i saw a new app for optimizing battery life on google play, it saves ur battery while screen is off by turning all the connections on and off in intervals that u choose.. the change was obvious for me and i liked the app alot so i wanted to share
battery life used to be about 10 hours per charge with minimum use.. now it is about 20 hours.. this is a good application that i recommend to every xperia user and any other phones!
What does it turn off apart from data connection?
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Uhm GreenPower its not a new application, in fact its a little old, I already have some time with it... like a year or so..
Its pretty good, I try Juice Defender and its good too, but in the time this was cheaper, and I say well, lets try it and see, and its pretty good actually, and it updates with bugfixes (for new android versions, or new smartphones that has bugs) and new features....
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you can control your wifi and 3G connections, bluetooth, sync options, and the traffic of the data (you can for example activate the sync every 30 minutes, and then turn it off, or the traffic data turn it 15 minutes or 30 to receive notifications and then it will turn off for another 15 minutes, you can choose how much time you want)
all this is in the paid version there is a free version but its too limited....
take alook its really good
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What does it turn off apart from data connection?
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it turns off wifi and turns it on in intervals unless its active (which i see pretty good), it turns off bluetooth when not needed and it controls the autosync to let u use it only when connected to a power supply! as i mentioned my battery life is twice better now!
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Uhm GreenPower its not a new application, in fact its a little old, I already have some time with it... like a year or so..
Its pretty good, I try Juice Defender and its good too, but in the time this was cheaper, and I say well, lets try it and see, and its pretty good actually, and it updates with bugfixes (for new android versions, or new smartphones that has bugs) and new features....
you can control your wifi and 3G connections, bluetooth, sync options, and the traffic of the data (you can for example activate the sync every 30 minutes, and then turn it off, or the traffic data turn it 15 minutes or 30 to receive notifications and then it will turn off for another 15 minutes, you can choose how much time you want)
all this is in the paid version there is a free version but its too limited....
take alook its really good
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i know its pretty old but im still exploring stuff so excuse my ignorance
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//EDIT: I do have background syncs enabled, but they're configured to fire every 2-4 hours: mail, weather, Twitter, news.
My Flyer is staying awake an absolutely crazy amount of time compared to how often it's awake due to me actually turning the screen on. You can see below what I mean in these two screenshots:
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I have sleep mode enabled from 7 PM - 10 AM, WiFi sleep policy to "when screen turns off," and low power mode enabled at ~25%. I'm just incredibly disappointed with the battery drain on this device compared to what I had on my Nook Color, which could survive on battery for 9 days with light usage. My flyer dies in less than two days no matter what.
I have attached two multi-hour logcat logs. The first with Facebook installed, and the second after Facebook was removed. I would appreciate some help with dealing with this, because I am at my wit's end.
Logcat WITH Facebook
Logcat WITHOUT Facebook
Hi there,
I don't know how the Honeyfly is suppose to work...but I read somewhere some time ago that it helps to have the WiFi set to NEVER SWITCH OFF, have had it set like that ever since I got the Flyer, same on my Desire S.... I switch WiFi off manually when I leave the house...Also, uncheck the Software Update under Phone Info...and try to set if you have your Exchange Account to sync like every 15 minutes or so...Push may suck the juice out of your Flyer. All other accounts to normal sync like once an hour... And check how many cities you have in the weather widget....do you need them all? And do you need the weather to update once an hour? I also do not use Automatic Brightness...I use Widgetsoid on my home screen and have it set to 10/30/100 steps...with 10 being absolutely sufficient indoors! See how it all goes...and try a re-calibration of your battery!
And don't forget, you're running a Beta version...
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here we can post how our battaries lasts and which programs or setting lead to accelerate battery drain.
for me,
1.working hours:
*maximum working hours were 35 hrs
2.usage rate:
*moderate usage; 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth (up to more than 4 hrs continually by playing songs by PowerAmp when connected with my car's headunit)
3.optimum setting (my personal opinion):
* 1-make sure your accounts & sync: -background data & auto sync- unchecked.
2-motion setting: uncheck it.
3-location & security: uncheck my location setting.
4-latitude: logout from your google latitude account or choose not to let google collect your locations.
5-data network mode: don't forget to de-activate it every time you dont need it by hold press on power button and select either to activate it or deactivate.
