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hi guys,
i'm having some problems with the battery life of my LG P500 (with CM7 + Kernel v18.1).
i installed this custom rom because some people told me that it has the best perfomance. But what I see now is a bad battery drain...
what I have to do? Change the CM? The Kernel? Or what?
unfortunately, i accidentally deleted the backup file...
thanks!
After you install a custom rom you need to first wipe your battery stats from your recovery then you can also use battery calibration app also you need to give your phone some time to get used to the performance for the battery life to be accurate you can see this warning in a few roms and in francos kernel thread the performance is better and the battery life is better to issue also suggest turning off your 3g when not using it if you have a 2.3 rom then you can go to cyanogen mod settings if it has it and add it to your notification buttons my battery on medium to heavy use will last 24-36 hours where with stock rom maybe 10
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thanks, man! =D
well, i don't use 3G... i keep this turned off. ;D
so, this is the only thing that i can do? Wipe battery stats?
i did this right now... let see...
There's not much you can do that has actual effect on the battery life. Keep wifi & 3G off when u don't use them is usually the first advice. Unfortunately overclocking means that your battery will drain out very fast. Mine's on charge via USB-cable most of the day, and using wifi or playing games for 40 mins means at least -20% battery power.
i know about wifi and 3g... ;D
and what about custom roms and kernel? my cobination could be a problem? =\
Lcas said:
i know about wifi and 3g... ;D
and what about custom roms and kernel? my cobination could be a problem? =\
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CM7 (6.5.5) comes with franco's kernel, and as far as I know, that's the best one at the moment, so I don't think that is the problem either. it's just how this ROM is ... you're not the only one with the same problem lol
how many things are you running in the background?
I've had issues with a couple programs eating cpu in the background.
oh and brightness makes a large difference.
if you have missed message flasher running by either flashing the screen or vibration's that will also drain the battery fast.
FnH84 said:
CM7 (6.5.5) comes with franco's kernel, and as far as I know, that's the best one at the moment, so I don't think that is the problem either. it's just how this ROM is ... you're not the only one with the same problem lol
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well, i flashed kernel v18 cfs... i read that it is better than v18.1 bfs
yeah... i'm seeing that i'm not the only one... =\
Brainy142 said:
how many things are you running in the background?
I've had issues with a couple programs eating cpu in the background.
oh and brightness makes a large difference.
if you have missed message flasher running by either flashing the screen or vibration's that will also drain the battery fast.
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this is something that i'm really looking... the apps that are running in the background... and something that i think very strange is the maps app... it is running though i didn't open it... o.o
the same thing happens to the equalizer...
they run without i know... so, i go there and cancel them. =s
flashing the screen or vibrations i have disabled. ;D
thanks!
if maps is running that is what is killing your battery .
if you want maps
get titanium backup and backup (or if you have paid freeze) the app and restore/unfreeze when you want to use it.
Yes Maps can drain the battery a lot lol
ps. you can see what is using your battery if you goto
settings ----> about ---> battery use
Lucky you can turn off 3g I'm on a provider that won't work unless I have it enabled -_- lol
My main reason for flashing a custom ROM is the ability to change permissions for each app that has been merged into CM and is part of mik's port. That combined with droidwall is a very important tool to battle the privacy violations with so many apps. That means that I didn't overclock, but I still saw an incredible battery drain on 6.5.5 + 18.1. Plus I was getting a weird log error with droidwall. I appreciate all the efforts on behalf of the developers, and I really hope to get a stable rom that would let me modify permissions of all apps with good battery life. Everything else is secondary.
Brainy142 said:
if maps is running that is what is killing your battery .
if you want maps
get titanium backup and backup (or if you have paid freeze) the app and restore/unfreeze when you want to use it.
Yes Maps can drain the battery a lot lol
ps. you can see what is using your battery if you goto
settings ----> about ---> battery use
Lucky you can turn off 3g I'm on a provider that won't work unless I have it enabled -_- lol
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Google maps will not drain battery until u have data enabled,same applies for other processes running in background.
And overclocking also doesnt drain battery faster as said on franko tweaks page.
(Correct me if i am wrong)
ashishv said:
Google maps will not drain battery until u have data enabled,same applies for other processes running in background.
And overclocking also doesnt drain battery faster as said on franko tweaks page.
