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.
Related
what is the best setting for our SGA?
There are no best settings!
It depends on how you use the phone & how you want it to behave. You can use it to improve performance or to save battery or both.
Hit thanks if I helped!
well, u can use some profiles.
press profiles tab, then add profile.
in that select a profile for screen off and set the max to a lower value as we dont use the phone wen the screen is off. This saves some battery. priority:100
create another profile for incall and set the max to a medium value. priority:99
and another profile for temperature>44, set a medium value. priority:98
another profile for charging usb. max slider at medium value. priority:97
profile for battery<21%. max slider at medium value. priority:96
profile for battery<6%. max slider at lower value. priority:95
note: min for all profiles set the lowest. untick stay awake in settings => development.
This is wat i use
and do you see any improvements of the battery life?
camoll said:
and do you see any improvements of the battery life?
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Yes definitely.
so how long does your battery last?
denclaud said:
so how long does your battery last?
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well the setcpu settings which i suggested r jst a part of saving battery. U may get few hours more battery. But if u really want to save battery, here is wt i do
-Battery calibration has to be done. "Battery Calibration" app for the calibration:
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result
-I use "Juicedefender ultimate"(Just google it and get a pirated copy if u dnt want to buy) - set to "Balanced" profile: (there is a free version, too). Bt ultimate is the best
-"Autostarts" is great for preventing useless apps from autostart. Use it to disable apps wich wil autostart.
-"Auto memory manager" is a great replacement for "Task Killer"( Task killer just kills all apps so they could start again in the background - useless!) Use it in "agressive" mode, apply the mode once and forget about it (and task killing):
-DISABLE automatic syncing and background data!
To save battery, turn off wifi & bluetooth when you are not using them.
- Install APNDroid, to easily switch 3G/EDGE data off when not needed (still allows you to receive MMS messages when data is off, and has a widget)
- Set your screen to the minimum brightness that you can (but so that the display is still bright enough to use)
- Turn off "Power Saving" in display settings (actually uses more power than it saves 9 times out of 10)
- Use auto memory manager
- uninstall 3D gallery(uses lot of battery). instead use "quickpic"(very very fast for viewing images)
-Exiting apps using the back key, home key put the apps to background task.
-use setcpu profiles wich i suggested
I do all of this, and I can get up to 2 and half days(sometimes 3 days) use without charging
Things that will drain your battery the most (highest power usage):
- Wifi
- Bluetooth
- 3G/EDGE
- Screen
- Phone calls
thanks man lets see if this will work.
I decided to write a guide for those who are interested in extending their battery life, for emergency situations or for general purpose everyday use. I have the Optimus V specifically, but these could apply to many other phones as well.
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Using Inferior Human Organs Cyanogenmod 7.1 ROM on standard 1500 mAh battery
Here are my settings and explanations behind them, prioritized from what I believe to have the most impact to the least.
- No 3G, wifi, BT, GPS unless needed by toggling in status bar
I have the notification toggle set in CM7 settings to set/unset these all with 2 swipe actions, so it's very convenient. 3G data uses more power than wifi, by turning it off, it saves a lot of battery. To get immediate msgs through, I set SMS notifications for FB messages, Google Voice SMS forwarding, or even email notification from certain people. SMS runs off the cell phone network instead of the more battery intensive data (2G/3G).
- Light SMS, occasional phone call, and browsing through Opera Mobile browser
By letting SMS & phone calls ring like normal, it still allows important messages through. Instead of installing different apps like FB, traffic, weather, gasbuddy, I have those sites bookmarked. Using Opera Mobile Turbo technology also saves on transferring data (it compresses webpages on remote server before sending).
- Airplane mode for sleep & work hours.
I don't want to be interrupted during certain hours of the day, might as well turn off the radio. However if there are no rogue apps running the background, idling even with a cell signal should be less than 1%/hr.
- Lowest brightness in most indoor settings. 50% in outdoor bright areas. I enabled CM7 setting to allow drag notification bar to set brightness easily.
- Data sync, animations, clicks, vibrations all off
Whenever the CPU does extra processing, it requires higher frequency CPU, so getting rid of the eye candy focuses the processing to just the important tasks. Also audible clicks & haptic feedback uses extra battery power. Motors (for vibration) typically use a lot of power compared to audio & CPU processes.
