I'm running the older radio 4.03.00.21_2 (from ERE27 update)
Does the newer 4.04.00.03_2 (from ERE36b/EPE54b leak) offer bettery battery life, reception fixes?
I'm scared to install it don't wanna brick
I upgraded radio recently, no noticeable battery improvement, reception improvements, if any were very mild. This doesn't seem anywhere near as much of a jump as the OTA update.
I have a feeling it was meant for the AT&T/Canadian versions of the device.
The radios performance will be very dependent on your location.
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When I check cell standby in battery usage, it says it has spent 50% of it's time without signal. I never had this issue up until recently after a new 2.2.1 rom that used the JL2 modem, and now it seems to not go away no matter what rom or modem I use, could it be modem specific but I'm carrying over data? It seems I am not the only one with this bug and going into airplane mode temporarily fixes it.
hamburgertrain said:
I never had this issue up until recently after a new 2.2.1 rom that used the JL2 modem
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Odd, I also had that display with a few modems until I installed the JL2, then it dropped to 0%.
Since it was always 50%, never anything else but 50%, I assumed it was a display error. I know for a fact that my phone did not spend 50% of its time with no signal, so other than the display, I don't think this is a real problem.
arffer said:
Odd, I also had that display with a few modems until I installed the JL2, then it dropped to 0%.
Since it was always 50%, never anything else but 50%, I assumed it was a display error. I know for a fact that my phone did not spend 50% of its time with no signal, so other than the display, I don't think this is a real problem.
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Well the thing is it seems to drain my battery, alot.
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Well the thing is it seems to drain my battery, alot.
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it seems to be an issue with 2.2.1 (for me, at least). I never had an issue running HSUPA modems until switching over to the JPX/JPY based ROMs... after that I'd get the random "no service" issue and lots of battery drain (also the 50% without signal issue). I don't think this has much to do with the framework so much as the kernel (JPX Source based). as running an earlier kernel (JPM source based) with the newer modems doesn't seem to have these problems crop up.
2.2.1 kernel + 2.2 HSUPA modem (UGJL2, TLJL3, UGJK4) = random no service/bad battery life (for me, I know this isn't true for everyone for some reason)
2.2 kernel + 2.2 HSUPA modem = no issues
2.2 kernel + 2.1 HSUPA modem = bad battery drain
if you're having these issues and don't mind "reverting" to an earlier kernel to see if that helps, it could be worth a shot. I believe xcalibur's 2.2.4 should work just fine (if you're running JPX/JPY you need to modify vold.fstab to get your sd cards to mount properly)
Has anyone else with an AT&T One converted to GPE 4.4 been experiencning horrifying battery life? I am running an entirely stock GPE conversion, including recovery, kernel, etc, latest firmware, radio, etc. On a fresh install (NO Google settings changed from defaults), off Wi-Fi and with consistent good LTE signal, my phone will drain from 100% to 75% in about 2 hours. That is with no apps installed and a screen-on time of only 45 minutes, texting and web browsing. Such battery drain is very consistent.
With all of my usual apps installed, some of which include GroupMe, Facebook, Maps, and a couple others, battery life doesn't change for better or worse.
And this has always been the case for me with any sort of GPE conversion. Well, with any ROM for that matter. I had the same astronomically bad battery life when I OTA'd from stock to AT&T 4.3. In fact, the ONLY time my phone has what I would consider good battery life is when running stock AT&T 4.1.2. I can reach up to 3.5 hours of screen-on time over the course of a day and a half that way.
Anyone else? Lots of threads and complaints about this, but I'm wondering if having an AT&T phone converted to an "international"/"Google Play Edition"/"Developer Edition" is to blame some how? Radio perhaps?
me too
++terible battery life...s-off unlocked vodafone version converted to wwe 4.3 unrooted all stock.It seems that this is an android 4.3 issue thar remains in 4.4....
Yes, 4.3 seems better. I only used few days. Need to use bit long to see.
