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Hey guys,
About a week ago I started rapidly losing battery life.
I've done a bunch of research and installed task killers, OS monitors, Spare Parts, etc. I've uninstalled apps that had wake_lock and done a Reset to Factory Defaults,changed the brightness, as well as performed a recalibration for the battery (one cycle). I also turned the phone to Airplane mode since I moved offices and thought maybe that was a problem.
I am not sure why this is the problem, but I have notices through spare parts that my phone does not go to sleep. The time it gives for Time without Sleeping (under "other Usage->Last Unplugged) is typically about the same time as I have had it off the charger. The phone will not last a full day anymore (Actually I'm lucky if it's still on when I get home from work). The only program that I can think of is the new maps application.
Here are my questions:
1) Is there a good way to find out if there is a specific program that is not allowing sleep (w/o uninstalling everything and adding them back one by one)?
2) How do I fix this problem? Would a hard reset work?
3) Generaloes anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? Why wont my phone go to sleep?
4) Could this have anything to do with the new maps/navigation update that Google sent out OTA last week?
Right now it has not slept for over 5 hours, but I been pressing the power button (not turning it off) when I put it down.
I ca provide a list of programs if that helps, probably some statistics too
Thanks!
In Spare Parts under Battery usage, there is a "Partial wake usage" option. Did you check that to see what is keeping it awake?
Since Last Unplugged:
Android System: 6m 16s (blue bar)
Dialer: 1m 40s (blue bar)
Facebook: 56s
Google: 44s
Media 28s
Google Voice: 20s
Calendar: 20s
Messaging 4s
None of that seems to make sense when you look at:
Other Usage: Time Spent Without Sleeping: 6h 36m 1s..
Maybe I am mis-reading it?
Thanks!
hello. i'm faced with a problem: i have my i9000 for about 1 year; never rooted it; only update my operating system 2 times via samsung kies when i got the message that a new firmware was available while connecting my phone to my pc (now i have PDA:JS4 / PHONE:JPY / CSC:JS1 (ORO)); and for some time now the phone discharges very fast; lasts about 8 hours; i use it at a medium pace: making phone calls, writing sms and replying on messenger if someone gives me an instant message and every now and then i listen to some music when i'm going somewhere, besides that i don't use it much; and i don't have programs running in the background except for the accounts sync system for yahoo mail, gmail and yahoo messenger. so i decided to recalibrate my battery to see if it lasts longer. i got android terminal emulator from the market but the problem is i don't have access to delete the batterystats.bin since the phone is not rooted. so here are a few questions:
1. should i root my phone just so i can delete this file ?
2. which of the 2 methods works best for battery recalibration ? the one where you charge your phone till 100% while it's on then switch off and charge some more ? or the one where you let the phone die and the charge completely while it's off ? (i ask this because browsing the forums i see everyone saying a different thing about this topic)
3. if i decide to root my phone to be able to delete the above mentioned file, should i install one of those user made operating systems (i think they are called ROMs) that has a lower battery consumption rate ? (i don't know how to do it but i think i can manage following the tutorials on this forums). i saw in a poll that darkys operating system has the lower battery consumption. is that correct ?
thanks for reading this long threat and taking your time to reply to it!
1.) I would do so. With root access you do much more cool things.
2.) In Darky's forum (darkyrom.com) you can find a good manual for calibrating.
3.) Custom-ROMs have some features stick-ROMs don't have. At the moment you have a branded phone (branded by Orange?). Some ROMs need quite less battery (Juwe's for example).
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andrei.locic said:
hello. i'm faced with a problem: i have my i9000 for about 1 year; never rooted it; only update my operating system 2 times via samsung kies when i got the message that a new firmware was available while connecting my phone to my pc (now i have PDA:JS4 / PHONE:JPY / CSC:JS1 (ORO)); and for some time now the phone discharges very fast; lasts about 8 hours; i use it at a medium pace: making phone calls, writing sms and replying on messenger if someone gives me an instant message and every now and then i listen to some music when i'm going somewhere, besides that i don't use it much; and i don't have programs running in the background except for the accounts sync system for yahoo mail, gmail and yahoo messenger. so i decided to recalibrate my battery to see if it lasts longer. i got android terminal emulator from the market but the problem is i don't have access to delete the batterystats.bin since the phone is not rooted. so here are a few questions:
1. should i root my phone just so i can delete this file ?