* 122-480 InteractiveX governor
Power consumption formula is P = C * f * V^2 (where C is constant, f is frequency, V is voltage). Voltage normally has the highest impact but the OV only has 2 steps, 0-480 Mhz is the low step, above 480 is the higher step. 480 Mhz is fast enough for everyday non-gaming use.
Interactive or InteractiveX (locks sleep freq to lowest) ramps up faster than default ONDEMAND governor, and still scales down when not much processing is needed.
- Bloatware removed, no battery manager/task killer of any kind either
Don't install any app that you don't use regularly (or freeze them). They can easily prevent the phone from sleeping properly to conserve battery. Use BetterBatteryStats to find those misbehaving apps & uninstall them until the developer fixes it.
- Turn on airplane mode in weak or no signal areas
A cell phone searching for signals can drain the battery pretty quickly. Not only does it transmit at maximum power, but it does it frequently to try to re-establish a connection with a tower. So if you know you'll be in a weak/no signal area for a while, just disable it.
Whyzor said:
I decided to write a guide for those who are interested in extending their battery life, for emergency situations or for general purpose everyday use. I have the Optimus V specifically, but these could apply to many other phones as well.
Using Inferior Human Organs Cyanogenmod 7.1 ROM built by Mrg666 on 09-30-2011.
Here are my settings and explanations behind them, prioritized from what I believe to have the most impact to the least.
- No 3G, wifi, BT, GPS unless needed by toggling in status bar
I have the notification toggle set in CM7 settings to set/unset these all with 2 swipe actions, so it's very convenient. 3G data uses more power than wifi, by turning it off, it saves a lot of battery. To get immediate msgs through, I set SMS notifications for FB messages, Google Voice SMS forwarding, or even email notification from certain people. SMS runs off the cell phone network instead of the more battery intensive data (2G/3G).
- Light SMS, occasional phone call, and browsing through Opera Mobile browser
By letting SMS & phone calls ring like normal, it still allows important messages through. Instead of installing different apps like FB, traffic, weather, gasbuddy, I have those sites bookmarked. Using Opera Mobile Turbo technology also saves on transferring data (it compresses webpages on remote server before sending).
- Airplane mode for sleep & work hours.
I don't want to be interrupted during certain hours of the day, might as well turn off the radio. However if there are no rogue apps running the background, idling even with a cell signal should be less than 1%/hr.
- Lowest brightness in most indoor settings. 50% in outdoor bright areas. I enabled CM7 setting to allow drag notification bar to set brightness easily.
- Data sync, animations, clicks, vibrations all off
Whenever the CPU does extra processing, it requires higher frequency CPU, so getting rid of the eye candy focuses the processing to just the important tasks. Also audible clicks & haptic feedback uses extra battery power. Motors (for vibration) typically use a lot of power compared to audio & CPU processes.
* 122-480 InteractiveX governor
Power consumption formula is P = C * f * V^2 (where C is constant, f is frequency, V is voltage). Voltage normally has the highest impact but the OV only has 2 steps, 0-480 Mhz is the low step, above 480 is the higher step. 480 Mhz is fast enough for everyday non-gaming use.
Interactive or InteractiveX (locks sleep freq to lowest) ramps up faster than default ONDEMAND governor, and still scales down when not much processing is needed.
- Bloatware removed, no battery manager/task killer of any kind either
Don't install any app that you don't use regularly (or freeze them). They can easily prevent the phone from sleeping properly to conserve battery. Use BetterBatteryStats to find those misbehaving apps.
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It's true , but not true at 100% that you can have a "11 days battery"....
And you was wrong one thing: don't set the min at 122Mhz , sometime , if you set the min cpu at 122Mhz , you can get "blackscreen bug when unlock"
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA App
Thank you, Whyzor. I have bookmarked this.
Perhaps the biggest battery saver is the underclocking
terratrix said:
Perhaps the biggest battery saver is the underclocking
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Actually the underclocking would only affect the battery when the phone is being actively used. My idle usage is about less than 1%/hr with just cell signal. 1-3% per DAY in airplane mode. It has more to do with NOT having any apps that keeps the phone awake (wakelocks).
thachtunganh said:
It's true , but not true at 100% that you can have a "11 days battery"....
