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So something strange happened this morning. I woke up, just like any other day, i took my phone from my bedstand to check my mail and such, only the phone was off for the first time since i bought it. The battery was drained. Thing is, I fully charged it before i went to bed.
Im running it on battery saver mode, no background data and i had the WiFi off on this particular occasion. Can someone explain to me what just happened. I checked battery usage and it said 65% being used by android OS.
Strange.
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I also seem to be getting app crashes, can't access ringtone options and cant get into the native music app...
What is going on...
devilsshadow said:
So something strange happened this morning. I woke up, just like any other day, i took my phone from my bedstand to check my mail and such, only the phone was off for the first time since i bought it. The battery was drained. Thing is, I fully charged it before i went to bed.
Im running it on battery saver mode, no background data and i had the WiFi off on this particular occasion. Can someone explain to me what just happened. I checked battery usage and it said 65% being used by android OS.
Strange.
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I also seem to be getting app crashes, can't access ringtone options and cant get into the native music app...
What is going on...
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Can you try reflashing the latest SBF?
I guess I would ask the standard questions like have you recently installed any apps, been flashing anything or removed any system apps. First thing I would do is flash the new SBF update 198_7. This is provided by Yay 4 Juggs and is the official (leaked) update. Don't put on the update that is now out 198_6 cuz it has some issues. You'll find the update in the development section.
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Ok, i got it sorted out. Apparently the battery calibration got messed up and that probably lead to the oh so common Android OS Drain bug. But i had it recalibrated and now it works like a dream again. All is good. Thanks for the help anyway guys, much appreciated!
Mods feel free to close this.
How do you do a battery calibration and what is it?
Thanks
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Battery calibration is required when u flash new rom so as to remove the old rom's bin file containing battery stats..
Download battery calibration app frm market and follo2 instructions..
U can also do it via recovery..charge phone to 100 % and boot into recovery and wipe battery stats..
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Hi, I downloaded and installed XWLPY NeatRom Lite v3.5 (18th October 2012)a couple of days ago and now my battery is draining extremely fast. I tried a couple of battery managers and nothing seems to work.
Anyone with any ideas on what I can do to remedy this? Plus I can't see the update section in my settings, is it removed with this software?
Kaz0721 said:
Hi, I downloaded and installed XWLPY NeatRom Lite v3.5 (18th October 2012)a couple of days ago and now my battery is draining extremely fast. I tried a couple of battery managers and nothing seems to work.
Anyone with any ideas on what I can do to remedy this? Plus I can't see the update section in my settings, is it removed with this software?
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The ROM doesnt have an update because the devs have removed it because you just flash an update. As for the battery drain give it a few more days if the problem persists try another ROM. If it still persists after that try recalibrating the battery or resetting the fuel gauge chip.
Hope this helps
NeatROM v3.5
Kaz0721 said:
Hi, I downloaded and installed XWLPY NeatRom Lite v3.5 (18th October 2012)a couple of days ago and now my battery is draining extremely fast. I tried a couple of battery managers and nothing seems to work.
Anyone with any ideas on what I can do to remedy this? Plus I can't see the update section in my settings, is it removed with this software?
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Hi,
NeatROM 3.5 is one of the best ROMs from battery backup perspective. And I can say that because I am using it since 3.5 came out and have never had any issues.
For a better battery life, follow the steps from the link,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33045733&postcount=8776
Please note that the instructions are prepared to get the most out of your battery. Even if you follow the few ones that you are comfortable with, you will surely see some improvement.
Please press Thanks if this has helped you.
NeatROM 3.5 is one of the best ROMs from battery backup perspective. And I can say that because I am using it since 3.5 came out and have never had any issues.
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I agree with you .I use NeatRom 3.5 with Dorimanx, the best combination for me.
Adarzannh said:
The ROM doesnt have an update because the devs have removed it because you just flash an update. As for the battery drain give it a few more days if the problem persists try another ROM. If it still persists after that try recalibrating the battery or resetting the fuel gauge chip.
Hope this helps
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Sound complicated, thanks though.
Kaz0721 said:
Sound complicated, thanks though.
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Its simple mate. Just download an app and hit a button.
