[Q] Getting longer battery life out of your note 2 - Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II

I have tried many options to try and anazlyze the best optimization for battery life out of my galaxy note 2 ..I noticed that when I was getting almost 2 days of battery life was when I had power saving mode enabled and I also had nova launcher installed but than I got to thinking that I wanted to give Touchwiz more of a chance because it is actually quite fluid and the animation is nice at 1x or .05x ...I was reading in threads that some users were not using power saving mode because it takes away from the beast of performance the note 2 possesses ...So my question is unlike other battery saving threads im not necessarily want pictures of your usage I want scenarios of what you ( the community of note 2 users) do to optimize and save battery life .... I will say that I am using cleanrom 3.5 I had 4.0.5 but I did not like that it took away some of the functions I liked ...So Ultimately I just want some advice on how to save battery life I have sync disabled and gps disabled but I keep google now enabled because its awesome ..I just need some advice and reccomendations please help im tired or buying apps that promise to save battery life only to find that they dont do much the most recent app I am trying and it sounds promising is DS Battery Saver and it seems promising because it actually turns off all background applications and wifi and data but wouldn't that do more harm than good to turn off background apps ,wifi and data ..

Have you ever thought about buying a bigger battery?
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Yes I have considered but I feel that I would like to try and explore the current options available to me seeing so many positive posy by other members saying there getting lots of battery life just out of the box without upgrading the battery, the battery on this thing is huge ,3100 ma ...Are these people keeping power saving mode on to gain the extra battery difference because I do notice a huge improvment in battery life when I put it in power saving mode but im thinking the people that are getting two days of battery life out of there device do not have power saving mode enabled

Not only that but I see screen time on some guys are at 8 hours screen time and still have like 50% battery or 6 hrs and have 68% battery thats insane ...I used my phone heavily today I had screen time on for about 6 hours and about two hours of phone calls and than alot of tweaking and trying options so restarting the phone drains the living crap out of this beast...So maybe ill try minimal use tomorrow and see what happens maybe ill see a difference I dont want to have to use ds battery saver most battery saving apps are crap claiming to help but in actually run in the background monitoring everything so it only enhances the battery draining issue or your phone will not go into deep sleep

I disabled haptic feedback. Keep the screen on auto.
Flashed perseus and am using a overclock/undervolt profile for stweaks from the thread that is here in general. There is a stweaks guide and stweaks profile thread if your interested.
Went through and froze or removed all startup and running services I didn't need. No sync apps that don't use push.
Anyway, that's what I did and get pretty good battery life.
Betterbatterystats isn't bloat either. It's pretty crucial if you want to troubleshoot power issues. I've used that as a reference for everything
In the end though, batteries are cheap. You can get 2 ankers and a charger for 20 on Amazon and they are great quality.
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Yes I am definitely intrested in sweaks Ive never heard of it and as far as freezing apps no problem there I just am afraid that if I freeze apps like Google Maps than my Google Now will not properly work I dont snyc anything if I want to sync I do it manually but im not familiar with what you mean by push ? Also i feel to under skilled when it comes to freezing certain background apps like Google Maps I noticed alot or the bulk of my battery drain comes from Location settings I have most of my apps not location enabled but if I were to say freeze google maps wouldnt that effect how Google Now operates ?

Also do you use a certain browser that uses less battery or is that a bit overboard I use mainly stock browser but I also have google chome because its fast and simple I use stock browser when I need to watch flash content and I use chrome when I want things simplified but I find myself using google chrome less and less I heard Opera makes a very nice simple browser ..What browser do you use most often for battery life or does it not matter much ...Oh and if you could possibly send me the link to stweaks I would greatly appreciate it ...
Thanks

