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4) and it's very very annoying... so much so that I sometimes (multiple times in a day, actually) wish to get back to Android 2.3.3, which I had before updating to Samsung's (India) version of Android 4.1.2 for my GS2.
What could be the problem? I rarely ever connect to WiFi (am always connected to GPRS/EDGE, but that has never been a problem in the last 2 years... the phone still used to get nearly a day of battery life) and the brightness is almost always at the lowest. I rarely use Bluetooth, GPS, etc. I don't even use Facebook and WhatsApp anymore, so the screen isn't used to the max. I've turned off all the Location Sharing settings for Google Maps and/or other apps (I use very few apps anyway, but have a bunch of them installed on the phone... none that execute in the background though | also not more than a couple new apps after my OS upgrade).
It's been nearly a week since upgrading the OS on my phone. Last night when I hit the bed at 1.15AM my time, the battery was at 100% (after charging). With no activity whatsoever in the night, the charge had dropped to 88% by 9.35AM. That's less than 8.5 hours of no use and 12% charge gone. That never was the case earlier.
Also, for each minute of using the phone with the screen on, I notice 1-1.5% drop in the battery. That is, to put it very very mildly, PATHETIC!!!
I don't know what to do. Would a "clean rom" install help? If so, what exactly is a "clean rom" install?
Or should I be doing something else?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S.: Please let me know if any other info is needed too. BIG BIG Thanks in advance to anyone reading this
5) Read about jb settings/issues.
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Hi OP,
I haven't been on the i9100 for that long, but have also been annoyed with short battery life. As have many others from what I read. A 12% drop over about 8 hours of sleep, I'm sorry to say, doesn't seem that bad actually for an SGS2 with stock jb 4.1.2 and stock battery.
Personally, I tried different lightweight ROMs that are known to spare your battery. The advice to turn off 3g and other core functions never made sense to me, as I want an operable phone, not some sort of deflated piece of junk.
After reading on xda I went through Slimbean , Liquidsmooth, and other ROMs to see if they would increase battery life.
My current ROM is NeatROM 4.8, which actually seemed to give better results. Please note that this is purely subjective, though, I have no fancy battery analyses to back up my statement.
What REALLY helped was getting a replacement battery.
I tried Qcell 1950 mAh batteries. Stay away from those. They are clearly not 1950 mAh. Now running with a genuine Samsung 2000 mAh which is worth every dime.
Now I imagine you would be frustrated having to buy a new battery just because you updated your firmware and I do understand. I never owned the SGS2 before jb, so my choice was simple I guess. That having been said, though, the 2000 mAh battery really turned the phone into a whole new sort of usable. It easily lasts through the day even with regular use.
Just my 2 cents.
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S2 battery life
jsiv said:
Hi OP,
I haven't been on the i9100 for that long, but have also been annoyed with short battery life. As have many others from what I read. A 12% drop over about 8 hours of sleep, I'm sorry to say, doesn't seem that bad actually for an SGS2 with stock jb 4.1.2 and stock battery.
Personally, I tried different lightweight ROMs that are known to spare your battery. The advice to turn off 3g and other core functions never made sense to me, as I want an operable phone, not some sort of deflated piece of junk.
After reading on xda I went through Slimbean , Liquidsmooth, and other ROMs to see if they would increase battery life.
My current ROM is NeatROM 4.8, which actually seemed to give better results. Please note that this is purely subjective, though, I have no fancy battery analyses to back up my statement.
What REALLY helped was getting a replacement battery.
I tried Qcell 1950 mAh batteries. Stay away from those. They are clearly not 1950 mAh. Now running with a genuine Samsung 2000 mAh which is worth every dime.
Now I imagine you would be frustrated having to buy a new battery just because you updated your firmware and I do understand. I never owned the SGS2 before jb, so my choice was simple I guess. That having been said, though, the 2000 mAh battery really turned the phone into a whole new sort of usable. It easily lasts through the day even with regular use.
Just my 2 cents.
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yea.. u said it...even i have tried several custom roms ( NeatRom, WanamLite,RR etc) all give 15-19 Hrs max.. and this also by tweaking all the settings..