Usually battery drain is due to one of two things.
-Phone not going into deep sleep
-Wakelocks.
Download an app like CPU spy. you can use it to see whether or not your phone is going into deep sleep like it should. Also, use better battery stats to look for wakelocks. Download the app from HERE , let it run for one battery cycle and then check for wakelocks. If you dont know what those are, spend some time reading that thread.
But if you want to hold off for a couple of days, you can do that. It does take some time for a phone battery to settle when a new rom/kernel has been installed, after which battery life tends to improve.
HAXTREME said:
Its simple mate. Just download an app and hit a button.
Usually battery drain is due to one of two things.
-Phone not going into deep sleep
-Wakelocks.
Download an app like CPU spy. you can use it to see whether or not your phone is going into deep sleep like it should. Also, use better battery stats to look for wakelocks. Download the app from HERE , let it run for one battery cycle and then check for wakelocks. If you dont know what those are, spend some time reading that thread.
But if you want to hold off for a couple of days, you can do that. It does take some time for a phone battery to settle when a new rom/kernel has been installed, after which battery life tends to improve.
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Thank you very much for your help mate. I've tried a couple of battery managers off play (juice defender and another one). Right now kind of regretting this download, everything seems to be going wrong;
1. battery is draining @ 15% in 20 mins ( I only bought the battery last week after having the phone unlocked).
2. there's a lot of lag
3. screens keep freezing and
4. keep losing reception and constantly having to restart phone.
I only downloaded this cause after unlocking my phone it failed to update. Is there any other that I can download that works well with SGS2?
There's no dearth of ROMs for the i9100 dude. Try a couple out and see if those help. If its stability you're after, maybe use an ICS Rom rather than JB.
15% in 20 mins isn't normal even for a first day..you sure it isn't a faulty battery right? Was it giving decent life before you switched to this ROM?
Try downloading a calibration app and see what the voltage is when it says its charged 100%. Should be around 4100-4200 mAh.
As for the lags and freezes, did you wipe data, cache etc before you installed this Rom?
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I had cleared the cache in settings before installing. Like I said, my first time doing this. Seemed straight forward at the time.
Since my phone is unlocked, will it return to ics4.0.3 which is what I had before?
Battery calibration app is showing 4161mv.
Will a factory reset help?
Thanks for all the help, site can be a bit confusing sometimes lol.
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Kaz0721 said:
I had cleared the cache in settings before installing. Like I said, my first time doing this. Seemed straight forward at the time.
Since my phone is unlocked, will it return to ics4.0.3 which is what I had before?
Battery calibration app is showing 4161mv.
Will a factory reset help?
Thanks for all the help, site can be a bit confusing sometimes lol.
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Cache from settings? No. I meant clearing cache from the CWM recovery menu. If you installed the ROM via CWM, that is.
If you did, I'd suggest reinstalling it again via cwm this time clearing data, cache and dalvik cache.
Ok..I just realised I totally assumed you'd installed it using CWM. Not sure if you did.
You can return to 4.0.3 if you want. Download stock firmware from sammobile.com and install it via Odin. I'm sure there's a guide on how to do that somewhere on this site.
Just noticed someone posted instructions on maximising battery. Did you use those? It could explain the freezes if they started after that. Some phones just can't handle undervolting etc.
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Morning, I downloaded some battery managers and seems to be working better and faster. Battery discharged 27% in 5 hours.
Will see how it goes over the next couple of days.
Teaches me a lesson to do my research first lol.
Below is a screen shot of the apps I installed.
Thanks and gave a great day!
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Haha that's a lotta apps just to save battery. As long as it helps eh? 27% in 5 hours is pretty acceptable for moderately heavy use. Depends on your signal strength and whether you're using data or on WiFi etc.
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A couple of months ago I installed the AOKP ICS rom Then JB and found it about as good as you could want, but this is not about how good the rom is. I have been flashing a couple of years and know enough to get by. As much as I loved the rom i was almost ready to flash back to stock because I was unable to get any battery life. I would always use at least 8% at night and up to 15% during the day. I just couldn't understand how so many people were saying they were getting great battery life. I went through all the posts and tried every option i could find, watching wakelocks every time I picked up the phone, changing my router settings, turning off everything on the phone that made it a great phone. When I originally installed ICS I did a total factory reset, cleared all cashes. Spent hours reading everything I could find about battery life problems. When i flashed JB it was the same thing. I have been flashing the updates every week. Clearing everything every time.
