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Hi all,
I'd like to start a thread here to discuss ics and battery life, maybe we can share some tips, tricks, new ics apps and general info to extend the battery of our phones.
I update to ics last nite on a full battery and when i went to sleep i turned wifi off, i noticed in this morning in battery usage graph that something kept the phone awake all nite, this never happened before, anyone have any idea or experienced the same thing?
Feel free to share anything that will help!
Sent from my LT26i using xda premium
First trick ( note that you need root)
If you keep screen locked for a lot of time you can set min , cpu freq to 192 mhz and safe 25 mV (note that normally when you will unlock the screen , frequency will be higer than normal [100-200 mhz not 3Ghz :cyclops:]
a couple of tricks
non root
- disable all the different data options all the time if you not realy needet and able
- if your not on the internet: dissable WCDMA - GSM is highly enough to phone, send SMS, Email and stuff
- take a dark (best is black) Wallpaper and use a minimum of Brightness.
- use not a lot of Widgeds thats updatet all the time
- just install needet apps... kick out all your unneedet apps
- Dissable all animation gimmiks
- DONT USE AUTO TASK KILLER
- Disable auto Rotation
and for root users
- like Forzaferrarileo, set CPU profiles that press if the Screen is of, the Frequenci to a minimum
- Use the Conservative Governor and maybee use a lesser maximal Frequenzy
- if you use the Rom Toolbox, set your Sysctl Tweaks under "kernel tweaks" into something like
Min free bytes: 2048
Dirty Ratio: 90
Dirty Background Ratio: 60
VFS Cache Pressure: something between 10 and 20
- under Build.prop Tweaks set
Scan interwall to the max (300)
- Download Droidwall and block for the apps they dont realy needs internet the 3g option (dont save just a bit of battery, also saves Download and can made free apps free of adds )
- Dissable the Autostarts and the bootrecivers from apps you dont realy needs often (also with the rom toolbox)
Battery life post ICS is a lot better. I'd say its comparable to .73.
Here's why:
Using .75 FW whenever I would charge the battery to 100% and then unplug the phone from the charger, it would start draining almost immediately. Even on very light to light usage it would drain about 30% in 24 hours or so without any fancy apps that would want to use the data connection or CPU.
ICS: the phone is fully charged, battery drain when the phone is in standby is so much less. In 4 hours of standby time with data on the battery has drained 0% The behaviour of the battery feels very similar to .73 FW which I felt was a great update.
noob.fl said:
a couple of tricks
non root
- disable all the different data options all the time if you not realy needet and able
- if your not on the internet: dissable WCDMA - GSM is highly enough to phone, send SMS, Email and stuff
- take a dark (best is black) Wallpaper and use a minimum of Brightness.
- use not a lot of Widgeds thats updatet all the time
- just install needet apps... kick out all your unneedet apps
- Dissable all animation gimmiks
- DONT USE AUTO TASK KILLER
- Disable auto Rotation
and for root users
- like Forzaferrarileo, set CPU profiles that press if the Screen is of, the Frequenci to a minimum
- Use the Conservative Governor and maybee use a lesser maximal Frequenzy
- if you use the Rom Toolbox, set your Sysctl Tweaks under "kernel tweaks" into something like
Min free bytes: 2048
Dirty Ratio: 90
Dirty Background Ratio: 60
VFS Cache Pressure: something between 10 and 20
- under Build.prop Tweaks set
Scan interwall to the max (300)
- Download Droidwall and block for the apps they dont realy needs internet the 3g option (dont save just a bit of battery, also saves Download and can made free apps free of adds )
- Dissable the Autostarts and the bootrecivers from apps you dont realy needs often (also with the rom toolbox)
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I did this... and my phone end up like Nokia 3310...
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joshua_sx1 said:
I did this... and my phone end up like Nokia 3310...
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PPL lets get back to reality!
If you need a smartphone that:
- Is 24/7 online
- Contineously synchs e-mail
- Is always online in Vyber, Skype, etc
- Contineously refreshes your widgets
- Surf the net
- Play your favorite 3D games
and you require the perfect battery life, there is only one solution!
MOTO DROID RAZR MAXX!
No other smartphone can perform all above combined and have good battery life!
Lets get real for a sec!
joshua_sx1 said:
I did this... and my phone end up like Nokia 3310...
Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk 2
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not at all... with this tweaks (without trigger the CPU to a lower level) if got with all my devices that i ever have the most exiting power... all my devices range under the top ten by the Antutu Benchmarktest - with mutch more Batterylife.. because, with this tweaks and Manual settings for Data options, you just use Battery at the time you need it
what is the sense of WIFI, Bluetooth, GPS, WCDMA is on while the Device is in the pocket? for nothing, expet for Battery drain.