S2 is a undoubted beast, but the cost in terms of battery is very hight..my previous Android Motorola Defy was a Mammoth in itself..huge custom fanbase and loads of ROMS + Awsome battery.
Any ways i got no regretts for having a S2..but battery s a lil concern..
Currently am on Asnet MIUI V5 and its going good..fast, responsive, smooth and decent battery of 18 hours avg..
@jsiv - i wanted to ask u a question.. which country u hail from ?? because the stock 2000 mah battery is not available in India, my region.
Cheers:angel:
Do you calibrate battery after every ROM change?
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5) Read about jb settings/issues.
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Can you please point me in the "settings" direction? I think I'm doing all things right, going real low on app usage, sync-ing of apps, screen settings, etc.
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Do you calibrate battery after every ROM change?
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What exactly is battery calibration here? Please pardon my ignorance. I did a full charge when my phone hit got switched off the day after upgrading the OS. Is there something else I must be doing here?
I've had this problem right after the upgrade. So, I don't think it's an issue with my battery per se. It could just be JB.
How good is the Cynaogen Mod ROM in terms of battery life?
Or would it be wiser to switch to Android 4.0/ ICS?
I live in Denmark. I ordered it off Ebay, but I see now that the UK shop I got it from doesn't ship to India.
You searched Ebay for "Samsung genuine 2000 mAh battery" or similar?
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Can you please point me in the "settings" direction? I think I'm doing all things right, going real low on app usage, sync-ing of apps, screen settings, etc.
What exactly is battery calibration here? Please pardon my ignorance. I did a full charge when my phone hit got switched off the day after upgrading the OS. Is there something else I must be doing here?
I've had this problem right after the upgrade. So, I don't think it's an issue with my battery per se. It could just be JB.
How good is the Cynaogen Mod ROM in terms of battery life?
Or would it be wiser to switch to Android 4.0/ ICS?
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Cyanogenmod roms are very fast ROM they are good as hell
Ur problem is genuine go to the playstore and download battery calibration app and follow the instructions in the app charge or battery up to 100 % and caliberate the battery u should have made an nandroid backup before upgrading
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theultimate1 said:
Can you please point me in the "settings" direction? I think I'm doing all things right, going real low on app usage, sync-ing of apps, screen settings, etc.
What exactly is battery calibration here? Please pardon my ignorance. I did a full charge when my phone hit got switched off the day after upgrading the OS. Is there something else I must be doing here?
I've had this problem right after the upgrade. So, I don't think it's an issue with my battery per se. It could just be JB.
How good is the Cynaogen Mod ROM in terms of battery life?
Or would it be wiser to switch to Android 4.0/ ICS?
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Battery calibration: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312273
This has to be done every time you do a ROM upgrade or change ROMs.
CM has excellent battery life when compared to other ROMs.
If you are switching over to ICS stay away from version 4.0.4 as it has EMMC brick bug.Any other version would be fine.
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4) and it's very very annoying... so much so that I sometimes (multiple times in a day, actually) wish to get back to Android 2.3.3, which I had before updating to Samsung's (India) version of Android 4.1.2 for my GS2.
What could be the problem? I rarely ever connect to WiFi (am always connected to GPRS/EDGE, but that has never been a problem in the last 2 years... the phone still used to get nearly a day of battery life) and the brightness is almost always at the lowest. I rarely use Bluetooth, GPS, etc. I don't even use Facebook and WhatsApp anymore, so the screen isn't used to the max. I've turned off all the Location Sharing settings for Google Maps and/or other apps (I use very few apps anyway, but have a bunch of them installed on the phone... none that execute in the background though | also not more than a couple new apps after my OS upgrade).
It's been nearly a week since upgrading the OS on my phone. Last night when I hit the bed at 1.15AM my time, the battery was at 100% (after charging). With no activity whatsoever in the night, the charge had dropped to 88% by 9.35AM. That's less than 8.5 hours of no use and 12% charge gone. That never was the case earlier.
Also, for each minute of using the phone with the screen on, I notice 1-1.5% drop in the battery. That is, to put it very very mildly, PATHETIC!!!