I'm using this setting always and get satisfaction for SGS2 battery performance which was before lasts for only 12 hours
And don't forget that GB 2.3.5 has the favor for maximize battery performance.
seems like someone is trying to reach that important number of 10
Ricey
It depends how much i use it?!?!?!
Not another one! Please close.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351663
Mine lasts one billion hours. I swear.
Battery life also largely depends on what rom and kernel you're using... so this is kind of pointless really.
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Battery life also largely depends on what rom and kernel you're using... so this is kind of pointless really.
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Agreed,
+ modem = signal strength,
+ data mode, wifi or 3G/Edge, airplane mode,
+ Brightness levels,
+ Syncing,
+ personal usage patterns,
+ other factors......
It's irrelevant to compare battery life.
Three days before today it lasted for five days from 100% to 30% charge .
Today a 100% charge has lasted only four hours .
Tomorrow it should last much longer as it will be switched off .
So yes pointless OP and has not this same topic been posted before .
If you want to check kernels their is a poster in most of the kernel threads that has done some testing of kernels and battery on his phone not your phone .
jje
by using siyah kernal v 2.6.9
today is the fourth day !!
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hahah, this was my surprise
now my battery level is about 39 %
I'm running ICS Passion with Kiss kernel 2.2 right now. My battery has always been iffy however, so i don't think it's the ROM.
I'd appreciate any help though:
This was last night. battery was fully charged at around 3 am.
I killed all apps.
by 11 am with very little use, it was down to 10%
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When i look at the Top Apps, nothing looks like it's using too much CPU, so i'm not sure what's going on. Can anyone explain?
Why would i lose so much battery, when it looks like the phone was sleeping?
What am i missing here?
Thank you!
Have u tried a app call CPUSPY?
Its in the play store (android market)
That app let's u see if your phones really in deep sleep...
Hi krackerjac,
Thanks for the advice. I installed CPU Spy this morning....
1000 MHz 7% 0.35.45
200MHz 89% 6.51.47
no deep sleep, even though i didn't use the phone mch all day.
System Panel shows a 100% drop in 8 hours.
Any advice?
Thanks in advance!
It should be on deep sleep most of the time. What background apps are you running?
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That's what I can't figure out. I think google sync is always on, From the Top Apps screen of System Panel, it seems that system and system processes are the highest consumers, but I'm not sure how else to tell?
Download Watchdog and see what apps are using your CPU. Also, turn off auto sync, as they might be keeping the phone awake by constantly trying to fetch new emails, contacts, etc.
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I have Watchdog. it says Android System 5.4%, System UI 1.6%, Google Services Framework 1.0%. Everything else is below 1%
With auto-sync, is there a way to control this automatically. For example, i don't need autosync to operate between 1 and 7am, but want it to turn on again at 7am, and need it on the whole day so i can get my emails.
riskaa said:
I have Watchdog. it says Android System 5.4%, System UI 1.6%, Google Services Framework 1.0%. Everything else is below 1%
With auto-sync, is there a way to control this automatically. For example, i don't need autosync to operate between 1 and 7am, but want it to turn on again at 7am, and need it on the whole day so i can get my emails.
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I don't think so, you can change the frequency of the fetching(updating) however. Or put the power control widget on your home screen and turn it on when you need to, and off when you don't.
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I don't think so, you can change the frequency of the fetching(updating) however.
I've never been able to find that setting. How do you do that?
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Ugh, must've been a part of TouchWiz or LG's skin, because I cant find it off of the stock app.
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Try the Icy Glitch Kernel and see if that helps with battery life.
Also, try the AOKP rom, its more or less the same thing as Passion, but works a lot better than Passion did, at least for me.
Ended up downloading an app called Better Battery Stats. Found that my GPS location provider was running down the battery. This was because the Beautiful Widgets was set to geolocation, and so gps was pretty much running all the time.
Much better battery life now.
Thanks for all your help!
I have a question about Project Epsilon v3 ROM.
I'm currently on 676.226.3.XT910.Retail.en.EU ICS leak.
I'm going to install this rom via Bootmenu.
And here is my question. Do I have to wipe data or only cache and dalvik? Or maybe I don't have to wipe data but it is better to do so?
Thanks in advance!
Better do it I personally always do that, or just follow the ROM guidelines, now is easier to get all the apps with titanium and other apps.
