I installed ICS did a wipe as this is supposed to improve things but battery life is awful. I only get about 9hrs with moderate use, I took it of the charger at 6am this morning, Had to put it back on around lunchtime and now at 8pm its at 20% and this is with battery saving on.
How much screen time have you got?
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How do I check screentime?
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Found it. 1hr59mins at the moment.
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Found it. 1hr59mins at the moment.
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Alright, and what level is your brightness at?
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Its just set on auto
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Its just set on auto
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In my experience that's average for me when on stock. I get about twice as much on any other ICS rom/Kernel.
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What ROM would u recommend for a newbie? Never flashed a custom ROM before but have upgraded and downgraded via Odin a few times.
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What ROM would u recommend for a newbie? Never flashed a custom ROM before but have upgraded and downgraded via Odin a few times.
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Personally I adore Cyanogenmod 9, and it's very stable now. That and FLUXI kernel are a perfect match, with great battery life.
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What ROM would u recommend for a newbie? Never flashed a custom ROM before but have upgraded and downgraded via Odin a few times.
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Try RootBox with Dark Knight.. best combo for me.. you'll easily double your battery life
Another option is Slim ICS, very lightweight and battery friendly. Try some of the suggestions, each for a few days to allow for a couple of full battery cycles to take place. You can then make an informed decision about your daily ROM choice.
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OK last night I let the phone go flat, removed the battery, put it back in and charged it when off. Phone has now just turned off flat.
Off charger at 9am this morning
Through out the day checked twitter a couple of times amounting to about 3 mins total.
Synced email 3 times.
Made a 2 min phone call
Used 3G for about 4 mins
Flashed back to GB via Odin.
Its now 6.30pm, phone turned off at 6pm, now today was actually very light use and I got 9 hrs before it died, On my old 4s with this type of use i'd still be at least 70% full.
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A few tips and tricks Ive found....
- When you install a new ROM, go into recovery (Home, Vol Up, Pwr) Clear Data/ Factory Reset > Clear Cache > Reboot.. In that order.
- When you first set up WiFi on your phone, Dont install Apps you dont use from Google Play, as these can run in the background.. using battery life.. Just because Google Recommend them for your phone, donesnt mean you have to install them.
- Dont be tempted to register every single email address you have to Social Hub.
- If your a "update over WiFi" person, set phone to "GSM only", instead of "WCDMA/GSM Auto", also turn off "Mobile Data" in Settings..
- If your not running twitter, email checks, updating weather all day, turn off "Account Sync" in Settings and set your email accounts to "Never" check for emails.
- Try switching to a different launcher. Touchwiz 4 is very resource intensive, try moving to Go Launcher or ADW or another one.. theres loads of advice on here and the webn about launchers, but for me Personnally, I like Go, but thats me.
2 Im not sure about, so some more in the know people here can advise please:
- In Settings > Display check ON, Auto Adjust Screen Power, but Im not convinced about "Auto Brightness, as I think it needs to constantly keep scanning the sensor, but I could be wrong.
- Turn Off "Motion" may also help with battery life.
Ive tended to go back to GB236, but the latest 404 boasts better battery life, so like everyone advises, you just have to test new ways.
Good Luck
that's what I usually get out of my S2.
I think my old battery must of been dodgy. I bought one of them Samsung extended 2000 mAh batteries and its been excellent. I've been playing with the phone all day, I took it of charger at 7am, its now 7pm and its 65% left, That could easily do another day with light to moderate use.
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Obvious total noob here. I've read all the thunderbolt reference material here and have followed a couple of tutorials on how to root my thunderbolt, but I keep finding broken mirrors. I just keep finding dead ends. Can someone point me to a current root method for this device. My goal is to try the leaked ICS rom. Thanks.
The closest I got was with revolution.
It did see my device and I was on the last step but it seemed like my rom was not compatible. There was a nice video and followed all the steps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703455
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Thank you for the link. I had to use that with revolution to achieve root. I am on Liqiuid now and my god its like a new super awesome phone.