And you was wrong one thing: don't set the min at 122Mhz , sometime , if you set the min cpu at 122Mhz , you can get "blackscreen bug when unlock"
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I think something got lost in the translation. The phrase "up to 11+ days" implies that your mileage may vary and it's possible to get up to 11 days, not 100% certain. Not many things in life are 100%.
If you have extra services/apps running in the background, waking from 122 mhz might be slow. But if your phone is clean like mine, I never have trouble waking to answer call or other actions. Interactive/X governor ramps up the CPU frequency pretty quickly.
I don't need a smartphone if i use it this way. Might also go back to a 30 buck Nokia phone with a 2 week battery life. Optimus one is fine with 2-3 days on fserve kernel, its more than most android phones will give you.
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA App
Just to ask - how long is your "display on" time?
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U know how to save battery? Turn off ur phone... Finish! 11-100 days of battery lasting... I dunno why u guys need to save battery while u can charge... -.- But nice tips though...
Sent from my Nexus One using Oxygen v2.3.1
Funny i do all the things you list mostly
only thing is i use ondemand governor
still my battery doesnt last more than 2 days
viv_jen said:
Funny i do all the things you list mostly
only thing is i use ondemand governor
still my battery doesnt last more than 2 days
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Try conservative?
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I cant even get a 24hr battery life, max 8-9 hrs
metacircle said:
I don't need a smartphone if i use it this way. Might also go back to a 30 buck Nokia phone with a 2 week battery life. Optimus one is fine with 2-3 days on fserve kernel, its more than most android phones will give you.
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I still use my smartphone for browsing web on the go, to play a few games (rarely), GPS, camera. All while having great battery life. Can't do that with a featurephone.
terratrix said:
Just to ask - how long is your "display on" time?
Sent from my LG-P500 using XDA App
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There's a bug in the battery stats screen, I don't know how long my display on time is, but it's usually just on when I'm using SMS, call, web browsing.
viv_jen said:
Funny i do all the things you list mostly
only thing is i use ondemand governor
still my battery doesnt last more than 2 days
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I'm guessing there's an app that keeps the phone awake and not going into the deep sleep mode when the screen is off.
using froyo final i have reached 6 days maximum...
but i dinnt off vibration and all and my phone is packed with lot of apps and llot of widgets on desktop
3-4 days max for me with heavy sms usage
Pstrain561 said:
3-4 days max for me with heavy sms usage
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What governor do you use and speeds?
Well, I would say this is a great guide
Tried underclocking to 480mhz is smooth enough as i don't play games, only web browsing and videos.
Oh yeah, i guess you are using an extended battery pack?
terratrix said:
Well, I would say this is a great guide
Tried underclocking to 480mhz is smooth enough as i don't play games, only web browsing and videos.
Oh yeah, i guess you are using an extended battery pack?
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Nope, using standard 1500 mAh battery.
Whyzor said:
I decided to write a guide for those who are interested in extending their battery life, for emergency situations or for general purpose everyday use. I have the Optimus V specifically, but these could apply to many other phones as well.
Using Inferior Human Organs Cyanogenmod 7.1 ROM on standard 1500 mAh battery
Here are my settings and explanations behind them, prioritized from what I believe to have the most impact to the least.
- No 3G, wifi, BT, GPS unless needed by toggling in status bar
I have the notification toggle set in CM7 settings to set/unset these all with 2 swipe actions, so it's very convenient. 3G data uses more power than wifi, by turning it off, it saves a lot of battery. To get immediate msgs through, I set SMS notifications for FB messages, Google Voice SMS forwarding, or even email notification from certain people. SMS runs off the cell phone network instead of the more battery intensive data (2G/3G).
- Light SMS, occasional phone call, and browsing through Opera Mobile browser
By letting SMS & phone calls ring like normal, it still allows important messages through. Instead of installing different apps like FB, traffic, weather, gasbuddy, I have those sites bookmarked. Using Opera Mobile Turbo technology also saves on transferring data (it compresses webpages on remote server before sending).
