I'd like to take as much bloatware and battery draining apps as possible off of the phone, I usually do that with CM but I read you can't root the DNA with the OTA installed so what can I do and how can I get these free games installed (FF, etc)
Wait patiently like the rest of us.
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Run for the hills!
You can "disable" the bloatware apps so at least they won't run and you won't have to see them.
Return it.
You can disable them. It's like freezing a app in tibu. But what do you mean by free games?
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damn that's what I thought, since the battery is so bad and since I get little freezes on messages/homescreen things/the clock I would really want to root the phone. that's not an option sadly and i can still trade it back to best buy for $50 and the s3, which I might
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damn that's what I thought, since the battery is so bad and since I get little freezes on messages/homescreen things/the clock I would really want to root the phone. that's not an option sadly and i can still trade it back to best buy for $50 and the s3, which I might
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The battery is pretty good, and there shouldn't be force closes.
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If you enjoy it, keep it and wait for the ota to be unlocked, rooted, and s-off'd. If you don't, dont go back to a dual core SGS3(OPINION), I would at least recommend the note 2 with the quad core, big fancy screen, and Spen setup(STILL 100% OPINION).
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xvsanx said:
I'd like to take as much bloatware and battery draining apps as possible off of the phone, I usually do that with CM but I read you can't root the DNA with the OTA installed so what can I do and how can I get these free games installed (FF, etc)
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Disable what you dont want to look at for now, and then when the new method comes out you will be able to root. Its very frustrating that i cannot root and custom rom this phone. With that said, it runs really smooth on stock rom.
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The battery is pretty good, and there shouldn't be force closes.
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How long does the battery last you? Can you go a full day with above moderate use (3hrs screen time+) without a wall outlet? I'm asking cause my first full day with it only gave me 7hrs and so when it reached to 20%. That's not too good. I'm using it on tmobile hspa so no lte either.
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it played dead trigger perfectly, took 1% battery from playing for 3 minutes or so. I read the dna's usage battery is 7 hours
i went from a full charge yesterday at 7am to 20% this morning around 11am, I didn't do any gaming I was at work for 8 hours then driving and watching a movie so it wasn't but light usage, but it's supposed to get 7 hours nonstop usage and the lock screen conserves battery like crazy
I guess I'm a little puzzled. I work in an environment where after the drive to work (typically with my DNA plugged in), I work at a desk all day (a lot of the time with my DNA plugged in), and drive home (typically with my DNA plugged in).
Am I the only one on this board who does this?
The very first day I had the DNA, I tested the battery to see how long it would go with my normal use. It went about 5 - 6 hours before I felt the need to plug it in (about 20%).
But, this isn't what is typical. How many on this board actually NEVER plug their phones in during any part of the day? To me it doesn't make sense that anyone would do this. Even for those of us that travel, we can always plug in at the airport, bus station, taxi...etc.
The battery wasn't designed to last us an entire work day, and we have to use some common sense here.
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I guess I'm a little puzzled. I work in an environment where after the drive to work (typically with my DNA plugged in), I work at a desk all day (a lot of the time with my DNA plugged in), and drive home (typically with my DNA plugged in).
Am I the only one on this board who does this?
The very first day I had the DNA, I tested the battery to see how long it would go with my normal use. It went about 5 - 6 hours before I felt the need to plug it in (about 20%).
But, this isn't what is typical. How many on this board actually NEVER plug their phones in during any part of the day? To me it doesn't make sense that anyone would do this. Even for those of us that travel, we can always plug in at the airport, bus station, taxi...etc.
The battery wasn't designed to last us an entire work day, and we have to use some common sense here.
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It usually lasts all day easily for me. 5ish hours screen on time and 15 hours off charger.
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Yehudah said:
I guess I'm a little puzzled. I work in an environment where after the drive to work (typically with my DNA plugged in), I work at a desk all day (a lot of the time with my DNA plugged in), and drive home (typically with my DNA plugged in).
Am I the only one on this board who does this?
The very first day I had the DNA, I tested the battery to see how long it would go with my normal use. It went about 5 - 6 hours before I felt the need to plug it in (about 20%).
But, this isn't what is typical. How many on this board actually NEVER plug their phones in during any part of the day? To me it doesn't make sense that anyone would do this. Even for those of us that travel, we can always plug in at the airport, bus station, taxi...etc.