2. which of the 2 methods works best for battery recalibration ? the one where you charge your phone till 100% while it's on then switch off and charge some more ? or the one where you let the phone die and the charge completely while it's off ? (i ask this because browsing the forums i see everyone saying a different thing about this topic)
3. if i decide to root my phone to be able to delete the above mentioned file, should i install one of those user made operating systems (i think they are called ROMs) that has a lower battery consumption rate ? (i don't know how to do it but i think i can manage following the tutorials on this forums). i saw in a poll that darkys operating system has the lower battery consumption. is that correct ?
thanks for reading this long threat and taking your time to reply to it!
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1.
Download Links
1. Ficeto_Deodexed_JVH_I9000_ODIN.zip
http://www.multiupload.com/RV3OOVHU79
2. Darkys_v10.1_Extreme_Edition.zip
http://www.multiupload.com/8OUDK2OC14
How to Install
Unzip Ficeto_Deodexed_JVH_I9000_ODIN.zip
- Open Odin
- For PIT select \Ficeto_Deodexed_JVH_I9000_ODIN\s1_odin_20100512.pit
- For PDA select \Ficeto_Deodexed_JVH_I9000_ODIN\Ficeto_Deodexed_JVH_I9000.tar
- Tick Re-partition
- Reboot the phone in Download mode (SW Off the phone and press VOLUME DOWN + HOME + POWER)
- Plug the phone to the PC
- Click on Start
- Wait until it boots by itself
- Unplug
Next step is to flash Darkys_v10.1_Extreme_Edition.zip
- Download & open the DarkyROM Configurator
- Select the recommended kernel (Darkcore 2.4)
- Copy Darkys_v10.1_Extreme_Edition.zip into phone memory
- Reboot in Recovery (Long press the power button you can see the option for recovery)
- Install zip from sdcard
- Choose zip from sdcard
- Select Darkys_v10.1_Extreme_Edition.zip
- Yes
Once it finish reboot the system...
2.
- Charge your battery full, bump charge to get the highest level possible ; note that it's not a big deal if it shows 97% when you unplug after bump-charging
- Drain your battery to 0% until it shuts down by itself (without plugging the charger or connecting the phone to a pc)
- Wait 2 minutes and reboot the phone to ensure the battery is completely flat (it might reboot fully, half way, not at all, don't worry) until it dies again
- Remove the battery and wait 2 minutes
- Replace the battery and plug the charger without switching the phone on until it shows 100%
- When phone shows 100%, boot in recovery (volume up + home + power) and go to > Advanced > Wipe Battery Stats > Confirm (move up/down using the volume keys)
- Reboot the phone and unplug the charger when the "battery full notification" comes (wait for the notification before you unplug the charger)
- Now use your phone until the battery is flat again and charge full (no need to have it turned off, unless you it to charge faster). Repeat 2 or 3 times and your battery will be calibrated
- Only wipe battery stats once, run a few cycles of full charge / discharge and after that just use your phone as normal (i.e. no need to deplete / charge fully anymore).
I have used the Droid, Ally, Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Droid X and many other Android devices without this problem. This phone is different. Android OS has been taking up 25-30% of my batter with everything I do. Complete restore, update, custom roms, etc, nothing works. I averaged on my other devices well under 10% of my battery being used for Android OS, but this one uses a crazy insane amount and my battery is dead in 7 hours on 3g only mode! What's the deal?
That is a lot. The most i have seen is like 10%.
I only have 4.5 hours of uptime right now, but mine shows 4%.
4% here.
You have something installed that's using the "os", or some app that relies on a service that is now gone.
if Android OS is that high then you're basically doing nothing with your phone.
Try watching a NetFlix video for an hour, or else playing a game, etc.