(Correct me if i am wrong)
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False, read this about overclocking and battery, analyze the chart
And with google maps plus other similar apps running in the background, it will try to connect and find a connection therefore draining battery.
processes that only run in mine are:
google services (1process, google messaging service)
android keyboard ( dont tell me u dont know that )
pretty much those are necessary for your phone to be functional.
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well... i flashed kernel v18 cfs and the battery drain kept the same or changed a little bit... =\
Kira.Lawliet, beyond this process, my phone run setting and, often, maps... =s
what is the best solution? should i change the custom rom or what?
thanks!
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False, read this about overclocking and battery, analyze the chart
And with google maps plus other similar apps running in the background, it will try to connect and find a connection therefore draining battery.
processes that only run in mine are:
google services (1process, google messaging service)
android keyboard ( dont tell me u dont know that )
pretty much those are necessary for your phone to be functional.
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I got OC info from this page.
And abt maps,i have stated that it will not consume battery when data is NOT enabled.
Anyways thanks for those charts.
But as per my personal experience,OC doesnt drain battery faster
Use v18 CFS, not v18.1 .. i had the later and the battery drain was huge. Switch to 18, charge to 100%, wipe battery stats, use until completely discharged then charge again and see if that helps. OFC not even v18 can compete with the stock (or even mik's kernel) in terms of battery life, but if you want performance...
For me the best option was mik CM 6.5.5 and fk v17 cfs!! Definitely feels stable all the time!!
thank you, guys!
well... i really made a little mistake... the battery life improves with the fkv18 cfs. isn't a awful improvement, but is something.... =D
should i change to v17? =s
how i can see, CM 6.5.5 is the best option...
thanks!
ashishv said:
I got OC info from this page.
And abt maps,i have stated that it will not consume battery when data is NOT enabled.
Anyways thanks for those charts.
But as per my personal experience,OC doesnt drain battery faster
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Hm, i thought devs like andy and a couple other devs mentioned it before that g-maps & other similar apps will consume a %tage of batt. It's similar to bgsyncs. You can see for urself and log then block it with droidwall.
let's say:
you got every connection off (wifi, 3g off, only 2g for messages/sms otherwise none) > g-maps running > it will TRY to FIND a connection at a specific interval e.g. ~20min. > therefore consuming resources. I dunno about the latest versions of google trashes though (maps got offline support)
About oc'ing, yeah 122-480ish consumes the same BUT not if your phone is demanding more cpu to complete tasks, i.e @ 122 clocked it completes the tasks at a longer time than 320 wc is fast, just balance it if you are gaming or just using it for web browsing/sms/calls/music/minimal gaming like me( ~2.5 days atm im on 320/729 v18 bfs smartass & it's good enough).IIRC franco told this on his earlier pages on the kernel topic
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Correct me if I'm wrong but for a 2.3.4 rom shouldn't you be using the BFS version of Franco Kernel? I believe that CFS is for Froyo roms (at least that's what Franco himself told me on a post a few weeks ago)
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I have been struggling with trying to figure out if the battery life I am seeing is what my Atrix is really capable of. I am occasionally a heavy user, but on weekends I am a very light user. I'll start at 8am with 100% and be almost dead at 6-8pm. I have searched around and seen other Atrix users with 24 hours of battery life and even if I tried my hardest to not use my phone I wouldn't get those kind of numbers. I feel fairly confident in saying i scoured search results and tried everything i could find to extend battery life.
Am I doing something wrong?
Is there something I can do to help?
I know it's been asked before, but I am hoping to get some current answers for this question: what kind of battery life numbers are you getting on your Atrix? Which rom are you using?
Atrix 4G running CM7 RC3. If the answer is "keep it charged as often as possible", it is what it is. It would be great to find an answer to why battery life is so much shorter than others though! Many thanks in advance.
Just noticed CM7.2 stable was released, upgrading to that now to see if battery life improves. Might try a full wipe to see if battery life is better without email, syncs, etc. etc. if the upgrade doesn't help.
i would recommend getting cpu spy and also download and install as a zip 'blue sleep fix' (blue sleep zip can be found in the CM7 thread). This has greatly improved my battery life.
rjbanker said:
Just noticed CM7.2 stable was released, upgrading to that now to see if battery life improves. Might try a full wipe to see if battery life is better without email, syncs, etc. etc. if the upgrade doesn't help.
