So the current battery life thread is very long and very jumbled up.
Lets start a thread for non rooted phones and try to keep it organized following this format or something very close.
-Time unplugged
-SOT
-Carrier Used
-Screen Brightness
-Adaptive Brightness On or Off
-Location On or Off
-Location Mode
-Wifi and Bluetooth Scanning On or Off
-Wifi On Always, or Off with Screen
-Wifi Frequency 2.4. 5, or Auto
-Bluetooth On or Off
-Google Now On or Off
-Voice Detection On, Off, or Always On
-Is the Facebook App Installed Yes or No
Describe your usage (play games, stream music, reddit, etc...).
Post any 2 or more screen shots of
-The main battery page
-The breakdown page that shows awake, screen on, gps, and wifi
-The SOT page
Unplugged for ~17hrs
4:21 SOT
AT&T
Screen Brightness ~40%
Adaptive brightness off
Location On, Battery Saving
Wifi and Bluetooth scanning Off
Wifi always on, Auto Frequency
Bluetooth on connected to Moto 360 first gen
Google Now on, OK Google from now app only
Facebook is not installed
Browsed Reddit with Reddit is Fun dark theme, Played Golf Stars for ~25mins, Madskills Motocross for about 20mins, browsing with chrome, facebook messenger.
http://i.imgur.com/Hp2VJ6A.png
http://i.imgur.com/oHw9pgw.png
6P fully stock...
-Time unplugged : 21 hours (last 10 hours pretty much continuous heavy usage)
-SOT : almost 5 hours
-Carrier Used : T-Mobile 4G The Netherlands
-Screen Brightness : 75-80%
-Adaptive Brightness : Off
-Location : On
-Location Mode : Battery save mode (wifi)
-Wifi and Bluetooth Scanning : On
-Wifi : Always On
-Wifi Frequency : Auto
-Bluetooth : On
-Google Now : On
-Voice Detection : Always On
-Is the Facebook App Installed : No
Fully Stock, Any suggestions on things I should change?
-Time unplugged : About 12 hours
-SOT : almost 2hrs 11mins
-Carrier Used : T-Mobile LTE USA
-Screen Brightness : <50%
-Adaptive Brightness : On
-Location : On
-Location Mode : High Accuracy Mode
-Wifi and Bluetooth Scanning : On
-Wifi : Always On
-Wifi Frequency : Auto
-Bluetooth : Off
-Google Now : Off
-Voice Detection : Off?
-Is the Facebook App Installed : Yes
I think my screen on time is so poor because of how much I text, I will occasionally go on twitter for new (Black Theme), Reddit (Black Theme), and the occasional Google Books.
-Time unplugged: 31.5 hours
-SOT: 5 hours
-Carrier Used: Verizon 4G LTE
-Screen Brightness : 50%
-Adaptive Brightness: On
-Location: On
-Location Mode: High Accuracy
-Wifi and Bluetooth Scanning: On
-Wifi: Always On
-Wifi Frequency: Auto
-Bluetooth: On
-Google Now: On
-Voice Detection: Always On - Not Sure How-to Check This But I think it is set to Always On
-Is the Facebook App Installed: NEVER
Time unplugged: 13 Hours
-SOT: 6 hours 15 mins
-Carrier Used: Globe LTE (Philippines)
-Screen Brightness : 40%
-Adaptive Brightness: On
-Location: On
-Location Mode: Low Power
-Wifi and Bluetooth Scanning: Off
-Wifi: Always On
-Wifi Frequency: Auto
-Bluetooth: Off
-Google Now: Off
-Voice Detection: Always On
-Is the Facebook App Installed: YES
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magestic1995 said:
Fully Stock, Any suggestions on things I should change?
-Time unplugged : About 12 hours
-SOT : almost 2hrs 11mins
-Carrier Used : T-Mobile LTE USA
-Screen Brightness : <50%
-Adaptive Brightness : On
-Location : On
-Location Mode : High Accuracy Mode
-Wifi and Bluetooth Scanning : On
-Wifi : Always On
-Wifi Frequency : Auto
-Bluetooth : Off
-Google Now : Off
-Voice Detection : Off?