The battery wasn't designed to last us an entire work day, and we have to use some common sense here.
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Mine will last all day for me but I generally keep it on the wireless charger when I'm at work.
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xvsanx said:
it played dead trigger perfectly, took 1% battery from playing for 3 minutes or so. I read the dna's usage battery is 7 hours
i went from a full charge yesterday at 7am to 20% this morning around 11am, I didn't do any gaming I was at work for 8 hours then driving and watching a movie so it wasn't but light usage, but it's supposed to get 7 hours nonstop usage and the lock screen conserves battery like crazy
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I've heard disabling fastboot helps some wake lock issues, but idk if thats true for sure...give it a try?
I wouldn't switch to the S3..its a much inferior device when it comes to specs (minus battery life) as it is an older device...
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Hi,
I'm just about to take the plunge on one of these. What kind of battery life are you getting, generally and also say watching films?
Also, does it charge via the usb?
Thanks.
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jmccoy555 said:
Hi,
I'm just about to take the plunge on one of these. What kind of battery life are you getting, generally and also say watching films?
Also, does it charge via the usb?
Thanks.
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Im getting around 7 hrs on mine most of the time, last night watched Dawn of the Dead on it from fully charged and was at around 85% when it was over so can probably squeeze in 4 movies or so. And sadly no doesnt charge via usb just from power connector/dock.
Battery life is comparable but lower then most other tablets.
I'd say it's on par with Xoom... maybe a little worse.
Mine has been on for 1 day, 10 hours, and 34 minutes so far since last charge... but this is with the unstable wifi policy.. I have it set to never switch off, however it just randomly connects and disconnects when the screen is locked.
Battery life is fine especially considering the smaller battery. I do wish they put a regular sized battery in there and gave it a few extra hours of juice. This device is also so light (well balanced) that I wouldnt have even cared about the extra weight.
Has anyone else ever had their battery improve over time?
My stock battery has overnight gotten amazingly better, and I can't explain it. Its on a stock amaze, everything stock, I was having some battery issues, it would charge and get to 99% then take a good 20-25 mins to get to 100%, so I got a battery calibrator off the market, a non root required one. So I get it charged, and 'calibrate' it, and I didn't think it would do anything. So it stayed at 100% for over an hour with the screen on. At night it was reading 70%, and I left it without charging, and in the morning was dead. Right away I thought the battery calibrator threw it off, so I charged it up agaon to 100%, and this time wanted it to drain to zero, and I thought I'd start over from a drained battery. Same thing happened when I had it at 100%, it would take forever to drain it, I was playing movies on it, sound turned up, screen full brightness, and the thing wouldn't drain. I had a movie looped all night, and for a period of 10 hrs of this, it was still going when I woke up! I find it hard to believe that this is legit, but I've tried it twice now to drain the battery and I'll wake up and it'll be at roughly 15% remaining.
The other odd thing I noticed is on my data tracker, I had about 80MB of data go through the phone that I can't recall doing anything with. It was at a time I was at home and on wifi, so I can't call telus and see what went through the network, but the phone had something big go through it that I didn't do. Maybe telus is secretly fixing the battery issue on these phones? The conspiracy continues…
Just thought I'd share. I attached a pic of the battery status as of today. I haven't charged this thing in over a day other then a little bump. Before, I'd get to 18-20 hrs of regular use and it would need a charge.
I've also got another amaze running energy rom, and faux and its been doing way better then the rooted amaze.
Hmmmm anyone with knowledge about battery life wanna chin in?
What's the name of the app, Guy?
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battery calibration, developed by 'professionals'
I uninstalled it, I had it on my phone for 20 minutes
This is my battery life.
AOKP + Lean
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andy55 said:
Has anyone else ever had their battery improve over time?
My stock battery has overnight gotten amazingly better, and I can't explain it. Its on a stock amaze, everything stock, I was having some battery issues, it would charge and get to 99% then take a good 20-25 mins to get to 100%, so I got a battery calibrator off the market, a non root required one. So I get it charged, and 'calibrate' it, and I didn't think it would do anything. So it stayed at 100% for over an hour with the screen on. At night it was reading 70%, and I left it without charging, and in the morning was dead. Right away I thought the battery calibrator threw it off, so I charged it up agaon to 100%, and this time wanted it to drain to zero, and I thought I'd start over from a drained battery. Same thing happened when I had it at 100%, it would take forever to drain it, I was playing movies on it, sound turned up, screen full brightness, and the thing wouldn't drain. I had a movie looped all night, and for a period of 10 hrs of this, it was still going when I woke up! I find it hard to believe that this is legit, but I've tried it twice now to drain the battery and I'll wake up and it'll be at roughly 15% remaining.