mindtrust1 said:
Yes I am definitely intrested in sweaks Ive never heard of it and as far as freezing apps no problem there I just am afraid that if I freeze apps like Google Maps than my Google Now will not properly work I dont snyc anything if I want to sync I do it manually but im not familiar with what you mean by push ? Also i feel to under skilled when it comes to freezing certain background apps like Google Maps I noticed alot or the bulk of my battery drain comes from Location settings I have most of my apps not location enabled but if I were to say freeze google maps wouldnt that effect how Google Now operates ?
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You can get an app called juice defender. You can set it up to turn wifi/data/bluetooth/gps off when you turn the screen off. You can set schedules to sync emails and other apps every 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes.. I have the pro version so I can control my entire phone..
If location settings is draining your battery, turn GPS off.
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So do you also keep power saving mode on your note 2 enabled ? or do you keep that off ..Also is there a video tutorial on how to use Juice Defender properly because I never fully understood some of its features do you have just the basic juice defender, the plus or the ultimate im only asking because I want to know if having juice defender plus will do the trick or do i need the ultimate to take full advantage ?

I only ask this because I already have juice defender plus on the note 2 but I have yet to use it on the note 2

mindtrust1 said:
So do you also keep power saving mode on your note 2 enabled ? or do you keep that off ..Also is there a video tutorial on how to use Juice Defender properly because I never fully understood some of its features do you have just the basic juice defender, the plus or the ultimate im only asking because I want to know if having juice defender plus will do the trick or do i need the ultimate to take full advantage ?
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I leave my power saving off when I use my phone. Ultimate juice defender has all of the features you need. I don't know of any videos, but I know how to set it up, just ask your questions.
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Okay I'll give it a go so do you experience any battery drain in a 8 hour Window that's typically how long I sleep I was just curious Edgar percentage is lost within 8 hours with phone on deep sleep
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Okay I'll give it a go so do you experience any battery drain in a 8 hour Window that's typically how long I sleep I was just curious Edgar percentage is lost within 8 hours with phone on deep sleep
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I lose a percent about every 3 hours. Maybe 4.
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Are you able to tailor jd to work for you during the day as well I already juice defender plus is that enough or would you say get the ultimate ?
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What I mean during the day is when you have your phone on (on screen time ) are you able to signifiicantly reduce your anount of battery drain
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Do you know if juice defender ultimate works with rooted galaxy note 2

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Do you know if juice defender ultimate works with rooted galaxy note 2
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I use it. Works fine with root.
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Do you use the ultimate ? And also have you heard of ds battery saver alot like juice defenfer you can pick and choose which apps you want to run in the background I am only having a problem with network location locator but than I realized if I disable in location settingd wifi and data enabled than my accuweather touch wiiz widget does not update
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mindtrust1 said:
Do you use the ultimate ? And also have you heard of ds battery saver alot like juice defenfer you can pick and choose which apps you want to run in the background I am only having a problem with network location locator but than I realized if I disable in location settingd wifi and data enabled than my accuweather touch wiiz widget does not update
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Apps running in the background don't use battery unless they sync a lot. You should be able to manually set location in weather apps.. and juice defender ultimate has the ability to set night schedules, control brightness, cpu, gps, network modes, etc. I have mine set up to sync apps every 30 minutes and then keep data and wifi off. You can also set traffic limits up too, so when the screen turns off, you can have data/wifi stay enabled if you are downloading something.
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If I am using the stock weather and time widget that comes on the galaxy note 2 is it a signifigant amount of battery saving if I have it set to just one location and if you dont mind me asking how do I set it up for it to be set to one lication also if I have weather showing on the lock screen with that use even more battery I mean if its running than it shouldnt effect it if I have it on lock screen and home screen...My last question is regarding location settings that seems to be my biggest battery drain. I like using google now but I noticed if I disable in location settings data and wifi I save a ton of battery life ...I was trying to figure out how to disable maybe certain apps that are tracking my location or if I should just disable wifi and data location but than google now doesnt perform properly
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Whats the secret to 24+ hours of battery life?

