Hey guys.
I just bought a Dream to someone, I wanted to try after so many years of Windows Mobile.
I have a HC battery (1600 Mah) and I'm not sure if this is the problem (poor quality battery maybe?), but I can't pass the day without a big utilisation. Just a few SMS and calls.
The phone has been flashed with a cyanogen Rom, and in the battery utilisation, I can see 40% screen and 40% GSM sleep. I think it's really huge and I am wondering if there is not an issue with the radio Rom.
Thanks for all the advices.
Since you got a new batt you could try wiping batt stats from recovery then letting the batt die and recharging it to calibrate it.
Thanks for the answer, but the battery came with the phone . I bought it on an Android forum.
I did a swipe on the first boot anyways.
Tatou26 said:
Thanks for the answer, but the battery came with the phone . I bought it on an Android forum.
I did a swipe on the first boot anyways.
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he means wiping battery stats. from ra recovery.
Tatou26 said:
Hey guys.
I just bought a Dream to someone, I wanted to try after so many years of Windows Mobile.
I have a HC battery (1600 Mah) and I'm not sure if this is the problem (poor quality battery maybe?), but I can't pass the day without a big utilisation. Just a few SMS and calls.
The phone has been flashed with a cyanogen Rom, and in the battery utilisation, I can see 40% screen and 40% GSM sleep. I think it's really huge and I am wondering if there is not an issue with the radio Rom.
Thanks for all the advices.
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Might be worth wiping battery stats from the recovery console and then re-flashing the ROM. If the battery life is still terrible after that, then i imagine your battery is screwed.
Ok thanks, that's clear now.
How to do that exactly?
Tatou26 said:
Ok thanks, that's clear now.
How to do that exactly?
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If you have the Amon_ra recovery Chooses wipe>Wipe battery stats
If not I suggest you get the Amon_Ra recovery
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I'm having really bad battery life. I don't know what it is. When I reboot my phone it will take 10% of my battery. Also my phone will use about 10% of the battery just sitting there.
Is there anything that might improve my battery life? It might be always awake and I don't know about it. IDK.
Also I'm using DarchDroid ROM.
But I don't think it is the ROM for my batter life has been pretty bad on all ROM's.
Thanks
I started seeing much better battery life when I stopped using systray monitor, if you use it try going a day without it.
ALSO have you calibrated your battery??? This is essential if you have wiped battery stats in recovery. I mistakenly thought it was good to wipe everything before flashing a rom so that's what I did, wiped everything every time I flashed a rom. Little did I know I was jacking my battery usage up by throwing the gauge off by wiping the batt stats.
That's all I got, hope it helps
nebenezer said:
I started seeing much better battery life when I stopped using systray monitor, if you use it try going a day without it.
ALSO have you calibrated your battery??? This is essential if you have wiped battery stats in recovery. I mistakenly thought it was good to wipe everything before flashing a rom so that's what I did, wiped everything every time I flashed a rom. Little did I know I was jacking my battery usage up by throwing the gauge off by wiping the batt stats.
That's all I got, hope it helps
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lol oops.
how do I calibrate my battery?
**EDIT** Also does the stock radio give off bad battery life? and does PRL matter to teh Batt life at all? Thanks
CarbonKang said:
lol oops.
how do I calibrate my battery?
**EDIT** Also does the stock radio give off bad battery life? and does PRL matter to teh Batt life at all? Thanks
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This is how to calibrate your battery
I'm not sure about the radio and PRL affecting battery life
Thanks man I will do it when I get home.
Try different radios. The stock radio from 1.5 just drained my battery. I use a Verizon radio. I get much better battery life. Just try them out for a day each.
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Is there a post anywhere with all the CDMA Radios? Thanks
Check geekfor.me for some radios.
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There is also a section for radios in the rom wiki
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Check geekfor.me for some radios.
Sent from my Hero CDMA using Tapatalk
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nebenezer said:
There is also a section for radios in the rom wiki
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Thanks guys for everything. I'm really tired. Not in the right mind I guess.