Last night i was about done and figured I would try this one more time. I downloaded the rom and Gapps again, but this time i did a factory reset 3 times and cleared the cashes 3 times. Then when the system was installed I downloaded clean apps from the the Play store. I installed everything normal, all sync settings on, the phone is set up just like you would want it with full functional apps. This morning I woke up and checked the battery and it was down 2% for 5hrs! That is the best I have ever seen and I think about all you could ask for. The history had no wake locks, No awake times when the phone was sleeping. Now at 10 hrs and and 5 hrs of lite use I am at 82% and still no wake locks or anything unexpected by any apps like I always had before. Google Now is running, sync is on, like I said the phone is set up normal not everything shut off.
I am not saying that you need to clear everything 3 , 4 or 10 times when you flash a rom or not use TI to restore your Apps. What I am saying is, if after flashing a rom you are not getting good battery life or you are having any strange lock ups with your phone THEN start from scratch and make sure every app on your phone is perfect. BTW my phone was getting terrible battery life but working as smooth as butter all the time. I didint have to wait 3 battery cycles to get get 10 hrs out of my phone, it worked as I said from the start. If you phone isn't doing as good as other people are and your not expecting to get 2 days with 10 hrs of screen time, Clean out everything and start over, esp on a Rom like AOKP, these phones should work GREAT and it only takes one bad app to kill things.
So listen to the developers and clean house if things aren't right !!!!!!! It takes more time at first but over the last 2 months I have spent about 10 times more trying to fix the phone.
Do some of you other users get 8+ hours of screen on time? I got my i777 around launch time and I don't think I have seen over 4hrs of screen on time. I have tried a lot of different ROMs, like aokp, shoshock2, and currently cm10, and my general consensus is 3+ hours is good.
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Do some of you other users get 8+ hours of screen on time? I got my i777 around launch time and I don't think I have seen over 4hrs of screen on time. I have tried a lot of different ROMs, like aokp, shoshock2, and currently cm10, and my general consensus is 3+ hours is good.
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Never seen 8 hours with stock battery. Max I have gotten is 5 and a half. I could probably get more on Shostock but I was on AOKP JB
I'm going to have to do this tonight. I'm really not looking forward to it though because I've been trying to unlock things in Fruit Ninja but I want to get this thing working right so that's how it goes.
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SteveO390 said:
I'm going to have to do this tonight. I'm really not looking forward to it though because I've been trying to unlock things in Fruit Ninja but I want to get this thing working right so that's how it goes.
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Just back up data
im going to try this, i was using the wipe 3 or 4 times method when i had a sony x10 phone a year ago and it seemed to make a difference.
aokp is a really great rom and on the previous version my phone could last a full 24 hours (about 9 of those hours probbaly not really any use)
latest version the battery is a bit trippy for me so im going to try this and i wont be surprised if this is all true.
thanks!
Just an update. 16 hrs, 1 hr screen 69% battery left.
To SteveO I would not restore any apps you have with a backup. If you do the complete wipe it seems that the Play store actually downloaded all the Apps fresh on its own. I think that may have something to do with really getting a clean plate. I have wiped many times and only one other time did the Play store auto load my apps.
I also recommend wiping internal and external storage everynow and then. Backup pics, music and the such
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Just an update. 16 hrs, 1 hr screen 69% battery left.
To SteveO I would not restore any apps you have with a backup. If you do the complete wipe it seems that the Play store actually downloaded all the Apps fresh on its own. I think that may have something to do with really getting a clean plate. I have wiped many times and only one other time did the Play store auto load my apps.
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I had a feeling that's what you meant, to NOT restore a back up.
As for the "auto load" from the Play store, are you referring to when it asks you on start up if I want to restore my apps from Google Play you're suggesting I say yes, correct? Is that what you did?
I was planning on making a list of what's on my phone now and manually downloading each one and installing.
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So what's the point here?