-Is the Facebook App Installed : Yes
I think my screen on time is so poor because of how much I text, I will occasionally go on twitter for new (Black Theme), Reddit (Black Theme), and the occasional Google Books.
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That doesn't look too bad. Looks like you were on track for 4-5hrs SOT by the end of that day.
You could try turning WiFi and Bluetooth scanning off. Also you could try an alternative Facebook app such as Metal.
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What's up with the fb app lol
gaurav2009 said:
What's up with the fb app lol
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I've seen a lot of people complaining about standby drain that have it installed even with notifications turned off. My phone wasn't going into doze until I uninstalled it.
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Any ideas how I can improve my SOT? I only seem to be able to get ~3 hours SOT in a normal day, which seems to be way below what others are getting. I'm not sure if people are exaggerating or turning off a bunch of things, or if something weird is really going on with my phone.
-Time unplugged : About 14 hours
-SOT : almost 1hr 26mins
-Carrier Used : Three UK
-Screen Brightness : ~ 40%
-Adaptive Brightness : On
-Location : On
-Location Mode : High Accuracy Mode
-Wifi and Bluetooth Scanning : WiFi on, Bluetooth off
-Wifi : Always On
-Wifi Frequency : Auto
-Bluetooth : On
-Google Now : On
-Voice Detection : From Google app only
-Is the Facebook App Installed : Yes
atistang said:
That doesn't look too bad. Looks like you were on track for 4-5hrs SOT by the end of that day.
You could try turning WiFi and Bluetooth scanning off. Also you could try an alternative Facebook app such as Metal.
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It would have been closer to 4 if it hit 4. I'll be trying metal thanks!
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StevenBX said:
Any ideas how I can improve my SOT? I only seem to be able to get ~3 hours SOT in a normal day, which seems to be way below what others are getting. I'm not sure if people are exaggerating or turning off a bunch of things, or if something weird is really going on with my phone.
-Time unplugged : About 14 hours
-SOT : almost 1hr 26mins
-Carrier Used : Three UK
-Screen Brightness : ~ 40%
-Adaptive Brightness : On
-Location : On
-Location Mode : High Accuracy Mode
-Wifi and Bluetooth Scanning : WiFi on, Bluetooth off
-Wifi : Always On
-Wifi Frequency : Auto
-Bluetooth : On
-Google Now : On
-Voice Detection : From Google app only
-Is the Facebook App Installed : Yes
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Well Facebook shows up in your stats as the biggest battery consumer.
First things first, think about trying an alternative like the Facebook mobile page with Chrome notifications, or another app like Metal that is more battery friendly and also has a dark theme that will help use less power when the app is in use.
Also you could try restricting Facebook's access to your location. You could also try turning WiFi scanning off
-Time unplugged 16hrs
-SOT 4hrs 30mins
-AT&T
-Screen Brightness ~35
-Adaptive Brightness Off
-Location On
-Location Mode Battery Saving
-Wifi and Bluetooth Scanning Off
-Wifi On Always
-Wifi Frequency Auto
-Bluetooth On
-Google Now On
-Voice Detection On in app only
-Is the Facebook App Installed No
Played Golf Stars for about 30mins. Browsing on Reddit, various forums, played with some settings in nova launcher.
Easily would have been over 5hrs SOT if I used the rest of the battery
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Has anyone noticed better battery life when using Nova Launcher over GEL? I just made the switch and it seems like in seeing less drain when using the phone.
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atistang said:
Well Facebook shows up in your stats as the biggest battery consumer.
First things first, think about trying an alternative like the Facebook mobile page with Chrome notifications, or another app like Metal that is more battery friendly and also has a dark theme that will help use less power when the app is in use.