You have to realize that your phone never actually turns off (else you'd never receive phone calls ) so that the OS has to be running.
If you're doing nothing, just letting the phone sit there idle, then of the 5% of the battery that you let it take up while you were waiting to see if it went down, 30% of it was consumed by the Android OS. It makes sense if nothing is being used that hte OS itself will be the largest user of battery, b/c, as I mentioned, the OS is still running, even if in sleep mode.
And, TBH, it actually made more sense that the old way of reporting Cell Standby was taking up 'so much' battery - b/c if the phone is idle, then I expect that the phone call monitoring aspects of the OS would take the greatest amount of battery, b/c nothing else is using the battery.
You have to take what you see in battery usage with a grain of salt. If you're not using your phone and you see a 3rd party app taking up 40% then you have something to worry about. If the OS itself is taking up that sort of percentage, it means nothing else was running ot take up the battery.
I agree with John that non-use will cause OS to seem abnormally high.
However, your 7 hours of battery life is terrible:
If you are having short battery life here’s a list of things that can help. Just read through the list and select the items that fit with the way you want to use your phone. Not all items will work for everyone and this list was written for the Droid Bionic but should work for your phone too:
- Don't use an automatic task killer--not even the one that comes with the phone. Reboot your phone and look at what's running. If anything that you've installed is running and there's no reason for it, then uninstall it and find an alternative that behaves. Ignore any stock apps that run on boot as I've found them to be more or less benign.
- Weather widgets, live wallpapers, news/social feeds, any app or service that you use that runs--do without it if you can. If you can’t do without it, lengthen it’s refresh time.
- Don't use antivirus
- Set your WIFI sleep policy to never. The default is "turn off when screen turns off". This will cause the wifi to reconnect every time you open the phone. From any Home Screen select Menu/Settings/Wireless & Networks/ and then use the Menu button to see some new options - select Advanced. Then select Wifi Sleep Policy and set it to Never. Home key to return to Home Screen.
- If you have access to wifi, leave it toggled on as it is more efficient than 3G. Wifi consumes less battery power than 3G.
- I leave GPS toggled on too by the way. Apps use it as needed. When I'm done with Maps or an app that uses it, I'm sure to return to the home screen so GPS can stop. Under wireless settings turn on "Google location services" so that an app is able to use network resources to get your location instead of GPS. I have "VZW location services" turned off--don't know why that option is even there. By the way, I increase the speed of voice output > text to speech > speech rate because I like the directions to get spit out faster. That saves a bit of battery. Turning off the display and just listening for directions help. Also, often I just get the directions and then exit back to the home screen: GPS uses so much battery I try to get it over with ASAP.
- When you get a 1) new battery, 2) do a factory reset, or 3) an OS upgrade - run your battery all the way down until the phone shuts off and then charge the battery all the way up. This will calibrate the phone's understanding of the battery's capacity. Do this once every month or two also, but don't do it too often if you can help it.
- I have my battery set to "Performance Mode" and data is on all the time because I am on call 24x7. If you don't mind, try out a more conservative battery profile to save more gobs of energy.
- Set screen brightness to "Automatic"
- Under Accounts, click on any account listed and turn off sync for any items that you're not interested in syncing. For example, Google Books if you don't use it. Don't use Backup Assistant--I prefer syncing my contacts with Google. You don't need both. Also go into your contacts > menu > display options > backup assistant > UNCHECK. Also do contacts > menu > more > settings > contact storage > and select your Google account and "remember this choice"
- Turn on Bluetooth only when you are going to use it.
- Consider turning off voice privacy. This may not be a big deal but it will save some processing (and therefore battery). It may also improve call quality.
-Turn off haptic feedback, animations, and any un-needed sounds in Android settings and in your apps
- Set your screen timeout to as low a time as you can stand (I use 1 minute) and manually turn the screen off when you’ve finished using the phone.
- Turn off in-pocket detection. In-Pocket Detection has been the source of many issues already.
- Keyboard: turn off vibrate on key press and sounds for any keyboards you use
- Use a red or black screen background. On the original Droid screen--not sure about this Bionic screen--red was the most efficient color that could be displayed.
