This is a big question for most HTC Amaze users. As we know, the HTC Amaze doesn't have a great batter (for most of us), I started this thread to see how users have improved the Amaze's battery life. Basically sharing how you get through a full day of moderate use or heavy usage ( 1:30+ hours of the display being on).
Ways:
- I set my screen brightness close to the lowest but not as low, that you can barley see anything.
- I use Juice Defender, it disables data and I can just re enable it by clicking a button.
- I turned of GPS, since I don't use it.
- I don't use Google Now, so disabled that, and I uninstalled Google Maps.
- Disabled vibrations when not in vibration mode. Also, disable keyboard vibrations.
- TOOK OFF BATTERY PERCENTAGE so i wont be eyeballing it every time i turn the screen on.
- Disable auto-sync for most things, except the things I want it on. Ex: Google account.
- I used this app called 'Pimp My Rom' and installed tweaks to disable sleepers, so my phone can be in a deep sleep mode when i turn my screen off.
- I have SetCPU. I see the screen off profile to have the CPU on max to 756. and i even under-clocked to my original max 1350. I don't notice any speed difference to be honest.
So how did you increase your battery life for the Amaze?
Post screenshots and your methods!
i get 9hrs on average just using the any rom on stock without mods or tweaks.. with speed rom ive gotten upto 6days of standby time..
Ninjistix said:
i get 9hrs on average just using the any rom on stock without mods or tweaks.. with speed rom ive gotten upto 6days of standby time..
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6 days o: , you have a good battery sir! How long have you had it for?
kevinrubio1 said:
This is a big question for most HTC Amaze users. As we know, the HTC Amaze doesn't have a great batter (for most of us), I started this thread to see how users have improved the Amaze's battery life. Basically sharing how you get through a full day of moderate use ( 1:30+ hours of the display being on).
Here's my story on my battery life:
- I set my screen brightness close to the lowest but not as low, that you can barley see anything.
- I use Juice Defender, it disables data and I can just re enable it by clicking a button.
- I turned of GPS, since I don't use it.
- I don't use Google Now, so disabled that, and I uninstalled Google Maps.
- Disabled vibrations when not in vibration mode. Also, disable keyboard vibrations.
- TOOK OFF BATTERY PERCENTAGE so i wont be eyeballing it every time i turn the screen on.
- Disable auto-sync for most things, except the things I want it on. Ex: Google account.
- I used this app called 'Pimp My Rom' and installed tweaks to disable sleepers, so my phone can be in a deep sleep mode when i turn my screen off.
- I have SetCPU. I see the screen off profile to have the CPU on max to 756. and i even under-clocked to my original max 1350. I don't notice any speed difference to be honest.
So how did you increase your battery life for the Amaze?
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i eye ball battery percent 24/7 its addictive..lol, and i only disable MAPS, i have anker battery.. i can easily get a day use and its fast charging..
iKilla said:
i eye ball battery percent 24/7 its addictive..lol, and i only disable MAPS, i have anker battery.. i can easily get a day use and its fast charging..
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I know right lol and thats nice
I get a full day..
I have gotten 11hrs of constant music through the headphone jack to my work radio
I use elixir widget to toggle data gps etc
I use advanced task killer on crazy / low security.. 1/hr kill with a very small ignore list.
I have data off most of the day gps is rarely on bluetooth on almost never
Gmaps frozen
G+ frozen
Facebook removed
Lots of stuff I don't use removed or frozen
Soff tmobile ics
e-Sex.. All of the carpral none of the tunnel
Medium use..
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I use juice defender and screen filter and get about 5-6 hours on an HTC 1520mah battery but will upgrade soon to a 2450 mah battery I found on eBay for under $10 and might also get that charging skin case that gives u about 1500 mah more battery...
I was also reading about this university that is working on a new battery technology that gives 10x more battery and charges 10x faster...
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ted619 said:
I was also reading about this university that is working on a new battery technology that gives 10x more battery and charges 10x faster...
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That would make my 2013 year.
I know I would have no reason to stop using my amaze since I got it I haven't touched my other phones and I was thinking of getting a gs3 or maybe wait for the gs4 so that the s3 price goes down even more but if the battery comes out before ill just keep the amaze because the camera rules and get a tablet
"HTC Amaze - Nightmare Sense 1.6"
"HTC Sensation - MIUI"
"LG G2x - Stock and overclocked"
"LG Thrill - Slim Stock Rom"
My battery lasts me more than 12 hours, with moderate use. I know have no problem with my battery, with no apps or modifications !
