My battery life on this phone is positively shameful. Does anyone have any tips to extend battery life?
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It was taken off charge at 100%
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Hi, few days ago I pulled the trigger on a padfone mini x
they were onsale for $100 and a replacement was needed for my xperia Z3 to go back for repair (it was bent )
this padfone was a Great idea (kind of too heavy tho), great price, but man.. this particular device is pretty sluggish,
takes forever to do ANYTHING, it reminds me of my xperia x10 (The very first Sony smartphone).
6 hours into it at work; HOLY COW it was unbearable! my productivity was extremely low.
I noticed the battery was pretty bad as you mentioned..
However, things improved quite a bit after you get rid of the bloatwares from AT&T & pre installed **** app running in the background.
Just follow the pro's guides, step by step and you will be good to go. Promise!
P.S. don't use smart saving mode, it piss me off. Tasks takes 30 seconds on google map with Smart Saving mode will take you 3 minutes, because it is constantly lagging.
I am thinking to make a root video for this device when maybe this weekend. :cyclops:
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Hi, few days ago I pulled the trigger on a padfone mini x
they were onsale for $100 and a replacement was needed for my xperia Z3 to go back for repair (it was bent )
this padfone was a Great idea (kind of too heavy tho), great price, but man.. this particular device is pretty sluggish,
takes forever to do ANYTHING, it reminds me of my xperia x10 (The very first Sony smartphone).
6 hours into it at work; HOLY COW it was unbearable! my productivity was extremely low.
I noticed the battery was pretty bad as you mentioned..
However, things improved quite a bit after you get rid of the bloatwares from AT&T & pre installed **** app running in the background.
Just follow the pro's guides, step by step and you will be good to go. Promise!
P.S. don't use smart saving mode, it piss me off. Tasks takes 30 seconds on google map with Smart Saving mode will take you 3 minutes, because it is constantly lagging.
I am thinking to make a root video for this device when maybe this weekend. :cyclops:
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Good advice but for me, the best things that I did was to (1) uninstall all of the AT&T software, (2) uninstall ANYTHING from Google that you can download from the store which means to NOT uninstall Play Services or Play Store, (3) uninstall the Google app. That thing sucked up so much RAM because I think it was doing the whole "Ok Google" thing and it was sucking down resources. After doing all of that and installing Root Booster, this phone lasts all day with plenty to spare and is very stable when i used Root Booster's Stability mode.
Basically any app that is installed by default that you update (like Google Play Music, Play Videos, etc.) takes up local storage space.
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My battery life on this phone is positively shameful. Does anyone have any tips to extend battery life?
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It was taken off charge at 100%
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Don't turn it on...It's horrible even for a $100 tablet/phone combo..Best thing to do is root and remove a lot of the bloat ware...It helps some but it's still a poor product with no support..
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Found this neat battery management app from the makers of go launcher ex. after using it for a few days I have found what it estimates to be fairly spot on. Have you guys tried it?
Link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex.gowidget.gopowermaster
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I've been using GO apps since getting my Note back in February. The Power Master app is very good. I have tried different power saving apps and was never really satisfied. Also, what font are you using on your Note?
The font is called "Droid" I installed it using RomToolBox by jRummy.
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I've been using GO apps since getting my Note back in February. The Power Master app is very good. I have tried different power saving apps and was never really satisfied. Also, what font are you using on your Note?
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Thanks for the app suggestion
First day using it and I'm at 63 percent after 16 hours and the app estimates 10 more hours of battery life
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I'm not sure I see the purpose. I've tried both Juice Defender and GreenPower, and those both are capable of extending my battery automatically by managing the radios (at the cost of untimely notifications), but everything in GO Power is already built into the phone (except for estimated time remaining).
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I'm not sure I see the purpose. I've tried both Juice Defender and GreenPower, and those both are capable of extending my battery automatically by managing the radios (at the cost of untimely notifications), but everything in GO Power is already built into the phone (except for estimated time remaining).