Thanks again.:good:
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Thank you for the link. I had to use that with revolution to achieve root. I am on Liqiuid now and my god its like a new super awesome phone.
Thanks again.:good:
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Yeah. Rooting and having ICS is quite nice. Lol.
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Welcome to the rooted club! I just joined this week myself.
I hadn't seen the all in one tool but I think I'll snag it. Revolutionary worked great for me. The only thing I had to do was temp root since I was running the .19 ROM. It was smooth sailing after that.
I'm running SkyRaider 1.3 now. I'll probably flash to ICS next month after playing with SR for a bit.
What has SR been like for you?
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So far I'm digging it. It's been considerably faster and seemingly more reliable than stock. The past two years have been hateful and I wish I would have rooted a long time ago.
I'm still trying to figure out what things have changed (like what new options I have and where to find some things) but it's been a fairly easy ride. I did have to flash twice to get it to work but now it seems to be solid.
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I just started using the thunderbolt and is this battery performance is terrible. I'm not going to make a full day at work. If you want to keep 4G on do you have to use a extended battery.
I am liking liquid Ics should I try another rom or is this just how LTE is
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Alright..... at 7am I was fully charged and now is about 1pm and now I'm at 14% so on the charger I go. Perhaps a bad battery? I bought this phone used
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Sounds like a battery. I typically charge overnight and I'm good from about 7-4. Then I charge on the 30 min drive home and I'm good until the nightly charge. I've never seen exceptional battery life even with JuiceDefender. Right now it's bad but not quite like yours. I was on a third-party battery, though. I just swapped to the HTC battery and I'll see how it is. I think I'm going to turn JD off as well to see how SkyRaider managers on its own.
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Alright..... at 7am I was fully charged and now is about 1pm and now I'm at 14% so on the charger I go. Perhaps a bad battery? I bought this phone used
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This was typical for me.
I recommend turning off 4G. It's not really useful anyways unless you're trying to download something. Calibrate the battery also. Turn down your screen brightness and backlight timing. Also adjust how often accounts sync. Slow your CPU speeds.
You should be set after that.
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Yeah, I only use 4G if I'm doing file transfers or tethering. I need to look at underclocking. How often do you sync? I have a number of accounts that I check every 15 min. I could probably increase that to 30.
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Yeah, I only use 4G if I'm doing file transfers or tethering. I need to look at underclocking. How often do you sync? I have a number of accounts that I check every 15 min. I could probably increase that to 30.
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I increase mine to 4 hours.
Some of these are apps you can change within the apps settings, such as Facebook. I usually sign on before it syncs anyways.
Definitely checks your social apps and change the update intervals. It's basically the same thing.
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I unplugged at 7:30 and it's almost 4pm now. On 3G with some forum browsing and regular email checking I'm at 38%. So if you were dropping to 14% I'd definitely try a new battery. This is with JuiceDefender disabled as well.
7:25pm Update
I finally hit 14% 12 hours after disconnecting from the AC charger. I guess that's not too bad.
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I unplugged at 7:30 and it's almost 4pm now. On 3G with some forum browsing and regular email checking I'm at 38%. So if you were dropping to 14% I'd definitely try a new battery. This is with JuiceDefender disabled as well.
7:25pm Update
I finally hit 14% 12 hours after disconnecting from the AC charger. I guess that's not too bad.
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I just bought a 1600 battery. We'll see how that goes.
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You need to realize the stock battery is only 1450. So very small for a 4g phone. I have found juice defender only made my wallet lighter. You might want to look in to an aosp ROM as it gives you better battery life. I personally disable auto sync and turn off GPS. Also while I am at work I disable data as SMS and MMS doesn't come over mobile data part. In the end some people carries more than one battery on them if they won't be in a place they can charge.