Today i got my new battery and power skin great way to start the new year and everything for under 20 bucks on ebay i recommend people getting this the skin was about 14 with tax and battey like 5 or 6 bucks
"HTC Amaze - Nightmare Sense 1.6"
"HTC Sensation - MIUI"
"LG G2x - Stock and overclocked"
"LG Thrill - Slim Stock Rom"
ted619 said:
Today i got my new battery and power skin great way to start the new year and everything for under 20 bucks on ebay i recommend people getting this the skin was about 14 with tax and battey like 5 or 6 bucks
"HTC Amaze - Nightmare Sense 1.6"
"HTC Sensation - MIUI"
"LG G2x - Stock and overclocked"
"LG Thrill - Slim Stock Rom"
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could you post the results after a day of moderate use/ or however you use your phone! Pos the results in screenshots, one of how long the battery has lasted and one on how long the display been on
ted619 said:
Today i got my new battery and power skin great way to start the new year and everything for under 20 bucks on ebay i recommend people getting this the skin was about 14 with tax and battey like 5 or 6 bucks
"HTC Amaze - Nightmare Sense 1.6"
"HTC Sensation - MIUI"
"LG G2x - Stock and overclocked"
"LG Thrill - Slim Stock Rom"
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Yeah could you please let us know after a few days of heavy to moderate use how the battery life is with your new battery and power skin.
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The ES Startup Manager Helps Stop Apps From Starting At Boot...
Amaze 4g
Stock Rooted
S-Off From J-Bear
Faux [email protected] 1.7
Sim Unlocked
SuperCID'd
I'm as powerful as the Asus TF pad!!!
I found that with some ROMs it stays at 100 for a long time but declines rapidly afterwards
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NooBOnTheBlock said:
The ES Startup Manager Helps Stop Apps From Starting At Boot...
Amaze 4g
Stock Rooted
S-Off From J-Bear
Faux [email protected] 1.7
Sim Unlocked
SuperCID'd
I'm as powerful as the Asus TF pad!!!
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what rom are you using ???
KT-82166 said:
what rom are you using ???
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In the info he provided, he's using stock , but rooted stock.
filthygoat223996 said:
I found that with some ROMs it stays at 100 for a long time but declines rapidly afterwards
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Yeah, I've found this issue with most roms i flash
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Yeah, I've found this issue with most roms i flash
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Cm Roms seem to be ok, I'm only seeing this on sense roms
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I currently have an HTC HD2 running a Gingerbread rom but I am considering buying a new Android soon.
Which one has the best feature and best battery?
Galaxy S 2 gives about a day and a half for me with moderate use but battery life will depend on how much you use the phone have the screen on etc ...
image2000uk said:
Galaxy S 2 gives about a day and a half for me with moderate use but battery life will depend on how much you use the phone have the screen on etc ...
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Can one see that phone only has a 800x400 resolution screen when viewing text...
no android phone has good batter life
gotta pay to play
Is the atrix by motorola
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Yes the atrix is made by motorola.
Euroman28 said:
I currently have an HTC HD2 running a Gingerbread rom but I am considering buying a new Android soon.
Which one has the best feature and best battery?
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It all depends on how you use the phone. I send about 200 texts a day, browse the web a bit, 3g is ALWAYS on. And on my nexus s i charge my phone about every day and a half.
I used to use juicedefender ultimate, but i was actually getting less battery time for some reason, I couldn't figure out that problem.
yea same for me, everytime i use some type of battery saver app it kills the battery even more [vibrant on bionix v 1.3.1]
the best battery life on any android phone is definitely the Motorola Xprt on sprint with an 1850MAH battery. I have a nexus s however and it gets very good battery with blacker themes because the screen doesn't use battery with blacks.
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and one more thing android is set up to keep your battery running as long as possible . task manager and battery aps drain the battery more because they mess up androids battery system and make it do more work. the best thing to do is turn off wifi auto sync gps and lower your screen brightness through power controls. let android take care of the rest.
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Some one just tonite asked me how I can possibly get 15+ hours on a single charge using my new Amaze 4G. Just to give you a bit of background, since having the vibrant and the unofficial leaks of Froyo that popped up here and there I was always looking to improve my battery life in every which way while not comprimising my user experiance. For those that dont know, the Vibrant was stuck on Eclair for a really really long time and we resorted to building Froyo roms using the i9000 source which for some reason killed battery like you would believe. After weeks of playing and testing I came to a few generic tips that seem to drastically help (beyond the obvious things you normally would expect).
This is what I personally do and have found to work, you take them or leave them makes no differance to me whatsoever, just friendly suggestions.
The Super Duper Number 1 thing I've found to HUGELY improve my battery life was instead of using gsm (4g/3g/edge) I use Wifi whenever possible. Most of my time is spent at home or work where I have routers. For whatever reason using wifi is less taxing on the battery then gsm. Also changing the wifi sleep policy to never will add to this.
Since i spend most my day inside i keep my brightness relatively low. I do not use auto brightness unless I really need to.
Obviously I keep my gps off unless I absolutely need it.
Sense has some neat power saving features to help with sync settings at certain times... i.e. during my sleeping time, it automatically change my sync to every 2 hours rather then every 15 min like its typically set to during the day.