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Which kernel? Flash Faux 1.0GHz and undervolt across the board by -50mv. Instant battery life!
Also, use ROM Manager or equivalent to stop all non essential apps from starting on boot.
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barry_ said:
i would recommend getting cpu spy and also download and install as a zip 'blue sleep fix' (blue sleep zip can be found in the CM7 thread). This has greatly improved my battery life.
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There are 2 cpu spy apps on the market, can you let me know which one to use? Bluesleep fix found and downloading now.
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Which kernel? Flash Faux 1.0GHz and undervolt across the board by -50mv. Instant battery life!
Also, use ROM Manager or equivalent to stop all non essential apps from starting on boot.
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Flashed Faux 1.0 no problem. I do not know how to undervolt so I will search around and see if i can find something on it. Ill try stopping some startup apps too. Thanks for the suggestions all! Keep them coming!
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There are 2 cpu spy apps on the market, can you let me know which one to use? Bluesleep fix found and downloading now.
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the one by 'STORM717' :good:
Hopefully did the under volt right! Should I set it to take effect at boot?
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Hopefully did the under volt right! Should I set it to take effect at boot?
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Test your settings for a few days. If the phone stays stable THEN you set at boot.
Big thanks to everyone! Battery life has improved a ton (see picts)! It was hard finding the blue sleep fix, here it is for others to easily find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25437046&postcount=436
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Big thanks to everyone! Battery life has improved a ton (see picts)! It was hard finding the blue sleep fix, here it is for others to easily find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25437046&postcount=436
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Err, that is not good battery life at all bro. I can tell you barely used the phone. Atrix should be able to provide up to 2 days standby time...
I wouldn't undervolt either, I read on these forums that the battery gained from undervolting barely makes a difference
MB860, CM7.2.0, Faux 026b1 1Ghz
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Big thanks to everyone! Battery life has improved a ton (see picts)! It was hard finding the blue sleep fix, here it is for others to easily find: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25437046&postcount=436
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You should turn wifi off when not in use, that will save battery life.
Badass battery will let you know how you spend your battery by % and let you know which app takes the most battery. (Lets you get a really readable easily understandable battery read out.)
I can help you get even better battery if you use this app and give me some numbers (it has a share via gmail/etc)
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You should turn wifi off when not in use, that will save battery life.
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Or simply set wifi sleep to screen off
MB860, CM7.2.0, Faux 026b1 1Ghz
Ciloteille said:
Badass battery will let you know how you spend your battery by % and let you know which app takes the most battery. (Lets you get a really readable easily understandable battery read out.)
I can help you get even better battery if you use this app and give me some numbers (it has a share via gmail/etc)
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turning off wifi is not going to help him that much. I leave my wifi on all the time no problems, make 2 days light usage no problem.
More likely he's got some apps running around in the background. I suggest he pick through what he's got installed and start turning off the things that like to sync all the time in the background.
I think step number 1 would be to install a non-stock ROM and startover fresh.
Blur-based ROMs (Nottachtrix was really good) then the faux123 kernel then slowly start installing the apps he likes to use and monitor battery life. It might take a month but he's definitely got an offender here or there causing these problems.
also install Juice Defender. My mom's Galaxy S2 was having tons of problems with battery life even though she wasn't using it at all, 60% battery life at 3pm without using it at all, installed that and immediately helped her a lot, like 80% by 3pm WITH use.
Also, clear your dalvik cache. After installing lots of stuff and not using it, it just fills up with sometimes poorly written code. Clearing it always makes phone faster in my experience.
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Badass battery will let you know how you spend your battery by % and let you know which app takes the most battery. (Lets you get a really readable easily understandable battery read out.)
I can help you get even better battery if you use this app and give me some numbers (it has a share via gmail/etc)
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I will give that a shot, thanks!
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Or simply set wifi sleep to screen off
MB860, CM7.2.0, Faux 026b1 1Ghz
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Strangely, I keep setting wifi to turn off when the screen is off...but it keeps resetting itself. I wonder if I found a bug?
rancur3p1c said:
turning off wifi is not going to help him that much. I leave my wifi on all the time no problems, make 2 days light usage no problem.
More likely he's got some apps running around in the background. I suggest he pick through what he's got installed and start turning off the things that like to sync all the time in the background.