- Airplane mode for sleep & work hours.
I don't want to be interrupted during certain hours of the day, might as well turn off the radio. However if there are no rogue apps running the background, idling even with a cell signal should be less than 1%/hr.
- Lowest brightness in most indoor settings. 50% in outdoor bright areas. I enabled CM7 setting to allow drag notification bar to set brightness easily.
- Data sync, animations, clicks, vibrations all off
Whenever the CPU does extra processing, it requires higher frequency CPU, so getting rid of the eye candy focuses the processing to just the important tasks. Also audible clicks & haptic feedback uses extra battery power. Motors (for vibration) typically use a lot of power compared to audio & CPU processes.
* 122-480 InteractiveX governor
Power consumption formula is P = C * f * V^2 (where C is constant, f is frequency, V is voltage). Voltage normally has the highest impact but the OV only has 2 steps, 0-480 Mhz is the low step, above 480 is the higher step. 480 Mhz is fast enough for everyday non-gaming use.
Interactive or InteractiveX (locks sleep freq to lowest) ramps up faster than default ONDEMAND governor, and still scales down when not much processing is needed.
- Bloatware removed, no battery manager/task killer of any kind either
Don't install any app that you don't use regularly (or freeze them). They can easily prevent the phone from sleeping properly to conserve battery. Use BetterBatteryStats to find those misbehaving apps & uninstall them until the developer fixes it.
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According to me, min frequency should be 320 and max should be 480 with interactivex or smartass.. I'm using franco kernel for gingerbread with official V20b ROM,, I do 20 mins call and 1.5 hrs sms/day and 20-30 mins gaming.. my cpu is set to 480-729 and i get a battery backup of approx 36 hrs... is it normal ??
umangleekha said:
According to me, min frequency should be 320 and max should be 480 with interactivex or smartass.. I'm using franco kernel for gingerbread with official V20b ROM,, I do 20 mins call and 1.5 hrs sms/day and 20-30 mins gaming.. my cpu is set to 480-729 and i get a battery backup of approx 36 hrs... is it normal ??
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I would say it is normal...
thanks for the guide.
good for reference.
viber, LINE, whatapps and many more apps that I used do run in the background
not too sure if it keeps my phone from deep sleep. (don't have any batt. monitor apps installed)
Hi, I own a Xperia mini pro. My first android phone .I have rooted my phone. The phone's ROM hasn't been changed. I'm using root apps like CPU Master, Auto Manager Memory, SD card speed increase etc. Default launcher is GO launcher.
I had read in many forums that rooting a phone and using softwares like CPU Master may increase the battery life. Currently my average battery life is around 12-14 hours. It was the same when I hadn't rooted my phone. I leave HSDPA data transfer always on. That might be one of the contributors in draining the battery faster. I used to use Juice defender earlier. Though it seemed to increase my phone's battery life (mainly because of my setting to switch data transfer off when screen is off 'but' allow data transfer for only some selected apps even when screen is off), it used to make my phone laggy. I've used other apps like green power, tasker and others.. While they switch off data when screen is off, none of them have option to enable data for selected apps even when screen is off(which i need because most of my friends use apps like whatsapp, facebook messenger or gtalk to message me). I've also removed some system apps, like fun and downloads, popcap etc. Could I use any alternatives for the apps mentioned above which consume lesser battery? Or is improving battery life on rooting only possible when ROM and kernels are changed
Plz suggest an alternative to juicedefender that allows me to do what i want. And it'l be really helpfull if someone who has achieved prolonging his/her mini pro's battery life gives me some tips on the same.
33 1/2 hours since I posted this question. And still no reply.. I'm disappointed
Hope this helps.
Hi,
Bro u have a rooted phone , but you don't have a custom ROM that means that you can not overclock or under clock your mobile, so using cup master or set cpu will not help you.
Solution can be u an flash a new ROM having an overclocked kernel or you can flash a overclocked kernel to your current stock ROM or if you don't want to do any of this simply uninstall cpu manager as it will be eating unnecessary juice from your battery and not helping in any way.