In order to get great (or better in this case) battery life of AOKP, do
1. wipe 3 times
2. install and run one of the clean app from Google Play. Which app, actually?
For some reason, I "feel" that after performing TB backups (user data backups), the battery life gets worse.
There really isnt any "point". I was just letting others know what i did to GREATLY increase my battery life. I dont think it has anything to dowith this ROM. I think if you flash any Rom and your not happy with the Battery life it may be a bad apk that doesnt get cleaned out with the normal route.
I advise installing ALL your apps clean, not any one.
I mentioned that the PLAY store automatically offered to reinstall all my apps after this clean wipe. Other times i have flashed it didnt do this so it makes me think that for some reason something doesnt really get cleared as we think it should, again no expert, only telling what i found after about 20 Rom flashes over the last couple of years.
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So what's the point here?
In order to get great (or better in this case) battery life of AOKP, do
1. wipe 3 times
2. install and run one of the clean app from Google Play. Which app, actually?
For some reason, I "feel" that after performing TB backups (user data backups), the battery life gets worse.
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I just had a really good test of this procedure. My usb port crapped out so I returned my phone for a warranty replacement.
My old handset has been laggy since upgrading to Jelly Bean. I'd always restore apps through Tibu, only restored data on a few apps.
Fresh clean I777 stock Sammy, runs smooth on ICS.
Newly rooted, AOKP 11/9, basic GAPPS and the same Tibu restore => laggy.
So I factory reset, wiped everything including internal storage, let Play restore my apps, input all the app data manually, and this phone is smooth.
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My touchpad has been draining battery even when off. You can see in the picture attached represented by the blank sections. The first blank section represents about a day of the device being off without use. And when I say off, I mean powered down through the menu, not just in sleep mode.
Anyone else seen this? Seems to be something that has recently started happening.
A little background, I was running one of the cm9 camera enabled nightlies, but wanted to try JC CM10 so used ACME Uninstaller to completely remove android. Then installed cm10 using ACME installer 3. Played with it for a few days then wiped and restored a cm9 backup instead to go back to ICS until cm10 battery is better. Since then, this battery drain has been happening even when off.
I didn't know something could be sucking battery even when device is off. Any ideas? Maybe I need to use unistaller again and start android install fresh again.
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On the battery does it show what apps are consuning most battery? Did this barely start? Maybe it's an app that is constantly gathering info from online. I know my Hotmail app use to drain my battery so I had to go stock email
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This is all the info it shows for battery info. And I'm not sure how it could be an app. The tablet is powered off completely. Shut Down.
It's really very strange.
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Unfortunately it sounds like the battery might physically be going bad. How long have you had it and does it spend a lot of time plugged in while in use?
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It's a JB thing. This happens as well on my Nexus 4. It's not a battery drain problem, but more so battery reporting is a little messed up. At least that's what I've read in the N4 section.
Boot into Webos, get Dr. Battery app from preware and read what the health is. Mine is at 93%, I've had it for a little over a year and brand new it read 95%. If you're losing juice even when its completley off, I'd expect your percentage to be much lower. There's also not much that can be done about it since you can't recalibrate a TP battery.
This issue has been discussed before. It is not necissarily a defective battery and in some cases is just simply a case of how the TP is being "shutdown" it was noted over at webos nation that in some cases the TP was failing to FULLY powering down...perhaps due to some location reliant apps that maybe continued scanning if shut down from within android...This AFAIK has never been confirmed however the issue has now been Solved for some users over at http://forums.webosnation.com/hp-to...tery-drains-when-off-webos-3-0-5-problem.html
Try the "fix" on page 6 to see if it solves your issue.. Hope it helps
Pickens said:
My touchpad has been draining battery even when off. You can see in the picture attached represented by the blank sections. The first blank section represents about a day of the device being off without use. And when I say off, I mean powered down through the menu, not just in sleep mode.
Anyone else seen this? Seems to be something that has recently started happening.
A little background, I was running one of the cm9 camera enabled nightlies, but wanted to try JC CM10 so used ACME Uninstaller to completely remove android. Then installed cm10 using ACME installer 3. Played with it for a few days then wiped and restored a cm9 backup instead to go back to ICS until cm10 battery is better. Since then, this battery drain has been happening even when off.