I think step number 1 would be to install a non-stock ROM and startover fresh.
Blur-based ROMs (Nottachtrix was really good) then the faux123 kernel then slowly start installing the apps he likes to use and monitor battery life. It might take a month but he's definitely got an offender here or there causing these problems.
also install Juice Defender. My mom's Galaxy S2 was having tons of problems with battery life even though she wasn't using it at all, 60% battery life at 3pm without using it at all, installed that and immediately helped her a lot, like 80% by 3pm WITH use.
Also, clear your dalvik cache. After installing lots of stuff and not using it, it just fills up with sometimes poorly written code. Clearing it always makes phone faster in my experience.
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I think this is what I will do today! I'll do a nandroid backup, and try Nottachtrix with no extra stuff installed or setup. I will report back! I appreciate all the help to get my phone performing where it should be.
Just wanted to report in. I tried a clean ROM as stated in my previous post with no luck. I just couldn't get past the battery life I was getting with cyanogenmod WITH all of the apps and syncs enabled. Should I try another ROM maybe?
Maybe your battery is just a bit old? After ~2 years, you can expect that battery life drops dramatically. if you are a heavy user this might happen earlier. Maybe check with the battery of a friend of yours whether it's a software or a hardware issue
Nvmd
You could be right, the battery might be dying.
I was on vacation the past few days so I got the opportunity to not use my phone most of the day (job requires me to use the phone a lot). The battery lasted about 12 hours and looked like it had about 4 hours left. So maybe I am expecting too much, but I'm not trolling...no.
If you aren't going to be helpful, go somewhere else. You could have said "Your phone screen was on for probably longer periods than the average user and that's why you can't hit longer hours". Based on your previous comments, I shouldn't expect much from you though.
Many thanks to all who are helping me. You're all awesome.
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11-12 hours.
I also have 11-12 hours with 1 charge. And it is not enough for me. I use only Whatsapp ( a lot usage ), a little bit browsing, 20-30 minutes phone calls. These are all. And 11-12 hours is sooo bad for them i guess.
I have an "suspend linux process" drainage issue. Maybe because of it, I'm getting this result.
How can I extend my battery life. PLEASE Help!
It's kernel 3.0
Junior Einstein said:
It's kernel 3.0
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Even when we had 2.6.x kernel there WAS battery drain
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Guys before flaming, try AOKP JB 4.1.2 Milestone 1 by Bytecode, you'll notice the difference in battery life. It's based on 2.6 kernel
actualy JAVA causes battery drains:
"What’s the worst thing about Android which iPhone does not suffer from? It’s battery drain. With the battery strength most manufacturers are putting in the phone, it appears, 3 years down the line we would need car batteries with the tablet and phones (I’d prefer carrying my CPU on head anyways)! This is one thing where iPhone beats Android hands down and proves its pure awesomeness! But we believe Apple hasn’t put any patent on that word so we can use that for Ubuntu Phone as well.
The reason Android sucks (the phone’s battery) is ‘Java’. Most hardcore tech geeks (aka hackers) call Java a pathetic language. We’d call it (and .NET) a technical eunuch – it is not compiled to binary, it is not interpretable as a script and what do you get – a false sense of security. Yep, under certain circumstances, it is beneficial but then (whatever happened to reverse engineering techniques) a Mobile OS and Java? That sounds like a troubled marriage. Java is one of the biggest reasons why Android under-performs. A significant amount of power gets consumed for the bytecode interpretation. Alright, it is technically not the bytecode as in Java SE/ME and is an optimized and converted version of the same which runs on the Dalvik VM but it’s still far from binary." from here http://www.c-integration.com/blog/showpost.php/75-5-reasons-why-ubuntu-phone-can-blow-away-android
FOR ME, ITS THE GOOGLE APPS, I FREEZE THIS, TAKE NOTE: GoogleServices apk, and GoogleServiceFramework.apk (you will see the wakelock named xxx-gsf or something like, well this is the app).. that works for me, but you are not able to use any app what uses google connect, like youtube, etc!
edinrh said:
FOR ME, ITS THE GOOGLE APPS, I FREEZE THIS, TAKE NOTE: GoogleServices apk, and GoogleServiceFramework.apk (you will see the wakelock named xxx-gsf or something like, well this is the app).. that works for me, but you are not able to use any app what uses google connect, like youtube, etc!