The other odd thing I noticed is on my data tracker, I had about 80MB of data go through the phone that I can't recall doing anything with. It was at a time I was at home and on wifi, so I can't call telus and see what went through the network, but the phone had something big go through it that I didn't do. Maybe telus is secretly fixing the battery issue on these phones? The conspiracy continues…
Just thought I'd share. I attached a pic of the battery status as of today. I haven't charged this thing in over a day other then a little bump. Before, I'd get to 18-20 hrs of regular use and it would need a charge.
I've also got another amaze running energy rom, and faux and its been doing way better then the rooted amaze.
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WOW @ THIS SCREENSHOT
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I could only get about 8 hours MAX with intermediate use =[ tried every rom & kernel
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fuego77 said:
I could only get about 8 hours MAX with intermediate use =[ tried every rom & kernel
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Same Nexus s 14h, not a galaxy nexus though.
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bendirkss said:
Same Nexus s 14h, not a galaxy nexus though.
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My brother has a galaxy s2 and gets about 18+ with intermediate use and 29 hours with low usage.... I get about 10 with low usage. It drives me crazy man!!!!
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andy55 said:
Has anyone else ever had their battery improve over time?
My stock battery has overnight gotten amazingly better, and I can't explain it. Its on a stock amaze, everything stock, I was having some battery issues, it would charge and get to 99% then take a good 20-25 mins to get to 100%, so I got a battery calibrator off the market, a non root required one. So I get it charged, and 'calibrate' it, and I didn't think it would do anything. So it stayed at 100% for over an hour with the screen on. At night it was reading 70%, and I left it without charging, and in the morning was dead. Right away I thought the battery calibrator threw it off, so I charged it up agaon to 100%, and this time wanted it to drain to zero, and I thought I'd start over from a drained battery. Same thing happened when I had it at 100%, it would take forever to drain it, I was playing movies on it, sound turned up, screen full brightness, and the thing wouldn't drain. I had a movie looped all night, and for a period of 10 hrs of this, it was still going when I woke up! I find it hard to believe that this is legit, but I've tried it twice now to drain the battery and I'll wake up and it'll be at roughly 15% remaining.
The other odd thing I noticed is on my data tracker, I had about 80MB of data go through the phone that I can't recall doing anything with. It was at a time I was at home and on wifi, so I can't call telus and see what went through the network, but the phone had something big go through it that I didn't do. Maybe telus is secretly fixing the battery issue on these phones? The conspiracy continues…
Just thought I'd share. I attached a pic of the battery status as of today. I haven't charged this thing in over a day other then a little bump. Before, I'd get to 18-20 hrs of regular use and it would need a charge.
I've also got another amaze running energy rom, and faux and its been doing way better then the rooted amaze.
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This picture tells nothing about battery usage/life. It just makes noobs wow.
fuego77 said:
My brother has a galaxy s2 and gets about 18+ with intermediate use and 29 hours with low usage.... I get about 10 with low usage. It drives me crazy man!!!!
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Me to! I can't even get 10. Its fine asleep but once its on I watch it go doooown.
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I get 8-12 hours depending on my use from moderate to heavy. I usually hook it up to a charger though if I am watching a flick or streaming music, unless working out, lol!
My mytouch4G I got between 12-14 hours, so not drastically different. I Just deal with it.
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Hmmm, sensation gave me much worse battery life, currently using energy ROM sense 3.0. I get about 12 hrs per day average use, data constantly on (unlimited), min 1 hr talk, few min of Twitter and responding to e-mails, checking stock. I plug it into my car charger for 10-30 min but it doesn't change that much.
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So I just woke up, been on my phone for ten minutes, checking emails , checking Twitter and on xda
My phones on 89%
The only thing I have syncing is my gmail account (contacts & calendar) and facebook (contacts and calendar)
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Been on my phone looking at forums and taking pics for 1h22m and I'm at 67%
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Ha keep checking this hoping someone else tried the the op has done and see if there's been any improvement... My battery life seems decent enough and I know to bring my charger if I'm going to be using it a lot and out all day.