Only thing I want to ask now. Is if anyone can tell me which one is best in the Dallas area.
But I can find that out on my own I suppose.
Guys,
Can someone tell me what I can do to make my display act normal. it appears as though it is the killer of my battery. The phone screen hasn't been on as long as this says it has.
I am running Darch's 8/22 build of Froyo. Other than terrible batt life, it is a great ROM. Also, I have the newest colin batter tweak going. Need help!
Thanks for any ideas you can give me!
This is not a bad thing. You need to understand that you are seeing a percentage of usage so there is always going to be something that is using the majority of your battery. The nice thing is that you can visually see if your display is on and using battery power. If your phone has the screen off then most likely there is something wrong with the rom and you may want to wipe and reinstall.....or the information is being displayed improperly which again may be an issue with the rom install. Good luck
teedo757 said:
This is not a bad thing. You need to understand that you are seeing a percentage of usage so there is always going to be something that is using the majority of your battery. The nice thing is that you can visually see if your display is on and using battery power. If your phone has the screen off then most likely there is something wrong with the rom and you may want to wipe and reinstall.....or the information is being displayed improperly which again may be an issue with the rom install. Good luck
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Thank you for the input. I am at a loss. My phone came off the charger at 7:00am central and here at 3:27pm central I am at 41%. It has been dropping fast since 12pm.
smolck said:
Thank you for the input. I am at a loss. My phone came off the charger at 7:00am central and here at 3:27pm central I am at 41%. It has been dropping fast since 12pm.
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I have the same problem. I got crazy battery life with one of the early beta versions, but now i have to charge atleast once a day, sometimes 2 or 3 times. I haven't tweaked anything, just flashed 8/17 build and GS and installed all my normal apps(launcher pro, beautiful widgets),
smolck said:
Thank you for the input. I am at a loss. My phone came off the charger at 7:00am central and here at 3:27pm central I am at 41%. It has been dropping fast since 12pm.
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9 hours later and at 41% is not bad at all.... unless you haven't used the phone
Thanks for the replies guys. Quick update, I flashed the 8/25 nightly (wow, this sucker is FASTER than all previous versions!) and was still getting high screen usage. So what I did was wipe the dalvik cache and let it reboot. I then turned on the automatic backlight tweaks under Cyanogen mod settings/user interface. I tested it last night and the battery life seems great. I have been off charger this morning since 6:55 and it is now 8:02am and I am still at 100%. I am NOT running the battery tweak either.
I will update this afternoon. Thanks!
That's strange, my battery is inaccurate. When it arrives ate 17% it dies, when I start charging again it starts at 1%, then when arrive at 80% it appears at 100%
Something is really wrong, I dunno why.
I already tried wiping the battery stats (on recovery), but still the same thing.
Any help? Any app to fix it?
Thanks.
Try this, need root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21665230
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The battery seems physically dead. Calibration is bullcrap anyway, it proceeds automatically once you reach 100% battery.
My phone is buging. Can you help me? Thank pro.
Thanks for the help guys. Going to see if it fix
You fixed it?
No it didn't fixed it
Tried, but I think it's really broke like Jack_R1 said...
Damn!
saulob said:
No it didn't fixed it
Tried, but I think it's really broke like Jack_R1 said...
Damn!
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Purchase a new battery and test again.
That has worked for me.
It's the idea, going to do that, thanks
Perhaps you will give this one a try?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519722
Maybe try wiping battery stats in cwm recovery and reflash the rom ur using I had this issue but mine used to die out at 7% or so after I did that haven't seen battery issues since then I'm on miui rom might work for u too. I think it happens if you flash new roms a lot at that time I was experimenting with all kinds of roms then stuck around with miui since I believe its the best
How's u guys battery life on CM 7.2? On my Ace, it seems that the battery is discharging much faster than the stock rom.
What would you suggest? I read something about battery life kernels, but not sure what to do.