I didn't know something could be sucking battery even when device is off. Any ideas? Maybe I need to use unistaller again and start android install fresh again.
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I had this issue for months and decided to do some research to rectify the problem. My touch pad would lose charge from 100% to zero within ten days even when the device was turned off. Doesnt matter of i shutdown from cm or webos or moboot.
Here's what I did.
Basically I did a full clear reinstall of cm9 / cm10
1. Backup all apps and system data
2. Remove cm by using acmeuninstaller
3. Remove all folders (format) the hard drive
4. Restore webos to 3.0.0 using webos doctor
5. Reinstall cm
6. Restore backup data.
Afterwards I made some tests
Turned off touch pad at 100 percent each time from moboot cm and webos. Check back 4 days later. All good
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I had this issue for months and decided to do some research to rectify the problem. My touch pad would lose charge from 100% to zero within ten days even when the device was turned off. Doesnt matter of i shutdown from cm or webos or moboot.
Here's what I did.
Basically I did a full clear reinstall of cm9 / cm10
1. Backup all apps and system data
2. Remove cm by using acmeuninstaller
3. Remove all folders (format) the hard drive
4. Restore webos to 3.0.0 using webos doctor
5. Reinstall cm
6. Restore backup data.
Afterwards I made some tests
Turned off touch pad at 100 percent each time from moboot cm and webos. Check back 4 days later. All good
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Thanks for the reply. Here is what I have done to get a start fresh.
1. Remove cm by using acmeuninstaller
2. In WebOS, installed "Remove Android" from Preware to wipe remaining Android boot stuff.
3. Followed this guide to repartition and restore 3.0.0 WebOS. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426244
4. Factory reset to wipe everything again.
5. Performed system update to WebOS 3.0.5 (tried to upgrade through WebOS doctor 3.0.5, but would not boot. Restored back to 3.0.0 and went through System Update, and that worked fine).
What I plan to do this afternoon (didn't have time last night):
6. Install Preware, UberKernal, and GovNah (I like my WebOS to be at its fastest before a CM install, even if I never use WebOS)
7. Reinstall cm10 (JC Sullins 12/16), moboot 3.8.0, new CWM, and gapps using ACMEInstaller3.
8. Install apps fresh (don't really have anything where I need to restore data).
Once I do this, I'll run some tests where I leave it off for a couple days. I'll post back with results. Hopefully getting a fresh start will fix things like it did in your case.
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Boot into Webos, get Dr. Battery app from preware and read what the health is. Mine is at 93%, I've had it for a little over a year and brand new it read 95%. If you're losing juice even when its completley off, I'd expect your percentage to be much lower. There's also not much that can be done about it since you can't recalibrate a TP battery.
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Before I did all the wiping, I checked this and health is at 94%. So it shouldn't be a bad battery. I'll update on the results of the full CM and WebOS wipe.
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Before I did all the wiping, I checked this and health is at 94%. So it shouldn't be a bad battery. I'll update on the results of the full CM and WebOS wipe.
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Mine has been doing the same thing. When I turn it off and leave it for a day or so, I have battery loss. I thank it started when the camera was added to CM9.
I am looking forward to seeing your results.
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Thanks for the reply. Here is what I have done to get a start fresh.
1. Remove cm by using acmeuninstaller
2. In WebOS, installed "Remove Android" from Preware to wipe remaining Android boot stuff.
3. Followed this guide to repartition and restore 3.0.0 WebOS. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426244
4. Factory reset to wipe everything again.
5. Performed system update to WebOS 3.0.5 (tried to upgrade through WebOS doctor 3.0.5, but would not boot. Restored back to 3.0.0 and went through System Update, and that worked fine).
What I plan to do this afternoon (didn't have time last night):
6. Install Preware, UberKernal, and GovNah (I like my WebOS to be at its fastest before a CM install, even if I never use WebOS)
7. Reinstall cm10 (JC Sullins 12/16), moboot 3.8.0, new CWM, and gapps using ACMEInstaller3.
8. Install apps fresh (don't really have anything where I need to restore data).
Once I do this, I'll run some tests where I leave it off for a couple days. I'll post back with results. Hopefully getting a fresh start will fix things like it did in your case.
