I know this question is general (not only for mdpi) but I dont know where to post it.
We know that 3g is consuming more battery than 2g, but it is also have the different when mobile data off? Thanks, just curious.
IcanIhsanuddin said:
I know this question is general (not only for mdpi) but I dont know where to post it.
We know that 3g is consuming more battery than 2g, but it is also have the different when mobile data off? Thanks, just curious.
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It's better to leave it off when not using it, go a day with it on and a day with it on only when you need it and you'll notice a significant difference.
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I'm sure this has been asked before (didn't search exactly) but do you guys leave your Wi-Fi on all day?
I usually turn Wifi off when I'm not at home because in my experience the seek drains a lot of battery.
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I'm sure this has been asked before (didn't search exactly) but do you guys leave your Wi-Fi on all day?
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i never use mine, unless im tethering to pc. it seems to be too big of a drain...
When i was using 2G the battery life was good for a whole day. How i have switched my connection to 3G, the main problem is the battery life as it drains in a half day. How can i control this ? which application is draining my battery life? what are the other systems that can save the battery life and extend it to a day time when using 3G????
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which application is draining my battery life?
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How on Earth should we know? lol
have a read round the many many many battery threads
incidentally, did this really need two threads created for the copy and paste?
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incidentally, did this really need two threads created for the copy and paste?
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Thats becoz I really need to have a solution for this problem as I am not able to use my mobile effectively...
Its MOST URGENT
Desperately looking for a solution ....
Help me if u can really do it
learn to manage your phone better, is it rooted? either way try this, Unless you actually use 3G (I assume most of us use wifi) go to..
Settings > Wireless and network > Mobile networks and switch network mode to "GSM only"
Not only will you get better battery life, but you'll get a stronger signal too.
hope this helps your problem.
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Is there a way to disable 4G, so the phone uses 3G instead and uses less battery or even better 2G? It seems as if the option is not on the Amaze as it was on the G2.
I have speed rom 4.0 I think. Gonna put 6.5 on soon.
Also is there a way to make your battery last longer if you game alot or watch movies?
You can try buying an Anker Battery for your Amaze, I got one off eBay and it's a noticeable difference (nothing huge though)
You can try using an app called Widgetsoid to toggle your 4G/3G but I'm not 100% sure it'll work with every ROM out there so give it a try
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Is there a way to disable 4G, so the phone uses 3G instead and uses less battery or even better 2G? It seems as if the option is not on the Amaze as it was on the G2.
I have speed rom 4.0 I think. Gonna put 6.5 on soon.
Also is there a way to make your battery last longer if you game alot or watch movies?
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4G is 3G. 4G is just a marketing term. It's just a faster 3G network.
You can switch to 2G in the Mobile Network Menu.
Turn off your data, lower brightness, turn off Bluetooth, GPS. There are a lot of things you can do to save battery.
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Mystery? said:
Also is there a way to make your battery last longer if you game alot or watch movies?
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turn down the screen brightness, undervolt, use a better Kernel / use a powersaving governor (throttle down the frequency quickly when not needed)
adslee said:
You can try buying an Anker Battery for your Amaze, I got one off eBay and it's a noticeable difference (nothing huge though)
You can try using an app called Widgetsoid to toggle your 4G/3G but I'm not 100% sure it'll work with every ROM out there so give it a try
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I already bought the Anker battery 3 months back more or less. One day my phone just shuts off, and now it doesn't charge anymore.
hasoon2000 said:
4G is 3G. 4G is just a marketing term. It's just a faster 3G network.
You can switch to 2G in the Mobile Network Menu.
Turn off your data, lower brightness, turn off Bluetooth, GPS. There are a lot of things you can do to save battery.
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Well "faster 3g" might be picking up more battery than "regular 3g". I have Simple Mobile, so their "SIMPLE 3g speed" is not exactly the fastest. Seems like "fast EDGE" speed to me.
My brightness always goes up by itself even when I turn it down for some odd reason. I have my data and wifi off when I don't use it. I rarely use GPS and bluetooth, so most of the time they are off. I don't use that JuiceDefender crap cuz it doesn't do much. Doesn't it slow down your phone?
I can't find the 2G in Mobile Network Menu (which is why I said I’ve seen it in G2 or it might’ve been MyTouch 3G Slide. I'm using SPEEDROM 4.0.)
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turn down the screen brightness, undervolt, use a better Kernel / use a powersaving governor (throttle down the frequency quickly when not needed)
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I don’t know the good settings to undervolt. I’m scared about screwing up my CPU. You can choose kernels to use?! I didn’t know that (I thought a ROM had a specific kernel requirement), but wouldn’t WiFi be broken or something.