Auto memory manager does improves battery life but only a bit, it basically controls the apps killing rate i.e. it manages how much RAM should remain free at all times helps improves performance of you phone, so don't use an aggressive profile because it will kill apps (background or paused or closed) very frequently which in turn will lead to use of your battery, instead use a mild or less aggressive or default settings this will improve both performance of your phone and use lesser juice as compared to a aggressive setting.
Also keep in mind since u r using Gingerbread so killing apps using task killers after every few minutes will not help , so u can uninstall task killers, also if u need a task killer it is already present in go launcher u can use that.
Juice defender is ultimate app which helps improves battery a lot, but u need to have optimized settings according to your needs.
My advice is use smart profiles by Antutu to create profiles for different timings i.e when you need 3g or wirelss or not as when your are sleeping you don't need wifi or 3g on.
Also best option of saving battery is reducing screen brightness.
You can reduce brightness to 20 % which you are inside the building or working under lights as the screen is properly visible.
And outside in bright sun you can use 35-50% brightness.
Keeping phone at 100% brightness will screw the battery life.
You can use LUX or ambident light senor for automatic brightness setting according to the day light or unnatural light or dark.
hope this helps you.
Turbo
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I forgot to mention point about serious battery saving settings.
1) Use lesser widgets only widgets you really need, as they are battery hogger.
2) Try to reduce push interval for email notification, facebook, twitter, weather widget because using 1-5 min push interval will use a lot of juice, try increasing interval to 30 minutes or more or use manual push if you don't need the notification updates every single minute pooping in. This part eats most amount of battery so if u can change the settings this will improve you battery life a lot.
3) Also watch if any unnecessary services are not running in background, because a lot of apps uses services which eats significant battery , so if there is a application which is not needed at all but is running unnecessary service u can uninstall it if you want, but this is not mandatory.
4) Lastly you can use watchdog app , it log the cpu usage by apps and will let you know which app is eating up a lot of juice. So u can find the culprit and find alternative app for that.
Turbo .
So after some research and Googling, I discovered that "Killling" your app is only worse or has no effect for your battery life. Even using apps that "save" battery only harm it even more. I've been told these were the fundamental things to save battery ever since I even got my hands on a smart phone.. Guess I've been asking the wrong people.
So, what are real ways to save battery? I'm a heavy phone user, often surfing the net or watching Netflix on the go. Dimming my screen is not enough, are there any other techniques to prevent my phone from dying? I've got an Android 4.
If you're rooted:
Underclock
Undervolt
Change cpu governor/io scheduler
Flash different ROMS and kernels
Change your modem
And a few more.
Not rooted:
Use screen filter? Lol.
Update your firmware
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okmijnlp said:
If you're rooted:
Underclock
Undervolt
Change cpu governor/io scheduler
Flash different ROMS and kernels
Change your modem
And a few more.
Not rooted:
Use screen filter? Lol.
Update your firmware
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I am rooted, thank you for the info! I'll be looking into it~
Get bigger battery?
Turn thing off lol only kidding but turn off auto updates such as news etc
If you look at your battery stats, under settings, you'll see what uses the most battery. Usually I find that my screen uses around 70% of my battery, but if you have something else high on the list you might have a "rogue app" preventing your phone from going into sleep mode.
If your screen is the culprit you can only save 10% or so by throttling your CPU etc. The only way you can make real savings is by reducing screen brightness.
Easiest way to save battery is use gemini app manager to stop apps being able to autostart when you don't want them to as then you don't have the os having to kill off unused apps to make more free ram.
For example a lot of apps can autostart when your wifi goes on or off, when your 3G signal drops etcetera including things like facebook or google play. By changing auto start for such apps you don't have to run a task killer which also saves battery.
Dave
Sent from my LG P920 using Tapatalk
i use the aokp rom milestone 4 atm, and i also have come accross a fantastic battery app called "Badass Battery Monitor". its free and details very very specifically what apps are using the battery most.
I have managed to increase my battery by rooting out the apps i dont use that are using prescious power...
Also, turning off useless app permissions for apps theat really dont need them and work perfectly well without them will also save on power massively. for this i use "LBE Privacy Guard" works an absolute charm
I have widget where I can turn off Internet connection, set brightness, GPS etc. Internet stand-by mode uses damn much battery... And when you don't use Internet, you can put on 2G, it also saves battery.