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I'm using google apps on aokp jb, no battery drain
Well,in ics you can flash a 2.6 kernel.I used it too(4d kernel by S'n'S),but not because of battery,but in terms of performance is way better than 3.0.x.However I admit that on 2.6 the battery is a little better.You just have to optimize the phone corectly !
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edinrh said:
FOR ME, ITS THE GOOGLE APPS, I FREEZE THIS, TAKE NOTE: GoogleServices apk, and GoogleServiceFramework.apk (you will see the wakelock named xxx-gsf or something like, well this is the app).. that works for me, but you are not able to use any app what uses google connect, like youtube, etc!
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+1 and google backup service....
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I'm using google apps on aokp jb, no battery drain
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not necessarily direct battery drain..but cause Wakelocks which increase battery drain
battery drain is, I think, now native in Android, it depends only how bad is it, some gapps make wakelocks preventing deepsleep, and wifi that is really a big trouble with 3.0 kernel, and since we do not have an 3.0 kernel designed specific for O1 and has an increased battery drain(especialy wifi drain) did someone used an special app like SetCpu or CPUMaster that has profile settings for over/under clock that you can set to see if this app prevents wakelocks with 3.0 kernel ?
and, the battery drain is increasing as OC or no ? in my opinion it shouldn't be, or not? a drain is a drain and should be same or is exponential ?
so OC makes CPU drain more, gapps drains too, wifi drains, outch, poor battery, screen drains? cannot read anything on phone in daylight if it's not at max, what does more drain ? some funny apps installed from market for my kids (like Talking Friends, Talking Tom etc) why apps does not really close when you close them? here is an major issue, apps not really closing but run in background draining juice and creating wakelocks
so, my conclusion, EVERYTHING DRAINS BATTERY, oh, and does anyone remember if stock rom has battery drain? I think yes
And YES, the kernel 3.0 is a bit problematic, you notice the difference in the duration of the battery... the deepsleep is not working fine with that kernel!
grigtm said:
battery drain is, I think, now native in Android, it depends only how bad is it, some gapps make wakelocks preventing deepsleep, and wifi that is really a big trouble with 3.0 kernel, and since we do not have an 3.0 kernel designed specific for O1 and has an increased battery drain(especialy wifi drain) did someone used an special app like SetCpu or CPUMaster that has profile settings for over/under clock that you can set to see if this app prevents wakelocks with 3.0 kernel ?
and, the battery drain is increasing as OC or no ? in my opinion it shouldn't be, or not? a drain is a drain and should be same or is exponential ?
so OC makes CPU drain more, gapps drains too, wifi drains, outch, poor battery, screen drains? cannot read anything on phone in daylight if it's not at max, what does more drain ? some funny apps installed from market for my kids (like Talking Friends, Talking Tom etc) why apps does not really close when you close them? here is an major issue, apps not really closing but run in background draining juice and creating wakelocks
so, my conclusion, EVERYTHING DRAINS BATTERY, oh, and does anyone remember if stock rom has battery drain? I think yes
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And YES, the kernel 3.0 is a bit problematic, you notice the difference in the duration of the battery... the deepsleep is not working fine with that kernel!
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i use DS battery saver which forces deep sleep and setcpu profiles.standby battery is great without wifi/3g
standby [email protected] 5-10% per hour.
while using 15% per hour..
hariraj96 said:
i use DS battery saver which forces deep sleep and setcpu profiles.standby battery is great without wifi/3g
standby [email protected] 5-10% per hour.
while using 15% per hour..
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Well ..while deep sleep ..i have 0% battery drain ..
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Well ..while deep sleep ..i have 0% battery drain ..
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OMG ...This kernel is maddening me...
@hariraj96, you're on JB, right? Try getting the Greenify app, then use it to hibernate problematic/resource consuming apps. I find that using Greenify along with CrossBreeder (performance & battery saving tweaks, found here on XDA) helped me get the most out of my battery when using JB (jenkins build).
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@hariraj96, you're on JB, right? Try getting the Greenify app, then use it to hibernate problematic/resource consuming apps. I find that using Greenify along with CrossBreeder (performance & battery saving tweaks, found here on XDA) helped me get the most out of my battery when using JB (jenkins build).
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thanks ..forgotten about greenify...btw whats crossbreeder???