Has anyone noticed that something is keeping their phone awake all night? or is it just mine?
Damoedge said:
Has anyone noticed that something is keeping their phone awake all night? or is it just mine?
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never notice something like that - is it while you load your battery? (then i would say it has something t do with the most usless app of the history of Smartphones: the unpluggedchargerreminder)
NO i don't mean litterly awake i mean if you look at the battery usage screen and tap the graph to change the screen you get the 4 bars at the bottom and my one i turn off wifi every nite and so on but the awake blue bar is full?? is it ICS i wonder?
Damoedge said:
Has anyone noticed that something is keeping their phone awake all night? or is it just mine?
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Dont got that problem.
In airplane mode my phone lost 0% battery in 6 hours while i was sleeping.
Also the new power saver app on ics is crap....on gb it wasnt so bad usually lost about 4% over nite
I find this app quite good:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onexuan.battery&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5vbmV4dWFuLmJhdHRlcnkiXQ..
Damoedge said:
I find this app quite good:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onexuan.battery&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5vbmV4dWFuLmJhdHRlcnkiXQ..
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Well it can easily be said that Smart Phone is not Smart enough when we talk about energy consumption. These Mobiles are designed for Charge as per Usage and claim of Manufactures are away from Reality.
We actually waiting this feature when our Smart Phone will give us Smart Battery Life at least of one Week in normal usage...
Think if I have Amoled or SLCD Display than why can not we we use to see a Picture in Brighter Mode to Save Battery?
If I Want to stay connected with the world than why should I turn off GPS, WIFI, WCDMA or Mobile Data?
No Moving Part but Battery got empty every 12 Hours?
Has some fancy features but on the cost of battery..
These are because we wish to have all Goodies and feature of PC in such a Tiny Device suppose to have a auto recharge mode using wind, light power
Limitations are there so on date we can not say it a SMART PHONE has some extra ordinary features but not a Complete SMART DEVICE.......
Don't forget about dalvik. Android isn't pure software. Its more like virtual machine. Because of that lots of energy is wasted and there is need for strong hardware...
Sent from my MT27i using xda app-developers app
seems i dont have much problem on my xperia sola ics, ill share some of my tips(battery life)
first thing, turn off wifi, mobile data, bluetooth, nfc, glove mode, sony bravia engine, and the animation. also dont use live wallpapers on your screen. only turn on if u realy need it
i usually charge my phone between 24-28 hours!
i recomended also not playing games every time..(actually i dont play game on my phone)
hope that will make your batterys life longger too and sory for my bad english..
I don't have any problems with my XPERIA P neither; phone lasts 2days easily and can last 3 when I don't use much (every day I use Wifi and 3G not heavy use but quite good), I just disabled Synch and activated advanced sleep mode for battery (loses 1% overnight)
noob.fl said:
a couple of tricks
non root
- disable all the different data options all the time if you not realy needet and able
- if your not on the internet: dissable WCDMA - GSM is highly enough to phone, send SMS, Email and stuff
- take a dark (best is black) Wallpaper and use a minimum of Brightness.
- use not a lot of Widgeds thats updatet all the time
- just install needet apps... kick out all your unneedet apps
- Dissable all animation gimmiks
- DONT USE AUTO TASK KILLER
- Disable auto Rotation
and for root users
- like Forzaferrarileo, set CPU profiles that press if the Screen is of, the Frequenci to a minimum
- Use the Conservative Governor and maybee use a lesser maximal Frequenzy
- if you use the Rom Toolbox, set your Sysctl Tweaks under "kernel tweaks" into something like
Min free bytes: 2048
Dirty Ratio: 90
Dirty Background Ratio: 60
VFS Cache Pressure: something between 10 and 20
- under Build.prop Tweaks set
Scan interwall to the max (300)
- Download Droidwall and block for the apps they dont realy needs internet the 3g option (dont save just a bit of battery, also saves Download and can made free apps free of adds )
- Dissable the Autostarts and the bootrecivers from apps you dont realy needs often (also with the rom toolbox)
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thanks for the info i didn't know this was even possible! you got to hate the ads
I found this app on playstore and wanted to get feedback from you guys, especially those that bought the pro version.
Is it really THAT effective?
