maxx is because of the ridiculous battery life.
Even w ics on 3g I was still getting 5+ hrs screen on time. Its really not an issue as far as battery is concerned on the maxx. Its very good
stkiswr said:
Even w ics on 3g I was still getting 5+ hrs screen on time. Its really not an issue as far as battery is concerned on the maxx. Its very good
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Good for who? The battery life since the ICS 4.04 update on my device 2 days ago, has been cut by about 50% ....on 2.3.6 GB i was getting 30+ hours on a full charge with moderate usage, now the same usage renders my battery dead at 17 hrs. while it blows away my Tbolt I am concerned that over time this device will prove to be a battery Hog like every other Android Device.....Goodbye ICS, I need battery not eye candy!!
Under GB, my total Android System and Android OS battery usage was always under 10%. On ICS, my total is currently 16%. So I'm losing at least 6% with ICS. Nothing major, but it is a decrease.
I've had the OTA upgrade since Saturday and I haven't seen any appreciable degradation in battery life. I use my phone a lot for calls, texting, email, and streaming media
I have the Maxx and was getting great battery life on GB... I could easily go 2 days without a charge.
I keep it on 3g only most of the time...
On ICS, using the thunderbolt radio switcher to keep me on 3g, I went from 100% to 70% battery in 30 minutes!!
I don't have any crap apps hogging battery, nor am I still playing with all the new features.
Something has got to give... I'm hoping some devs can figure this one out soon.
Hi.. I'm from Malaysia.. I received my official ICS update for my RAZR Maxx about a week ago.. And the battery performance compared to GB is the battery life decreased..
On GB i would last 1 day 12 hours plus in my normal use.. Now with ICS i can only go for average 20 hours to 25 hours max. For me there's a huge differences compared to GB.
I tried factory default reset from the OS and even from the bootloader and fully charged my handphone to 100%. But still.. The performance is still the same.. Some say we need to wait until a few cycle for the battery to improve the performance and so far i didn't see any significant improvement..
Anyone can give my any other suggestions for this problem? And i hope Motorola will come out fixes for this issue..
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Wipe battery stats, cache and dalvik. Worked well for a lot of people (myself included)
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I have Epsilon ICS installed, run it with Nova launcher, and a darkish wallpaper. Also only the necessary widgets on the screens. I am almost positive that I have gotten less battery drain with the above- mentioned features.
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Ok.. Will try it out.. Can you give me some guideline on how to do it?
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also maybe just trying to set cpu gov to hotplug, and if you want lower max freq to 1ghz (plays games just as good, i'm at 800mhz)
just try rooting then like rom toolbox or setcpu, ect
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Ok.. Will try it out.. Can you give me some guideline on how to do it?
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I use Bootmenu to access recovery. From recovey you perform the wipes.
I use Juice Defender Ultimate to help monitor and control/toggle some phone behaviours. Information is power, use the GSam battery monitor to help you detect apps that are battery hungry. Certain adjustments can save you both battery and data. I use Friendcaster instead of the android client for Facebook. Friendcaster consumes way less battery and data than the Android client. I was aware of this after a face to face between them using both GSAM for battery and Onavo for data.
My ROM (Epsilon 3) allows for HotplugX governor, I set my governor using Setcpu.
Finally for calibration I use Battery Calibration.
Hope it helps you! :fingers-crossed:
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I use Bootmenu to access recovery. From recovey you perform the wipes.
I use Juice Defender Ultimate to help monitor and control/toggle some phone behaviours. Information is power, use the GSam battery monitor to help you detect apps that are battery hungry. Certain adjustments can save you both battery and data. I use Friendcaster instead of the android client for Facebook. Friendcaster consumes way less battery and data than the Android client. I was aware of this after a face to face between them using both GSAM for battery and Onavo for data.
My ROM (Epsilon 3) allows for HotplugX governor, I set my governor using Setcpu.