I hear about all these people getting 24+ hours with gps and bluetooth on and blah blah. Whats the secret? im running nero beta 3 with super IO and jk2. Also. I wanna know, what are some good battery conditioning techniques?
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I've heard titanium backup pro helps with the use of freezing apps that run In the background
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Well, if you use your phone a lot, the display is the major cause of the drain, and there isn't much you can do about that short of decreasing the brightness. However if you use it more like a phone and less like a toy, then optimizing your phones standby mode can be a huge battery saver. To do this I recommend getting a JK6 based kernel like Eugene's Super IO Kernel. These kernels will only drain at around 1% per hour in standby. Second, use Superpower, Tasker, or some other similar app to automatically disable data while the display is off.
With these two things I get around 50 hours on a charge, but like I said, I don't play a lot of games or surf the web for hours
MWBehr said:
Well, if you use your phone a lot, the display is the major cause of the drain, and there isn't much you can do about that short of decreasing the brightness. However if you use it more like a phone and less like a toy, then optimizing your phones standby mode can be a huge battery saver. To do this I recommend getting a JK6 based kernel like Eugene's Super IO Kernel. These kernels will only drain at around 1% per hour in standby. Second, use Superpower, Tasker, or some other similar app to automatically disable data while the display is off.
With these two things I get around 50 hours on a charge, but like I said, I don't play a lot of games or surf the web for hours
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I just downloaded superpower but im not sure if its working I set data to disable but when I turn the screen on it looks like it hasnt changed
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c-brit323 said:
I just downloaded superpower but im not sure if its working I set data to disable but when I turn the screen on it looks like it hasnt changed
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It has a bit of delay, I believe 30 seconds by default. You can change this setting if you want at the bottom of the screen state menu, but 30 seconds is a pretty good amount of time.
I am running Macnut 14 and do NONE of the above mentioned things and can get 26 hours.
Dont play game
Dont use widgets
Dont use navigation without it plugged in
Dont stream music without it plugged in
Dont use apps that pull data all the time (facebook, twitter, etc)
Nevermind....
I'm running AXURA nothing else, and i get around 10-12 hours... max...
i only usually use my phone for; FACEBOOK *it checks every4 hours* XDA forum app, cnet news, music, and a little web.
KerryG said:
I am running Macnut 14 and do NONE of the above mentioned things and can get 26 hours.
Dont play game
Dont use widgets
Dont use navigation without it plugged in
Dont stream music without it plugged in
Dont use apps that pull data all the time (facebook, twitter, etc)
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Then why have this phone? This phone is fun to use... Why not use it to its full potential
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[Q] Extreme Battery Drain