I don't know what to do. Would a "clean rom" install help? If so, what exactly is a "clean rom" install?
Or should I be doing something else?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S.: Please let me know if any other info is needed too. BIG BIG Thanks in advance to anyone reading this
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As reported before, it seems that many official JB ROMS are not as optimized as other national versions and are battery hungry. It was suggested to upgrade to the French release (XEF).
vish91 said:
Battery calibration: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312273
This has to be done every time you do a ROM upgrade or change ROMs.
CM has excellent battery life when compared to other ROMs.
If you are switching over to ICS stay away from version 4.0.4 as it has EMMC brick bug.Any other version would be fine.
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I did this... and unfortunately, it did nothing in my case.
I went to the CM site, but I didn't find any stable build for SGS2. Is there a thread on this site I can refer to for the same?
Also, what's the best way to go about installing a different ROM? I have so many apps, sms messages, pics, mp3 files, 3gp files, etc. Sure I can take a back-up onto my SD card. But won't I lose all the apps once I flash the current Android installation and install a new ROM? Any article or video on YouTube that addresses these points? Please point me in the right direction. I practically don't use my phone even half as much as before and I'm having to charge it twice a day, as against once a day earlier.
Also, the rapid battery loss seems to be causing the phone to heat up a lot if I'm on a call longer than 15 minutes or having the screen on for 2-3 minutes straight.
theultimate1 said:
I did this... and unfortunately, it did nothing in my case.
I went to the CM site, but I didn't find any stable build for SGS2. Is there a thread on this site I can refer to for the same?
Also, what's the best way to go about installing a different ROM? I have so many apps, sms messages, pics, mp3 files, 3gp files, etc. Sure I can take a back-up onto my SD card. But won't I lose all the apps once I flash the current Android installation and install a new ROM? Any article or video on YouTube that addresses these points? Please point me in the right direction. I practically don't use my phone even half as much as before and I'm having to charge it twice a day, as against once a day earlier.
Also, the rapid battery loss seems to be causing the phone to heat up a lot if I'm on a call longer than 15 minutes or having the screen on for 2-3 minutes straight.
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There is no stable version of CM 10 on I9100 because of the some issues. You can flash one of the nightly builds.They might not be necessarily unstable.
No you wont be losing everything when you install a new ROM.You lose once you do a data wipe.It is suggested you wipe everything before you install a new ROM.
With a data wipe you'll lose the following - SMS,contacts,call logs,apps installed and respective data.
What you wont lose - Anything stored in the sdcard partition - Pictures, Videos, Music, Apk files and Anything stored on the Ext SD card.(unless you format them specifically)
Best solution is to use titanium backup app(You need root). This way you can backup your apps and resp. data,wipe data-install ROM,and restore the previous backup on the new ROM.
Tutorial : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1972455
As far as the battery issue is concerned,do a clean ROM install through Odin.
Index of guides : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826497
Android version 5.0.1
build number - LWX48P
JUST NEW MATERIAL DESIGN
im from india
I got the update too in UK but it looks the same to me!
is there any way to get root on 5.0.1?
I updated last night. My battery life seems to have diminished after this update
ronj1986 said:
I updated last night. My battery life seems to have diminished after this update
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its buggy and lagging few force closes
Not had these issues. Not buggy or battery issues used watch all day and on 87 percent
I have notification issues...sometimes the notifications doesn't show up
Mine also seems fine. No crashes or bad battery. It must be linked to an app you've installed that isn't fully lollipop compatible.
Not had notification issues if it helps
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I have notification issues...sometimes the notifications doesn't show up
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Among a couple of other annoying things this is the biggest issue I have. I think it depends on if I have for example a future reminder sitting in the tray. The often times hangouts don't come in then other times it does..
I have the same issues with the notifications not coming in. It's always been Hangouts when I've noticed it. This didn't happen before the L update, that I noticed at least, but the watch was still pretty new to me.
Force closing is a bit much here lately. Seems like when it does it is hung up syncing or something
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Force closing is a bit much here lately. Seems like when it does it is hung up syncing or something
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Mine has been to lately. It looks like it's Google now/search for me every time. Once in a while when I give a voice command.