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I have three touchpads and did exactly as you. Afew of my observations:
1. the 94% does not appeared to be measured. It is the current Voltage (expressed as mA's)/manufactorers hard coded spec, (6612mAh). If in Android, (I'm onCM 10+camera+gyro), using Battery Monitor Widget, I can adjust the actual to 6100, (or anything else), and get 6039/6100=99%
2. My discharge rate on WebOS in Airplane mode was arround -613 to -850mA. Screen on, (brightness affects this).
3. My discharge rate on CM10 in Airplane mode is about -520mA!!
4. A PC's USB port puts out 500mA's!!!
5. On the touchstone, (doesn't seem to matter if WiFi is on or off), with screen on 1/3 brightness + Battery Monito Widget = +853 to 945mA
6. On HP charger & cable, same as above = +1,377mA
What suprised me was the greater drain in WebOS.
I've had this issue since the beginning of installing Android on both my TP. Really annoying but I always assumed it was because of Android since I had no problems with WebOS.
I get battery drain when leaving the device unused, but it's significantly lower than it used to be in early stages of cm9 and cm10 development. I find it to drain slightly faster than WebOS but you have to remember this device was not designed around android.
This has not been a discussion of power loss in an unused state. It is power loss in an "off" state. Powered down with neither WebOS or Android running.
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After doing all the wipes listed above, I ended up just putting the newest CM9 nightly (with GAPPS) and moboot 035 back on instead.
Results. I believe these wipes have fixed my problem. Here are some of my results:
Turned off at 96% for 18 hours, still at 96 when I booted up.
Turned off at 77% for 12 hours, still at 76 when I booted up.
Turned off at 56% for 12 hours, still at 55 when booted up.
Before I would have lost about 10-15% over these same time periods. Not seeing the drop at all now. And all of these power downs were on the Android side so don't believe the hype about Android power-down being the problem.
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Pickens said:
After doing all the wipes listed above, I ended up just putting the newest CM9 nightly (with GAPPS) and moboot 035 back on instead.
Results. I believe these wipes have fixed my problem. Here are some of my results:
Turned off at 96% for 18 hours, still at 96 when I booted up.
Turned off at 77% for 12 hours, still at 76 when I booted up.
Turned off at 56% for 12 hours, still at 55 when booted up.
Before I would have lost about 10-15% over these same time periods. Not seeing the drop at all now. And all of these power downs were on the Android side so don't believe the hype about Android power-down being the problem.
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I restarted from scratch and it worked. I turned my TP off for 2 days and the battery read 100% after boot. Thanks for the help.
Checking back after a few weeks, glad to see that the fresh install solved the issue for some of u guys
battery health 91 % DR battery
so this means my battey is going bad
had my tp for over a year now
is that normal ?
anyone ?
Not sure how you got that from this thread. Some people suggested it might be a bad battery, but I think our results with restoring our touchpads would show that wasn't the case.
Follow the steps in post 9 and everything should be good to go. Worked for me. No more battery drain issues while the device is off. I've even returned to CM10 and still no problems.
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Coming from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032447&page=835
I have been having battery drain issues on beans town ROM ever since i loaded Build 7 (currently on build 10). 20% battery drop in 4 hours of sleep (even with the Wifi and 4G off)
I am trying to determine what is causing it. I have screen capture of the warnings below and the alarm screen is blank in Better Battery Stats- The other 2 attachments are from yesterday
I have Google location off.
I am strongly considering just going back to stock at this point- the drain is not acceptable.
Stock got 2 days with normal use (I have responded to other posts where they say it depends etc etc- understand that but- big but- normal use on stock for 24 hours took it down to maybe 55%- i can drop to 55% in 8-9 hours with the phone unused in sleep on this ROM )
You may not want to come off with attitude of you want people to help. It sounds like that in op.
Two things I notice. First your wifi is on in those shots. Service to be honest nothing seems abnormal
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Except you used your phone so it wasn't just sitting. How long are those phone calls for? By the way are you in a bad signal area?
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kintwofan said:
You may not want to come off with attitude of you want people to help. It sounds like that in op.