This may not benefit you if you are a heavy user but I find the feature on my Droid 3 that turns off 3G after 15 minutes of inactivity saves battery and also saves data. Not sure if this is a standard Android feature or if it would even benefit you.
Here with LG P990 and I don't have option to turn off 3G aftre some minutes... but if/when you didn't need high speed you can choose only 2G network (for example when needed receive only notification): this save a lot your battery.
Moreover you can verify battery consumption to see if there are autostart apps from your vendor than have heavy power consumption (for me there was OnScreenPhone) and use gemini app manager as explained previously.
In the end you can find out custom ROM for your device usually optimized for smoothness and power consumption.
First apps I download when switching to a new Rom to get a little control on battery are
Adfree- Get rid of ads, they eat a bit of battery.
DroidWall- Control what apps are able to access Internet under separate "Mobile Data" and "Wifi" Conditions.
Screenfilter- Dim the screen below factory settings.
LED's hack- Turn off the Softbutton Backlights (home/menu/back/search), even though they don't seem like it may eat up your battery, it is an extra 'light' that's on, even though it may be minimal, it's still drawing power.
Also, It maybe just a Photon thing cuz of the Pentile display but I always use if not completely Black background image, a dark one because the 'lighter' or 'whiter/colorful' images take more battery, same reason I always look for 'Inverted' or black themed apps too.
Turn OFF any 'Haptic feedback' settings on your phone (Keyboard, Phone DialPad, Screen/UI Interactions, etc..)
For Calls (Ringtone) and Notification settings, don't have them set to 'Ring and Vibrate' or just 'Vibrate' because the Vibration Mechanism will eat alot if battery. Some may argue that the Notification 'Vibrate' setting and even the Haptic feedback (which does in fact use the phones Vibration mechanism) would not kill battery because it's a 'quick' or 'minimal' use (depending on use) and but if your keyboard had the Haptic feedback on, thinking of how many times your touch the keyboard for even on Text message, try will add up and help kill the battery.
Turn OFF any/all Homescreen/UI Animations
Turn OFF any Auto Sync setting and instead have APPS sync in a specified interval, (Of course Depending on how important the information that's being pulled like Email) , Could be set to like every 4 hours to sync an so on.
Manually input Date/Time settings instead of "Get network provided values" because it'll be one less thing pulling from Internet.
Set Screen Timeout to 30 Secs and Never have Auto-Brightness set, instead use a brightness toggle of some sort (Stock 'Power Control' Widget works well) to only have it as bright as you need to view in current conditions.
Open the Google 'Talk' application and uncheck the 'Auto log-in' setting, and then 'Sign out'. For some reason this always runs in the background and eats alot of battery.
If I think of more things ill post them
Hope these tips help, if they do don't forget to hit the thanks button thanks.
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There are many ways...
Switch on WiFi, 3G at only using, and close the not using application, decrease display brightness etc...
And if you root your phone, you may change CPU governor, or build.prop tweaks, script tweaks... Or change to custom kernel or custom ROM.
I forgot that 'LED's hack' is not available in the market anymore, I attached it below.
i hv just downloaded screen-filter lets c how that works...
Juice defender
Try JuiceDefender by Latedroid. It helps a lot to turn off things you don't need when you don't need them. Sorry I can't post the link- I'm new to XDA
my experience:
undervolting does not help much. you have to test a lot for only a little bit of improvement.
in my opinion you will not really remark it.
but what helps, i think, is set cpu speed, if possible. for example i use samsung galaxy s2 where cpu has max 1200mhz. i set max cpu freq to 800mhz. with a good rom (hydrogenics f.e.) android keeps running smooth with 800mhz and battery lasts noticeable longer.
I agree that undervolting doesn't help so much.
Like in up post, best thing to save Your battery is to change cpu power. You can also use diffrent cpu govenor : good for battery are smartassv2 and power save. Just need to have rooted phone and download app, fx. Antutu CPU Master or Set CPU. U can also make your cpu speed profiles.
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...
Sent from my LT26i using Tapatalk 2
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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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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Click to collapse
thanks for the info i didn't know this was even possible! you got to hate the ads