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thanks ..forgotten about greenify...btw whats crossbreeder???
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This is CrossBreeder. It's a collection of tweaks/mods that, IMHO, works really well in smoothing out the performance and user experience of a phone like the O1. Simply flash the mod, and you're done, no configuring required. The governor tweaks and IO tweaks are disabled by default, though, so you'll need to enable them yourself (I find that enabling them helps with battery life slightly).
A caveat: CrossBreeder is incompatible with many other mods that do similar things (eg. V6 Supercharger, Seeder, etc.), so you need to remove those other tweaks if you want to try CrossBreeder. You shouldn't have too many tweaks installed at the same time, anyway, since you run the risk of conflicts.
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Oxygen ROM, the best!
You, guys, never tried Oxygen 2.x by popdog123! It's actually the ROM which is the most optimized for our phone! Leaving the 3G on during the whole day, while being connected to my home router only spent 3-4% of my battery! Can you imagine how long your phone can be running on a single charge?! Trust me, this is a revolutionary ROM for our beloved smartphone
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You, guys, never tried Oxygen 2.x by popdog123! It's actually the ROM which is the most optimized for our phone! Leaving the 3G on during the whole day, while being connected to my home router only spent 3-4% of my battery! Can you imagine how long your phone can be running on a single charge?! Trust me, this is a revolutionary ROM for our beloved smartphone
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cheslot98 said:
You, guys, never tried Oxygen 2.x by popdog123! It's actually the ROM which is the most optimized for our phone! Leaving the 3G on during the whole day, while being connected to my home router only spent 3-4% of my battery! Can you imagine how long your phone can be running on a single charge?! Trust me, this is a revolutionary ROM for our beloved smartphone
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Yeah exactly the best and fastest.
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Hi everyone!
Some days ago I bought a new battery for my S3 (seller said to be genuine) and I am disappointed because its performance is almost the same as the one I was experiencing with my old battery (18 month-old battery). For this reason, I have been researching and I have done this until now:
*) Being honest, this comparison is somehow subjective since apart from the battery change, my S3 was officially updated from 4.1 to 4.3 almost at the same time I changed the battery. Then, I wonder whether this update may have affected my diagnosis on the battery duration.
1) According to the point * I decided to do a battery calibration "without root" consisting in draining the battery to 0% and charging until 100%. I haven't seen any improvement doing this.
2) As consequence I analyzed wakelocks. I have addressed two of them from the System:
- AudioOutLock. to fix this one I did as recommended: disabling sounds when typing and all of this.
- Backup. Fixed by disabling the backup from Google (I would like to have it enabled but if it is causing a battery drain...)
3) I let the phone the whole night turned on with the 3g connection on and I got a ratio of 2%/hour draining. I have read this is more or less under the normal parameters.
After doing all of this I'm still not happy with the performance. Usually, my mobile gets under 20% by the end of the day with the screen on in a range between 1h30m and 2h. If I remember well at the very begging (when I bought my phone), I was getting my phone at 20% by the end of the day but having the screen on for 4h or more. After buying a new battery, I was expecting to return to that situation.
Do you have any hint? As for example a better way to calibrate? Factory reset may help? Should I check a specific wakelock?
Thank you very much in advance!
I forgot to mention that when I let it charging over night, my s3 does not always charge until 100. Sometimes it's until 98 or 95. I don't know if this helps you guys as a hint but I want to provide as much information as possible.
Thanks
1) According to the point * I decided to do a battery calibration "without root" consisting in draining the battery to 0% and charging until 100%. I haven't seen any improvement doing this.
>>>>>Battery calibrates itself over a week or so of use .
Then, I wonder whether this update may have affected my diagnosis on the battery duration.
>>>>> Read the 4.3 threads .
Read the multiple battery posts .
JJEgan said:
1) According to the point * I decided to do a battery calibration "without root" consisting in draining the battery to 0% and charging until 100%. I haven't seen any improvement doing this.
>>>>>Battery calibrates itself over a week or so of use .
Then, I wonder whether this update may have affected my diagnosis on the battery duration.
>>>>> Read the 4.3 threads .
Read the multiple battery posts .
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Thanks!, I will check. But so far I have briefly seen it looks like there is not a specific solution more than disabling gNow and some other things. Maybe a good option is to downgrade or using a custom rom in which there aren't these problem.
its same to me.
aftet update 4.2 to 4.3.
paco_ramirez said:
Hi everyone!