- Camera app: I like keeping location on and flash on auto. Consider turning location off or at least returning to the home screen ASAP when using camera if location for camera is on.
- In stock browser the default home page is Google and it uses your location. This is a bad idea as it can waste your battery for no reason. Make something else your home page and make sure to close any web page that uses your location when you're done viewing it.
- Charge your phone via the wall charger instead of computer USB as it is faster. Also, don't use long USB cords--use regular power extension cords instead. I stick with the charger that came with the phone. Put the phone on charger when you go to bed every night.
- Consider install the Home Replacement app Zeam. It is basic app that uses very few resources and will help with battery power.
- Emails: I don't know what email app you use, but try this. It saves battery power and in some cases emails arrive quicker. This scheme will have you using only the Gmail app on the phone for all email accounts whether they are pop3 accounts or Gmail.
- If you are using Live Wall Papers, stop!
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This is a link to some very good videos about saving battery power on the Bionic (there are 4 parts and the other parts will show up as available videos when part 1 finishes):
Battery Saving Video
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cvWg7SbUgsI
If battery life is still bad: Consider doing a factory reset: These have gotten pretty painless lately by following these simple steps: 1. Make sure Backup and Restore are checked in the Privacy setting. 2. When going through the setup after the reset, turn on wifi as soon as you can (assuming it is available). 3. After you have entered your Gmail account info, you will be presented with a screen that has two check boxes. Basically they are "Do you want Google to backup and restore this phone”. Make sure you check both of those. Your apps will then automatically reinstall (paid and free). Set the phone aside for a minute or two and let the apps download and install. 3. If rooted, use an app such as titanium backup to restore data only to select apps such as Tapatalk and you will not have to re-enter all your login information. I do this for 3-4 apps (Tapatalk, SPB Shell, etc.).
I've been flashing new roms/updates about once per day lately and I can be up and running with all my apps and settings back in place in less than 20 minutes. It's pretty painless now.
When I first bought my Bionic, it was eating up battery like crazy. After 2 replacements phones, I found out that some Bionic's were having an issues with Draining battery. My 3rd Bionic is great. On my original Bionic, it would take me 2 extended batteries and still could not make it through day under moderate use. Now, 1 extended battery will last me all day with heavy use.
There are some faulty Bionic's out there. It was even mentioned on Droid-Life. I think the original one they tested had issues with battery drainning really fast.
Geezer Squid said:
I agree with John that non-use will cause OS to seem abnormally high.
However, your 7 hours of battery life is terrible:
If you are having short battery life here’s a list of things that can help. Just read through the list and select the items that fit with the way you want to use your phone. Not all items will work for everyone and this list was written for the Droid Bionic but should work for your phone too:
- Don't use an automatic task killer--not even the one that comes with the phone. Reboot your phone and look at what's running. If anything that you've installed is running and there's no reason for it, then uninstall it and find an alternative that behaves. Ignore any stock apps that run on boot as I've found them to be more or less benign.
- Weather widgets, live wallpapers, news/social feeds, any app or service that you use that runs--do without it if you can. If you can’t do without it, lengthen it’s refresh time.
- Don't use antivirus
- Set your WIFI sleep policy to never. The default is "turn off when screen turns off". This will cause the wifi to reconnect every time you open the phone. From any Home Screen select Menu/Settings/Wireless & Networks/ and then use the Menu button to see some new options - select Advanced. Then select Wifi Sleep Policy and set it to Never. Home key to return to Home Screen.
- If you have access to wifi, leave it toggled on as it is more efficient than 3G. Wifi consumes less battery power than 3G.
- I leave GPS toggled on too by the way. Apps use it as needed. When I'm done with Maps or an app that uses it, I'm sure to return to the home screen so GPS can stop. Under wireless settings turn on "Google location services" so that an app is able to use network resources to get your location instead of GPS. I have "VZW location services" turned off--don't know why that option is even there. By the way, I increase the speed of voice output > text to speech > speech rate because I like the directions to get spit out faster. That saves a bit of battery. Turning off the display and just listening for directions help. Also, often I just get the directions and then exit back to the home screen: GPS uses so much battery I try to get it over with ASAP.