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Bdix said:
Been on my phone looking at forums and taking pics for 1h22m and I'm at 67%
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Taking pictures uses a LOT of battery life i have noticed, especially when using flash.
The Screen was barely on and awake time is minimal as well. Everyone just says "Wow" when they see a day, but a day of barely using your phone is not a special thing to accomplish.
Truth when I spend all day at my job I can't use my phone, even with syncing on... I'll still have 70+ % after 14 hours or so...
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isaster1 said:
the screen was barely on and awake time is minimal as well. Everyone just says "wow" when they see a day, but a day of barely using your phone is not a special thing to accomplish.
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+1000000000000
So is this thread supposed to be based on a purely stock experience? I have yet to get less than 14 hours with the heaviest usage.. but then again I am not stock. But every rom I have used has given me at LEAST a 12 hour battery life, even if I am trying to kill it.
I realize from numerous threads that wiping battery stats doesn't really do anything, but even though my battery goes to 90% super quick(I wish I knew why, it hasn't always) I still usually get 18+ from my phone, with realistic usage.
If this thread IS just for people using stock.. why are you using stock? I am on bulletproof 2.5 with the latest kernel, and I get great battery life, with over 130 apps installed and regular use.
A random thought, on previous devices I disabled automatic time sync and saw a big difference. I did the same for the amaze since day 1.. maybe you should disable it too? After you synced to the server, what point is there to auto-time?
My 2 cents.. don't know what the complaining it about.
On light usage, I EASILY get 2+ days on one charge..
I haven't had the chance to try out any roms yet but I was curios if anyone has had even better battery life then the stock .181. And what about performance?
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Stock .181 with an hour and a half talk time and about 50 minutes screen on time unplugged from charger Saturday 5/12/12 at 2pm local time sitting about 12-13 percent right now (friday 5/18/12 8 pm local time), Smart Action "battery Extender" reprogrammed to trigger by screen off only and to turn off background sync and DATA (3G/4G radios). Added 2 days to my battery with that reprogramming.
Eclipse 1.3 rom is by far the best and smoothest experience
Everything works...its not ICS
But the smoothness and battery life more than make up for it
Verizon RAZR here
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I have been running stock and had a smart actions setup that saved me a lot of battery on my OG RAZR.
Ex: From 5:30am to 5pm, my typical working hours, battery gets to 60% remaining on a single charge.
This week i tried an experiment based on a video i saw on poketnow.com's android guy weekly.
My battery is now at 80% when my work day is done.
I usually have 1 hour of talk time, 30 minutes of web browsing, and maybe 15 minutes of mobile gaming throughout the work day.
I also disable LTE since it is not accessible from where i work.
I don't use a task killer because it actually slows down, eats a lot of power on this phone as well as caused the phone to overheat and act buggy. It causes this problem when installed on the phone. It doesn't even have to be running.
I also found it affects every motorola device i tested running 2.3 android.
I hope this helps you out.
dellenrules said:
I have been running stock and had a smart actions setup that saved me a lot of battery on my OG RAZR.
Ex: From 5:30am to 5pm, my typical working hours, battery gets to 60% remaining on a single charge.
This week i tried an experiment based on a video i saw on poketnow.com's android guy weekly.
My battery is now at 80% when my work day is done.
I usually have 1 hour of talk time, 30 minutes of web browsing, and maybe 15 minutes of mobile gaming throughout the work day.
I also disable LTE since it is not accessible from where i work.
I don't use a task killer because it actually slows down, eats a lot of power on this phone as well as caused the phone to overheat and act buggy. It causes this problem when installed on the phone. It doesn't even have to be running.
I also found it affects every motorola device i tested running 2.3 android.
I hope this helps you out.
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Well what was the experiment? or at least a link to the video. Don't just tease people saying you basically doubled your battery life and not tell them how.
I've been running my battery down to 20% each day before I put it on the charger at night.
When I do put it on the charger, I only charge it up to 80 percent.
About an hour or two before I leave each morning, I charge it the rest of the way for work.
He talks about extending the longevity of battery life and says that batteries operate best between 20 and 80 percent.
You can view the article for yourself in the link below.
Herehttp://pocketnow.com/2012/05/14/android-guy-weekly-how-to-make-your-batteries-last-longer/ is the link to the page.
dellenrules said:
I've been running my battery down to 20% each day before I put it on the charger at night.
