Just installed the Snapdragon Battery Guru App, apparently it spends 48 hours observing your habits then kicks on to save you battery life. I was just curious if anyone else uses this app and whether it works well.
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I remember people saying it wastes more battery than it saves. I use greenify and just restrict the apps I know burn the most battery from running in the background.
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Is anyone's camera app leading in app battery usage? I didn't take a single picture today but it had the most usage. Just curious if anyone would know why or if this is normal.
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Yes..... But mine was for a camera error. The I ended up getting a replacement
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Mine is leading in battery usage as well. Funny thing is, when you look at the details in the stock battery usage app, the only thing that shows is 3-90 seconds of forground CPU usage,and nothing else.
Using 3rd party apps (battery stats plus) shows 8-12 hours of camera sensor usage. What's the chance this is a bug?
Or maybe bad hardware.
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I just took a look at mine. Looks like whenever the view finder is on it's using the GPS radio. That's probably not great for battery. Other than that I'm not sure.
I am new to Android and very new to Samsung devices coming from iphone. Last night I was at 100% battery before bed and woke up at 71%. I didn't use the phone once. Is that normal? Should I be turning things off or something? 30% overnight drain seems wrong.
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dvinnola said:
I am new to Android and very new to Samsung devices coming from iphone. Last night I was at 100% battery before bed and woke up at 71%. I didn't use the phone once. Is that normal? Should I be turning things off or something? 30% overnight drain seems wrong.
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Seems like something is amiss. I left mine on all night lastnight at 33% I THINK and its at 18% right now. 1d 1h 55m 47s on battery with 3h 43m 23s of screen on time right now at 10:29AM
Hmm. I forgot to say I have power saving enabled and the usual battery saving tips too.
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That js a very big problem. as you can see i get alot of time on battery. The graph shows that it charged about 10% while I was sleeping (not true). Are you rooted?
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I am rooted. I checked battery usage and messaging was at the top? An exchange account is fully set to manual and nothing else.
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my device drains less than 2% over the course of 8hrs when sleeping...you have a app causing a wakelock.
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I am rooted. I checked battery usage and messaging was at the top? An exchange account is fully set to manual and nothing else.
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R u using chomp sms or comparable?
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Stock sms. However I noticed one of my contacts is on Google Talk and I was logged in to that. Would that stay open all night?
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Stock sms. However I noticed one of my contacts is on Google Talk and I was logged in to that. Would that stay open all night?
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No. There's something wrong. Force Close the messaging app and restart it. Wait a few hours and see if its battery usage goes down.
Possible...
The most likely culprit is the "wakelock" issue mentioned above.
Basically it means something... most likely a poorly written app (also most likely a 3rd party non-google app) is preventing the phone from entering its idle/sleep mode, in which it scales back the CPU to minimum, and other bits enter low power states to conserve battery life.
An app that likes to live on the internet or update frequently, or constantly wakes the device to do things, can cause large amounts of drain as well.
It is also possible that signal strength is a cause. Poor/low signal can keep the radio working at higher power levels and that drains battery fast.
Is there any way to check for wakelock applications causing issues? I have removed a few possible applications and force stopped others. I seem to be losing 1-3% battery per hour on idle. Normal now based on everyone's experience?
If it is a signal strength issue I can live with that but the drain still seems steep.
Sorry for the questions. Too new to this to be able to determine if there are issues and everyone is having great battery life.
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Several battery apps that can show that type of info, I've used Gsam battery monitor before myself.
gsam battery moniter is what i use on a daily basis. it will let you know what is draining your battery. Link is for the free version. I have the paid.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...bs.bbm&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
Gsam battery monitor is pretty amazing. Thank you. I have an application called "Media" that seems to be running at idle. I can disable it but it looks like I would disable the Download application. It includes a process com.android.providers.media and android.process.media.
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Ah wait. SD card issue? I think I found a thead on it
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Is there any way to check for wakelock applications causing issues?
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Check out "Wakelock detector" , it shows clear list of applications which using wakelocks,
Wakelock detector
Has anyone else experienced increased battery drain with Google Now enabled? It seems to make sense that it would since it updates and tracks location in the background. I was just wondering what others have experienced.
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Has anyone else experienced increased battery drain with Google Now enabled? It seems to make sense that it would since it updates and tracks location in the background. I was just wondering what others have experienced.
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I have had Google Now enabled for maybe 3-4 days now, haven't noticed any drastic effects on battery life.
It definitely drains my battery.
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I've been using a JB ROM with Google Now since August or so and haven't noticed SIGNIFICANT battery drain.
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It definitely drains my battery.
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Do you guys have any significant proof?
I have Battery Stats Plus installed and it still says my screen is my biggest problem Download some battery apps and get some data and share it if you can.
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has it been decided yet whether snapdragon battery guru is worth a crap or is Greenify just better at hibernating apps?