Hi guys, a little information required.
I've had my GSII for about two weeks now and I love it. The one problem, however, is battery life.
I only get 10 hours on standby....!
My phone is not rooted and I have not made any modifications to bootloaders or such. My flatmate has the same phone and he can easily be getting 30+ hours with moderate use.
I have read some of the threads about battery life but was unsure if the problems (and solutions) were applicable to my situation.
I have tried a different battery so I know it's not the battery.
All help and information will be appreciated!
1- Start using Advanced Task Killer aka ATK. Try the Free version from market first, if you like it then buy the paid one. It has worked splendidly well for me.
If you want to do it the hard way then the followings,
2- Root your phone, install Titanium Backup/Pro and Freeze/Uninstall the programs which are useless and you don't use. Apps like AP Mobile, SNS Accounts, Software Update always searches for update.
3- Make sure to Turn Off Wi-Fi, 3G, Packet Data, Auto Sync, Background Data when not needed.
4- Try to keep Manual refreshing in the application rather than Automatic refreshment.
5- Keep as low as possible widgets. More widgets equal to more battery drainage.
6- Install an app called Battery Calibration by Nema from and Calibrate the battery. It's a MUST step imo.
Regards.
MA14NEY said:
Hi guys, a little information required.
I've had my GSII for about two weeks now and I love it. The one problem, however, is battery life.
I only get 10 hours on standby....!
My phone is not rooted and I have not made any modifications to bootloaders or such. My flatmate has the same phone and he can easily be getting 30+ hours with moderate use.
I have read some of the threads about battery life but was unsure if the problems (and solutions) were applicable to my situation.
I have tried a different battery so I know it's not the battery.
All help and information will be appreciated!
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Make your background is always black based, as amolded display doent emit black color... so your background, message , mail the most you use make it in dark background. This will help you save your battery.
download and try different battery saver packages are available in the android market. download and try them for free and you can then stick to the one best suits for you.
Thanks for the replies.
How is it that in Engadget's review they lay claim to 20 hours of battery whilst using wifi etc and my phone can only manage 10 on standby with no wifi activated and refreshes are set to half-hourly...
Something seems to be fundamentally wrong with my phone.
MA14NEY said:
Thanks for the replies.
How is it that in Engadget's review they lay claim to 20 hours of battery whilst using wifi etc and my phone can only manage 10 on standby with no wifi activated and refreshes are set to half-hourly...
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It's not about the Standby Time, never was. Just check how long your display is on for, if it's above 4 or 4½ hours then you are in good postition.
MA14NEY said:
Something seems to be fundamentally wrong with my phone.
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Nah
ithehappy said:
check how long your display is on for, if it's above 4 or 4½ hours then you are in good postition.
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My phone was in my pocket doing nothing. I was working and used the display to check the time only, about 4 or 5 times.
10 hours is a pitiful amount of time for a phone to last on standby.
Well, do the step/s I said above, do a Hard Reset before and see how you are going.
I'll try it out and get back to you amigo.
ithehappy said:
1- Start using Advanced Task Killer aka ATK. Try the Free version from market first, if you like it then buy the paid one. It has worked splendidly well for me.
If you want to do it the hard way then the followings,
2- Root your phone, install Titanium Backup/Pro and Freeze/Uninstall the programs which are useless and you don't use. Apps like AP Mobile, SNS Accounts, Software Update always searches for update.
3- Make sure to Turn Off Wi-Fi, 3G, Packet Data, Auto Sync, Background Data when not needed.
4- Try to keep Manual refreshing in the application rather than Automatic refreshment.
5- Keep as low as possible widgets. More widgets equal to more battery drainage.
6- Install an app called Battery Calibration by Nema from and Calibrate the battery. It's a MUST step imo.
Regards.
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I agree with all your suggestions except the first one, it is not recommended to use a task killer at all.
Also to the OP, check this thread, this has greatly increased my battery life.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144099
Don't use ATK, you shouldn't need it
Post screenshots of settings > about > battery usage. Of both of the battery graph and the list of %'s.
Its most likely that something is keeping the phone from going to sleep, what rom version are you using? (in settings>about "build number"/"kernel version"/"baseband version")
jonny68 said:
I agree with all your suggestions except the first one, it is not recommended to use a task killer at all.