Some days ago I bought a new battery for my S3 (seller said to be genuine) and I am disappointed because its performance is almost the same as the one I was experiencing with my old battery (18 month-old battery). For this reason, I have been researching and I have done this until now:
*) Being honest, this comparison is somehow subjective since apart from the battery change, my S3 was officially updated from 4.1 to 4.3 almost at the same time I changed the battery. Then, I wonder whether this update may have affected my diagnosis on the battery duration.
1) According to the point * I decided to do a battery calibration "without root" consisting in draining the battery to 0% and charging until 100%. I haven't seen any improvement doing this.
2) As consequence I analyzed wakelocks. I have addressed two of them from the System:
- AudioOutLock. to fix this one I did as recommended: disabling sounds when typing and all of this.
- Backup. Fixed by disabling the backup from Google (I would like to have it enabled but if it is causing a battery drain...)
3) I let the phone the whole night turned on with the 3g connection on and I got a ratio of 2%/hour draining. I have read this is more or less under the normal parameters.
After doing all of this I'm still not happy with the performance. Usually, my mobile gets under 20% by the end of the day with the screen on in a range between 1h30m and 2h. If I remember well at the very begging (when I bought my phone), I was getting my phone at 20% by the end of the day but having the screen on for 4h or more. After buying a new battery, I was expecting to return to that situation.
Do you have any hint? As for example a better way to calibrate? Factory reset may help? Should I check a specific wakelock?
Thank you very much in advance!
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Hi, look for XDA-forum "Better Battery Stats", there is an excellent tool to analyse battery drain and the community in this thread provides very good support.
leonardo-lavazza said:
Hi, look for XDA-forum "Better Battery Stats", there is an excellent tool to analyse battery drain and the community in this thread provides very good support.
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Thanks!. I have been using Wakelock detector but I will try with this one. I was wondering if using this kind of applications for checking the wakelocks may provoke some battery drain itself. I mean, should it be used just for analyzing when you experience a battery issue? or should they be permanently installed no matter whether you have battery problems or not?
paco_ramirez said:
Thanks!. I have been using Wakelock detector but I will try with this one. I was wondering if using this kind of applications for checking the wakelocks may provoke some battery drain itself. I mean, should it be used just for analyzing when you experience a battery issue? or should they be permanently installed no matter whether you have battery problems or not?
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Hi, Better Battery Stats is using an already existing process of Android to obtain it's information, therefore the influence of the app itself on battery drain should be negligable.
leonardo-lavazza said:
Hi, Better Battery Stats is using an already existing process of Android to obtain it's information, therefore the influence of the app itself on battery drain should be negligable.
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Thanks for the info!. I have not seen anything special in the partial wakelocks. In the kernel wakelocks, it is difficult to distinguish whether one entry is specially problematic or not. After what I have read so far it may be the mix of social apps I have now installed:
- Whatsapp
- Twitter
- Messenger (FB messenger)
- Line
I guess maybe I have too many of them reason why the battery is draining more than normally when the screen is off
paco_ramirez said:
Thanks for the info!. I have not seen anything special in the partial wakelocks. In the kernel wakelocks, it is difficult to distinguish whether one entry is specially problematic or not. After what I have read so far it may be the mix of social apps I have now installed:
- Whatsapp
- Twitter
- Messenger (FB messenger)
- Line
I guess maybe I have too many of them reason why the battery is draining more than normally when the screen is off
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Which firmware you are using. .Sometimes it's the problem with the firmware. .For example GML2 and ML4 version firmware has a pretty bad battery drain. ..
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kunal1540 said:
Which firmware you are using. .Sometimes it's the problem with the firmware. .For example GML2 and ML4 version firmware has a pretty bad battery drain. ..
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Thanks for the answer!.
Firmware: JSS15J.I9300XXUGMK6
What about this one?
paco_ramirez said:
Thanks for the answer!.
Firmware: JSS15J.I9300XXUGMK6
What about this one?