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You need to realize the stock battery is only 1450. So very small for a 4g phone. I have found juice defender only made my wallet lighter. You might want to look in to an aosp ROM as it gives you better battery life. I personally disable auto sync and turn off GPS. Also while I am at work I disable data as SMS and MMS doesn't come over mobile data part. In the end some people carries more than one battery on them if they won't be in a place they can charge.
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I'm on liquid ics so I'm good there. I will be swapping batteries once it comes in.
I used to swap batteries in my old blackberry days.
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Ok, after I rooted I seem to be having a strange. Battery issue .. anyone have a fix for this? (I user antutu to control CPU and for now I'm busting using it to monitor+ dropped my phone iinto eco mode ( where it usually is) I can counter bat loss by doing the normal stuff but I never had to do.anything other then turn off data before... and even then... but from 10:50 pm to 2:40 am the phone went from 90% to 12% . And that was ..( eco was off) lol ... but I have never had that happen. Before even with that.
Thanks for any advice
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Check out the battery graph?? Does android system keeps awake all time??
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Check out the battery graph?? Does android system keeps awake all time??
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75% it was on the whole time...even though screen was off....
This is the screenshot its a straight drop over the hours mentioned ... slope stays steady so its Constant power drain until I noticed ( you can see on the graph)
None of those apps were open, and I had done a restart right before. ( I fell asleep which is why I know I wasn't using it)
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On top of the screen i see the skype is running in backgroud..
Just sign out from skype and also close wifi..
Try it bcz to know the exact battery issue trial and error method of clossing apps is best.
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75% it was on the whole time...even though screen was off....
This is the screenshot its a straight drop over the hours mentioned ... slope stays steady so its Constant power drain until I noticed ( you can see on the graph)
None of those apps were open, and I had done a restart right before. ( I fell asleep which is why I know I wasn't using it)
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Skype and Words with Friends destroy battery life if you don't completely kill them. Show us the top of your usage stats, not the graph.
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Skype and Words with Friends destroy battery life if you don't completely kill them. Show us the top of your usage stats, not the graph.
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+1. Or show both. Apps that stay on data/wifi will murder battery, even on eco mode.
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Close that both skype and worda apps, it drains much battery.
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Guys they were not open before lol! I opened them right before xda to postthis
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Guys they were not open before lol! I opened them right before xda to postthis
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LOL
Hahaha.. :thumbup:
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Right after I rooted mine I had terrible battery as well. I ended up reformatting (not wipe, actually formatting my system and caches) and then installed my rom again, fixed permissions and my battery life has been amazing. If I don't use the phone my battery maybe drains five percent all day long. If I use it a lot it will last most of the day as well.
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Right after I rooted mine I had terrible battery as well. I ended up reformatting (not wipe, actually formatting my system and caches) and then installed my rom again, fixed permissions and my battery life has been amazing. If I don't use the phone my battery maybe drains five percent all day long. If I use it a lot it will last most of the day as well.
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yeah mine actually stabilized after i worked with it a bit, i have to open up the bootloader still
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The other thing you should check is you fast dormancy.
If you're flashing custom ROMs it's best to do it at a FULL 100% charge. In the past, before I started doing this, I had major battery life "problems." My phone would drop from 100 to 1 in a matter of hours and just hang on 1% for hours on end. If you haven't done this, download Battery Calibration, turn off your device and plug it in. Once it reaches 100%, turn the device on, run the app, and restart your device WHILE STILL PLUGGED IN. Once everything settles you should be good to go.
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Hello fellow members,
I'm having a slight problem here with my battery after flashing the new Elegancia ROM for ATT. I dont know what is causing this because I flashed the kernal too. I don't know if I flashed the kernal right. Can anyone confirm the kernal version for the ROM so i can match it with mine? But anyway, I saw people reporting 50+ percent while using it for hours. Mine is below 50 using it to browse the web for 30 min. Anyone?
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Lol, really? You tell me you have 100% battery, use internet for 30min, then have 50% battery? If that holds any truth then I'd flash the stock Rom ruu and exchange device for another ASAP! That's called a bunk device, nothing to do with the Rom u flashed which in also using and getting amazing battery life on ATT.