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Has anyone else with an AT&T One converted to GPE 4.4 been experiencning horrifying battery life? I am running an entirely stock GPE conversion, including recovery, kernel, etc, latest firmware, radio, etc. On a fresh install (NO Google settings changed from defaults), off Wi-Fi and with consistent good LTE signal, my phone will drain from 100% to 75% in about 2 hours. That is with no apps installed and a screen-on time of only 45 minutes, texting and web browsing. Such battery drain is very consistent.
With all of my usual apps installed, some of which include GroupMe, Facebook, Maps, and a couple others, battery life doesn't change for better or worse.
And this has always been the case for me with any sort of GPE conversion. Well, with any ROM for that matter. I had the same astronomically bad battery life when I OTA'd from stock to AT&T 4.3. In fact, the ONLY time my phone has what I would consider good battery life is when running stock AT&T 4.1.2. I can reach up to 3.5 hours of screen-on time over the course of a day and a half that way.
Anyone else? Lots of threads and complaints about this, but I'm wondering if having an AT&T phone converted to an "international"/"Google Play Edition"/"Developer Edition" is to blame some how? Radio perhaps?
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You have to give the phone time to adjust to the new software. Give it a few charge cycles.
I cannot remember how the battery life was for me on sense 4.1.2 because i installed a GPE 4.3 ROM and the batterly life was terrible on that. I ran battery calibration multiple times because my charge would go from 14% to 1%; powering off in less than a minute. Now i did do the conversion to GPE the other day and like you i am running the stock kernel, recovery, radio, firmware etc etc and the battery life compared to the ROM is amazing. I also enabled ART immediately so i cannot compare it to dalvik, but you may want to try that out.
markjo said:
Has anyone else with an AT&T One converted to GPE 4.4 been experiencning horrifying battery life? I am running an entirely stock GPE conversion, including recovery, kernel, etc, latest firmware, radio, etc. On a fresh install (NO Google settings changed from defaults), off Wi-Fi and with consistent good LTE signal, my phone will drain from 100% to 75% in about 2 hours. That is with no apps installed and a screen-on time of only 45 minutes, texting and web browsing. Such battery drain is very consistent.
With all of my usual apps installed, some of which include GroupMe, Facebook, Maps, and a couple others, battery life doesn't change for better or worse.
And this has always been the case for me with any sort of GPE conversion. Well, with any ROM for that matter. I had the same astronomically bad battery life when I OTA'd from stock to AT&T 4.3. In fact, the ONLY time my phone has what I would consider good battery life is when running stock AT&T 4.1.2. I can reach up to 3.5 hours of screen-on time over the course of a day and a half that way.
Anyone else? Lots of threads and complaints about this, but I'm wondering if having an AT&T phone converted to an "international"/"Google Play Edition"/"Developer Edition" is to blame some how? Radio perhaps?
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I cannot remember how the battery life was for me on sense 4.1.2 because i installed a GPE 4.3 ROM and the batterly life was terrible on that. I ran battery calibration multiple times because my charge would go from 14% to 1%; powering off in less than a minute. Now i did do the conversion to GPE the other day and like you i am running the stock kernel, recovery, radio, firmware etc etc and the battery life compared to the ROM is amazing. I also enabled ART immediately so i cannot compare it to dalvik, but you may want to try that out.
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Would you mind telling me what firmware you are running? The latest GPE 4.4? I used ART for a few days and don't recall a difference, but I'm currently going back to it to see if things improve.
Not sure about anyone else but I've found battery life considerably worse than with Kitkat which I felt had more life. I have tried stock GPE, various Lollipop aosp/cm releases and custom GPE roms, they've all come out worse.
I tend to find of late the battery drain when the phone is in sleep. I can come back to my phone four hours later and 20% has gone. I should check to see if any apps are doing this or whether it's an overall thing with Lollipop.
I have not tried Lollipop Sense roms as I prefer the stock aosp look.
Anyone else find Lollipop worse than Kitkat?
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Not sure about anyone else but I've found battery life considerably worse than with Kitkat which I felt had more life. I have tried stock GPE, various Lollipop aosp/cm releases and custom GPE roms, they've all come out worse.
I tend to find of late the battery drain when the phone is in sleep. I can come back to my phone four hours later and 20% has gone. I should check to see if any apps are doing this or whether it's an overall thing with Lollipop.