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Go Power Master aims to take the time consuming setup & micro-management out of the process by handling most of everything for you.
I used it for a few days but it wasnt for me.
Personally, I use Tasker and Battery Widget Pro.
Tasker (something like $8 on the market) gives you all the functionality of Juice Defender and GreenPower but it also gives you MANY more options than any other app of this kind (automation on your phone). Tasker isnt specifically for saving battery power, its about automating process for you so you dont have to think about it and if you think about it, some of the things you do may be for the express purpose of saving battery life but could also be for other purposes.
One of the MANY automated Tasker scripts I run automatically turns off nearly every radio on the phone when I am more than 200 feet away from the house. Another automatically turns the phone ringer off when I place it on my inductive charger (when its on the charger, I dont want phone calls because I usually will be sleeping).
However, Tasker comes at a huge price, first it is fairly expensive for an app but the bigger issue is the learning curve. Yes, there is a ton of documentation for it but essentially, every task you create is a small logic gate and if you are not familiar with basic programming or have a good grasp of basic math and minor algebra (greater than, lesser than, etc.), you may run into some difficulties getting it to do what you want it to.
Battery Widget Pro tells me EXACTLY what is going on with my battery, sometimes killing me with TMI (too much information). When I see something out of the norm with regards to battery life, I can tap the battery widget and see exactly what has been going on since the day I installed the app (it lets me go back as far as I want to see battery information).
Hey guys anyone know from experience which Rom gives you the very best battery life? I'm a somewhat heavy user and trying to get my note to last me through the day. Or the best tweaks that don't take away too much from performance and convience? Thanks a ton.
No one rom does, everyone will claim the rom they use does
I'm a heavy user
No rom will give me 2 days, although folks will claim it
It all depends on how you use your phone
If you're a "light" user, then any rom will give you long life cuz you're not using your phone
Best thing is to put a screen filter app on any rom you choose, that'll extend your life since the screen is biggest hog
Or wait til we get kernels with undervolting
In my experience the people that constantly complain about battery life are horrible at managing their device. If you don't have ****ty apps spying on you while running unnecessary processes in the background you a should get through the whole day. my note comes off the charger at 9am and has about 15% battery left by 2am. That's with plenty of screen on time and watching an episode from hulu on 4g. I am on wifi about 70% of the day though. Screen off timeout is set to 1 minute and weather and stock updates every 4 hours.
I download nothing unless the app maker is well known and trusted and I believe that is important. Some live wallpapers want full network access.no thank you.
P.s. Don't use the one percent battery meter.ignorance its bliss trust me. I'm so much happier not knowing the exact percentage.
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Well right now I don't have anything running (climbing on OP feed)
Startup Manager I have bought which supposedly will stop programs at startup. Any thoughts? I've read where it ia better to let things run naturally. I have about 100 apps.
Samsung has built in power saver? Used from time to time..anyone else use this? Juice defender better?
There is a spreadsheet pn here that says gives unnecessary apps we can delete. Suggested???
Without creating another similar thread would love to hear some thoughts.
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I just went back to the Note. I have very few apps other than stock. My main usage is exchange email, web, calls and texts. Running stock I get about 9 hours or so depending on calls.
My only gripe is when I do travel and use GPS Navigation the car charger struggles to keep up even with the screen off. Hope a new kernel will resolve this issue
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Its all comes down to user experience
No rom is the best
No rom has the best battery
No rom has the best features
Try them all out and see which works out best for you
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My only gripe is when I do travel and use GPS Navigation the car charger struggles to keep up even with the screen off. Hope a new kernel will resolve this issue
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The problem isn't your kernel it is your car charger. The note has higher requirements than most phones. I have a car charger that won't even be recognized as connected.