If you're exaggerating here, try flashing the Rom again WITH wipe in aroma and see how it goes. Flashing the kernal provided by Steve is idiot proof, literally so I'm sure you flashed it just fine. If in doubt on this, simple:
1. Boot device into usb fastboot
2. Extract on computer and run the program to flash the kernal, see prompts on computer and should say successful or something to that effect basically showing it did something. Now reboot device and done. Simple
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Okay I was exaggerating there. But I don't see how people are getting amazing battery life with that ROM and I'm here browsing XDA for 10 min and my battery goes down 10%
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Okay I was exaggerating there. But I don't see how people are getting amazing battery life with that ROM and I'm here browsing XDA for 10 min and my battery goes down 10%
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It is normal, that battery drains faster when actively using your phone. Also using 3G/HSPA Internet connection needs more power than WiFi. IS your phone getting hot/warm when using it like you said?
Other things you can try:
- Enable CPU Power Saver
- Turn off WiFi when not connected
- Try reducing your display brightness
- Look at your syncs, what apps do you really need to sync and how often?
- See if there are any apps abusing your cpu in the background.
I have the same issue.. battery drops pretty fast.. and i did flash the right kernel
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Hello fellow members,
I'm having a slight problem here with my battery after flashing the new Elegancia ROM for ATT. I dont know what is causing this because I flashed the kernal too. I don't know if I flashed the kernal right. Can anyone confirm the kernal version for the ROM so i can match it with mine? But anyway, I saw people reporting 50+ percent while using it for hours. Mine is below 50 using it to browse the web for 30 min. Anyone?
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It is normal, that battery drains faster when actively using your phone. Also using 3G/HSPA Internet connection needs more power than WiFi. IS your phone getting hot/warm when using it like you said?
Other things you can try:
- Enable CPU Power Saver
- Turn off WiFi when not connected
- Try reducing your display brightness
- Look at your syncs, what apps do you really need to sync and how often?
- See if there are any apps abusing your cpu in the background.
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My WiFi is always off when I'm not using it. Battery saver seems so power friendly, I'm afraid I won't get performance when I need it. And I have my screen brightness on half. Lastly, I have my apps on manual sync so they don't really sync unless I open the app. And I always kill my apps when I'm done using them
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I have personally seen battery life to be aweful for the first few days after flashing any ROM. After sometime though, it improves...
Hmmmm, I'll keep that in mind. I'm gonna flash that kernal tho that was mentioned in the Elegancia thread towards the back. I'm camping right now so ill have to do it when I have a PC and internet connection available. Thanks for the input
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Hello, all, since I've had my Note 2 I've been incredibly impressed with the battery live, much better than other droids I've owned. Within the last two weeks or so, however, I've seen a dramatic drop in battery life. Where I used to be able to last a day and a half without charging, The phone is now not capable of lasting through the day. There hasn't been any real change in my usage patterns, but I am constantly trying new apps, so I figured that one of the new ones must be the culprit. The stock battery stats indicated that Android System was consuming about 41 percent of the battery, which based on previous readings and having owned other droids seemed much too high. I downloaded Battery Stats Plus, which indicated hat the rogue app was wssyncmldm, consuming that same 41 percent. I wasn't familiar with this app, but google revealed that it manages ota updates? I tried rebooting the phone, and went back to Battery Stats Plus, which now indicated that same 41 percent, but named the app "Factory Test." I let the phone charge overnight to a full 100, then checking again today, I'm seeing similar numbers. Today Factory Test is listed at about 33 percent. Both apps are active in application manager, and reappear as soon as I force close them. Neither can be disabled on my stock, non-rooted note 2. I've not tried the factory reset just yet, was hoping to avoid that, but wondered if anyone had any suggestions.
Thanks so much, all!!!