The few steps above have helped me acheive 15+ hours on a single charge. Some other things that should help even more would be:
Limit the number of widgets you run (especially the ones that constantly update)
Dont use Live Wallpaper
Extend your sync intervals on email and social apps... instead of every 10 move to every 20
make sure when you are away from wifi you turn your wifi off
If you are in an area with poor coverage (especially 4g) turn your data to edge only
Not sure about LCD but on my samoled keeping screen colors to darkest possible (black wallpapers, etc) helps conserve a bit
Change you timeout setting to the lowest you can stand possible (15sec, 30sec)
Avoid task killer apps... let the system do its job or use the built in task killer for those apps you wish to close. (I know the verdict is out on whether they help or not, but I believe using auto app killers does more damage then good, they were designed for old android versions that didnt function the way GB does now)
That's it for now... if I can remember or think of any more I will def post. Like I said you can take or leave my advice. Please do me one favor.... if you DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO ADD THEN KEEP YOUR NEGATIVTY TO YOURSELF. It makes for a happier forum! Thanks
how do you access the internal task killer? i havent seen it.. but i see it in the applications when i manage my apps.
and i think the one thing i do wrong is never switch to wifi lol
my previous devices would drain faster on wifi than gsm
but i will give it a try
thanks
I've heard this also WiFi + radio drains more than just radio unless you have a crappy connection then you are better.off with wifi. Gr8 guide tho .... Use less sync people the weather is the same as it was 2h ago.... Unless its raining
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WiFi barely uses any battery. I can 24 hours out my amaze with only WiFi. 4G is a real battery drain
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This is from the Evo forums here>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712990 <<<
To also help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly: 1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more 2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour 3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well.
This was [op]'d by OneStepAhead and take no credit, just reposting to try and help.
Bigv69er said:
how do you access the internal task killer? i havent seen it.. but i see it in the applications when i manage my apps.
and i think the one thing i do wrong is never switch to wifi lol
my previous devices would drain faster on wifi than gsm
but i will give it a try
thanks
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drag down the notification tab click on quick settings click on total memory.
Radio by itself drains more battery then using wifi + radio... trust me i've been doing it for 2+ years. also had all my team mates do the same and they all confirmed a huge boost in battery. as long as you are CONNECTED to a wifi router it will not drain. now if you leave the wifi and keep it on along with radio on, that will totally demolish your battery. its the constant searching on both parts that eats the most battery. if youre solid connected... its no longer searching.
I did all that and then some and my battery shows 120 to 200 MA in standby . I used to have htc hd2 and it had 3 to 5 MA in standby . I don't know what to disable anymore , Or is this normal for this phone ?
Juice Defender is the best way to conserve battery on any android phone.... try it out on the app market. doing all these other tips you mentioned does help very little. but if you wish to have your battery last a lot longer then Juice Defender is the way to go...
Thanks!! I did all this and got juice defender ultimate
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This is from the Evo forums here>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712990 <<<
To also help with Battery Life you can do these steps exactly: 1) Turn your device ON and Charge the device for 8 hours or more 2) Unplug the device and Turn the phone OFF and charge for 1 hour 3) Unplug the device Turn ON wait 2 minutes and Turn OFF and charge for another hour Your battery life should almost double, we have tested this on our devices and other agents have seen a major difference as well.
This was [op]'d by OneStepAhead and take no credit, just reposting to try and help.
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I was going to post the same thing, and found this here - lol. I have been trying this for a few days already.
I will add some minor modifications though. The above was done when devices and batteries were smaller. The 8 hours might be enough - see if the light changes from amber to green by then (or the battery indicator) - otherwise wait.
Then also wait on the 1st 1 hour charge while off if the light is still amber at one hour - wait until it is green. Ditto on the second one.
I did it just like the original above, and when I turned my phone on at the end - it was at 93%, so I plugged it in until it hit 100% for a while, disconnected, and then did a battery calibration (APP) at 100%
Again - I think with the bigger battery it takes longer. on a MT4G, the light was green at the end of each hour (smaller battery).
I have seen a significant improvement - and I already had battery saving profiles set up with SETCPU. I may do it one more time the way I modified it above.
PS - I always get better life on WiFi (If connected). Also, a friend lives in a weak (data) signal area, and when not on WiFi, keeping it on 2g (edge) really upped her life on a MT4G
Bigv69er said:
Thanks!! I did all this and got juice defender ultimate
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If anyone else is interested, you can get JuiceDefender Ultimate from the Amazon App Store for $1.99 right now.
Yeah i just got that one earlier
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I mainly posted that for proof of concept. The only way I ever got what I wanted out of a battery was through SBC kernels. That's one reason way I am leaving the Evo and switching to the Amaze, outside of the crap Sprint puts customers through.
Is the Ultimate app worth it?
Hell yea it's worth it. Because without it when your device is asleep it's still connected to 4g and whatever else. But with juice defender it turns off everything the moment you put the phone to sleep saving you a lot battery for when you really need to use your phone so yes. Its a must I feel like it should be mandatory on every android phone.
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trizzle21 said:
Hell yea it's worth it. Because without it when your device is asleep it's still connected to 4g and whatever else. But with juice defender it turns off everything the moment you put the phone to sleep saving you a lot battery for when you really need to use your phone so yes. Its a must I feel like it should be mandatory on every android phone.
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x2 on that... It really gives you a longer battery life. and having 2 batteries also extends the life to 24 hours + of not having to sit and wait for a full charged battery.