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Gunny been running the guru and honestly I have been getting the same without it on my non rooted and locked bootloader HTC and same in my rooted one so I'm thinking greenify is better in my opinion
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I'm using greenify and sometimes it won't hibernate some user apps. I might give snap a try. I also think HTC power management saves quite a bit of battery.
Edit: just installed snap,says it needs 4 days to learn. Lets see how things go!
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I've been using snap and so far it's good
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I actually use both. Greenify to hibernate user apps and batteryguru to handle when things get synced etc....
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I actually use both. Greenify to hibernate user apps and batteryguru to handle when things get synced etc....
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Is using both helping with battery? I just deccided to try both. I still have one day for batteryguru to stop learning.
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It creates wakelock and needs location acces on,i can't see any difference...
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Greenify.
They seem to take different means to the same end, but I prefer controlling when things get synced myself. I may use Battery Guru to control Wifi or something.
I tried out Guru and to be honest, I feel like I get the best battery life with just Greenify alone. I swear the Guru generates a ton of wakelocks.
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has it been decided yet whether snapdragon battery guru is worth a crap or is Greenify just better at hibernating apps?
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I noticed a significant performance boost on my htc with snapdragon. I get 15-20% more battery life but I also cleaned up alot of apps/system files from running in the background with all-in-one toolbox so I don't know which deserves the cred.
Cons:
Wait 4d 4h for SD to learn my usage.
SD manages my wifi and auto enables it. Hate this feature at my work since we use content filter.
Other than that its good
For me it's Greenify and it's not close. I had the Optimus G a little while back and I saw minimal difference. I am using the paid version of Greenify because it has option to hibernate system apps and a few other things that aren't in the free version. Plus he is constantly working to make it even better. I think I got 2 updates in the last 5 days. It's the only battery saving app I even consider using right now.
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I have not used greenify but I have used snapdragon guru. I can tell you this. My battery life improved after I deleted snapdragon guru. It sucks more battery life than it saves.
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All the "battery saver" apps drain your battery faster. They are a waste. Don't use them. Learn how to manage your device.
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All the "battery saver" apps drain your battery faster. They are a waste. Don't use them. Learn how to manage your device.
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You obviously haven't tried Greenify.
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You obviously haven't tried Greenify.
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Greenify is a great app! However why not use both... I'm currently testing the Snapdragon battery guru to see if I notice a difference. To compare the two to one another is like comparing an apple to an orange.
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I have used greenify on my previous phone for a while. Once I got my HTC one I put it on here also. On my previous phone I did notice slight battery improvement but nothing significant. On the one I'm not sure since as soon as I got it out of the box I went to rooting and installed all my previous apps.I did however install snap dragon guru about a week ago to try it out and to me it seemed to drain my battery quicker after the learning process. I recently deleted it but stayed with greenify.
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Greenify all day if you want ultimate control of you're battery life.
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Greenify all day if you want ultimate control of you're battery life.
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What sort of times are you people seeing with the standby and screen time? I'm curious because with root and CM 10.2 Nightlies flashed, I am on 44 hours of charge with 3hrs 24 minutes of screen time (75%) and 3% battery left. With the stock rom, I couldn't even make it past the 24 hour mark without major wake locks and battery drain over night. I also use pandora stream with bluetooth in my vehicle for about 1-2 hours a day.
Greenify by far + framework !
Lately I've been noticing my battery life isn't doing as it good as it used to be. Nothing troubling, but enough to make me want to look into getting a battery saver.
I've tried Juice defender but it won't ask for SU permissions for reasons unknown, therefore it doesn't work because the app log shows up tons of errors without permissions.
I have looked up on Google for other battery savors but most sites say Juice defender. What else can you guys recommend? Or maybe help me with juice defender? Thanks guys in advance!
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Use greenify
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I use greenify too. Also the ktweaker app within the ktoonsez kernel has some pretty good battery saving abilities. Specifically project Icarus profile does pretty well on my phone.
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Lately I've been noticing my battery life isn't doing as it good as it used to be. Nothing troubling, but enough to make me want to look into getting a battery saver.
I've tried Juice defender but it won't ask for SU permissions for reasons unknown, therefore it doesn't work because the app log shows up tons of errors without permissions.
I have looked up on Google for other battery savors but most sites say Juice defender. What else can you guys recommend? Or maybe help me with juice defender? Thanks guys in advance!
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I've used JD and it worked, but in all honesty 2x Battery by AZSoft works better than that. Get the Pro version so you can enable night mode and all of the features. I've tried GreenPower too. That one works, but I found that it disabled stuff too well and I wasn't getting notifications when I wanted to. I have 2x set up to sync every hour during the day and 2 hours at night. I'm also using CPU Tuner and Greenify. I'm not a power user, but I do use my phone and end up using about 3-4% per hour.