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You can't really say ones the best but cm9 is giving me great battery life
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Big Dawg 23 said:
My only gripe is when I do travel and use GPS Navigation the car charger struggles to keep up even with the screen off. Hope a new kernel will resolve this issue
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It's not as much of a kernel issue as it is a characteristic of the hardware. No amount of kernel tuning will magically allow, say, the display to consume less power while being at the same brightness. Make sure your car charger is capable of putting out the full 1 A current that the Note can pull. If you are running with the screen at full brightness, GPS for Navigation, 4G data to pull down map tiles, and Bluetooth to your car, the Note will need about 1 A of power. Check the Accessories forum for many threads on which car adapters and USB cables will work with the Note. I am using a Bracketron 12V adapter, and it is able to keep up with the Note running full tilt.
Out of all I've tried, so far KING KANG from DaGr8 has given me the best battery life.
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Today I have been running for 16 hours and still have 50% battery.
All I did differently is utilize the data toggle widget on CM7 unboosted. I'm still able to call, text and use wifi. And if necessary I can swith data on in a matter of seconds.
I suggest everyone tired of weak batteries give this widget a shot, you won't be sorry.
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I'm on 1day and 13 hours with 14% left
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CM7 is a GB ROM on a GB device. It's the best battery life for us... It's not a surprise you are getting that battery life.
Ive managed amazing battery life, 4 days 10 hrs, running eclipse 2.3 with mashup v6. The screens speak for themselves. I do turn off my 3g,wifi,and gps when I'm not using them and don't turn my phones off at all. I do check my email and surf the web often enough that only naked browser really shows up in percentage use. I listen to music but in the span of days a few, an hour or so a day doesn't add up to even one percent i guess. I average a few calls a day for only a few minutes and text a decent amount, but I'd say doing stuff online is what uses my battery the most.
the only 4 things ive done different (I used to get 1 maybe 2 days of battery life with all my same habits): flashed eclipse 2.3 from 2.2 and ive never used mashup till now, ive just started turning off my 3g when i dont use it, and id say the naked browser is probably slim enough to not hog alot of processing or memory.
Wow that's awesome. I haven't given eclipse much of a shot. I like cm cuz its customization like lock screen and the pull down toggles are changeable. But this might persuade me to change ROMs
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Naked Browser battery savings
MunkinDrunky said:
naked browser is probably slim enough to not hog alot of processing or memory.
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One difference is that Naked Browser does not spy, monitor, or track users in ANY way. Imagine the processing and bandwidth involved in tracking your every keystroke, button press, swipe, etc. That's what browsers out there are doing! They call it "analytic testing" or "user experience monitoring" but the truth is that they're figuring out where you visit, aligning it with your identity (I try to stay away from any app that requires "phone state and identity"), and selling your information--very sensitive information! Naked Browser does not and will never do this.
Two, Naked Browser stops completely when you're done with it. It freezes and does not use any CPU unless you go back to it. There's absolutely no "phoning home" or "pinging" going on. Web pages are given a short chance to complete loading and downloads are left to finish, but as soon as what you requested is done the browser goes into deep sleep, yet ready to resume.
Three, I made it as fast as I could, testing all along the way. I'm continuously trying to crunch the code down so that things are as efficient as I can make them. Scrolling, zooming, loading, etc...I try to trim as much delay as I can out of browsing. The seconds and milliseconds add up. Even the overlaid menus, perhaps a bit frustrating at first, are quicker once you get used to them.
Maybe this sounds like an advertisement, but it's a free app and there isn't even any advertising. I made it because I was fed up with the privacy violations of almost every browser out there. Here's the xdaforums thread about it.
Hi everyone!
I got my Sony Xperia Z2 two days ago from Sony, and I'm noticing the battery isn't lasting nearly as long as the reviews (or official specs for that matter) say.
For example at 1pm it was fully charged, and now at 9pm (8 hours later) it's down to 58%, with a usage I would describe as moderate (mostly Wi-Fi use, streamed two YT videos, used chrome a little, listened to some music).
Yesterday I spent most of the day setting it up with apps and stuff and it died before the end of the day...
Coming from iOS I don't really know what to expect!