If you want to see your Sense force closing after every restart + plus having other problems such as frozen clock, etc, then use Juice Defender. After a week of constant problems caused by this app (and I was using it on the Balance mode), I was that close to returning my Amaze, because initially I thought there was some software defect, till one day I googled it and found out the real reason. Uninstalled it and my problems disappeared at once (actually I did a factory reset just to make sure its all gone). Just a fair warning.
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If you want to see your Sense force closing after every restart + plus having other problems such as frozen clock, etc, then use Juice Defender. After a week of constant problems caused by this app (and I was using it on the Balance mode), I was that close to returning my Amaze, because initially I thought there was some software defect, till one day I googled it and found out the real reason. Uninstalled it and my problems disappeared at once (actually I did a factory reset just to make sure its all gone). Just a fair warning.
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Been on it for a week and and I haven't seen those type of problems and I'm using aggressive...
I was using Ultimate v. 3.80, tried it on my girlfriend's phone (she was using the free version before I installed the ultimate), started force closing too (she was about to kill me haha)... Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315494
P.s. Juice Defender team said the problem occurs with Plus and Ultimate because they use API call, which is incompatible with Android compatibility test suite... Im just saying all this so if people start getting these launcher force closes after restart, not to freak out and just uninstall it...
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Been on it for a week and and I haven't seen those type of problems and I'm using aggressive...
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Me either since i switched to ultimate.. Works better cuz you can customize.. The free one hust kills whatever is power hungry
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So, I made a switch from HD2 running android to Amaze hoping it will have a better battery life coz of its juicy more 1730mAh battery, more power efficient s-lcd screen and the fact its an native android device (which the hd2 wasn't) but its been barely 2 days and I'm seriously disappointed with it.
I'm have a moderate usage which includes calls, pandora, youtube and net surfing but it barely lasts till evening and the usage is actually less than what i did on HD2 coz I don't have put any games on Amaze yet. I had lots on HD2. With HD2 I could easily pass through the day and still have about 10-20% battery left at night and this was on its anemic 1230mAh battery
I do realize the HD2 was rooted and was running CM7 and had all kinds of custom kernels and stuff. So is stock Sense and HTC kernel the culprit here ?
I've already ticked in the setting for Power efficiency under power settings which turns off auto sync (I have google and facebook sync same as I had on HD2) and using auto brightness with the least setting, but neither of them are helping
One thing I noticed in current widget log and current widget display, is the power drain in standby hardly goes below 100mA anytime ? According to me, this seems to be the issue hogging the battery as on HD2 it used to be <10mA most of the times with occasional spikes...but in Amaze every value is like more than 100mA. Does the faux kernel and custom ROMS helps with this, a lot ?
Ideally I should try it myself and see, but don't want to unlock the bootloader and stuff just yet as if the things are going to be like this, I may as well sell it and put in some more money and switch to other side (sgs2)
The other theory I have is the CPU on HD2 is single core 1GHZ while Amaze is dual core 1.5ghz. Gingerbread doesn't have proper dual core support so things will improve when ICS comes ?
Also on a side note, is there a problem with earphones having L shaped jack on Amaze ? My primary headphones monster turbine pro which have L shaped jack don't have a very good fit in it and small amount of force seems to disconnect the headset from phone. Its really annoying, although my other earphones which have a straight pin don't have this issue. But its not the earphone problem either as I don't have this issue with turbine's in my mp3 player and HD2 ?
The stock battery was horrific for me so I bought the Anker 1900mah battery from ebay and It's far better than stock...I'm at 15 hours with 47% left...Tasker is helping a lil also.
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Hmmm didn't think i would have to upgrade the battery just after buying it, although seems something wrong is with the battery though...maybe HTC just bloated its spec to 1730
Yea, I have advanced task manager with auto-kill, but its really the same with it or without..
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Hmmm didn't think i would have to upgrade the battery just after buying it, although seems something wrong is with the battery though...maybe HTC just bloated its spec to 1730
Yea, I have advanced task manager with auto-kill, but its really the same with it or without..
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Try letting the battery discharge completely until phone turns off, and then plug it up and let it charge to 100% without unplugging it.
My stock battery last 12-16hrs depending on use. I also have an Anker 1900mAH last a good 18-20 if I charge it inside the phone. If I charge it with the Anker charger it last about 8hrs.
Guys what about the current widget numbers ? Have anyone of you got it or can get it to see how is the drain like for you guys?
No matter how strong the battery, if its going to [email protected], it won't last very long. 18-19 hrs on after market 1900mAh battery isn't very impressive figure either
I'm not quite sure of this drain, is the fast 4g on Amaze the culprit just like LTE
Also let me know if you guys have stock or custom ROM ?
Mafioso said:
One thing I noticed in current widget log and current widget display, is the power drain in standby hardly goes below 100mA anytime ? According to me, this seems to be the issue hogging the battery as on HD2 it used to be <10mA most of the times with occasional spikes...but in Amaze every value is like more than 100mA. Does the faux kernel and custom ROMS helps with this, a lot ?
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i assume youre talking about cell standby? you WANT this number to be high on the list
You should use a battery saving app like juice defender or battery fu.
Personally, I use battery fu and I have gotten more than 20 hours of battery, on stock battery, running on stock phone, unrooted.