Also you could try restricting Facebook's access to your location. You could also try turning WiFi scanning off
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This didn't work out too well - Metal has absolutely destroyed my battery today. I'm not even on track for 1hr 30mins SOT today. Think I'm gonna go back to Facebook.
I seem to be getting a lot of power drain from the mobile radio, although I'm not sure if that was just Metal. Also, I have a magnetic implant in my finger and I can feel that the phone is doing something that'd require quite a lot of power (the vibration is quite strong - I've never felt another phone I've held at all) a lot of the time when I'm holding it - possibly the radio?..
The PC version of Wakelock Detector generally hasn't given me anything interesting either (the usual Nlpcollector, etc.), although I do have ~10 hours of TrafficIntentService_onHandleIntent wakelock today; again I think that's the radio due to Metal though.
StevenBX said:
This didn't work out too well - Metal has absolutely destroyed my battery today. I'm not even on track for 1hr 30mins SOT today. Think I'm gonna go back to Facebook.
I seem to be getting a lot of power drain from the mobile radio, although I'm not sure if that was just Metal. Also, I have a magnetic implant in my finger and I can feel that the phone is doing something that'd require quite a lot of power (the vibration is quite strong - I've never felt another phone I've held at all) a lot of the time when I'm holding it - possibly the radio?..
The PC version of Wakelock Detector generally hasn't given me anything interesting either (the usual Nlpcollector, etc.), although I do have ~10 hours of TrafficIntentService_onHandleIntent wakelock today; again I think that's the radio due to Metal though.
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WOW, it looks like something (most likely metal) held your phone awake for a very long period of time. This is odd, when I replaced facebook with metal I noticed a big reduction in battery consumption. I don't use notifications though, maybe there is a bug as I did see that a couple days ago there was an update for Metal that had to do with the way it handles notifications.
Have you tried just using the mobile facebook page on Chrome?
mjs2011 said:
Has anyone noticed better battery life when using Nova Launcher over GEL? I just made the switch and it seems like in seeing less drain when using the phone.
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Never used GEL, but I do use Nova. I have been getting at least 4hrs SOT every day since I have had the 6P
atistang said:
WOW, it looks like something (most likely metal) held your phone awake for a very long period of time. This is odd, when I replaced facebook with metal I noticed a big reduction in battery consumption. I don't use notifications though, maybe there is a bug as I did see that a couple days ago there was an update for Metal that had to do with the way it handles notifications.
Have you tried just using the mobile facebook page on Chrome?
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No, and I'm not convinced Facebook is particularly to blame to be honest. That day wasn't very typical; today is more normal, as Facebook is only at 2% battery and top battery consumers are GPS and Android OS again. GPS has consumed 6% (200 mAh) today for example. My SOT is 48 mins, and has only used 82 mAh on the other hand and overall my battery is at 63% (so I'd be on track for only 2.5 hours SOT today again).
From what I can tell the mobile standby drain due to Android OS and GPS on the 6P (outside of your home WiFi anyway, where I think it might doze better) is fairly constant, and I still have no idea how people are getting anywhere near 6 hours unless it's all in one sitting or a bunch of features have been switched off, or they're not using the phone for anything like what I am (connected to Moto 360 all day, an hour or so of streaming Google Play Music, minimal SOT).
StevenBX said:
No, and I'm not convinced Facebook is particularly to blame to be honest. That day wasn't very typical; today is more normal, as Facebook is only at 2% battery and top battery consumers are GPS and Android OS again. GPS has consumed 6% (200 mAh) today for example. My SOT is 48 mins, and has only used 82 mAh on the other hand and overall my battery is at 63% (so I'd be on track for only 2.5 hours SOT today again).
From what I can tell the mobile standby drain due to Android OS and GPS on the 6P (outside of your home WiFi anyway, where I think it might doze better) is fairly constant, and I still have no idea how people are getting anywhere near 6 hours unless it's all in one sitting or a bunch of features have been switched off, or they're not using the phone for anything like what I am (connected to Moto 360 all day, an hour or so of streaming Google Play Music, minimal SOT).