Two things I notice. First your wifi is on in those shots. Service to be honest nothing seems abnormal
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Except you used your phone so it wasn't just sitting. How long are those phone calls for? By the way are you in a bad signal area?
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Hi- no attitude but I am wondering if I am the only one seeing this or not. I realize this is "for free" support and people help here because they love the technology or just want to help- so i appreciate that- sorry if I gave that impression.
I live in a heavy populated area in Atlanta with strong signal, even in the house (at least 3bars). the calls i think were 1 min 47 seconds if i recall correctly. regarding Wifi- i may have turned it back on right before the screen shot as I saw the battery still going down at pretty much the same rate)
I am wondering if it is an inherent HW problem with either the battery or something with the air interface- motherboard
Based on the screenshots, your phone was on for just under 5 hours, and wifi was on for 4.5 hrs of that time, so 90% of the time. If wifi was on, but not connected and was scanning, I could see that causing significant drain. Also, do you have any theme installed? Any other changes made to the ROM itself?
imnuts said:
Based on the screenshots, your phone was on for just under 5 hours, and wifi was on for 4.5 hrs of that time, so 90% of the time. If wifi was on, but not connected and was scanning, I could see that causing significant drain. Also, do you have any theme installed? Any other changes made to the ROM itself?
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I have wifi set to turn off when phone is asleep- when i wake the phone, I see that wifi is off and it will reconnect to the AP at my house.
I lost some train of thought when switching threads but i believe Wifi was off (I know it shows on in the screenshot)- which makes me think something is amiss here in HW. that is why i am pretty sure i turned off all interfaces last night and left them off.
I also have power saving mode on for the phone.
The phone is at 51% currently- I will place it back on charger to take it to 100% then turn off all air interfaces and see what happens
That a good plan?
Go into your apps and clear the data on wifi share... why if your phone is sleeping it needs to be using wifi 58 percent of the time? ...this tells me an app is waking the phone...so look and see what is causing the most wake locks...once you find the app causing the most wake locks... Delete it and reinstall... Then go into the settings of that app and set your sync to a reasonable interval... Last of all go have three hours of coffee at star bucks and use their wifi to check and see if your modem is causing the problem...
Other solutions....use sd maid and clean all system, apps, and ghost files..
Do a davlik and cache wipe in recovery
And last effort do a davlik and cache wipe with a reinstall of your rom...
Keep in mind after each step your phone will use excessive battery because it will be adding files and moving things around... SO patience is important when cleaning and installing because it may take a few full discharges and charges before it settles down and gives you a good idea of what your battery life will be like
Also I am wondering... Two days with your phone on stock... But a whole day while rom'd...i am wondering...did you play with you phone as much when stock?... I know I didn't... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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Quick thing have you wiped both caches and fixed permissions? Sometimes that will do wonders when the phone is acting up.
Also I was just pointing out it sounded like you were giving attitude. I actually figured you were just frustrated at this point. I've seen the posts in beans thread. So I wanted you to clarify before getting flamed.
The community will get this fixed. Beans had great battery life when I ran it before switching back to Eclipse so it's something going in on your phone.
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I have a great idea, get rid of the task killer or set it to manual. Task killers will destroy your battery life if set to auto kill.
Also do you have an SD card? Take it out for a few hours and see what the battery life is like. If it gets better then copy everything to your computer and format the card and copy it back.
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Go into your apps and clear the data on wifi share... why if your phone is sleeping it needs to be using wifi 58 percent of the time? ...this tells me an app is waking the phone...so look and see what is causing the most wake locks...once you find the app causing the most wake locks... Delete it and reinstall... Then go into the settings of that app and set your sync to a reasonable interval... Last of all go have three hours of coffee at star bucks and use their wifi to check and see if your modem is causing the problem...
Other solutions....use sd maid and clean all system, apps, and ghost files..
Do a davlik and cache wipe in recovery
And last effort do a davlik and cache wipe with a reinstall of your rom...