Deep Sleep Battery Saver
Deepsleep battery saver constantly puts the device to deepsleep mode while screen off
Features
☆ 5 pre-defined profiles: Gentle, Balance, Strong, Aggressive, Slumberer. They varies on frequency, duration and other settings. The former is less disruptive, but save less battery and vise versa
☆ Custom profile (PRO) - for advanced users. If you need more customization, select this profile and modify it
☆ Custom profile settings
- Separate between weekday vs weekend settings
- Frequency: device is turned on DS mode at a selected frequency
- Duration: device is woke up after for a selected duration after a each frequency cycle
- Wileless & network: control radio setting during DS on
- Sync: Control sync strategy and sync account, auto-sync
- Apps: Select apps that will be stopped during DS on
- CPU: Process twist - root only
- Night period: During this period, device is always in DS mode
☆ General settings
- Screen off delay: a short delay before DS start. This option is used to avoid quick screen toggles
- Whitelist: Apps are always ignored when DS on, such as online music player
- Ingored recent apps: ignore recent apps
- Use APN settings: twist 3G/4G/mobile data toggler
- Check background data: If selected, it will ignore DS mode if traffic is above a defined threshold
- Traffic threshold & traffic sampling frequency
☆ Tasker plugin, Locale plugin
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.batrsaver
i personally found DU battery saver more effective..
It was a brilliant battery saver back when I had a S2. but on my Note 2 it's not that effective, simply because Samsung radically improved their sleep management algorithms and it goes too deep sleep almost after turning screen off.
DU battery saver on other hand does nothing special to save battery except for turning off wifi and ... . In my opinion it's completely in different category. I just love the Healthy Charging.
For rooted users nothing works better than Greenify.
You can over come all of that by :
Using greenify (Donate version) allows you to get the Push messages.
Using 3g-2g auto switching software as 2g saves lots of battery.
Using tasker to automate sync periods and duration if you like to receive mails and update your feeds.
By doing so, you can still be online all day long while on 2g-3g connectivity with a good battery backup. And that's what I'm always doing.
futchy4u said:
You can over come all of that by :
Using greenify (Donate version) allows you to get the Push messages.
Using 3g-2g auto switching software as 2g saves lots of battery.
Using tasker to automate sync periods and duration if you like to receive mails and update your feeds.
By doing so, you can still be online all day long while on 2g-3g connectivity with a good battery backup. And that's what I'm always doing.
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i never use any battery saver or anything they called.. :laugh:
here's my tricks;
- i only use greenify (free) for user app, and for unused system app i delete them manually or freeze with titanium backup..
- for 3g-2g auto switching, i'm using this xposed module; [APP] Intelli3G - 2G/3G/4G Toggle and battery saver for stock android, yes it saves your battery..
- uncheck the google account sync, i use it only after first installation of rom, contact and app only..
- instead of adblock/adaway, i'm using firewall to block unnecessary app to connect internet, thank god avast have that feature..
with all that i can use my device up to 30hours+ with 4hours screen time on..
if someone what to add more advice, please write it down..
btw @futchy4u, do you mind to share your automatic sync tasker profile, i might wanna try that one..
hotdroid said:
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i never use any battery saver or anything they called.. :laugh:
here's my tricks;
- i only use greenify (free) for user app, and for unused system app i delete them manually or freeze with titanium backup..
- for 3g-2g auto switching, i'm using this xposed module; [APP] Intelli3G - 2G/3G/4G Toggle and battery saver for stock android, yes it saves your battery..
- uncheck the google account sync, i use it only after first installation of rom, contact and app only..
- instead of adblock/adaway, i'm using firewall to block unnecessary app to connect internet, thank god avast have that feature..
with all that i can use my device up to 30hours+ with 4hours screen time on..
if someone what to add more advice, please write it down..
btw @futchy4u, do you mind to share your automatic sync tasker profile, i might wanna try that one..
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hotdroid, thanks for your detailed reply and i would love if you can give some more advice as its always helpful. Currently i am on DN3 and i do get around 3.5-4 hours screen on with wifi on all the time and 2G sometimes. But i have seen some people just having great battery usage, perhaps i have installed too many apps lol. Please share your thoughts on more battery saving tips.
hotdroid said:
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i never use any battery saver or anything they called.. :laugh:
here's my tricks;
- i only use greenify (free) for user app, and for unused system app i delete them manually or freeze with titanium backup..
- for 3g-2g auto switching, i'm using this xposed module; [APP] Intelli3G - 2G/3G/4G Toggle and battery saver for stock android, yes it saves your battery..
- uncheck the google account sync, i use it only after first installation of rom, contact and app only..
- instead of adblock/adaway, i'm using firewall to block unnecessary app to connect internet, thank god avast have that feature..
with all that i can use my device up to 30hours+ with 4hours screen time on..
if someone what to add more advice, please write it down..
btw @futchy4u, do you mind to share your automatic sync tasker profile, i might wanna try that one..
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I don't mind at all
Here you go ...
btw, I converted the profile to a simple service but without the greenifying part. And i'm using it now without using tasker. I was only using tasker for sync. but now I'm using my app without tasker .