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A friend of mine said the same to me. But I really don't understand why I shall not use ATK when it is giving me a great result? I tried almost everything before, freezing this and that, uninstalling some apps and etc etc..but the Awake bar was constantly getting on at some intervals, but after ATK the story is completely changed. So I'd recommend it highly
ithehappy said:
1- Start using Advanced Task Killer aka ATK. Try the Free version from market first, if you like it then buy the paid one. It has worked splendidly well for me.
If you want to do it the hard way then the followings,
2- Root your phone, install Titanium Backup/Pro and Freeze/Uninstall the programs which are useless and you don't use. Apps like AP Mobile, SNS Accounts, Software Update always searches for update.
3- Make sure to Turn Off Wi-Fi, 3G, Packet Data, Auto Sync, Background Data when not needed.
4- Try to keep Manual refreshing in the application rather than Automatic refreshment.
5- Keep as low as possible widgets. More widgets equal to more battery drainage.
6- Install an app called Battery Calibration by Nema from and Calibrate the battery. It's a MUST step imo.
Regards.
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Remove Advanced Task Killer, insert JUICE DEFENDER or GREEN POWER ... go i know you need it!!
veyka said:
Don't use ATK, you shouldn't need it
Post screenshots of settings > about > battery usage. Of both of the battery graph and the list of %'s.
Its most likely that something is keeping the phone from going to sleep, what rom version are you using? (in settings>about "build number"/"kernel version"/"baseband version")
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I have the same problem, but my display is taking to much %, but every thing is on low? brightness is very low can some one tell me how to set it down ?? Thank you
Greetzz
Agamennon said:
Remove Advanced Task Killer, insert JUICE DEFENDER or GREEN POWER ... go i know you need it!!
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Alright, I am disabling the ATK for the moment and installed and set up Juice Defender Ultimate on Customized profile for overnight. I will come back and post how did I find it, over ATK or under.
Regards.
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You have the stock email client wakelock problem, as you can see the phone is not sleeping
Upgrade to a KF2 or KG1 rom and it should be better.
Also check out the app safe to remove in my sig and consider freeing the samsung bloatware
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veyka said:
You have the stock email client wakelock problem, as you can see the phone is not sleeping
Upgrade to a KF2 or KG1 rom and it should be better.
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Thanks for the diagnosis. I've went ahead and rooted (about time anyway) to the VillianRom and i'm going to calibrate the battery.
Is there an e-mail client I can use that won't have this problem...?
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Is there an e-mail client I can use that won't have this problem...?
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You can try K-9 Mail or Kaiten Mail. They aren't bad . But I frankly yet to find a good email client, tried those I said, and also, MailDroid, Enhanced Email, but none of them suited me. Finally back with stock GMail and Email.
***Update from my side,***
Installed Juice Defender Ultimate last night with Night Mode enabled on Customise profile and disabled ATK and at today morning I noticed there was no battery drain, it was 31% last night and the same today morning after 9 hours. With ATK it was around 2-3%. So far so good, but I will wait and see further.
I have a query, does the Preset work in JD? What preset is advised? Extreme or Advanced? or else to save more juice?
Regards.
I've started using K-9 Mail.
Everything seems to be working fab now: Fully charged last night and then calibrated the battery.
Lost 5% in 10 hours 30min with sync set to half hourly!
Well pleased.
ithehappy said:
You can try K-9 Mail or Kaiten Mail. They aren't bad . But I frankly yet to find a good email client, tried those I said, and also, MailDroid, Enhanced Email, but none of them suited me. Finally back with stock GMail and Email.
***Update from my side,***
Installed Juice Defender Ultimate last night with Night Mode enabled on Customise profile and disabled ATK and at today morning I noticed there was no battery drain, it was 31% last night and the same today morning after 9 hours. With ATK it was around 2-3%. So far so good, but I will wait and see further.
I have a query, does the Preset work in JD? What preset is advised? Extreme or Advanced? or else to save more juice?
Regards.
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The problem with ATK is that is totally screws with 2.3's task management system, also it will be waking the phone up all the time, the longer the phone can be asleep the better.
MA14NEY said:
I've started using K-9 Mail.
Everything seems to be working fab now: Fully charged last night and then calibrated the battery.
Lost 5% in 10 hours 30min with sync set to half hourly!
Well pleased.
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Goodo! Im glad to hear its working for you.
with VR2.0 the less time your screen is on the longer you will get, some people have gotten 4-5 day battery life with almost no screen time.