When I do put it on the charger, I only charge it up to 80 percent.
About an hour or two before I leave each morning, I charge it the rest of the way for work.
He talks about extending the longevity of battery life and says that batteries operate best between 20 and 80 percent.
You can view the article for yourself in the link below.
Herehttp://pocketnow.com/2012/05/14/android-guy-weekly-how-to-make-your-batteries-last-longer/ is the link to the page.
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The basic premise of under charged and over charged are possible, but to "under charge" (drain) your battery to damaging levels you would have to sit there powering the phone back on after it shut itself off and if your using the stock charger (ecomoto) it has circuitry to prevent over charging.
My last phone was an Env Touch I had for over 2 and a half years and still held 80% of its original battery life when I traded in for my RAZR MAXX, I followed the basic rule of run it till it shuts off, charge and unplug within half an hour of charge completing, my mom who got an env touch months after me, and got it stolen and replaced several months after that got a new phones a few months before me because her battery life was so bad, her charging method was to plug it in when she went to bed and unplug when she got up.
so the concept he explains is valid but his percentages are WAY off.
Don't ask me why but if you routinely power off and back on (at least once every 2 weeks) ,you'll get better battery life between charges.
daniel644 said:
The basic premise of under charged and over charged are possible, but to "under charge" (drain) your battery to damaging levels you would have to sit there powering the phone back on after it shut itself off and if your using the stock charger (ecomoto) it has circuitry to prevent over charging.
My last phone was an Env Touch I had for over 2 and a half years and still held 80% of its original battery life when I traded in for my RAZR MAXX, I followed the basic rule of run it till it shuts off, charge and unplug within half an hour of charge completing, my mom who got an env touch months after me, and got it stolen and replaced several months after that got a new phones a few months before me because her battery life was so bad, her charging method was to plug it in when she went to bed and unplug when she got up.
so the concept he explains is valid but his percentages are WAY off.
Don't ask me why but if you routinely power off and back on (at least once every 2 weeks ,you'll get better battery life between charges.
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When u say power off do u mean run it dead or just power down and back on
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prsterero said:
When u say power off do u mean run it dead or just power down and back on
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With my env touch it was till it cut off on its own but with my RAZR Maxx its once "circle battery widget" shows about 2-4% battery remaining I will power down and back up then hook it up to charger (I do it every other charging cycle), It will be less glitchy (as those of you who never power off notice the lag build up after about a month) as soon as I started "power cycling" as I like to call it, and I will admit I'm a fairly light user, I went from 3 days to 4 maybe 4 and a half days then with the other smart actions tweaks mentioned above I went 6 DAYS 14 hours and some odd minutes off charger and that was with about an hour and a half talk time a dozen texts and 50+ minutes screen on time.
Pulled of the charger earlier today been off the charger for 19 Hours 8 minutes, sent/recieved 17 texts screen on time 17 minutes with some web browsing, power is at 90% (circle battery widget reading).
That's pretty awesome. Unfortunately black widow rom doesn't have smart actions which really sucks. Idk y u wouldn't include it. But its a pretty awesome rom other than that
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That's pretty awesome. Unfortunately black widow rom doesn't have smart actions which really sucks. Idk y u wouldn't include it. But its a pretty awesome rom other than that
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I checked out the page for black widow, it looked sweet, but knowing from the time of purchasing my phone we would be getting official ICS one day I have kept my phone bone stock so I wouldn't have any problems updating, can you not simply install the smart actions app https://play.google.com/store/apps/...S5tb3Rvcm9sYS5jb250ZXh0dWFsLnNtYXJ0cnVsZXMiXQ..
or is there something missing from the ROM causing it to not work?
daniel644 said:
I checked out the page for black widow, it looked sweet, but knowing from the time of purchasing my phone we would be getting official ICS one day I have kept my phone bone stock so I wouldn't have any problems updating, can you not simply install the smart actions app https://play.google.com/store/apps/...S5tb3Rvcm9sYS5jb250ZXh0dWFsLnNtYXJ0cnVsZXMiXQ..
or is there something missing from the ROM causing it to not work?