- When you get a 1) new battery, 2) do a factory reset, or 3) an OS upgrade - run your battery all the way down until the phone shuts off and then charge the battery all the way up. This will calibrate the phone's understanding of the battery's capacity. Do this once every month or two also, but don't do it too often if you can help it.
- I have my battery set to "Performance Mode" and data is on all the time because I am on call 24x7. If you don't mind, try out a more conservative battery profile to save more gobs of energy.
- Set screen brightness to "Automatic"
- Under Accounts, click on any account listed and turn off sync for any items that you're not interested in syncing. For example, Google Books if you don't use it. Don't use Backup Assistant--I prefer syncing my contacts with Google. You don't need both. Also go into your contacts > menu > display options > backup assistant > UNCHECK. Also do contacts > menu > more > settings > contact storage > and select your Google account and "remember this choice"
- Turn on Bluetooth only when you are going to use it.
- Consider turning off voice privacy. This may not be a big deal but it will save some processing (and therefore battery). It may also improve call quality.
-Turn off haptic feedback, animations, and any un-needed sounds in Android settings and in your apps
- Set your screen timeout to as low a time as you can stand (I use 1 minute) and manually turn the screen off when you’ve finished using the phone.
- Turn off in-pocket detection. In-Pocket Detection has been the source of many issues already.
- Keyboard: turn off vibrate on key press and sounds for any keyboards you use
- Use a red or black screen background. On the original Droid screen--not sure about this Bionic screen--red was the most efficient color that could be displayed.
- Camera app: I like keeping location on and flash on auto. Consider turning location off or at least returning to the home screen ASAP when using camera if location for camera is on.
- In stock browser the default home page is Google and it uses your location. This is a bad idea as it can waste your battery for no reason. Make something else your home page and make sure to close any web page that uses your location when you're done viewing it.
- Charge your phone via the wall charger instead of computer USB as it is faster. Also, don't use long USB cords--use regular power extension cords instead. I stick with the charger that came with the phone. Put the phone on charger when you go to bed every night.
- Consider install the Home Replacement app Zeam. It is basic app that uses very few resources and will help with battery power.
- Emails: I don't know what email app you use, but try this. It saves battery power and in some cases emails arrive quicker. This scheme will have you using only the Gmail app on the phone for all email accounts whether they are pop3 accounts or Gmail.
- If you are using Live Wall Papers, stop!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is a link to some very good videos about saving battery power on the Bionic (there are 4 parts and the other parts will show up as available videos when part 1 finishes):
Battery Saving Video
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cvWg7SbUgsI
If battery life is still bad: Consider doing a factory reset: These have gotten pretty painless lately by following these simple steps: 1. Make sure Backup and Restore are checked in the Privacy setting. 2. When going through the setup after the reset, turn on wifi as soon as you can (assuming it is available). 3. After you have entered your Gmail account info, you will be presented with a screen that has two check boxes. Basically they are "Do you want Google to backup and restore this phone”. Make sure you check both of those. Your apps will then automatically reinstall (paid and free). Set the phone aside for a minute or two and let the apps download and install. 3. If rooted, use an app such as titanium backup to restore data only to select apps such as Tapatalk and you will not have to re-enter all your login information. I do this for 3-4 apps (Tapatalk, SPB Shell, etc.).
I've been flashing new roms/updates about once per day lately and I can be up and running with all my apps and settings back in place in less than 20 minutes. It's pretty painless now.
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Good points.
Juroid said:
When I first bought my Bionic, it was eating up battery like crazy. After 2 replacements phones, I found out that some Bionic's were having an issues with Draining battery. My 3rd Bionic is great. On my original Bionic, it would take me 2 extended batteries and still could not make it through day under moderate use. Now, 1 extended battery will last me all day with heavy use.
There are some faulty Bionic's out there. It was even mentioned on Droid-Life. I think the original one they tested had issues with battery draining really fast.