Newbie to watch
Hi:
I just got one of these off of ebay. I came from a TOQ, which I liked a lot. I thought I would try a Android Wear device. So far, I am not that impressed. I have 2 main issues: 1) the battery life sucks. I got maybe 6 hours. This makes the watch almost useless. 2) the "tilt to wake screen" feature is not working., which might be affecting (1). The watch is running wear 5.0.1.
Does anyone have any advice on how to make the battery life better? I have read that the old OS had a longer battery life. Do you recommend rooting the watch and putting an older OS on it?
Did you factory reset it? 6 hours? That is not right at all.
Check the battery life in the Android Wear app... that should tell you if some rogue app is killing it too.
Some apps you already have on your phone when you pair the watch will install a wear app on your watch without telling you. Like I Heart Radio and Amazon Shopping.
7eregrine said:
Did you factory reset it? 6 hours? That is not right at all.
Check the battery life in the Android Wear app... that should tell you if some rogue app is killing it too.
Some apps you already have on your phone when you pair the watch will install a wear app on your watch without telling you. Like I Heart Radio and Amazon Shopping.
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Thanks. I found SYU ware manager since I posted this and killed some things. Let's see how it goes today.
7eregrine said:
Did you factory reset it? 6 hours? That is not right at all.
Check the battery life in the Android Wear app... that should tell you if some rogue app is killing it too.
Some apps you already have on your phone when you pair the watch will install a wear app on your watch without telling you. Like I Heart Radio and Amazon Shopping.
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Thanks. I found SYU ware manager since I posted this and killed some things. Let's see how it goes today.
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Well, that really didn't help all that much. I took the watch off the charger around 7am and it would have run out of power at around 4:15 - only ~8hrs. I would like it to do better. I will move this discussion to the Battery Life Discussion.
Thanks.
Hey, I have a redmi note 4 snapdragon version and I have flashed aosp extended rom and franco kernel in it, but I am getting a very poor battery life, hardly 1 hour screen on time and the phone shuts off by the time battery gets to 30 to 20%. My phone is rooted too and i am not using any kind of battery saver app.
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I think this is an hardware issue but, I am no expert so please help me on this and let me know what should i do. Thank you.
Ebebeeh said:
Hey, I have a redmi note 4 snapdragon version and I have flashed aosp extended rom and franco kernel in it, but I am getting a very poor battery life, hardly 1 hour screen on time and the phone shuts off by the time battery gets to 30 to 20%. My phone is rooted too and i am not using any kind of battery saver app.
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I think this is an hardware issue but, I am no expert so please help me on this and let me know what should i do. Thank you.
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When did this problem start?
Did you check the which apps are draining your battery?
Noter2017 said:
When did this problem start?
Did you check the which apps are draining your battery?
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The problem started probably when i rooted my phone on stock rom(miui 10), the very next day i cleaned every thing (including my firmware accidentally) to flash custom rom, then after flashing i found out that none of the hardware components are working and i posted a thread about it and as per the answers i flashed a latest chinese firmware for redmi note 4.And it worked except i started noticing an awfully bad battery backup(hadn't noticed before as all this happened in just 2 days. (as a matter of fact the battery went down 5% as i wrote this, oh 6 now!)
HELP
Ebebeeh said:
Hey, I have a redmi note 4 snapdragon version and I have flashed aosp extended rom and franco kernel in it, but I am getting a very poor battery life, hardly 1 hour screen on time and the phone shuts off by the time battery gets to 30 to 20%. My phone is rooted too and i am not using any kind of battery saver app.
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I think this is an hardware issue but, I am no expert so please help me on this and let me know what should i do. Thank you.
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I had similar problems.
I clean flashed the latest OFFICIAL AOSPExtended, Ethereal Kernel and Global STABLE firmware.
Haven't had any issues since.
Maybe it works for you?