I dont think this app gonna any longer work on Android KitKat v4.2.2 versions
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Hello;
- I use android 4.3
- My battery comsumption is great when my screen off (1% during all night - 8 hours)
- I use greenify, freeze all user apps and 50 - 70% of system apps
- I use custom rom - kernel
- I did UV - UC - speacil governors
- I tried stock roms, different custom roms, kernel
- Nothing changed
- I do not play games
- I do not use heavy cpu using apps
- My installed apps are kernel control panel, better battery stats, greenify, greenify donation package, root explorer, supersu, uninstaller pro, app of my bank (i uninstalled it but nothing changed), wanam xposed (i uninstalled it but nothing changed)
- My screen light 20%
- Wi-fi off
- Bluetooth off
- Network 2G
- LED off
- All synch accounts off
- Internet data off
- Location services off
- Developer options - window animations off
* How i use my android phone?
- SMS messaging / 20 - 30 messages a day
- Phone calls / 20 - 30 minutes a day
- Internet surf / 10 - 15 minutes a day
- E-mail check / 2 - 3 times a day
Problem:
* My battery drains very very fast when screen is on
Questions go in the q&a forum, report your own post and ask a moderator to move it for you.
Everyone's battery drains fast with the screen on, at best you'll get 4 or 5 hours screen on time per battery.
If you're getting half that then search and read for the usual suspects and solutions.
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Maybe you are using so many apps
Try boeffla kernel, use zzmoove with moderate or battery yank profile (or if performance is not a big thing for you user battery plus profile), don't undervolt it, just turn down the max clock of cpu to 1000mhz and max of gpu to 400mhz, also disable touch boost, logging and don't use swap.
Turn down your brightness, or use -5 auto brightness, enable CABC (content adaptive brightness control) undes sys settings>my device>screen>scroll to bottom.
With these settings you just have to have at least 4-5h of screen on time, if not, replace your battery.
Also, make 2-3 full charging cycles.
And if you tried the combination like i mentioned above, and you still cannot achieve that results, there is 100% that you have either battery hogging apps or a faulty battery.
Please charge your phone to 100%, and at 1-5% make a screenshot of better battery stats, it will be a better evidence in your usage.
lsalamun said:
Try boeffla kernel, use zzmoove with moderate or battery yank profile (or if performance is not a big thing for you user battery plus profile), don't undervolt it, just turn down the max clock of cpu to 1000mhz and max of gpu to 400mhz, also disable touch boost, logging and don't use swap.
Turn down your brightness, or use -5 auto brightness, enable CABC (content adaptive brightness control) undes sys settings>my device>screen>scroll to bottom.
With these settings you just have to have at least 4-5h of screen on time, if not, replace your battery.
Also, make 2-3 full charging cycles.
And if you tried the combination like i mentioned above, and you still cannot achieve that results, there is 100% that you have either battery hogging apps or a faulty battery.
Please charge your phone to 100%, and at 1-5% make a screenshot of better battery stats, it will be a better evidence in your usage.
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* I asked about my problem in different forums, several times
# You are the first and also only person who spend his time to write a detailed answer
+ Thank you very much! Thanks a lot!
draligus said:
* I asked about my problem in different forums, several times
# You are the first and also only person who spend his time to write a detailed answer
+ Thank you very much! Thanks a lot!
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No problem, forums are used for that, cheers.
Is this normal? My Phone can last all day if im not like hardcore gaming or anything. Just regular whatsapp and chrome surfing. But it drains really fast when surfing. Power saving mode is on.
But is this usage normal? Android System using 65%? Ss was taken at a random time of day. Without heavy usage. Was thinking of factory reset.
i.imgur.com/c9BBo88.jpg
You should try this:
- Disable google now.
- Disable sync you don't need.
- Disable mobile data and location when don't use it.
- Stop scan wifi alway.
Option:
- Disable gesture and Edge screen feature if you don't like.
I try all that and have battery enough for 2 days, with normal use and about near 3 hours screen on.
i use viper os 7.1.2
i changed rom because official rom drained battery faster, and i had os problem cant install some apps
changed rom, battery still drains faster, but no problem with app instalation
battery drains faster if i use any apps
youtube, browser, online shop apps, and all apps
every app that i open make battery drains faster, 3% or 5% in 5 minutes
what i tried
*set battery power saver
* turn off all apps usage in settings
*turn off all apps cellular data
* i opened developer options :
-windows animation scale = 0.0x
-transition animation scale = 0.0x
-animator duration scale = 0.0x
-dont keep activites = on
-background process limit = no background processes
*calibrated battery manually
*calibrated battery used some apps
*i bought 2 batteries, but no difference
*i even use 6000 mah battery
*set cpu governor = powersave
*added and changed some scripts for battery
there is no difference at all, better to reset all settings
have you tried redmi note 2 tool from playstore though ? it works for me. gives me around 8-12 or more standby time with screen off. for youtube, it has around 2 hours. 8 hours of spotify playback with screen off