Thanks,
It seems it may be a false battery charge indication. I saw a couple other threads about this. i tried a calibration app, but it didnt work. I even charged to 100% and reset in clockwork. As soon as i unplug, it went down to 92%, then 10 min later, 80%. This is just on standby!
Any ideas?
Battery calibration is a myth! The battery_stats.bin file only has info for the battery use screen.
Not sure about it now, but cm7.2 used to have battery drain problems.
What rom are you you using?
Sent from the cracked screen of my GALAXY Ace.
vettegofast said:
It seems it may be a false battery charge indication. I saw a couple other threads about this. i tried a calibration app, but it didnt work. I even charged to 100% and reset in clockwork. As soon as i unplug, it went down to 92%, then 10 min later, 80%. This is just on standby!
Any ideas?
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try this>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447938
Battery calibration is not a myth, the myth is saying that helps you battery life, what it really does is give you a more accurate reading of the battery charge. Your battery will have the same life.
Your battery life on any CM will drain faster than on a stock rom, maybe a bit better, but not much of a difference.
You need to charge your phone to 100 %, check in settings, about phone, state (i have my rom in spanish, so i don't know if it will say "state" it's just a guess) and the first option you will see says "Battery State" and it should say "Charged" or something that tells you that it's done charging.
I mean, when u charge your phone, although u can see that your battery is full, you should wait until in the lockscreen says "charged" instead of "charging" or something like that.
Hope it helps!
I am in the process of calibrating right now. I charged to 100% and now im draining completelto 0%. Then recharging back to 100% with no breaks. I got these instructions from another thread. Ive got every radio on (gps wifi bluetooth) and the torch. Been that way for over 2 hours and it says 16% right now. Ill let u all know what happens. Thanks again!
Oh im on the last cooper version that says stable. I had trouble with thr touchscreen not working right on nightly for some reason. Any known issues with this one?
Cyanogenmod have battery problems, especially if you are using an unofficial version. If this is your case, you can try use firekernel, otherwise use the official one, some say it have the best battery life.
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I am in the process of calibrating right now. I charged to 100% and now im draining completelto 0%. Then recharging back to 100% with no breaks. I got these instructions from another thread. Ive got every radio on (gps wifi bluetooth) and the torch. Been that way for over 2 hours and it says 16% right now. Ill let u all know what happens. Thanks again!
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Be careful, force the phone to discharge fast can decrease the battery life. I think the best to do is use it normally during the day till the battery finish and look if is there some application using lots of cpu or if the deep sleep is working right.
Watch for the torch app, the app itself says that u should keep it on 20 min maximum i think.
I didnt tried nightly, sorry!
I did try stable and everything worked perfect i think so it should be fine
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i hear ya. i dont think i burned out the flash led. i left the phone on all night (not the torch) and it finally died. Stayed on 8% for at least an hour! so now i have to charge it back to 100% with no breaks.
isafarady said:
try this>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447938
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I just did the calibration part. Same thing. Drops like a rock right from unplug. Did the same thing before i calibrate too.
Any thoughts?
how long is it that you have your phone?? battery could be damage maybe? :S
if u want to stick with cm, you can flash Apocalypse rom, based on cm 7.2, it has very good battery life. Using a based stock rom u could try the sg s2 version 9 (based on stock rom) with very good battery life too and very fast
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try this>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1447938
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Been having it a couple years. I have two phones and two batteries. And it doesnt act this way with the stock ace rom. Wierd. I am curious about the apacolypse rom. Will check that out. I will need to backup my current setup first tho.
Should i just backup with clockwork or use titanium? I have alot of time invested in cm 7.2 stable. I hate to lose it.
Also can i just copy the backup folder to my pc without damaging it?
Thanks for the help!
chanito88 said:
Your battery life on any CM will drain faster than on a stock rom, maybe a bit better, but not much of a difference.
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What do you mean?