Please tell me about your battery and usage so I know if my expectations are too high or if my battery is acting weird.
Here are my battery settings.
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(P:S: by the time I wrote this post my battery was down 4% for example)
Turn on stamina mode.
Also go into stamina mode by pressing the word and then tick restrict performance. I'm getting over 7 hours screen on time
J
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Also, click on battery usage and then screen to show the screen on time. That's most important
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Thanks for taking the time Jack!
So I did activate stamina mode, restricted performance and even turned on standby mode, only allowing two messaging apps to function when the screen is off, I'll see how it goes!
But so when Sony advertises "amazing battery life", are they implying "on stamina mode / restricting performance"? (I'm not being sarcastic, honest question here)
Because I thought those settings were for those of us who really wanted to go the extra mile, you know?
Anyway I'll just try it this way and I'll keep you updated.
Over the last 9 hours my screen was indeed on 50% of the time and used 70% of my battery. It seems like a lot as it's not on full brightness , it's like at 50%. But maybe the other adjustments will be enough to get good battery life while keeping an enjoyable screen quality!
Thanks again for your help, I really appreciate it !
Have a nice day / evening (depending on where you live )
The battery usually takes a few days & charges before settling down, I have stamina mode on all the time but don't enable most of the other options other than restrict background data. I'm getting over 2 days usage & that is using it a lot & also plenty of gaming. Screen on time before I flashed the latest firmware was over 7 hours, my galaxy s3 usually managed 2-3 SOT before dying.
Yes I think I'll give it a few days before judging the battery performance!
2 days of SOT would be heaven, but I don't feel like mine would last two days with heavy use, no matter the settings...
I guess we'll see, thanks for your input!
I just posted a thread saying how to get amazing battery life in the general section. Have a look
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I just read it, it's great!
Thanks!
Are others having this? i mean i go through a full battery about twice a day.... I cant figure out what is draining it so bad. i have used WLD, greenify, and bootmanager to try to figure it out..... None of my apps are ever on the battery list, and screen is around 50% usually with android system and android OS always being up the list. I always thought it was my bad signal strength at work but i had two weeks off and my phone NEVER lasted even close to a day.
I have factory reset once but loaded my same apps backup.
I heard someone else mention that the sprint has this weird battery drain that is explainable and was wondering if others see that also.
I am on the search for a 6000+ mah battery i know it will have a replacement back plate but i don't want the whole case thing like the 9000 zero lemon.
Sounds like kernel wakelock
As of the last two days i have also been experiencing much faster battery drain. Have had the phone since launch and never had this problem.
I do not use the device in excess. Very few if any phone calls per day, some texting and gmail, occasional skim of xda, huffpo, phandroid apps and very light Twitter use if bored and not near the computer.
Battery has dipped 5% since writing this post...that's all of 1-2 minutes in use.
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That's not normal for a Sprint LG G3. A couple of questions:
Have you looked at the battery stats page to see what app(s) are using the most battery? I'd suggest taking a screen shot of that page and posting it here.
Have you tried rebooting the phone? If there's an app or process running out of control that will often clear it up.
Are you rooted? If so, install better battery stats so we can get a better look at what's eating the battery.
Finally, you might want to take a look at this thread: http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...android-system-eating-your-battery-check.html
While it's unlikely you have the same problem I did, the tools and techniques I used to debug it might be useful for you.
Gonna wait for some custom roms to see if the problem just goes away.
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Gonna wait for some custom roms to see if the problem just goes away.
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Dude the battery app should show you what is causing it. Something has gone rouge!!! I just had my weather app running in the background using GPS for 5 hours, yeah my battery went way down. Freeze some BS apps. I routinely get 30 hrs plus on a single charge. Not the phone itself something you are using is causingi it.
As requested, my craptastic battery info. Brightness was 83.
http://imgur.com/zLHpKvn,oCR3G2r,Z81D847
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bought BBS, phone is up stairs charging... imagine that... will post those screens next drain...