What affects battery life more - Widgets, newsapps, etc?

I'm using a Samsung Note 2 ---after doing some theming and homescreen setups I noticed it has lost its "zippiness"... now I have probably at least 15 widgets running on 5 different homescreens...I had a live wallpaper but disabled that...no real difference.
A lot of the widgets are from the UCCW and are just cosmetic and simply a few colors. Does that matter? I am using Nova Launcher Pro so any special setteings would be very helpful.
Also, I am using Juice Defender but I can't figure out how to keep sync off...I want it completely off unless I am using my phone. I keep finding my news feeds are updated (they are on my lockscreen and I see them refreshed in the background)...Is there a way to do this (phone is rooted too) I want to block EVERY app from even trying to sync unless I am using the phone. Thank you very much
The easiest way to stop all things syncing is to swithch of your wifi and data connection when you are not using your phone. I once had a great app that switch the data/wifi on and off automatically at a user defined time period ie On for 5 minutes every 2 hour + when the screen is on. Worked really well. That was on my SGSI. I have not needed it since getting a Note II. 7+ hours of screen time is plenty for me. I have currently only 6 widgets and use greader for my news needs. greader is set up to only sync when it is launched.
The cosmetic widgets you are using should not effect the battery but will probably effect the zippiness as they need to be drawn and redrawn with every page flip.
Other reasons for a lack of liquidity would be lots of ram greedy apps running such as Facebook amoung others. check which programs are running and how much ram they are using.
Ditch Juice Defender! No other phone can match the battery life of the Note II. If you are having problems it is probably you (the apps you installed) that is causing them.
Hope you find a solution.
Dmwitz said:
The easiest way to stop all things syncing is to swithch of your wifi and data connection when you are not using your phone. I once had a great app that switch the data/wifi on and off automatically at a user defined time period ie On for 5 minutes every 2 hour + when the screen is on. Worked really well. That was on my SGSI. I have not needed it since getting a Note II. 7+ hours of screen time is plenty for me. I have currently only 6 widgets and use greader for my news needs. greader is set up to only sync when it is launched.
The cosmetic widgets you are using should not effect the battery but will probably effect the zippiness as they need to be drawn and redrawn with every page flip.
Other reasons for a lack of liquidity would be lots of ram greedy apps running such as Facebook amoung others. check which programs are running and how much ram they are using.
Ditch Juice Defender! No other phone can match the battery life of the Note II. If you are having problems it is probably you (the apps you installed) that is causing them.
Hope you find a solution.
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Good idea. thanks for the help..... I notice when I kill my ram the program shuts down FIFTY (50) apps/processes. I figure that's my problem right there...best screen time I can get is like 4.5 or 5 hours...probably those 50 processes are doing it to me...battery options doesnt' show much. Is there a program like HijackThis (for PC) but for mobile that will give me a list out of everything running? Thanks again
Do you remember what that app was called?
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SOLUTION to battery draining!