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Some services apps use such as requesting location wont show up as the app itself in the battery screen. It will go towards Android System or Google Play services.
I am connected to a Moto 360, but I typically do not stream much music.
I'm at 48% right now and a little over 3hrs SOT. A good hour of that was playing games.
I don't let Facebook and some other apps have access to my location.
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-Time unplugged: ~ 48 hrs
-SOT: 4 hrs, 35 minutes
-Carrier Used: t-mobile
-Screen Brightness: different, sometimes as low as possible, sometimes at 50%
-Adaptive Brightness On
-Location Off
-Wifi and Bluetooth Scanning Off
-Wifi On Always
-Wifi Frequency 2.4 GHz
-Bluetooth Off
-Google Now Off
-Voice Detection Off
-Is the Facebook App installed: No
Usually most of the time WhatsApp, a bit chrome, a bit xda. Ca. 30 minutes music (speakers). I'm currently pretty ill so I can't use my phone much
I replaced the Facebook app with "Metal" and I turned location and Google Now off for investigation. Normally I got these two things on.
Over night I'm losing 4-6% battery since doze isn't kicking in. I did a factory reset a few days ago. It worked for one day...
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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.
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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?
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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 all,
I'd like to start a thread here to discuss ics and battery life, maybe we can share some tips, tricks, new ics apps and general info to extend the battery of our phones.
I update to ics last nite on a full battery and when i went to sleep i turned wifi off, i noticed in this morning in battery usage graph that something kept the phone awake all nite, this never happened before, anyone have any idea or experienced the same thing?
Feel free to share anything that will help!
Sent from my LT26i using xda premium
First trick ( note that you need root)
If you keep screen locked for a lot of time you can set min , cpu freq to 192 mhz and safe 25 mV (note that normally when you will unlock the screen , frequency will be higer than normal [100-200 mhz not 3Ghz :cyclops:]
a couple of tricks
non root
- disable all the different data options all the time if you not realy needet and able
- if your not on the internet: dissable WCDMA - GSM is highly enough to phone, send SMS, Email and stuff
- take a dark (best is black) Wallpaper and use a minimum of Brightness.
- use not a lot of Widgeds thats updatet all the time
- just install needet apps... kick out all your unneedet apps
- Dissable all animation gimmiks
- DONT USE AUTO TASK KILLER
- Disable auto Rotation
and for root users
- like Forzaferrarileo, set CPU profiles that press if the Screen is of, the Frequenci to a minimum
- Use the Conservative Governor and maybee use a lesser maximal Frequenzy
- if you use the Rom Toolbox, set your Sysctl Tweaks under "kernel tweaks" into something like
Min free bytes: 2048
Dirty Ratio: 90
Dirty Background Ratio: 60
VFS Cache Pressure: something between 10 and 20
- under Build.prop Tweaks set
Scan interwall to the max (300)
- Download Droidwall and block for the apps they dont realy needs internet the 3g option (dont save just a bit of battery, also saves Download and can made free apps free of adds )
- Dissable the Autostarts and the bootrecivers from apps you dont realy needs often (also with the rom toolbox)
Battery life post ICS is a lot better. I'd say its comparable to .73.
Here's why:
Using .75 FW whenever I would charge the battery to 100% and then unplug the phone from the charger, it would start draining almost immediately. Even on very light to light usage it would drain about 30% in 24 hours or so without any fancy apps that would want to use the data connection or CPU.
ICS: the phone is fully charged, battery drain when the phone is in standby is so much less. In 4 hours of standby time with data on the battery has drained 0% The behaviour of the battery feels very similar to .73 FW which I felt was a great update.
noob.fl said:
a couple of tricks
non root
- disable all the different data options all the time if you not realy needet and able
- if your not on the internet: dissable WCDMA - GSM is highly enough to phone, send SMS, Email and stuff
- take a dark (best is black) Wallpaper and use a minimum of Brightness.