Mystery? said:
I don’t know the good settings to undervolt. I’m scared about screwing up my CPU. You can choose kernels to use?! I didn’t know that (I thought a ROM had a specific kernel requirement), but wouldn’t WiFi be broken or something.
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just under volt by -12.5 using System Tuner on a good kernel...
there are basically 3 (or 4 kernels) for ICS
stock/HTC
faux http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359951&highlight=kernel
Kozmik http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1767572&highlight=kernel
Nightmare http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762687&highlight=kernel
all of them should have no problems with wifi or anything (well, some have "beta" versions that might not have wifi working). each of them implements different things to help give you performance or battery or undervolting etc... try each of them and see...
If you can't find it in the settings you can do the following...
Open your Dialer ( yes, like you're going to call someone)
Dial *#*#4636#*#* then pick Phone Info. Scroll Down and find Something that says "GSM Auto (PRL)" click on it. Now you can change that to "GSM only" and you will have just 2G speeds. It will save battery life if that what youre after.
Mystery? said:
Is there a way to disable 4G, so the phone uses 3G instead and uses less battery or even better 2G? It seems as if the option is not on the Amaze as it was on the G2.
I have speed rom 4.0 I think. Gonna put 6.5 on soon.
Also is there a way to make your battery last longer if you game alot or watch movies?
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There is an app on the Play Store that goes directly to the 2G/3G menus to toggle it. Unfortunately there is no way to directly change it outside of the settings menu.
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There is an app on the Play Store that goes directly to the 2G/3G menus to toggle it. Unfortunately there is no way to directly change it outside of the settings menu.
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Or better than that, go here and download the apk http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739530
It will set it to 2g while screen off, and turn 3g on after screen on or unlock.. so if you have weaker signal it will absolutely increase battery life, but 2g uses less battery anyways.. there is about 2-3 seconds after screen on before it switches back to 3g(4g, whatever). I've been using it for days, I am happy.
I need some assistance, I just flashed MeanROM 5.7 this morning and seem to be experiencing the same issue, a draining battery. It's like 8:30am and I unplugged about 6:30am. I'm currently at 77% with very light usage. I've sent maybe 20 text messages and spent maybe 10 minutes in various apps. My on screen time is currently 29 minutes. I have email set to sync every 4 hours, weather syncs every three hours, I created the MeanRom.opt file and set parameters for battery. Is there anything I can do to increase my battery life as I hear about others getting at least a full day out of their battery.
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I need some assistance, I just flashed MeanROM 5.7 this morning and seem to be experiencing the same issue, a draining battery. It's like 8:30am and I unplugged about 6:30am. I'm currently at 77% with very light usage. I've sent maybe 20 text messages and spent maybe 10 minutes in various apps. My on screen time is currently 29 minutes. I have email set to sync every 4 hours, weather syncs every three hours, I created the MeanRom.opt file and set parameters for battery. Is there anything I can do to increase my battery life as I hear about others getting at least a full day out of their battery.
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I get 30+ hours with almost 4 hours of screen on try turning off auto sync and whatever else is not neccesary such as GPS and IMHO changing to battery I tried it once and got horrible battery life you can also check Better Battery Stats and see if some rouge programs are running I know GN is a big battery killer also I always heard having wifi on as much as possible was supposed to save battery but.. I had mine on and it kicked the crap out of my battery I saw in BBS that wifi had almost 6000 wakelocks so I turned it off until I needed it then back off when done no more battery problems.
It's not uncommon to have mediocre battery life immediately after flashing a ROM...give it a day or two to settle and it should improve. That's typically been the case for me.
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Couple of reboots also helps
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I get 30+ hours with almost 4 hours of screen on try turning off auto sync and whatever else is not neccesary such as GPS and IMHO changing to battery I tried it once and got horrible battery life you can also check Better Battery Stats and see if some rouge programs are running I know GN is a big battery killer also I always heard having wifi on as much as possible was supposed to save battery but.. I had mine on and it kicked the crap out of my battery I saw in BBS that wifi had almost 6000 wakelocks so I turned it off until I needed it then back off when done no more battery problems.
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Thanks BD, will try turning off the autosync. Is there a way I can disable GN? It's rather slow.
Do u do anything else to get that type of battery life? I heard I shld keep 3g off until I actually nd it. What say u?
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It's not uncommon to have mediocre battery life immediately after flashing a ROM...give it a day or two to settle and it should improve. That's typically been the case for me.
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Hey Premo, I have been having this problem with previous versions al well. I was told I shld keep 3g off until I use an app or svc which requires internet connectivity. What say u?
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Thanks BD, will try turning off the autosync. Is there a way I can disable GN? It's rather slow.
Do u do anything else to get that type of battery life? I heard I shld keep 3g off until I actually nd it. What say u?