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I havent had any battery life issues with mine. Before rooting I could go the whole day on a charge but it would be close to dead around 10PM. I'm still getting used to the new ROM I flashed but battery life has definitely improved.
I would recommend opening the task manager and killing off some unneeded apps.
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I havent had any battery life issues with mine. Before rooting I could go the whole day on a charge but it would be close to dead around 10PM. I'm still getting used to the new ROM I flashed but battery life has definitely improved.
I would recommend opening the task manager and killing off some unneeded apps.
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Task managers kill battery life even more
Is it bad if I use the HTC task manager, I only use it to kill the browser which stays open even if you hit back
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Using task managers to kill an app that you don't want running isn't bad, I think its the continuely killing all apps every 30 minutes that makes it worse.
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i assume youre talking about cell standby? you WANT this number to be high on the list
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I'm not sure why this should be high
It should be low ? A high number would mean its losing more power during standby...
Guys, There are 2 school of thoughts about task manager...I agree task manager may consume more battery if you look into the theory how android works...but I've tried with and without task manager it doesn't make much of a difference from what I observed
Also what about L shaped jack earphone issue? Is it fine for everyone else?
I have the same issue my battery lasts 6-8 hours MAX with intermediate use....juice defender, tried every rom and different kernels.
My brother Easily gets 16-18 hours with intermediate use (galaxy s2) same processor. I know his battery is a little bigger but I didn't think his battery life would triple mine -__-
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Is it galaxy s2 tmo version?
I checked out there forum too and things are not looking very good there also with many people reporting horrible battery life
adslee said:
Task managers kill battery life even more
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I use the HTC one that came with the phone and kill apps that consume a lot of resources in the background.
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Is it galaxy s2 tmo version?
I checked out there forum too and things are not looking very good there also with many people reporting horrible battery life
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Yeah the tmo version. My brother gets amazing battery life. I've seen him pull about 30 hours with super low useage.
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This phone is anything but a battery hog. Energy 3.10.12 release has these results to boast.
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What kernel?
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glacierguy said:
This phone is anything but a battery hog. Energy 3.10.12 release has these results to boast.
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Hi Glacier,
Thanks for the update That seems reassuring...
I've been researching on Amaze battery quite a lot, I think current widget numbers are misleading because even in Airport mode it shows more than 100mAh drain, which is not possible..
I've found out another app...My battery drain analyzer written by a fellow member here at XDA
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.WazaBe.android.BatteryDrain
It basically calculates the drain rate in %/hr, basically measures how much time does it take for battery to take 1% dip...
I've found for my amaze its close to 1.6-3%/Hr when in standby, when phone is not woken up during the period...I think its on a higher side but acceptable still...Can any member with a custom ROM/kernel also report his/her number..
BTW I've seen the numbers on TMO SGSII in their forum, this number is roughly the same there too ~ 2%/per hour for most users...
Since people only post on negative battery experience while the happy ones are silent, I will break the silence.
I have and use the One X+ (international non-LTE, in central Europe) for one week. Today, I just used it to browse web for several hours (browser was consuming 55% at time of screenshot) and read some pdf (pdf viewer was consuming 17%; I flipped about 200 pages in fast way as it was mildly boring ebook with big fonts so no zooming). There were about 10 minutes of web or youtube video too.
The screenshot shows battery graph at 38% of battery left, after 8 hours since plugged.
I guess (based on the screenshot bars and based on the actual usage) the screen-on time was about 60% (so between 4.5 and 5 hours).
Boo at HTC for removing screen-on time counter.
Google now is off.
Mobile data is off.
WiFi is on.
Power saver mode is off.
Brightness was automatic, usually around 30%.
No extra battery monitor was running (they may affect battery while measuring too).
Stock rom, one OTA update was performed.
Android version 4.1.1
Build 1.17.401.1
I have never managed to fully discharge the battery so its measurements may not be fully calibrated.
no problems here
This phone has great life for me. The only times I've had a problem getting a full day was when I first got it and basically didn't put it down. Since then I usually have 30-50% left at the end of the day. I wonder what some people do to drain the battery so much...
jbharbin said:
This phone has great life for me. The only times I've had a problem getting a full day was when I first got it and basically didn't put it down. Since then I usually have 30-50% left at the end of the day. I wonder what some people do to drain the battery so much...
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Probably gaming ^^
Mine is just barley good enough, I never put my phone down. Doesn't matter tho because I always carry a charger
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tzmx said:
Probably gaming ^^
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I disagree.
I don't game at all. I get about 10-14hrs of battery life with 1-2hrs of screen time with most of that running on LTE and with Power Saver ON. That is OK, but not great at all. I would like to get that type of battery life with 3-4 hours screen time and using Navigation. I think for people that use their phone for work and travel for work, you ideally need 16hrs battery life with 3-4 hours screen time with some GPS/Navigation. Don't think this phone will every get there.
I've finally got my IT to give me WIFI access at work to avoid 3G/LTE and today I'm testing if Juice Defender is better than Power Saver mode, but based on my current drain, I don't sure i'll make it to 16hrs.
In either case, I found the drain while running Navigation to be HUGE (40%+/h) and if Power Saving mode is OFF the phone will overheat as well (55C/130F).