- use not a lot of Widgeds thats updatet all the time
- just install needet apps... kick out all your unneedet apps
- Dissable all animation gimmiks
- DONT USE AUTO TASK KILLER
- Disable auto Rotation
and for root users
- like Forzaferrarileo, set CPU profiles that press if the Screen is of, the Frequenci to a minimum
- Use the Conservative Governor and maybee use a lesser maximal Frequenzy
- if you use the Rom Toolbox, set your Sysctl Tweaks under "kernel tweaks" into something like
Min free bytes: 2048
Dirty Ratio: 90
Dirty Background Ratio: 60
VFS Cache Pressure: something between 10 and 20
- under Build.prop Tweaks set
Scan interwall to the max (300)
- Download Droidwall and block for the apps they dont realy needs internet the 3g option (dont save just a bit of battery, also saves Download and can made free apps free of adds )
- Dissable the Autostarts and the bootrecivers from apps you dont realy needs often (also with the rom toolbox)
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I did this... and my phone end up like Nokia 3310...
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joshua_sx1 said:
I did this... and my phone end up like Nokia 3310...
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PPL lets get back to reality!
If you need a smartphone that:
- Is 24/7 online
- Contineously synchs e-mail
- Is always online in Vyber, Skype, etc
- Contineously refreshes your widgets
- Surf the net
- Play your favorite 3D games
and you require the perfect battery life, there is only one solution!
MOTO DROID RAZR MAXX!
No other smartphone can perform all above combined and have good battery life!
Lets get real for a sec!
joshua_sx1 said:
I did this... and my phone end up like Nokia 3310...
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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...
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seems i dont have much problem on my xperia sola ics, ill share some of my tips(battery life)
first thing, turn off wifi, mobile data, bluetooth, nfc, glove mode, sony bravia engine, and the animation. also dont use live wallpapers on your screen. only turn on if u realy need it
i usually charge my phone between 24-28 hours!
i recomended also not playing games every time..(actually i dont play game on my phone)
hope that will make your batterys life longger too and sory for my bad english..
I don't have any problems with my XPERIA P neither; phone lasts 2days easily and can last 3 when I don't use much (every day I use Wifi and 3G not heavy use but quite good), I just disabled Synch and activated advanced sleep mode for battery (loses 1% overnight)
noob.fl said:
a couple of tricks
non root
- disable all the different data options all the time if you not realy needet and able
- if your not on the internet: dissable WCDMA - GSM is highly enough to phone, send SMS, Email and stuff
- take a dark (best is black) Wallpaper and use a minimum of Brightness.
- use not a lot of Widgeds thats updatet all the time
- just install needet apps... kick out all your unneedet apps
- Dissable all animation gimmiks
- DONT USE AUTO TASK KILLER
- Disable auto Rotation
and for root users
- like Forzaferrarileo, set CPU profiles that press if the Screen is of, the Frequenci to a minimum
- Use the Conservative Governor and maybee use a lesser maximal Frequenzy
- if you use the Rom Toolbox, set your Sysctl Tweaks under "kernel tweaks" into something like
Min free bytes: 2048
Dirty Ratio: 90
Dirty Background Ratio: 60
VFS Cache Pressure: something between 10 and 20
- under Build.prop Tweaks set
Scan interwall to the max (300)
- Download Droidwall and block for the apps they dont realy needs internet the 3g option (dont save just a bit of battery, also saves Download and can made free apps free of adds )
- Dissable the Autostarts and the bootrecivers from apps you dont realy needs often (also with the rom toolbox)
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thanks for the info i didn't know this was even possible! you got to hate the ads
Hi guys!
I would like to start a small project. The whole point is to find out in which circumstances battery is running down faster/slower. It's more less about consumption and I hope we all will benefit from that simply by knowing what to avoid and if some features of Gear S are really draining battery or if it's just a myth.
I'm really looking forward to update this project in time.