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mk6 is fine with the battery...so firstly install an app called better battery stats search for it...install it and let the phone to be in standby mode for 4-5 hours..and then see in partial wakelocks and kernel wakelocks..and post those screenshots on bbs thread...someone will surely help you..
sometimes changing kernel could solve the problem..boeffla is the one i am satisfied with..and agni kernel is also one of the better kernels..:good:
kunal1540 said:
mk6 is fine with the battery...so firstly install an app called better battery stats search for it...install it and let the phone to be in standby mode for 4-5 hours..and then see in partial wakelocks and kernel wakelocks..and post those screenshots on bbs thread...someone will surely help you..
sometimes changing kernel could solve the problem..boeffla is the one i am satisfied with..and agni kernel is also one of the better kernels..:good:
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Sorry for the delay to answer, I've been busy. Here I post the images of the battery stats. Sorry, they are not what you told me to be having them 5 hours quiet (that's difficult for me). However I can tell you that the 40minutes of screen on where just chatting on whatsapp or checking emails; no angry birds or need for speeds hehe... Are these images ok to be posted on the thread you told me? Thanks in advance!
I had a poor battery perfomance after upgrading from 4.1.2 to 4.3 until I've disabled fast dormancy. It seems that in v4.3 is enabled, and if your carrier doesn't support it, it will eat your battery. Donwload free from market "fast dormancy togle" by Siyah, and that's it
viktor92 said:
I had a poor battery perfomance after upgrading from 4.1.2 to 4.3 until I've disabled fast dormancy. It seems that in v4.3 is enabled, and if your carrier doesn't support it, it will eat your battery. Donwload free from market "fast dormancy togle" by Siyah, and that's it
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I have just rooted the phone and disable the fd. I hope this works!. Thank you very much for the info. However, now that I have it rooted, do you suggest to install a custom rom for getting a better performance? if so, which? there is a good one with 4.4 and multi-view?.
Thanks in advance!
Try flashing allblacksback mod it makes the whole system dark and saves battery on display and also I recommend disabling Google play services but this means there will be no push services but it saves a lot of ? ? ? ?
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After giving a try to the idea of disconnecting the fast dormancy here I give you some reports on the battery consumption. I don't know why but statistics are wrong from the point of view of the duration (3 days).. since I disconnected it just 10 hours ago. I think its consumption is still huge. I hope you can give me a hint on it. Thanks!
Ive installed smartdroid. Battery perfomance seems quite better now! What do you think from the screens? However.. i find the screen too much consuming.... ive seen people managing 5 hours of screen in a day. Why i am not? May it be battery or configuration?
Thanks!
Do you have any hint on this? Ive seen that with the screen off the consumption is really good. However, with the screen on a doing normal stuff: chroming, feedlying or whatsapping it goes to a 20-25%/h.
Hey guys, in the last few months I've been experienced a High battery drain...
In the first months whit the G2 the battery used to last (in a normal use)
Something between 8 and 12 hours, now I'm getting 5 hours in moderate use!
In the moment I'm using the 5.0.2 lollipop rom that I installed yesterday. But since 4.4 kit kat I'm experiencing Highly anormal battery drain even in airplane mode...
My Battery graphic is just nose diving =/
First install BBS and see which app or wakelock are draining your battery.
wisefreakz said:
First install BBS and see which app or wakelock are draining your battery.
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I didn't find the "bbs" app in the play store , but I'm running an battery monitor right now.. I will post the results soon, can you get the bbs link? Thanks
I think that he thought this app:
https://www.google.cz/webhp?sourcei...=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#es_th=1&q=bbs google play
But useful app is as well GSAM. I used it once for the same reason.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm
Hi, i use "better battery stats" + "Wakelock detector" combo to see what is draining my battery when phone should be idle, you can do the same and check what is killing your battery. Then you uninstall/froze/unable those application or services, easy ^^
Well..
Those are the results of the app, but the weird thing is that even making a factory reset or even installing a new rom, don't solve the issue =(
When i had Facebook's app installed on my G2 i noticed huge drain, i uninstalled it soon, if i have to see something on facebook i enter through browser.
In your case it is not the only problem, maybe your google services are acting badly, try wakelock detector and see results after a couple of hours of idle state.
3ig said:
Here you go:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cwb8khobt2gx5sd/propper-power_profile-fix.zip?dl=0
Just to clarify. This is for the now gone offical D802 5.0.2 Vodafone rom
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it works for me
Try to disable FastDormancy
Just flashed the zip.... Flash dormancy? How do I disable that?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2493017
And cut the lazyness next time...