Some tips to help your battery maintain longer.
1) Turn off Google Now: tap google search or hold menu button>Settings(menu button)>Google Now OFF
2) Disable anything related to GPS/location access. Especially in maps, go to settings and uncheck auto check ins also clearing location history.
3) Download greenify from app store. (need root access).
I hope this helps!
Credits to simonbarnistr, and cmahendra for some tips.
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Activating Now usually triggers the location reporting settings in maps/latitude. If you go back into the location settings in maps, and disable updating your location, automatic check ins, and even location history, then you can use now with very little noticeable battery impact. In fact, go into the app info for maps, and disable the notifications check box too, I've heard that helps relieve map wakelocks.
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the T-mobile JB version is freaking wrong.
change to Canadian version 21b to save the life and battery
I haven't seen the poor performance or battery life yet.
I picked this phone up for my mom, set it up and shut off all the settings I know cause wakelocks, and decided to leave it uprooted on the stock 4.1.2 Tmobile firmware because it was running quite well.
So far she's been getting well over 15 hours on battery, with a couple hours of screen on time, with a little less than 50% battery left. That's damn good battery life! But then, she doesn't clog her phone up with a bunch of useless apps that she doesn't actually use, or try to play gpu intensive games. She just calls, texts, surfs, checks Facebook and uses maps and navigation.
simonbarsinistr said:
I haven't seen the poor performance or battery life yet.
I picked this phone up for my mom, set it up and shut off all the settings I know cause wakelocks, and decided to leave it uprooted on the stock 4.1.2 Tmobile firmware because it was running quite well.
So far she's been getting well over 15 hours on battery, with a couple hours of screen on time, with a little less than 50% battery left. That's damn good battery life! But then, she doesn't clog her phone up with a bunch of useless apps that she doesn't actually use, or try to play gpu intensive games. She just calls, texts, surfs, checks Facebook and uses maps and navigation.
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Could you please tell us what exactly did you turn off? that would be great ! Others might do the same and save a few %
simonbarsinistr said:
Activating Now usually triggers the location reporting settings in maps/latitude. If you go back into the location settings in maps, and disable updating your location, automatic check ins, and even location history, then you can use now with very little noticeable battery impact. In fact, go into the app info for maps, and disable the notifications check box too, I've heard that helps relieve map wakelocks.
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This up here is very important to stop gps wakelocks, if you don't disable those settings, latitude and now check your location every 15 minutes or so. I also disable any cards in now that I'm not interested in. I don't find the traffic ones that useful, for instance, and I don't care about nearby anything. I live here, I know what's nearby!
I also use the built in ability in jelly bean to disable system apps, and I get rid of anything I don't actively use. Stuff like play magazines, books, music (I'm not a fan of Googles music player), and Tmobile bloatware, especially stuff like the "my account" app that runs in the notification shade. Anything that's going to be updating on its own is going to cause wakelocks. I left Facebook on my mom's phone, but on mine I actually check Facebook and G+ using the browser, since those two apps are resource hogs.
I leave gps on, blue tooth on, 4g on, and still had great battery life, but I also tried to keep the screen brightness at the lowest it needed to be, and I don't use auto brightness.
Lastly (this has nothing to do with battery, but helps with lag) I go into developer settings and set all the animation scales from 1x to .5x. This makes the phone SEEM snappier due to the quicker animation speed, but also the phone seems to have less I/O stutter when rapidly swiping screens or doing other window animations.
Ok, actual last piece of advice; be picky with what apps you keep on your phone, don't hoard them! If you end up not using something, delete it! Don't waste space and increase memory read times by clogging your phone with useless stuff. Keep it lean.
Auto brightness? I don't have this...
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Auto brightness was a feature on ICS. I think they've removed it on JB update.
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zviki said:
Auto brightness? I don't have this...
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Try lux auto brightness download it from an 3rd party appstore cos it's incompatible for our device for instructions Google it
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geeshiet said:
Auto brightness was a feature on ICS. I think they've removed it on JB update.
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Auto brightness is in JB, it would be weird if the L9 didn't have it. I don't have my mom's phone nearby, but go into settings, then display, and see if there's an auto brightness checkbox. I hate auto brightness, and auto rotate. It's always changing too easily, and for little reason.
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simonbarsinistr said:
Auto brightness is in JB, it would be weird if the L9 didn't have it. I don't have my mom's phone nearby, but go into settings, then display, and see if there's an auto brightness checkbox. I hate auto brightness, and auto rotate. It's always changing too easily, and for little reason.
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Are you sure?... I haven't seen it.
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I'm sure auto brightness is in JB, because I have a Galaxy Nexus and a Nexus 7, plus it's on my coworkers stock S4. But I wasn't positive it was on the L9. I'm surprised not to see it, but I like that it's not there!
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simonbarsinistr said:
I'm sure auto brightness is in JB, because I have a Galaxy Nexus and a Nexus 7, plus it's on my coworkers stock S4. But I wasn't positive it was on the L9. I'm surprised not to see it, but I like that it's not there!
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LOL, L9 does not has the sensor.
that is why it is defined as entry level phone.
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cgigate said:
LOL, L9 does not has the sensor.
that is why it is defined as entry level phone.
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I think of it more as a mid range, if performs up to par with the S2.
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It's a good phone, that's a superfluous sensor. The specs for flagship phones have exploded, which makes this a lower end phone, but that doesn't mean it doesn't perform just fine. Androids not optimized for quad core processors yet anyway.
greenify is best option to save battery juice.
Greenify is good, some apps you can get the same effect through settings, but for things like Facebook, Greenify is a good way to go.
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cgigate said:
LOL, L9 does not has the sensor.
that is why it is defined as entry level phone.
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Maybe this could work trough camera (but probably not so battery friendly). It's stupid that there is no video calling trough 3g and front camera is useless (very poor/dark picture quality) anyway. I also missing volume control for media,notification and ringtones on volume keys(it's only system volume) and original JB battery consumption info(current graf is useless). But yes,it's a OK phone.
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My issue with battery drain is WiFi. P769 CM 10.1... When WiFi is off I get awesome battery life..when its on it drains like a mofo
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Jrkoffjonson said:
My issue with battery drain is WiFi. P769 CM 10.1... When WiFi is off I get awesome battery life..when its on it drains like a mofo
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L9 CM10.1 suffers from wlan_rx_wake kernel wakelock. The WiFi chip is somehow configured that it wakes the phone on every received broadcast packet, which is normally not necessary. Because of that on networks with a lot of broadcast traffic the phone almost never deep sleeps. Our phone is not the only one that suffers from it, there are others. I had to set WiFi to be On only when plugged in, then the battery life is better.