Still I love this phone, but hope I can find a way to squeeze as much battery as possible. When I look over to say the Nexus 4 forum, I'm a bit envious on what those users are achieving on their batteries.
smoothmoose said:
I disagree.
I don't game at all. I get about 10-14hrs of battery life with 1-2hrs of screen time with most of that running on LTE and with Power Saver ON. That is OK, but not great at all. I would like to get that type of battery life with 3-4 hours screen time and using Navigation. I think for people that use their phone for work and travel for work, you ideally need 16hrs battery life with 3-4 hours screen time with some GPS/Navigation. Don't think this phone will every get there.
I've finally got my IT to give me WIFI access at work to avoid 3G/LTE and today I'm testing if Juice Defender is better than Power Saver mode, but based on my current drain, I don't sure i'll make it to 16hrs.
In either case, I found the drain while running Navigation to be HUGE (40%+/h) and if Power Saving mode is OFF the phone will overheat as well (55C/130F).
Still I love this phone, but hope I can find a way to squeeze as much battery as possible. When I look over to say the Nexus 4 forum, I'm a bit envious on what those users are achieving on their batteries.
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I'm debating switching from the N4 to the HOX+ but the battery is one huge concern. I traded a RAZR HD for a HOX+ and i should have it tomorrow so i can compare the two. I've been averaging between 4 and 5 hours of screen time per day, with my best being 5h 31min. The only thing that I'm thinking will help my case for the OX+ is that i will only use it on hspa+ instead of LTE.
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ctowne said:
I'm debating switching from the N4 to the HOX+ but the battery is one huge concern. I traded a RAZR HD for a HOX+ and i should have it tomorrow so i can compare the two. I've been averaging between 4 and 5 hours of screen time per day, with my best being 5h 31min. The only thing that I'm thinking will help my case for the OX+ is that i will only use it on hspa+ instead of LTE.
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Well, I choose the HOX+ mainly because you can't buy a N4, unless you go to the aftermarket and pay a premium. Also the 16GB is just not enough and LG lost me a customer coming from the LG G2x. Plus in Canada, there's not much benefit buying a phone off-contract. I was off-contract for the past 3yrs and my experience wasn't any better than the the providers that lock you in. That said, I'm guessing you will see better battery on your N4 compared to the HOX+...but hey, I don't either will come close to the RAZR HD for battery life.
jbharbin said:
This phone has great life for me. The only times I've had a problem getting a full day was when I first got it and basically didn't put it down. Since then I usually have 30-50% left at the end of the day. I wonder what some people do to drain the battery so much...
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smoothmoose said:
I disagree.
I don't game at all. I get about 10-14hrs of battery life with 1-2hrs of screen time with most of that running on LTE and with Power Saver ON. That is OK, but not great at all. I would like to get that type of battery life with 3-4 hours screen time and using Navigation. I think for people that use their phone for work and travel for work, you ideally need 16hrs battery life with 3-4 hours screen time with some GPS/Navigation. Don't think this phone will every get there.
I've finally got my IT to give me WIFI access at work to avoid 3G/LTE and today I'm testing if Juice Defender is better than Power Saver mode, but based on my current drain, I don't sure i'll make it to 16hrs.
In either case, I found the drain while running Navigation to be HUGE (40%+/h) and if Power Saving mode is OFF the phone will overheat as well (55C/130F).
Still I love this phone, but hope I can find a way to squeeze as much battery as possible. When I look over to say the Nexus 4 forum, I'm a bit envious on what those users are achieving on their batteries.
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Thats very weird! Here are screenshots with detailed info about one of my usage days...
As you see i got 37hours with 3h screen time.... so about same as you.
All connection ON all the time (wifi, 3g)
Sync on
Power saver ON.
Some gaming, web browsing, social apps, calling, texting and stuff (see app usage screenshot)
p.s. my phone is stock and unrooted and i dont use any power saver apps or anything like that. Just stock power saver option.
Oh and i played one game with power saver off, not for long tho. (was tegra3 game, that racing game, you can see it in screenshot)
smoothmoose said:
Well, I choose the HOX+ mainly because you can't buy a N4, unless you go to the aftermarket and pay a premium. Also the 16GB is just not enough and LG lost me a customer coming from the LG G2x. Plus in Canada, there's not much benefit buying a phone off-contract. I was off-contract for the past 3yrs and my experience wasn't any better than the the providers that lock you in. That said, I'm guessing you will see better battery on your N4 compared to the HOX+...but hey, I don't either will come close to the RAZR HD for battery life.
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I had a RAZR HD for a few days. Wasn't impressed with the battery life to be honest. Maybe the Maxx version is better. And I was one of the lucky limbo level 3'ers from the N4 launch, that was not fun.
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Doubt the HOX+ can beat my N4! Kinda sucks cuz they have the same size battery
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Maybe I've not been using it for heavy gaming, but in the month I've had the phone, I've not run into any serious battery issues. If this were an issue, I'd probably install JuiceDefender, and configure it as per my schedule so push E-mails are not constantly keeping the radio on, as well as throttling CPU back.