I have not rooted my ace yet and had been reading tons of documents on the pros and cons of rooting and most of them if not all of them were saying that CM aids longer batter life. Here you seem to contradict that claim.
Can you please explain?
Thanks.
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What do you mean?
I have not rooted my ace yet and had been reading tons of documents on the pros and cons of rooting and most of them if not all of them were saying that CM aids longer batter life. Here you seem to contradict that claim.
Can you please explain?
Thanks.
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CyanogenMod basically means = fast (besides nice looking haha) and it also has different options to save battery (i don't remember an example of one of them), but being fast costs you battery life. For example, Apocalypse Final version with blackhawk kernel with antutu benchmark gave me a 2200 score (without oc), with firekernel (the one that brings the rom) it gave me a a number much lower (i think it was 1900). But using sgs2 v9, the one im using right now, it gives me a 1900 score and i can say it is fast enough and battery lasts longer that using any cm version.
i know bechmarks are not exactly, it's just to explain my point of view.
With cm u can have good battery life too but in a stock based rom battery will always (or 80 % of the cases) be better.
vettegofast said:
Been having it a couple years. I have two phones and two batteries. And it doesnt act this way with the stock ace rom. Wierd. I am curious about the apacolypse rom. Will check that out. I will need to backup my current setup first tho.
Should i just backup with clockwork or use titanium? I have alot of time invested in cm 7.2 stable. I hate to lose it.
Also can i just copy the backup folder to my pc without damaging it?
Thanks for the help!
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i use cwm AND titanium, just in case. I like to have a barebone ROM and then installing the apps and data i want. For some apps i want the data too and some apps i want only the app.
vettegofast said:
Also can i just copy the backup folder to my pc without damaging it?
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Yes, it's usually what most people do, leave the original copy of the nandroid backup on your sd and make a copy of it and save it in your pc. Then if everything went well after flashing the rom you can just erase the copy of your pc
i just did a backup with both. the CW backup is much larger. Is this because it backed up the whole rom? Like a clone of the phone?
vettegofast said:
i just did a backup with both. the CW backup is much larger. Is this because it backed up the whole rom? Like a clone of the phone?
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Exactly you make a backup of everything in your phone.
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chanito88 said:
Exactly you make a backup of everything in your phone.
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Awesome. so now i can play around and just fully restore my phone if i %&*@ up.
Hi All,
I am using following ROM and Kernal.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2315448
And I am having terrible battery issue, it lasts no more than 6 hours.
Am I using a bad combination?
Please advice
Santosh
I searched the thread you posted for a word 'battery' - it popped 159 results, most of them regarding high battery consumption. Maybe it is time to consider changing a ROM?
Remember that active sync, max brightness, wifi and especially 3G connection are battery drainers. When you don't use them, turn them off.
jazz2jive said:
Hi All,
I am using following ROM and Kernal.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2315448
And I am having terrible battery issue, it lasts no more than 6 hours.
Am I using a bad combination?
Please advice
Santosh
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Hi ,
TS why dont u give a shot on 3rd party battery like Sun Global . It really show different after u change it
jazz2jive said:
Hi All,
I am using following ROM and Kernal.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2315448
And I am having terrible battery issue, it lasts no more than 6 hours.
Am I using a bad combination?
Please advice
Santosh
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Try to load your battery to 100% , then go in recovery menu , select advanced -> Wipe Battery Stats
Hope it will help!
UnlimitedRom said:
Try to load your battery to 100% , then go in recovery menu , select advanced -> Wipe Battery Stats
Hope it will help!
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Will try out right away, excited!! Thanks
jazz2jive said:
Will try out right away, excited!! Thanks
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And if your battery is getting old it might be a good idea to get a new one. Mine died at 2years of age, replaced it with a anker 1800mAh and i had twice the capacity of the old one.
zordo said:
And if your battery is getting old it might be a good idea to get a new one. Mine died at 2years of age, replaced it with a anker 1800mAh and i had twice the capacity of the old one.
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Its going good till now with the trick you told. Thanks