Because of the nature of this project. I would love to get some help. Even if one person wants to participate I'll be thrilled.
Each test takes quite a lot of time so we can get more results if we will work together. I choose to run tests for 10 hours as it will give us more accurate results than anything shorter. 10 hours seems to be right as smartwatch still can be used during the day and whats more important, battery can be run down before recharging and testing.
Watch always on (6th watchface) Wifi/Network/BT(unpaired) off - 10h: 22%
Watch always on (6th watchface) Wifi/Network/ off - 10h: 23%
Watch always on (1st watchface) Wifi/Network/ off - 10h: 23%
Watch always on (Watcher) Wifi/Network/ off - 10h: 25%
Watch off (6th watchface) Wifi/Network/BT off -10h: 9% Comment: I was expecting less usage. BT in GearS was still ON as it can't be turned off (but not connected)
Connected via Bluetooth (Watch/Motion/WiFi off): 10h 11% Comment: Apparently when it's paired with phone (sync) does not make much of the different
Connected via GSM without data (Watch/Motion/WiFi off): 10h 18%
Connected via GSM with data (Watch/Motion/WiFi off): 10h 20%
Connected via UMTS with data (Watch/Motion/WiFi off) - 10h: 20%
Talk time on UMTS with data (Watch ON, Motion off, WiFi off) - 2h21m Screen was lighted up few times just to have a look what's going on
[By saying BT off means that do not keep it connected to your phone]
[While connected to Bluetooth or via cellular network make sure to deactivate all notifications in GearManager App - test will be useless if any notification will be delivered to the smartwatch]
To do a test just after a day of use charge your Gear S fully. After reaching 100% still wait approx 20-30min, choose what test you want to participate, disconnect from a charging cradle, switch the screen off and set an alarm to check it back after 10h
Observations:
Having a "Clock Always On" is not that bad idea. During 10h test it consumed 13% more than without it (6th watchface). So we can assume that during all day (approx 16h) we're loosing only 19-20% of juice. Is it bad? I don't think so... especially because you don't need to light up the whole screen just to check what the time is - which will consume some energy too... In the end of the day it still depends of that how often you need to check the time. If you are doing that very often, than "Clock Always On" is... lets say... more energy efficient solution (and looks much better than dark screen).
The only problem with "Clock Always On" is that, almost every touch, raindrop, wet sleeve triggers screen to turn on and it's very inconvenient for the battery life and it can messing around in the interface - it happened to me when i was walking in the rain.
In my opinion touchscreen should be inactive during that mode or even to give such an option to tick in the settings menu.
Thread to that issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/gear-s/help/how-to-stop-accidental-cuff-calling-t2991565#post58596115
What is your brightness setting when your clock is on? If it's set to "auto," then is this being done in a dark room or a bright room?
Seems like losing 20% of battery life after 10 hrs of clock mode on is reasonable at average to high brightness. I wouldn't mind a "clock always on" mode where the brightness is set to min and then the display brightens up when I either touch the display or wake button.
I currently use my Gear S with the "wake motion on" and I'm ending a day of 12-14 hrs of moderate use with 35-50% of battery.
My settings:
Gear S only connected to phone via BT
Wifi off, mobile network off
Set vibration intensity to low (don't see many people talking about this option)
minimal notifications
minimal apps
S voice to wake is off (have to turn off via S Voice settings on Gear S)
Minimal black clock face (batteryclock app)
Screen brightness to auto
I periodically go in to close all recent apps.
I'm always setting brightness to auto but in this case it doesn't really matter.
If you set to max or min ClockAlwaysOn is on with the same level of brightness.
On auto brightness there is no reaction too. Regardless if it is outside in a sunny day or in pitch black basement.
Also during a test just after disconnecting from a charger I'm switching off the screen with a button and after 10h wake it up with a button and straight check battery level. So brightness level won't change much for these 3-5secs
The Good:
- Snappiness and overall speed improvement: the Android N update made my S7 so much more snappy and responsive. The phone boots much quicker than it used to, apps install almost immediately after they finish downloading, and the keyboard is far more responsive and quick to register touches.