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Its gotta be missing something cause when I open the link it says my device isn't compatible with the version. I do know the rom is missing the motion detection feature found in the triggers, so maybe missing that makes it not compatible
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prsterero said:
Its gotta be missing something cause when I open the link it says my device isn't compatible with the version. I do know the rom is missing the motion detection feature found in the triggers, so maybe missing that makes it not compatible
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I see in your sig how it says "DROID SPYDER", does your phone say that name under Model Number in the about phone menu? if it does that COULD be why it shows as incompatible, there other possibilities but thats what jumps out at me.
dellenrules said:
I've been running my battery down to 20% each day before I put it on the charger at night.
When I do put it on the charger, I only charge it up to 80 percent.
About an hour or two before I leave each morning, I charge it the rest of the way for work.
He talks about extending the longevity of battery life and says that batteries operate best between 20 and 80 percent.
You can view the article for yourself in the link below.
Herehttp://pocketnow.com/2012/05/14/android-guy-weekly-how-to-make-your-batteries-last-longer/ is the link to the page.
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Best way to increase longevity is to decrease the number of times you need to charge it.
daniel644 said:
I see in your sig how it says "DROID SPYDER", does your phone say that name under Model Number in the about phone menu? if it does that COULD be why it shows as incompatible, there other possibilities but thats what jumps out at me.
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Wow I never noticed that before haha. Its back to normal cause I went back to stock rom until the data issues are fixed on spyder.
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prsterero said:
Wow I never noticed that before haha. Its back to normal cause I went back to stock rom until the data issues are fixed on spyder.
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The reason I asked is because I also have a samsung galaxy player 4.0 and some of the ROMs for it make show as an I9000 instead of the player which adds compatibility with some apps but also breaks some apps.
Hi all here is my situation I've had my phone now for about 18 months or maybe a bit longer it wont charge to 100% every single time sometimes does sometimes doesn't. Phone turns itself off even at 50% power left then when re-started shows 0%, wait a while, maybe 10 or 20 mins then re-start again sometimes shows more power than before (today went off @ 56% came back on @ 84%, go figure). Back in the old days of nicads and ni-mh batteries there is a phenomenon called "recovery" where they magically get recharged from "sub-space" and then they last a bit longer.
up untill the past week I thought li-ion batteries were immune from the phenomenon of "recovery" but they have now showed me to not know as much as I thought....
Oh, the other dead (pardon the pun ) give away that my battery is dying, is the fact that it has started to buldge and is now a little hard to get out of the phone lucky for me *touch wood, its not getting hot while charging, cause u know these things can go BANG and make big damages....
Just thought I'd share some wisdom of something new I've learned, who knows maybe some else can learn something new too...
P.s. I've already ordered a battery set from eBay, 2 * 1500 mAh plus wall charger for AU$ 10 +$4 quick delivery... will have to see if those batteries are better than the stock batteries.
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Sorry to hear, but my stock battery's the best. It still provides advertised hours of stock, sometimes even more on custom ROMs.
But on the contrary, I did use two other third-party batteries, both from eBay, both from Hong Kong with the dreaded 6-week shipping to Canada. The first one lasted fine after the first year, the second one died on the day I used it @ 30%. I threw it in the snow (I think that's illegal and dangerous, oops) in rage. But the first one, as it aged its very short third-party imitative age, began to bulge, like yours.
I stopped using it and placed it in my wallet pocket as an emergency battery for whenever I'd really need it. Since my wallet is always on my person and I live in cold-cold-Canada, the battery was always warm from body heat, something I believed damaged it to the point of disrepair.
A few months ago on a trip to the States, I had to use it, but unsurprisingly it lasted for around half an hour at every charge and would never charge > 16%. Ouch.
I'm now back to one battery, but it suits me. The only thing I need now from my Legend is SMS and Wi-Fi Hotspot.
Regarding difficulties in removing the battery, have you tried the red lever? My bulgy battery was bulged for months before I figured that thing out, so I always either had to use it as a primary battery, or spend a few hours periodically shaking it out in a very gross, suggestive hand gesture before it got out ENOUGH to push the battery out. Pain in the bum! I found it, and it was a godsend from HTC, them probably knowing we'd use third-party batteries. <3
Yes, thanks for the red lever tip, although I did know that one already I could not use my finger to pull the red tab/lever down as the battery was a bit tight, I had to get a flat screw driver to latch onto the red tab to pull it down as it hurt like hell trying to use my finger.