I also have a charger in my car, so if I'm on the road, it gets charged.
my battery life usually gets me through the day until about 7pm with around 3hrs screen on time so i cant complain too much. i listen to music a lot and text heavily
Yeh. I dont thjnk ive seen better battery from any hox+ posted here. Ive seen 5hr screen time but the total run time is 6hrs.
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Never had a problem with the battery life myself.
mlts22 said:
Maybe I've not been using it for heavy gaming, but in the month I've had the phone, I've not run into any serious battery issues. If this were an issue, I'd probably install JuiceDefender, and configure it as per my schedule so push E-mails are not constantly keeping the radio on, as well as throttling CPU back.
I also have a charger in my car, so if I'm on the road, it gets charged.
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I might have a bad car charger, but when I'm running Navigation, it still drains the battery at 10%/h.
I think I do have higher battery life expectations. I tested with Juice Defender yesterday, and basically it provides around the same benefit as running in Battery Saver mode. Got 2hrs screen time with 14 hrs total run time while mostly connected to WIFI (maybe 2hrs or so connected to HSPA/LTE). Again this is OK...but not great.
Today I am testing with both JD and Power Saver on and will report back. It's the last day of my 14 day return/exchange policy and I'm planning to keep the HOX+. I have a very slight inclination to change to LG Optimus G as I believe it has the potential to get the same battery life as the Nexus 4. But I'm scared as hell about the LG support and the if people think the Dev community is thin here, it's basically a ghost town there. That said, it looks like they have a good build for CM 10.1.
Here is my best battery stat for HOX+, no games mainly whatsapp use with wifi on. Few voice calls and sms.
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Thats damn good. Are you on internatjonal or at&t/telus? And what rom are you using?
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Here is my best battery stat for HOX+, no games mainly whatsapp use with wifi on. Few voice calls and sms.
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Ok you beat my record do tell me your whole setup YouTube video haha
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Elegencia 4.4.0, OXP Kernel-010613
Power Savings on whole time.
Automatic brightness handled by LUMOS app.
This setup I was running sense. Now I'm desened by Elegencia damn smooth!
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Well tl;dr my Thunderbolt is slowly taking a crap on me, eMMC corrupting, phone reboots when I remove it from the charger, boot loops from 1-15minutes depending when it wants to work.
I got the Rezound now, and holy crap I haven't experienced so many problems with Android since I first started the S-OFF Rooting stuff back on the HTC Incredible.
For example, I thought the battery hog dialer issue was fixed past 2.3.4, but somehow present on 4.0.3 Slimrom.
For a phone that isn't connected to WiFi, in Airplane mode, this thing eats so much power its retarded.
I have SVS values -75mA per clock, down clocked. And I'm still using on average -100mA - -220mA.
I've applied all the same tweaks I've learned from my past 2 phone too this Rezound. My Thunderbolt I can have in deep sleep only using -15-30mA on average and that's with mobile data off, and very weak signal since my building I live in is a military bunker.
So am I missing something with this phone that I don't know about, or is Snapdragon S3 and Adreno 220 just a bad combination?
Rezound Setup
HBOOT - 2.25
S-ON
Radio 421r/424r
OpenDSP - 13.6.0.7611.00.0104
Slimrom v1.9
OC Kernel by SebastianFM
Downclocked to 1.296Ghz
-75mA per clock across the table
Capacitive Backlight - Off
Phone in airplane mode, everything is off ex- all notifications disabled, auto sync off. It's cut off to the outside world and still eating power up like it's nothing.
Sad to say but its just the Rezound. These things eat through a battery in no time. The biggest culprit is the screen itself. Typically you'll only get around 1.5-2 hours of "screen on" time on a stock battery, and at most 4 on an extended one.
4G radio + one of the first versions of an HD screen on the market = no battery life
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Well tl;dr my Thunderbolt is slowly taking a crap on me, eMMC corrupting, phone reboots when I remove it from the charger, boot loops from 1-15minutes depending when it wants to work.
I got the Rezound now, and holy crap I haven't experienced so many problems with Android since I first started the S-OFF Rooting stuff back on the HTC Incredible.
For example, I thought the battery hog dialer issue was fixed past 2.3.4, but somehow present on 4.0.3 Slimrom.
For a phone that isn't connected to WiFi, in Airplane mode, this thing eats so much power its retarded.
I have SVS values -75mA per clock, down clocked. And I'm still using on average -100mA - -220mA.
I've applied all the same tweaks I've learned from my past 2 phone too this Rezound. My Thunderbolt I can have in deep sleep only using -15-30mA on average and that's with mobile data off, and very weak signal since my building I live in is a military bunker.
So am I missing something with this phone that I don't know about, or is Snapdragon S3 and Adreno 220 just a bad combination?
Rezound Setup
HBOOT - 2.25
S-ON
Radio 421r/424r
OpenDSP - 13.6.0.7611.00.0104
Slimrom v1.9
OC Kernel by SebastianFM
Downclocked to 1.296Ghz
-75mA per clock across the table
Capacitive Backlight - Off
Phone in airplane mode, everything is off ex- all notifications disabled, auto sync off. It's cut off to the outside world and still eating power up like it's nothing.