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That is weird. I wonder....could it be due to actual batteries as opposed to the phones?
But in the OP's case, I doubt it - it would be too coincidental that his battery were to fail right as he applied the update.
@OP - you might also try conditioning the battery, fully charging and then running it down a couple of times and seeing if it stabilizes. It might have to do with the update wiping the stored battery stats (long shot, I know, but still)?
Dear all HTC One users,
I know there are tons of battery saver apps on Google Play and each one of them sounds to be greater or better than the rest however I have tried a few and I don't think there is any single one of them which hardly does anything or makes a difference as compared to not having one but still I would like to know which ones are worth giving a try and possibly one that's also worth keeping in the device, an app that doesn't drain battery either.
Please post your suggestions including the name of the apps and also give your reasoning as to why you prefer that app and what about it you like.
singh_harman said:
Dear all HTC One users,
I know there are tons of battery saver apps on Google Play and each one of them sounds to be greater or better than the rest however I have tried a few and I don't think there is any single one of them which hardly does anything or makes a difference as compared to not having one but still I would like to know which ones are worth giving a try and possibly one that's also worth keeping in the device, an app that doesn't drain battery either.
Please post your suggestions including the name of the apps and also give your reasoning as to why you prefer that app and what about it you like.
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There are many options to save some power. I'm saving maybe 15% battery on a typical day of use when using this setup:
Amplify (Xposed framework + root required) to block (or change the refresh rates) of some wakelocks
ElementalX kernel to undervolt the CPUs
Tasker + Secure Settings + Autosync to make a power saver profile
e.g:
When screen is turned off = turn off wifi, mobile data, underclock the cpus, turn off bluetooth (only if not connected to a device). Turn on mobile data or wifi once every 30 mins for 1 min and launch Autosync to sync the phone (facebook, mails etc)
Using HTC Power Saver mode
alray said:
There are many options to save some power. I'm saving maybe 15% battery on a typical day of use when using this setup:
Amplify (Xposed framework + root required) to block (or change the refresh rates) of some wakelocks
ElementalX kernel to undervolt the CPUs
Tasker + Secure Settings + Autosync to make a power saver profile
e.g:
When screen is turned off = turn off wifi, mobile data, underclock the cpus, turn off bluetooth (only if not connected to a device). Turn on mobile data or wifi once every 30 mins for 1 min and launch Autosync to sync the phone (facebook, mails etc)
Using HTC Power Saver mode
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Thanks for your reply,
However I only want suggestions based on unrooted device.
Thanks.
singh_harman said:
Thanks for your reply,
However I only want suggestions based on unrooted device.
Thanks.
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I remember when I had my HTC One unrooted, the battery life was horrible no matter what apps I used, n that was on KK, I can only imagine on LP. Take it from me I tried everything there is no app that will make a very big or substantial difference in battery on this phone if you are not rooted. Once u r rooted use amplify elementalx kernel greenify and power nap... Now I get almost triple the amount of battery I could ever get
alray said:
There are many options to save some power. I'm saving maybe 15% battery on a typical day of use when using this setup:
Amplify (Xposed framework + root required) to block (or change the refresh rates) of some wakelocks
ElementalX kernel to undervolt the CPUs
Tasker + Secure Settings + Autosync to make a power saver profile
e.g:
When screen is turned off = turn off wifi, mobile data, underclock the cpus, turn off bluetooth (only if not connected to a device). Turn on mobile data or wifi once every 30 mins for 1 min and launch Autosync to sync the phone (facebook, mails etc)
Using HTC Power Saver mode
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Would love a tutorial on "Tasker + Secure Settings + Autosync" setup you have!
puner89 said:
Would love a tutorial on "Tasker + Secure Settings + Autosync" setup you have!
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Create a new profile in tasker based on screen state --> off
add a new task for that profile.
now create these actions in the profile:
wifi off
mobile data off
HTC energy saver on (requires secure settings)
set core 0-1-2-3 to your desired governor and max frequency (requires a custom kernel) (don't be to aggressive on the underclock or your phone will lag when turned back on)
wait 30 min
turn wifi/data on
launch autosync (plugin ---> autosync) ( to update all your account at once)
wait 1 minute
go back to step 1
So your phone will save battery when not used. wifi will be active for only 2 minutes per hours and your phone will be synced every 30 min. You can edit the wait time as you need.