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Finally received my set of 2 * 1500 mAh and charger today now for the endurance testing
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Well this is fantastic, now my phone lasts all day and doesn't turn off at random intervals even when showing 92%. I have a thought how the hell can the health report for the old battery shows "good" when its doing what it was
My first full charge I got 23 hours this encluded 2 hrs 30 mins of continues screen on and mobile internet (gave it a good hammering) 2*20 min phone calls and various other short stints on the net and sundrys.
Next endurance test will have to be continues music playback, back in the old days I used to get about 9 hrs music playback.
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before you put to trash your old battery, just try this software to see any improvement?
Battery Calibration 1.2, by marosige
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867
Mine friends too battery is dying but the calibration app works for sure to an extent.wat a phone was that in those days.
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subyf said:
before you put to trash your old battery, just try this software to see any improvement?
Battery Calibration 1.2, by marosige
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867
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Thanks for the idea, how ever, this is something I do already. No this doesn't help, because the battery was stuffed.
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Here's a bit of an update, it is about 5 months since getting those new batteries, and they are now both showing signs that they are not very good, I have had to swap them out regularly as they cannot last a whole day, even with reduced usage. So it looks like the old saying of you get what you pay for is very true, best to avoid cheap Chinese ebay batteries.
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Does such a thing exist? The battery life on the DNA is killing me, I am considering trading this back to VZW for the Galaxy S3 since I'm still in my 14 day trial.
Basically I'm looking for a case that you "charge" and doubles as a case and a charger, once the charge on the case runs out, it goes back to the battery.
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Does such a thing exist? The battery life on the DNA is killing me, I am considering trading this back to VZW for the Galaxy S3 since I'm still in my 14 day trial.
Basically I'm looking for a case that you "charge" and doubles as a case and a charger, once the charge on the case runs out, it goes back to the battery.
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Sounds like you have a faulty device. My battery life has been nothing but excellent compared to my Galaxy Nexus. Also, the SGS III is going to get about the same battery life as the DNA.
Download the GSAM Battery app and see what is eating up your battery.
I would also love to find something like this case here http://www.mophie.com/mophie-juice-pack-PRO-iPhone-4-battery-case-p/2175_jppro-ip4-org.htm. I am coming from the Rezound myself where I always had 3 Extended batteries with me in case I killed the battery. I do think the DNA gets alot better batery life then the Rezound, however I still have to charge it 3 or 4 times in a day. I would love it if there was a case like this build for the DNA.
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I would also love to find something like this case here http://www.mophie.com/mophie-juice-pack-PRO-iPhone-4-battery-case-p/2175_jppro-ip4-org.htm. I am coming from the Rezound myself where I always had 3 Extended batteries with me in case I killed the battery. I do think the DNA gets alot better batery life then the Rezound, however I still have to charge it 3 or 4 times in a day. I would love it if there was a case like this build for the DNA.
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3-4 times a day? May I ask what you're doing that requires that? I can push 13-15 hours off the charger with 5-6 hours of screen time on.
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I would also love to find something like this case here http://www.mophie.com/mophie-juice-pack-PRO-iPhone-4-battery-case-p/2175_jppro-ip4-org.htm. I am coming from the Rezound myself where I always had 3 Extended batteries with me in case I killed the battery. I do think the DNA gets alot better batery life then the Rezound, however I still have to charge it 3 or 4 times in a day. I would love it if there was a case like this build for the DNA.
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Somethings wrong with your phone if you have to charge it 4 times in a day. There aren't enough hours in a day for that to be necessary. Even if you don't sleep and never put your phone down.
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I don't need to charge my phone that often, its just I never like the idea of having by battery below 50% just in case I need to go somewhere spur of the moment where I may not be able to charge my phone either of a wall charger or car charger. I also love to play various games on my phone a lot throughout the day to waste time, play a lot YouTube for my kids, I stream all of my music since there is a huge lack of storage on this device & also have to rely on Dropbox for all of my pictures and videos. I know that I could probably get away with letting my phone go down to around 15% or so and then charging it fully and then go on about my day from there, however I just never know when I may have to leave.
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I also would like to find a battery case for the HTC DNA similar to PowerSkins Battery Cases. Not because the battery is horrible on the HTC DNA but because I want to put my mind at ease for when I don't have my charger because I'm in a different car and I need to navigate to a place I've never been or something else that takes a lot of power. People see me as a computer geek and as so expect me to be able to whatever on my phone at a moments notice. Which sucks when we are at a checkout and need to use someone elses number for a pin and my battery is dead.