cannot get good battery life what so ever..help!

i am getting terrible battery life on my 5 day old Galaxy 4 for VZ. i have disabled every thing i can, i use twitter, FB, Instagram, syng google and contacts, google keep etc. i cannot get over 1.5 hours screen on time, and it drains when idle also. i get maybe 7 hours total..
i want to love and keep this but man, i am getting gnex battery life with it. i have read so many good reviews on the battery life but something is up.
any ideas??? would rooting and installing like clean rom help?
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Rooting and apps like Greenify.
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The phone probably never sleeps the way you have it set up. All that stuff syncs in the background and therefore never lets the phone sleep. Stuff you don't have to know about constantly you should either turn off sync and manually sync it or try making it sync like say every hours or 4 hours not every 15 min. Honestly there are maybe 30-50 things that can cause your battery drain from a stock device that is new. But that is where i would start.
Also, make sure your GPS is off and your not using location services from VZW but just the normal google.
Eric214 said:
The phone probably never sleeps the way you have it set up. All that stuff syncs in the background and therefore never lets the phone sleep. Stuff you don't have to know about constantly you should either turn off sync and manually sync it or try making it sync like say every hours or 4 hours not every 15 min. Honestly there are maybe 30-50 things that can cause your battery drain from a stock device that is new. But that is where i would start.
Also, make sure your GPS is off and your not using location services from VZW but just the normal google.
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great info....so what about some of the apps that people have said to install? i dont really want to root..especially since there is NO recovery...
also..i checked and i did notice it was awake allot, and GOOGLE CONTACTS took ALLOT of kernal usage..
Honestly I dont like apps used to control other apps. That means they run in thr background causing cpu cycles... hence waking the phone.
if youre not going to root, then go into the app manager and disable what you dont use and what youre able to. Not all apps are disablable. I even disable maps untill I need it
I noticed a lot of battery drain with my rooted ME7 version. Greenify helped but what really worked for me is this: Go to System Settings>More>Location Services and disable Wi-Fi & mobile network location (Google Location Services). Use VZW and Standalone GPS only. It may take your apps a tad bit longer to display your GPS position but you'll gain a lot of battery life. My GPS is always on, sync everything including 2 different Google accounts (all at the shortest interval) and have the other usual things running, ie. Facebook, Google Voice, Weather Bug, Go SMS, etc.
You've got wake locks and need to determine what they are. Read this, it should help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31974989
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Rooting and apps like Greenify.
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Yes , I Agree ! :good:
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Yes , I Agree ! :good:
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I use greenify on all my phones!
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It's not as hard as you think...
dvigue said:
great info....so what about some of the apps that people have said to install? i dont really want to root..especially since there is NO recovery...
also..i checked and i did notice it was awake allot, and GOOGLE CONTACTS took ALLOT of kernal usage..
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If you don't want to root, there's not a lot you can do as far as wakelocks. However, I would download Macrodroid and set up some profiles that turn off everything (sync, data, wifi, bluetooth) when you turn your screen off, control your syncing to once an hour or hour and a half, and turn on your data/wifi when you turn your screen back on - or rather, when you unlock it. This simple task will take you less than 20 minutes and will save you hours of battery life. Like others said, disable GPS unless you absolutely need it. Also, I would turn off a lot of the gitchy features (air gesture, air view, multi windo, smart scroll, smart stay) all that crap that is cool to use once or twice but just eats your battery like crazy.
If you choose to get Macrodroid and want help setting up the profiles, let me know. Good luck. By the way, that doubled my battery life. Once I rooted, controlled the wakelocks and bought a zerolemon 7500 battery, I can actually get over 3 days of usage with something like 9 hours of screen time.
Edit: Found two pics to prove the above claim...

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