- Clean UI: The entire default theme on Android N is very clean and minimalistic, which I absolutely love.
- Battery Life: My phone drains much slower during active usage, and the new ultra low power mode is great. Not all is good in this department though, and I'll address the issues in the negatives.
- Customization: I think the customizability is great, and being able to control your DPI and resolution is much appreciated. Keyboard resizing works, though it doesn't get nearly small enough, and this is coming from someone who's 6"2 and has relatively large hands.
Automatic Reconnection: This has been both a positive and a negative for me, as I have Comcast at home and my phone used to switch to the open Xfinity WiFi hotspot at home instead of my private home WiFi. This fixed that issue, but now when I try to connect to a Xfinity WiFi hotspot it usually keeps giving me an "Automatic Reconnection is turned off", and won't let me connect for a good while.
The Bad:
- Battery Life: Standby time has absolutely gone to crap and I'm relatively sure sleep doesn't work.
- Bloatware-: Still has all of the unnecessary b.s. that Sprint S7's come with, and the voicemail still isn't possible to be disabled.
- Ultra Power Saving and DPI: Once changed/enabled, there is no "are you sure you want to keep these settings" prompt. I was outside when I was just messing around and enabled ultra power saving, and it was a struggle trying to disable it. Also, if you set your DPI to something which you are unable to read, there still isn't a "undo this?" prompt.
- App Incompatibility and Crashes: Two apps that I've run into that have issues with Android 7.0 are Pokémon Go and Opera VPN. Trying to enable Opera VPN under settings causes an automatic crash, and you can't expand its notification anymore.
Can relate to the garbage standby times. Battery isn't the best for me either on nougat
magicstick5 said:
Can relate to the garbage standby times. Battery isn't the best for me either on nougat
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X2, standby life is absolute garbage.
I am at 8 hrs 20 mins with 2 hrs SOT and only 41% left. It's not great, I'm not getting through the day.
Hello,
In order to find why the battery is draining very fast for same people, I will to try to make stats .
It can be due to incompatibility App or watchface
Can you give me yours informations ?
AMAZFIT Version ( US or CN)
AMAZEFIT Firmware ( Stock or Pacefied and the version)
AMAZFIT App : CN or US and version
Battery autonomy and conditions ( GPS - No GPS - HR - No HR)
Which Watchface
Mine :
*Version : US
*Firmware : PACEFied 1.2.25
*App : CN - V 1.7.1
*Autonomy : Less than 2 days ( No GPS : No HR / No sport / Only notifications)
*Whatchface : LCD2
Thank you
Ask for the watchface used, I think that its related to this issue.
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*Version : US
*Firmware : 1.3.3a
*App : US - V 1.6.1
*Autonomy : About 2 days/2% drop per hour ( No GPS : No HR / No sport / Only notifications, Tap to Wake disabled)
*Watchface : City Elite
Version: US
Firmware: PACEfied 1.2.25
App: from Google Playstore (1.6.1)
Autonomy: About 3-4 days; 1% drop per hour
Watchface: Timex (custom build with all widgets - HR, steps, weather, calories, floors, daily mileage)
No GPS, continuous HR, notifications ON, Tap2Wake enabled (I will try now with T2W disabled).
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*Version : US
*Firmware : 1.3.3a
*App : US V 1.6.1
*Autonomy : Less than 1 days (GPS : HR /Sport / Notifications)
*Watchface : Time Travel
To add to my previous post, the watch was at about 20%/day for the first 4 months of use with the Dashboard watchface first, then City Elite. I had the internal storage almost filled with music but leaving enough room for firrmware updates. In late May I did a day long bike ride and saw the activity tracking stop a few time for unknown reason (Motion Paused). I thought that maybe rough roads would shake the watch to the point Tap to Wake would misbehave so I disabled it. Or maybe I ran out of memory with several hours of activity tracking? I reduced the size of my playlist just in case.