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The best advice I could give you is to maybe try an extended battery. I'm using the HTC 2750 (I think that's the number) along with the Nils P and EclipticRez roms and my battery life is pretty good. Oh yeah, I'm using their stock CPU settings as well. Good luck.
Ya that's what I was noticing. Now I can see that S-LCD Screens are damn battery hogs. Good Ole TFT in my Thunderbolt barely eating anything. On my extended battery with my T-Bolt getting more than 24hrs from using 4G, spotty signal, auto sync, auto brightness etc. And that's with the battery slowly getting worse from charge/discharge cycles.
Hell I even disabled the backlight of the capacitive screen in Leedroid to get more juice out of this thing. I wish my T-Bolt didn't take a crap
@Nike, you mean the HTC 2750 battery that I was able to buy for my Thunderbolt fits the Rezound? I may have to try that right now. Now I hope my T-Bolt reboots back up, :/
No matter what I do the battery life stinks... I just bought several spare batteries and always keep at least one spare with me...
Yes and I'm not sure how, its been widely known that battery life is poor with the HD screen and all. Oh and the 4g, and the dual core 1.5 GHz processor. You might want to rig up a car battery.
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savagebunny said:
Well tl;dr my Thunderbolt is slowly taking a crap on me, eMMC corrupting, phone reboots when I remove it from the charger, boot loops from 1-15minutes depending when it wants to work.
I got the Rezound now, and holy crap I haven't experienced so many problems with Android since I first started the S-OFF Rooting stuff back on the HTC Incredible.
For example, I thought the battery hog dialer issue was fixed past 2.3.4, but somehow present on 4.0.3 Slimrom.
For a phone that isn't connected to WiFi, in Airplane mode, this thing eats so much power its retarded.
I have SVS values -75mA per clock, down clocked. And I'm still using on average -100mA - -220mA.
I've applied all the same tweaks I've learned from my past 2 phone too this Rezound. My Thunderbolt I can have in deep sleep only using -15-30mA on average and that's with mobile data off, and very weak signal since my building I live in is a military bunker.
So am I missing something with this phone that I don't know about, or is Snapdragon S3 and Adreno 220 just a bad combination?
Rezound Setup
HBOOT - 2.25
S-ON
Radio 421r/424r
OpenDSP - 13.6.0.7611.00.0104
Slimrom v1.9
OC Kernel by SebastianFM
Downclocked to 1.296Ghz
-75mA per clock across the table
Capacitive Backlight - Off
Phone in airplane mode, everything is off ex- all notifications disabled, auto sync off. It's cut off to the outside world and still eating power up like it's nothing.
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You really haven't told us your definition of "bad". How much screen on time do you get? I'm not a 'heavy' user and easily get through a day on stock battery and have 90% of deep sleep using the set up in my sig.
If you min freq. is 192, increase it to 384. I've found that to help battery life. If you don't have one, pick up a something like better battery stats from the play store so you can analyze what is causing your drain.
topgun1953 said:
You really haven't told us your definition of "bad". How much screen on time do you get? I'm not a 'heavy' user and easily get through a day on stock battery and have 90% of deep sleep using the set up in my sig.
If you min freq. is 192, increase it to 384. I've found that to help battery life. If you don't have one, pick up a something like better battery stats from the play store so you can analyze what is causing your drain.
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The problem is, I can't get it a proper reading without the phone eating up power while the screen is off. So I really don't have any exact statistics on how its running so far I'm using Battery Monitor Widget and Gsam Battery Monitor. I did increase my min to 384 and see how it pans out for me.
According to Battery Monitor Widget, Dialer has 2m currently 14% then Android System is 55seconds but 1257%. That was checked off as Screen Off - Since Last Unplugged
Gsam is different story, LauncherPro is 31.5%, Kernel 2.1%, Android System 2.0%, and then Dialer is only 0.8%
I'm determined to make this phone work for my and not itself.
Well worth the money with this phone - http://www.amazon.com/HTC-Rezound-Extended-Battery-Door/dp/B006MI8Y84
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Well worth the money with this phone - http://www.amazon.com/HTC-Rezound-Extended-Battery-Door/dp/B006MI8Y84
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Ya I still have my extended battery from my Thunderbolt. I might as well use it. Only issue is that I need the extended battery cover plate which I don't have.
savagebunny said:
Ya I still have my extended battery from my Thunderbolt. I might as well use it. Only issue is that I need the extended battery cover plate which I don't have.
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I have an extended battery and cover that I'm not using and don't think I ever will. I got it with the phone as part of a package and I've never used it myself. It's used, but well taken care of since I bought the phone off a recognized themer on this site. pm me if you're interested.
@feralicious I may take you up on that, only then I will be on standby. Trying to find a solid answer why my phone eats 35% during the night during deep sleep according to CPU Spy telling me it was deep sleep all night.
I'm using the HTC extended battery with tonked world edition ROM and kernel. Also using ROM toolbox pro and v6 supercharger gets me great battery life. 6+ hours of talk time and 4 hours of screen timeI can easily go over 24 hours or over 3 days with light usage.
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