Finally for calibration I use Battery Calibration.
Hope it helps you! :fingers-crossed:
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Thanks for the guidelines.. Can it work with my ICS? I forget to mention that my ICS is the official ICS which was pushsd by Motorola.. Anyaayr.. Will try it out.. First i need to root my RAZR Maxx first.. Thanks
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I have a serious love/hate relationship with my new Amaze. Yes, it's fast and the resolution is beautiful but at what cost? What good is the phone if it's constantly tethered to the power outlet?
I have read a lot of this forum and I know battery life is not one of the Amaze's best attributes, but I feel like mine is extraordinarily atrocious.
So any and all suggestions would be much appreciated as to what I can do to stop the drain.
I am running Speed Rom 6.0 JellyBean with faux's kernel.
I have all syncing turned off except for my gmail and WeatherBug every 4 hours. I don't play Angry Birds or any other games. I don't watch Netflix or YouTube. I don't even really make calls on the phone. Just SMS, light web surfing, email, and some audio streaming but always with the screen off. My network is T-Mobile and my bars are typically 3 or higher in a 4G zone so I don't think it's straining to find the signal.
I always use the phone at the lowest brightness level. I have the Save Power option turned on in my Quick Settings. In System Tuner I have the governor set to on-demand and the off screen mode to power save.
I don't run any widgets, live wallpapers, and my desktop is all black. I also purchased a larger 2450 mAh battery to replace the smaller OEM. I feel like I'm doing everything I possibly can to save on power but it's infuriating to be on the phone and actually watch my power level increment down.
What am I missing? Is there a better rom to run that'll save power? Is there a setting I've overlooked? Please help. I don't want to throw this phone in the river because I paid a lot of money for it.
Any help is appreciated.
Thank You,
-golgiapp
weatherbug always drained my battery really fast on all my phones even with the refresh settings set to 4 hours. try your phone without that app for a few days. (when you uninstall it reboot the phone so all the phones processes are forced to restart)
and i get at least a full day on OEM battery with the phasebeam live wallpaper and like 5-6 3D htc widgets set to 30min refresh time.
golgiapp said:
I have a serious love/hate relationship with my new Amaze. Yes, it's fast and the resolution is beautiful but at what cost? What good is the phone if it's constantly tethered to the power outlet?
I have read a lot of this forum and I know battery life is not one of the Amaze's best attributes, but I feel like mine is extraordinarily atrocious.
So any and all suggestions would be much appreciated as to what I can do to stop the drain.
I am running Speed Rom 6.0 JellyBean with faux's kernel.
I have all syncing turned off except for my gmail and WeatherBug every 4 hours. I don't play Angry Birds or any other games. I don't watch Netflix or YouTube. I don't even really make calls on the phone. Just SMS, light web surfing, email, and some audio streaming but always with the screen off. My network is T-Mobile and my bars are typically 3 or higher in a 4G zone so I don't think it's straining to find the signal.
I always use the phone at the lowest brightness level. I have the Save Power option turned on in my Quick Settings. In System Tuner I have the governor set to on-demand and the off screen mode to power save.
I don't run any widgets, live wallpapers, and my desktop is all black. I also purchased a larger 2450 mAh battery to replace the smaller OEM. I feel like I'm doing everything I possibly can to save on power but it's infuriating to be on the phone and actually watch my power level increment down.
What am I missing? Is there a better rom to run that'll save power? Is there a setting I've overlooked? Please help. I don't want to throw this phone in the river because I paid a lot of money for it.
Any help is appreciated.
Thank You,
-golgiapp
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All this and you didn't even mention how long your battery lasts (on average). That'd be helpful.
I had the same issue with faux's draining quick. Tried the last two updates but went back to Kozmiks kernel. It gives me great battery life.
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saseekutz said:
I had the same issue with faux's draining quick. Tried the last two updates but went back to Kozmiks kernel. It gives me great battery life.