I have not tried Lollipop Sense roms as I prefer the stock aosp look.
Anyone else find Lollipop worse than Kitkat?
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Go-to settings - developer options and uncheck use nu-player, restart your phone and see if the problem remains, if the problem has gone then you have the media bug, I think it's caused by corrupt files in your music and media folders on your internal storage.
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Well, I think this causes some app. I had various lollipop roms and the battery life was slightly better (in my opinion).At night with airplane mode on and wifi off i had drain about 3% after 8 hours of sleep.Try different kernel and some wakelock detector (I use BetterBatteryStats).
Thanks for the advice, will try them all. I am partial to the stock GPE. There are some good kernels for GPE?
For me its ElementalX or Kangaroo, you can find them in original development thread, but be sure you choose the right version (not the sense one)
I too found lollipop worse with GPE vs Sense running KitKat. I wanted Lollipop so I converted my M7 to a GPE with 5.0.2. I didn't like worse battery performance and I didn't like how the volume rocker on the lowest setting only went to vibrate so I went back to stock sense with KitKat.
Well, I have reflashed Santods GPE plus rom, clean flashed. Disabled nu-player as advised and we'll see what happens. Any kernels that are compatable with Santods GPE rom? He has his own kernel so I was concerned about breaking the rom by flashing another.
Would it make a difference in that where I work I have no mobile signal or wifi signal, would it cause the phone in sleep mode to constantly be looking for a signal so that it can connect and download data, thus drain the battery more? If yes, I might try killing the data service while I am at work.
I never seem to get this drainage at home or out about where I get wifi, hotspots and better mobile coverage.
i have downgraded to lollipop due to the battery life. But i wanted to ask that has this update improved battery life?
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i have downgraded to lollipop due to the battery life. But i wanted to ask that has this update improved battery life?
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No noticeable change in battery as observed by me
No battery improvement. Its just monthly security update.
Now I also downgraded to lollipop
Battery problem I think will become auto stable,as now my phone get battery issue once in a week
Totally not worth using Lollipop for battery issue alone.
I will highly recommend you do the following:
- Upgrade to latest build.
- Root
- Use link2SD to move apps to SD card.
I have been using this setup for quite some time, and absolutely no issues.
I had a battery drain for a long time on my Nexus 5. Device was awesome when I bought it, but after upgrading to Lollipop I started to get strange battery drain problem which reason cannot be found easily, it's nothing in Settings->Battery on graph - no apps using battery, but it goes from 100 to 0% in about 7 hours. Even if I dont use it at all, battery discharges very fast.
I tried different ROM versions and found that battery life is soo much better on 4.4.2. I found that 4.4.2 has baseband v 1.0, and starting from 4.4.3 it was upgraded to 2.0.
So I solved it by downgrading baseband to 1.0. I found that very likely that any baseband works with any ROM, so I flashed latest 6.0.1 system, then flashed radio from 4.4.2. fastboot, unlocked bootloader. I think to make it work reliably, don't make it boot first time after flash, hold power button, and Volume down, it reboots to bootloader. Then do factory reset and reboot. In my case radio is recognised and works.
Now I have latest stock ROM and radio from 4.4.2, and battery life in standby is so much better. I tried to replace battery 2 times, but battery was actually OK. For those who have similar problem u should try it. Google made a great device, still fast and works very good, but they or Qualcomm maybe ****ed up things in modem firmware since version 2.0. Probably not everyone is affected but for me difference is huge, its like normal device with reasonable battery life, but becomes junk after software update. I will think twice before I'll buy something more from Google. Why I must to support device myself, if I found how to fix this why they still not released proper fix? Probably Google doesn't care about product quality after several months.
surely, is an experiment to try .also if , the battery drain problem I'm suffering, like many, more when the screen is on.
during screen off the battery falls but little, turned on the screen, also even if you do nothing and just read [low light, dark menu through substratum, dark backgrounds, cpu and gpu limited kernel with blue spark powersave settings, night vision in browser] decreases the battery 1 % every 2 minutes, something noted by many and to me with various Roms [octOS mm e n, purenexus 6 and 7, stock] .
this is for me the "great mystery" of this device