Mika
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Hello, all, since I've had my Note 2 I've been incredibly impressed with the battery live, much better than other droids I've owned. Within the last two weeks or so, however, I've seen a dramatic drop in battery life. Where I used to be able to last a day and a half without charging, The phone is now not capable of lasting through the day. There hasn't been any real change in my usage patterns, but I am constantly trying new apps, so I figured that one of the new ones must be the culprit. The stock battery stats indicated that Android System was consuming about 41 percent of the battery, which based on previous readings and having owned other droids seemed much too high. I downloaded Battery Stats Plus, which indicated hat the rogue app was wssyncmldm, consuming that same 41 percent. I wasn't familiar with this app, but google revealed that it manages ota updates? I tried rebooting the phone, and went back to Battery Stats Plus, which now indicated that same 41 percent, but named the app "Factory Test." I let the phone charge overnight to a full 100, then checking again today, I'm seeing similar numbers. Today Factory Test is listed at about 33 percent. Both apps are active in application manager, and reappear as soon as I force close them. Neither can be disabled on my stock, non-rooted note 2. I've not tried the factory reset just yet, was hoping to avoid that, but wondered if anyone had any suggestions.
Thanks so much, all!!!
Mika
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I'm not sure how much help I can be, but I'll do my best.
Let's start with the obvious things
1. Try uninstalling any apps that you recently installed
2. In application manager go under all and look for the "wssyncmldm" culprit. I don't have it in my application manager but I have one that is very close in name
3. Have you recently installed any OTAs?
4. Are you rooted by any chance?
5. When I updated to the 4.1.2 update, I had a similar battery issue. I just ended up backing up all my apps with "Helium" (No root required if you plug it into a pc with some directions) and just did a factory in settings. It fixed the battery issue for me, though I never looked into it to see if it was this same culprit.
I hope I can help in some way, I'll try my best though!
Welcome to 4.1.2.. Went from 30 hours to 15....tempted to install a backup of 4.1.1 to see if it comes back. Bad news is 4.2.2 seems worse on battery until you change kernel. I've done it in og DROID but scared to on my note.
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Welcome to 4.1.2.. Went from 30 hours to 15....tempted to install a backup of 4.1.1 to see if it comes back. Bad news is 4.2.2 seems worse on battery until you change kernel. I've done it in og DROID but scared to on my note.
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Scared to flash a new kernel or flash 4.2.2?
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Kernel... I've heard they are the real difference maker.
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Kernel... I've heard they are the real difference maker.
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Well every single one I have used, and I've flashed em all, are excellent. Don't be scared to flash em, the worst that can happen is you'll have a bootloop and you can restore your nandroid. They offer amazing features, some more so than others, and can make your phone run super fast with excellent battery life.
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Would you mind posting links on your top 2 or 3? I might give them a shot since I have a nandroid backup.
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Perseus, PB&J, and Sabre are probably the top three, not including stock.
Faux all day! Matrix(plasma) if on aosp
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I'm not running any rom right now... Just rooted 4.1.2. I've read faux was a good one though.
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OK after running the latest faux kernel and adding grennify I'm back to 4.1.1 battery life... Thanks for giving me the push to flash the kernel.
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Faux all day! Matrix(plasma) if on aosp
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PLASMA! Hell yeah! That's my go to kernel seeing as how I mainly run AOSP.
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when I first got my galaxy s4 my battery was amazing! But now, I'm running clean rom which is usually a good rom for battery life. I can't even get my phone to charge without the screen being completely off. If I'm using it all no matter what it goes down. Anybody know what's going on
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when I first got my galaxy s4 my battery was amazing! But now, I'm running clean rom which is usually a good rom for battery life. I can't even get my phone to charge without the screen being completely off. If I'm using it all no matter what it goes down. Anybody know what's going on
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There are a lot of things to do/explain
One being Location...if you started Google Now kiss your battery goodbye, it sucks it dry. I've always tried to minimize sound and display settings, along with apps that sync constantly.
Please include what else you've done, it's mostly user error installing apps like Facebook
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