Keep in mind after each step your phone will use excessive battery because it will be adding files and moving things around... SO patience is important when cleaning and installing because it may take a few full discharges and charges before it settles down and gives you a good idea of what your battery life will be like
Also I am wondering... Two days with your phone on stock... But a whole day while rom'd...i am wondering...did you play with you phone as much when stock?... I know I didn't... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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Thanks for the pointers. I will respond to all the questions ( I think) here
I have done this previously (did not help)- suggested also by another response
1. Wiped Davlik cache and fix permissions
2. upgraded to 2.4.3 TWRP from 2.3.2
3. Wiped Davlik cache and fix permissions again (twice on 2.4.3)
4. I have not done anything with regard to the SD card- I will look at that after looking at the Wifi closer
In Wifi- I can see wifi direct share process in all in one toolbox but do not see an app- I would assume wifi is part of the kernel. I am not sure how to clean the cache or delete/reinstall the wifi direct share unless it's a .apk hanging around outside the /system/apps folder-update- i found it- cleared data and will let rthe phone run for a few hours
I did not play around with the Stock build from VZW- it was 2 days right out of the box with "normal" call use.
The reason I think it's a HW issue is that this si a replacement phone for the one the girlfriend cracked after having a new one from VZW for 20 days. That was the phone that could go 2 days on stock unaltered VZW. This I am sure is a refurb from the repair depot. I placed Beanstown 7 on it right after I got it (I practiced unlocking on the cracked original phone)
nosympathy said:
I have a great idea, get rid of the task killer or set it to manual. Task killers will destroy your battery life if set to auto kill.
Also do you have an SD card? Take it out for a few hours and see what the battery life is like. If it gets better then copy everything to your computer and format the card and copy it back.
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Thanks for suggestion- Advanced Task Killer is set to disable (no auto kill already). I will look at SD card once i look at Wifi
Update this morning
Girlfriend used phone for maybe 30 minutes or so this morning. I have attached the better battery Stats
I noticed that Wifi is on and running most of the time- even though it is set to turn off when phone sleeps. Is the next step then to Starbucks or can I simply turn Wifi off
When i loaded Build10, I followed the instructions.
1. Wipe Data- I did not format data
2. Factory reset
3. Wipe Davlivk Cache and cache
4. Installed ROM
Manually turn off wifi. Also do you have another battery monitor app besides bbs? Ultimately though your phone is going into deep sleep so I'm not sure what going on
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Manually turn off wifi. Also do you have another battery monitor app besides bbs? Ultimately though your phone is going into deep sleep so I'm not sure what going on
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Ok will do- I do not have another app but happy to buy/try another one. I do have another battery as well.
She's out with the phone for a bit- do I need to fully charge and then turn off wifi or can I reset the battery stats (assume I can) and just turn off wifi?
delaneybob said:
Ok will do- I do not have another app but happy to buy/try another one. I do have another battery as well.
She's out with the phone for a bit- do I need to fully charge and then turn off wifi or can I reset the battery stats (assume I can) and just turn off wifi?
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Thought this was interesting- how can i fidn out what is with all the awakes
delaneybob said:
Thought this was interesting- how can i fidn out what is with all the awakes
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I turned Wifi off battery is 52% @ 4:06pm EST
delaneybob said:
I turned Wifi off battery is 52% @ 4:06pm EST
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Is that better? Bbs should tell you what's keeping it awake. I asked about sket monitor because I was wondering what your 1 partial wake locks was.
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Is that better? Bbs should tell you what's keeping it awake. I asked about sket monitor because I was wondering what your 1 partial wake locks was.
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Sorry let me try again- I plugged it back in to capture the UI stop screenshot and left it in
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Sorry let me try again- I plugged it back in to capture the UI stop screenshot and left it in
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Screenshot- just started happening today
delaneybob said:
Screenshot- just started happening today
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Known issue I guess you've just been fortunate
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Just my two cents...i always use titanium or romtoolbox to delete maps as google maps was draining my battery.. Also kernel can make a difference..location servives and maps keeps wifi searching and almost constantly in use and if services on and wifi off they will keep trying to reconnect. I feel running maps is a battery waste. If i need directions i will google address. Call me old fashioned but ill read,read,understand the set my path..i prefer battery life
I get almost 48 hrs out of battery with 5hrs screen...only 24 with closer to 9hrs sscreen on, was half that with locations and maps running
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