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I had faux v008 ICS with my Energy Rom 6.21.2012 ICS ROM... bad idle battery life... trying Kozmiks kernel now
Sorry for leaving out that my battery lasts anywhere between 4 to 5 hours with the use I mentioned above.
I have already uninstalled WeatherBug and try the other kernel as well. Thank you for the info.
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Sorry for leaving out that my battery lasts anywhere between 4 to 5 hours with the use I mentioned above.
I have already uninstalled WeatherBug and try the other kernel as well. Thank you for the info.
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Call HTC tech support and very calmly.and.politely tell them.you have a severe battery drain issue. There has been a problem with OEM batteries mentioned before. I got my new battery and can go 12 to 14 hours with usage like you speak of. Be nice and calm though. And you will get better treatment.
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Undervolt ? I have n I last from 8 to 8pm with moderate use a couple videos n n I'm somewhere around 1200 MHz
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golgiapp said:
Sorry for leaving out that my battery lasts anywhere between 4 to 5 hours with the use I mentioned above.
I have already uninstalled WeatherBug and try the other kernel as well. Thank you for the info.
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I have the same amount of battery life with my amaze. Its normal
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mahgninnuc93 said:
Call HTC tech support and very calmly.and.politely tell them.you have a severe battery drain issue. There has been a problem with OEM batteries mentioned before. I got my new battery and can go 12 to 14 hours with usage like you speak of. Be nice and calm though. And you will get better treatment.
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my ankor 1900mhz is just as poor, but I know it's not the battery's fault (idle with data off, phone sips battery at around 1% per 3 hour drain)
@ OP, try turning off the data connection and sync off for a few hours... if the energy is still being used up, then it's the battery's fault... otherwise, it might be a misbehaving app... i'd say reinstall the rom
Undervolt is a good way, effects vary in every phone because not all chips are made equal. Disable background data on apps you don't regularly use, and limit background processes to 4 in dev settings
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Could it be speedrom?
I find my battery is dying faster since I installed it. As soon as the screen is on my battery is going down very very fast.
I'm still with the stock kernel right now so maybe I'll try a new one and see if it helps.
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polarbass said:
Could it be speedrom?
I find my battery is dying faster since I installed it. As soon as the screen is on my battery is going down very very fast.
I'm still with the stock kernel right now so maybe I'll try a new one and see if it helps.
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I get much better battery life with nightmares kernel. Tried it on rms7 any nrg stock look. My results with fauxs where not that great, no matter what I tried.
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So I switched over to Kozmiks kernel and I have noticed a significant improvement in my battery life. Thanks for the replies and suggestions.
One more question if I may, how do I disable the double lock screen? The ring pull is redundant with my pattern lock.
golgiapp said:
So I switched over to Kozmiks kernel and I have noticed a significant improvement in my battery life. Thanks for the replies and suggestions.
One more question if I may, how do I disable the double lock screen? The ring pull is redundant with my pattern lock.
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What Rom are you using with it? Is the WiFi stable and steady connection?
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What Rom are you using with it? Is the WiFi stable and steady connection?
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I am on Speed Rom 6.0 Jelly Bean. The wifi has never dropped its connection for me.
yeah, reflashing RUU and another ROM (Speed Rom) while battery at 100% solved my battery problem for now
16 hours with 1-2 hours used, now at 15%, data on, autosync on
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I made the switch to nrgz's latest themed Rom with faux's Kernel and its been good for me
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I ordered better batteries.,anker 1800ma batteries
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I'm suprised no one called BS on one fact.. the OP said he has a 2450mah battery.. who has seen one?! Never heard of it, if it truly says that, it is some knock off battery that is mislabeled, and tthat is likely the issue.
Always get 1900mah anker batteries, anything else.. well, we all have good results with anker as far as I've seen.
Otherwise I'd say reflash the ruu properly, at full battery, then flash rom, at full battery.. then report your results.
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