Ebebeeh said:
The problem started probably when i rooted my phone on stock rom(miui 10), the very next day i cleaned every thing (including my firmware accidentally) to flash custom rom, then after flashing i found out that none of the hardware components are working and i posted a thread about it and as per the answers i flashed a latest chinese firmware for redmi note 4.And it worked except i started noticing an awfully bad battery backup(hadn't noticed before as all this happened in just 2 days. (as a matter of fact the battery went down 5% as i wrote this, oh 6 now!)
HELP
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Cleaning everything, as you stated, including the whole firmware,
You answered your whole thread yourself, just flash stock frimware, then flash AEX like flashing any normal ROM.
I have the same problem, the battery die after 1h screen, when the battery Is on 20% the device shutdown,help me pls, i have rr with franco kernel.
hi OP. base on what you are describing, it looks like your battery is dying... nothing to do with the OS. be careful 'cause chinese batterys (like 70%) turn out to be real sh*t (on my own experiance). consider to replace battery from a confiable retailer or change device.
Hi, I was wondering if there is a way for me to downgrade to Android 10 as since the update, the battery life has drastically reduced by 50%. Previously, I was able to get 2 whole days plus a little bit out of a charge, and now I must plug the phone in every day. I know the cause is Android 11 as the change was immediate after the update and the phone is only a few months old. Any help would be greatly appreciated and have a great day.
Yes there is. Go to the restore factory post.
Hi guys
i am new here i hope someone can help me
i bought poco f1 4 years when it first released and all that time it was running flawlessly no lag no battery problem until 2 weeks ago i installed Aether sx2 emulator from playstore (playstation2 emulator) after playing some old ps2 games i noticed battery drained too fast i realized that ps2 emulation not good for phone so i deleted the emulator still the problem is the same i did factory reset but same problem
few days ago the phone start to lag even in facebook and on some games it keeps Restarting very common
now the ordinary games i used to play is lagging badly and phone keeps restarting even in browsing and sometimes when i connect charger it says quick charge but it doesn't charge even 1% i had to shutdown my phone to charge it
i didn't install custom rom or custom recovery and i didn't root my phone
i am on official software since i bought it
any help please? is that battery problem or software problem ?
thanks
kamel1985 said:
Hi guys
i am new here i hope someone can help me
i bought poco f1 4 years when it first released and all that time it was running flawlessly no lag no battery problem until 2 weeks ago i installed Aether sx2 emulator from playstore (playstation2 emulator) after playing some old ps2 games i noticed battery drained too fast i realized that ps2 emulation not good for phone so i deleted the emulator still the problem is the same i did factory reset but same problem
few days ago the phone start to lag even in facebook and on some games it keeps Restarting very common
now the ordinary games i used to play is lagging badly and phone keeps restarting even in browsing and sometimes when i connect charger it says quick charge but it doesn't charge even 1% i had to shutdown my phone to charge it
i didn't install custom rom or custom recovery and i didn't root my phone
i am on official software since i bought it
any help please? is that battery problem or software problem ?
thanks
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It may be by some "bad" app you installed recently which may inject some malware or something to ROM. MIUI stock ROM isn't good also.
I would suggest you to clean install according to my guides and move to custom ROM and check if the issue persist.
The benefits will be much more, better performance, no bloatware, better battery, no spyware, latest android version, always up to date with security patches and generally cleaner.
Retrial said:
It may be by some "bad" app you installed recently which may inject some malware or something to ROM. MIUI stock ROM isn't good also.
I would suggest you to clean install according to my guides and move to custom ROM and check if the issue persist.
The benefits will be much more, better performance, no bloatware, better battery, no spyware, latest android version, always up to date with security patches and generally cleaner.
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thanks but i have no knowledge about flashing custom rom can you please suggest me a rom to install ?
kamel1985 said:
thanks but i have no knowledge about flashing custom rom can you please suggest me a rom to install ?
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crDroid with FlameGApps, AwakenOS and Pixel Experience Android 12 are stable and out of the box good for casual users.
Check some YouTube videos to see what you like more.
Retrial said:
crDroid with FlameGApps, AwakenOS and Pixel Experience Android 12 are stable and out of the box good for casual users.
Check some YouTube videos to see what you like more.
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it was battery problem
i replaced my old battery and now the phone is fine
thank you brother