Also to update from v3 to v4 I recommend full wipes to because I had some problems with wallpapers and widgets.
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Thanks! I did the wipe, however I have few new question.
First. Is it really worth to upgrade to v4? I heard that there are some problem with it and some people said that it's better to stick to V3.
Second. I did battery calibration like in ROM guide once (Did it today that's why), however I'm still having terrible battery life with display taking 80% of power. Any solution for that?
I'd stay in V3. What do you call terrible battery life? There are some threads that approach battery "readings". The info portrayed by widgets and some apps could be misleading IMHO. That 80% is how much battery the screen has used but not out of the total battery. I have gotten almost two days on a single charge, and screen consumption is never less than 70%. That is regardless of the time i check the battery information. It seems battery will constantly be in that 70, 80% area.
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And it always takes 1-2 days or more for the battery to "settle" when you change ROM.
Try using CPU Sleeper in Play. It switches off 1 of the cores on a dual/quad core phone, everytime your screen is turned off. It works better than the Sleep option when you press the On/Off button on the phone, this Sleep option doesn't ring when someone tries calling you. With CPU Sleeper - on my tests it lost 5% battery life in 12 hours.
prabbie said:
Try using CPU Sleeper in Play. It switches off 1 of the cores on a dual/quad core phone, everytime your screen is turned off. It works better than the Sleep option when you press the On/Off button on the phone, this Sleep option doesn't ring when someone tries calling you. With CPU Sleeper - on my tests it lost 5% battery life in 12 hours.
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Wow if that is the case I'm going to give that a shot!!
I have one more question.
I use blur camera but i miss this cool sound when taking photo that was on GB and ICS Leak. But in project epsilon there is only some kind of beeb. Is it possible to bring back photo making sound? xP! That would be coool!
Ever since I installed JB (4.1.1) I have noticed a decrease in life. You probably heard this story before.
The native Battery consumption app shows Android OS uses most energy, followed by Device Idle.
So I installed BetterBatteryStats to have a look.
These screenshot is from this morning. Left the phone overnight untouched (from 12 am on).
Note:
My settings are the same as they were before the JB upgrade. And I use the phone the same way.
No Data Connection?
Why does it seems to be looking for a signal? Is that cell signal? I am in full signal area.
I use T-Mo and my area gets HSPA+.
I have Settings > Wireless and networks> Mobile Networks > Network Mode set to GSM/WCDMA (Auto Mode). Leave is as is?
The second most energy consuming is WiFi. I always left is on before the upgrade. It probably always used this much but now it's worse?
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Your android OS is consuming waaaaaaay to much power it should be between 7-12%. I'd reflash stock ROM and go from their buddy. Also, wipe your battery stats.
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Thank you for responding.
What falls under Android OS?
I use a live wallpaper (Alive Wallpaper in the Play Store from http://alivewallpaper.co) and the screen is off when I am not using the phone.
Is the video wallpaper using power even when the phone is sleeping (or supposed to be)?
Edit: how do I reset my battery stats in the native app? There is no contextual menu.
Its just the processes that fall within android OS....stuff you have no control over
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Do you did a battery recalibration?After flash a new ROM is a must.
Battery calibration using this method right?
1. Use your phone till it shuts off
2. Before charging it turn it back on and do it again.
3. With the phone off plug it in and recharge it overnight or atleast 6-8 hours.
4. Turn it on and and use Battery Calibration - by NéMa.
5. Use the phone till it dies again and then recharge and use phone as you normally would.
Source: http://androidforums.com/transform-ultra-all-things-root/512164-how-battery-calibration.html
No, I have never done this.
Thank you for pointing it out.
i was about to start a new thread when i saw this so thought its best to post here. im having the same problem
here is the logcat from my phone. 8hours overnight and down to 41%!
merry christmas
You'd be better off writing in the BetterBatteryStats thread
Thanks. Yea I just have.
tapp'd on my S3
Disable Google now, will save loadsa battery
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Rather than disabling Google Now. Do this
Disable Maps, Whatsapp, Facebook. They all run in background. Use App Quarantine to quickly enable disable when issue required.
Enable mobile network location access.
Also restrict background data of apps that ate high in usage which could cause wake locks.
Google now knows where you are without Maps running, just NetworkLocationService under Google Services in running apps.
Use other battery conserving precautions in conjunction.
You could potentially go for days depending on your usage
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