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I have never used GN but I have seen members post there is a way to turn it off in GN settings and my 3g is always on unless I do hook into wifi for a few minutes, I only use wifi as needed.
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Hey Premo, I have been having this problem with previous versions al well. I was told I shld keep 3g off until I use an app or svc which requires internet connectivity. What say u?
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Yeah, that would help...wifi uses less battery than 3g too, so use that whenever you can. Just make sure the "Best WiFi Performance" option is disabled in wifi settings (it drains battery pretty aggressively).
You really shouldn't have to disable your data connection to get decent battery life though. Have you let the battery run all the way down? How many hours do you get on a full charge? Do you have the same problem with other roms?
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Hey Premo, I have been having this problem with previous versions al well. I was told I shld keep 3g off until I use an app or svc which requires internet connectivity. What say u?
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I never turn off my 3g. It seems that if it doesn't need data, that it isn't using the 3g. It's on but in a standby mode.
When I'm at home, it's connected to WiFi. Which will help some.
I do have my auto sync turned off too. If stops pinging for messages all the time.
What is GN?
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I never turn off my 3g. It seems that if it doesn't need data, that it isn't using the 3g. It's on but in a standby mode.
When I'm at home, it's connected to WiFi. Which will help some.
I do have my auto sync turned off too. If stops pinging for messages all the time.
What is GN?
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GN=Google Now
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GN=Google Now
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Oh, thanks.
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Hi all, Blue here,
I am using a slightly modified rom made bsaed on the hktw rom made by a local. I am just wondering if wifi or data takes more battery generally?
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Hi all, Blue here,
I am using a slightly modified rom made bsaed on the hktw rom made by a local. I am just wondering if wifi or data takes more battery generally?
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2g<wifi<3g<4g for battery drain, or at least that's what i've found from my side, with 2 g taking up the least battery, and 3g/4g taking up the most.
davtse said:
2g<wifi<3g<4g for battery drain, or at least that's what i've found from my side, with 2 g taking up the least battery, and 3g/4g taking up the most.
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On the Droid Razr (and infact any Android device) wifi uses MUCH less power and resources than HSDPA/3G+ services. The reason being that the gain needed on the radios part to receive a packet via wifi is (generally) much less than over a cellular connection, due to the quality of the signal being much higher. It hasn't got to work as hard to get a good set of packets to work with. Your phone will be working like a mad thing trying to buffer a YouTube video on HSDPA - dealing with massive packet loss and syphoning the 'good' data from the 'bad' data - whereas on wifi with much less packet loss and a higher rate of that 'good' data being received, it can relax a little.
My advice on battery life - download a data "toggle" widget and place it on an unused home screen. Whenever you are not using any mobile data services turn it off using this widget. Leave wifi on only when at home/a location where you know you will be able to use it. Turn it off when you go out. When you want to use mobile data when wifi is not available, just toggle it on. I get 3+ days of always-on use using this method.
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2g<wifi<3g<4g for battery drain, or at least that's what i've found from my side, with 2 g taking up the least battery, and 3g/4g taking up the most.
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On the Droid Razr (and infact any Android device) wifi uses MUCH less power and resources than HSDPA/3G+ services. The reason being that the gain needed on the radios part to receive a packet via wifi is (generally) much less than over a cellular connection, due to the quality of the signal being much higher. It hasn't got to work as hard to get a good set of packets to work with. Your phone will be working like a mad thing trying to buffer a YouTube video on HSDPA - dealing with massive packet loss and syphoning the 'good' data from the 'bad' data - whereas on wifi with much less packet loss and a higher rate of that 'good' data being received, it can relax a little.
My advice on battery life - download a data "toggle" widget and place it on an unused home screen. Whenever you are not using any mobile data services turn it off using this widget. Leave wifi on only when at home/a location where you know you will be able to use it. Turn it off when you go out. When you want to use mobile data when wifi is not available, just toggle it on. I get 3+ days of always-on use using this method.
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Thanks guys, coz I notice that it seems like when I am using wifi, the batter goes faster. Maybe it's because when I am connected to wifi I use it more often? Thanks again
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It could well be. Or if you have applications that are configured to only sync/update when on wifi, this will naturally put your phone to more use than if say you only used 3G/HSDPA for checking email.
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Thanks guys, coz I notice that it seems like when I am using wifi, the batter goes faster. Maybe it's because when I am connected to wifi I use it more often? Thanks again
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When you say you have compared them with 3G , it means the phone's data sync causing this problem is out of question. As in both cases ( wifi and 3G) the phone would connect to data based on the set intervals.
Possible cause: if you have multiple wifi sources near your devices and you have granted them access, here your phone constantly tries to connect to the best available wifi . If this is true , just use wifi managers available on Play store or remove access to unwanted wifi routers/access points.