June 14, with normal activity I saw the battery go from full charge to below 40% in about 9 hrs (so about 7%/hr). I went for a 1-hr run with Bluetooth headphones but drained the battery after 48 minutes. The activity tracking shut down correctly because I could still sync the activity to Strava after recharging the battery. I haven't seen the watch do better than 50%/day since then.
I am now using the Eternal Moment watchface to have a digital battery level readout on the watch instead of using the phone app (along with steps and temperature). Here is what I observed in the last two days :
9am - 100% battery
No GPS, No HR, No Sport, Backlight Auto when unlocked, Silent time off, Tap to Wake off
midnight - 70% (so about 2%/hr)
No GPS, No HR, Backlight Auto when unlocked, Silent time on, Tap to Wake off
zzz (phone charging in living room)
6:30am - 50% (Silent time stop, about 3%/hr)
snoozing
7am - 43% (a few notifications, daily weather update)
snoozing
7:30am - 43% (a few more notifications, checked for firmware update)
9am - 41%
10am - 36% (phone close by, lost sych with phone)
Any idea why the battery drain would be so high in the morning? I will try to keep the phone closer during the night to see if it changes anything.
The watch has been losing sync with the phone several times a day since day 1. To be able to receive notifications on the watch after a sync loss I have to disable/enable Bluetooth on the phone.
Managed to Get About 7 Days out of the watch
With the latest Dev Pacified ROM, I managed to squeeze about 7 days out the watch. I was doing certain thing consciously, to see how far I can go.
Version : Chinese
Firmware : PACEFied 1.2.26a
App : CN - V 1.7.1-Dev (on Android)
Autonomy : About 7 Days ( No GPS : No HR / No sport / Only notifications)
Watchface : Custom with all available Data elements. (10 data elements) Black background with white text
I had auto-airplane mode turned on between 10:00 PM and 06:30 AM.
I also manually turned on Airplane mode whenever the watch was not near the phone. I noticed that the battery drains faster, when the watch bluetooth is on and it can't find the phone.
I had the backlight off during day time.
I set the backlight to brightness setting 1, at night and disabled "Lift wrist". That I way I had to press the watch button to turn on the backlight.
I had notifications turned on incoming calls, messages and calendar.
I had turned on "disable notifications, when the phone screen is on"
I had four alarms on, with the vibrator set at Medium level
madtech360 said:
With the latest Dev Pacified ROM, I managed to squeeze about 7 days out the watch. I was doing certain thing consciously, to see how far I can go.
Version : Chinese
App : CN - V 1.7.1-Dev (on Android)
Watchface : Custom with all available Data elements. (10 data elements) Black background with white text
I had auto-airplane mode turned on between 10:00 PM and 06:30 AM.
I had the backlight off during day time.
I had notifications turned on incoming calls, messages and calendar.
I had four alarms on, with the vibrator set at Medium level
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I still have 5% left and hope to cross the seven day mark
*Version : US
*Firmware : 2.3.4
*App : ?
*Autonomy :1%/hour => 4 days without activitiy
*Whatchface : everest
HR offf, automatic backlight off, notification on with approx 20/day
update 17%/day with plane mode activated 22h30 => 7H00 so 5 days
pbxl said:
*Version : US
*Firmware : 2.3.4
*App : ?
*Autonomy :1%/hour => 4 days without activitiy
*Whatchface : everest
HR offf, automatic backlight off, notification on with approx 20/day
update 17%/day with plane mode activated 22h30 => 7H00 so 5 days
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Update with last version 2.3.5 i can last 6 days days with backlight on
4days and 7hours with 48% battery remaining ... to the moon ....
Anyone knows a battery stats like app?
My goal is to have some sort of log and tracking of the battery life. How fast it drains, how much hours lasted the last few charges. Battery capacity estimate based on the discharging history.
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