Will try to upload my tasker profile soon so you can edit it for your needs.
Hey Alray can you please upload your Tasker profile? I'm very much interested to see how you have configured this Tasker + Secure Settings + Autosync setup.
I know you tried explaining but some things weren't clear, to be honest I'd be lying if I said "some things" because although I tried experimenting on my own I still doubt that I would have gotten things working since I'm new to Tasker and its an app which takes a while to get used to.
Could you upload your profile with screenshots if possible? Thanks.
alray said:
Create a new profile in tasker based on screen state --> off
add a new task for that profile.
now create these actions in the profile:
wifi off
mobile data off
HTC energy saver on (requires secure settings)
set core 0-1-2-3 to your desired governor and max frequency (requires a custom kernel) (don't be to aggressive on the underclock or your phone will lag when turned back on)
wait 30 min
turn wifi/data on
launch autosync (plugin ---> autosync) ( to update all your account at once)
wait 1 minute
go back to step 1
So your phone will save battery when not used. wifi will be active for only 2 minutes per hours and your phone will be synced every 30 min. You can edit the wait time as you need.
Will try to upload my tasker profile soon so you can edit it for your needs.
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Just wondering if I can get that taker profile?
I have two profiles that works only when wifi is not connected.
Profile 1: when I turn off the screen, wait 3 minutes, then disabile mobile data. Then, re-enable mobile data for 1 minutes every 10 minutes (for notifications)
Profile 2: enable mobile data when I turn on the screen
I made these profiles to save battery but now I waste even more battery because I saw through Better Battery Stats that Tasker (in particular the ''delay'' tasks in Profile 1) keeps my device awake, preventing it to going into deep sleep.
Is there any option or any workaround to avoid that the phone stays awake? For example, in Automate the ''delay'' block have the option to check the time only when the device is awoken by other applications. Any similar option in Tasker?
Bcl2 said:
I have two profiles that works only when wifi is not connected.
Profile 1: when I turn off the screen, wait 3 minutes, then disabile mobile data. Then, re-enable mobile data for 1 minutes every 10 minutes (for notifications)
Profile 2: enable mobile data when I turn on the screen
I made these profiles to save battery but now I waste even more battery because I saw through Better Battery Stats that Tasker (in particular the ''delay'' tasks in Profile 1) keeps my device awake, preventing it to going into deep sleep.
Is there any option or any workaround to avoid that the phone stays awake? For example, in Automate the ''delay'' block have the option to check the time only when the device is awoken by other applications. Any similar option in Tasker?
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Divide your profile 1 to 2 separate profiles. 1. event display off, task:wait/mobile data off and 2. time context fom time/repeat/to time, task: mobile data on + wait time, That 1 minute every ten minutes definitely causes extra battery drain! The final result may be the same as if the mobile data would be all the time on.
taisto said:
Divide your profile 1 to 2 separate profiles. 1. event display off, task:wait/mobile data off and 2. time context fom time/repeat/to time, task: mobile data on + wait time, That 1 minute every ten minutes definitely causes extra battery drain! The final result may be the same as if the mobile data would be all the time on.
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First, my apologize for using the wrong term, in fact I meant "wait", not "delay" (I don't use tasker in english).
As you suggested now I have 3 profiles:
1- when screen is turned off, wait 3 minutes and turn off data
2-turn on data, wait 1 minute, turn off data, wait 10 minutes, ping (repeat)
3-when screen is on turn on data (the second profile will not run when the screen is on because of some variables that I set up)
I made some tests disabling/enabling profile 1 or 2. I have found that the "wait" functions of the second profile (1 minute and 10 minutes) wake my device only for a few seconds, and this is acceptable. But the "wait" function of the first profile keep awake my device exactly for 3 minutes every time that I turn off the screen. Can't figure out why.