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I also would like to find a battery case for the HTC DNA similar to PowerSkins Battery Cases. Not because the battery is horrible on the HTC DNA but because I want to put my mind at ease for when I don't have my charger because I'm in a different car and I need to navigate to a place I've never been or something else that takes a lot of power. People see me as a computer geek and as so expect me to be able to whatever on my phone at a moments notice. Which sucks when we are at a checkout and need to use someone elses number for a pin and my battery is dead.
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Why don't you just get a small external battery pack?
This is another reason I want something like this. I always hate tje fact that there are all kinds of accessories like this for the darn iPhone, however there using anything close for android.
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I don't need to charge my phone that often, its just I never like the idea of having by battery below 50% just in case I need to go somewhere spur of the moment where I may not be able to charge my phone either of a wall charger or car charger. I also love to play various games on my phone a lot throughout the day to waste time, play a lot YouTube for my kids, I stream all of my music since there is a huge lack of storage on this device & also have to rely on Dropbox for all of my pictures and videos. I know that I could probably get away with letting my phone go down to around 15% or so and then charging it fully and then go on about my day from there, however I just never know when I may have to leave.
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I don't believe this is the typical way to guage a battery's life span. Basically what you are saying is that you would need to charge your battery from empty twice a day. Given the amount of use put on your phone that is extremely good. That's about 10 hours of screen on time and there are very few phones that come close to that. The note2 being the one exception I can think of off the top of my head. It's not a problem with your phone it's a symptom of how you use it.
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Why don't you just get a small external battery pack?
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I've been thinking of getting the PowerSkin PoP'n though I just found out about it today. I might spring for it if I have a serious issue. It would triple the size of my phone when in use.
Lol damn u need to lay off the porn man..lol but seriously I can got 20hrs off my phone from lite to moderate use.r u on a custom Rom? If so try battery calibration
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I don't believe this is the typical way to guage a battery's life span. Basically what you are saying is that you would need to charge your battery from empty twice a day. Given the amount of use put on your phone that is extremely good. That's about 10 hours of screen on time and there are very few phones that come close to that. The note2 being the one exception I can think of off the top of my head. It's not a problem with your phone it's a symptom of how you use it.
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Don't get me wrong here, I am not trying to talk down the battery performane of the DNA. I am just rough on my phones and have always been. I don' ever remember getting a full day use out of a smart phone except for when I used the EVO 3D with a Seidio 4,000 MAh extended battery. I have always been the kind of person that doesnt feel like I should limit use or features on my device just to conserve battery drain, I do know that this is all my choice and I have to deal with it. I am just looking for a good battery case or an external battery pack like this one http://www.amazon.com/13000mAh-External-Portable-Blackberry-Motorola/dp/B008AQLHFI.
EchoX860 said:
Does such a thing exist? The battery life on the DNA is killing me, I am considering trading this back to VZW for the Galaxy S3 since I'm still in my 14 day trial.
Basically I'm looking for a case that you "charge" and doubles as a case and a charger, once the charge on the case runs out, it goes back to the battery.
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Ironic, my DNA gets a few more hours of battery than my S3 does. Just to warn you so you don't start this same thread in the S3 forum....
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I've also been wondering about who made some nice mophie style juicepack cases. I loved them on my iphone, I barely used it, but when I needed it certain days it was really nice to have. I'll be getting my girlfriend a DNA, and I know it's something she's been wanting also since our late poodle (RIP lil Oscar) at the top half of the one for her iphone.
I actually get about 12 hours of hard usage, with very light I've seen 30. I haven't seen better battery life on anything I've owned.
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If u barely touch ya phone I'm sure ull get that battery life. In those 12 to 30 hour days what's your screen on time? If it's a hour or 2 then all that mean is the phone is good at not draining while idol which means nothing to me.
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I actually get about 12 hours of hard usage, with very light I've seen 30. I haven't seen better battery life on anything I've owned.
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Sooooo does anybody have a lead on a charging case?
I don't think it exists for this phone closest thing your going to get is a portable battery bank which can be plugged into the device to charge it but that's about it.
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If u barely touch ya phone I'm sure ull get that battery life. In those 12 to 30 hour days what's your screen on time? If it's a hour or 2 then all that mean is the phone is good at not draining while idol which means nothing to me.
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I get an average of 3-4 hours screen on time per charge and that's usually stretched over 12-15 hours...
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