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.
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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.
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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?
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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
I rooted my phone yesterday to try to get ubuntu on my webtop. Is there anyway that rooting has screwed up my battery at all? My phone is getting much hotter and the battery is draining much faster now.
Any help would be great.
I also had some battery issues after rooting. My phone got very hot and completely discharged the battery in three hours while sitting idle in my bag. I'm not sure what the culprit was, but a factory data reset seems to have fixed my issue.
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I will try that and report back.
how much battery life do you get after rooting?
Interesting. I am rooted and have not seen any loss of battery life. Did you remove or freeze any apps?
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Interesting. I am rooted and have not seen any loss of battery life. Did you remove or freeze any apps?
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Yes I did freeze apps. I factory reset last night and didn't freeze and the phone is doing better so far.
Same here, rooting seems to be affecting battery. All I did was uninstall the bloatware. Gonna see today how it goes. It was fine for a couple days and then just bombed.
Have you guys tried deleting the battery statistics??
I could be that there's something off with the way the usage is occuring through operation that way.
It might help.
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Have you guys tried deleting the battery statistics??
I could be that there's something off with the way the usage is occuring through operation that way.
It might help.
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I can't find the link right now, but the myth that deleting the battery statistics file improves battery life has been thoroughly debunked.
I also had some battery issues after rooting.
Dave Lister said:
I can't find the link right now, but the myth that deleting the battery statistics file improves battery life has been thoroughly debunked.
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Send me the link, would love to see it.
The battery statistics, it worked on my RAZR by deleting them, so I would love to see where they 'de-bunked' it as personal experience for me says otherwise.
Got about a half hour more when I did this.
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Send me the link, would love to see it.
The battery statistics, it worked on my RAZR by deleting them, so I would love to see where they 'de-bunked' it as personal experience for me says otherwise.
Got about a half hour more when I did this.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444234
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444234
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I'll have to reply to that, as the battery stats do not reset upon full charge, but only upon reset of the phone.
I actually don't turn my phone off very often, and have seen stats compile for days on end.
Or at least that was what was happening to my RAZR....
Interesting, though.
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.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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, I have had my HTC One for a good while now, and I have been hopping between roms to try and find my favourite. I have just switched from GPe to InsertCoin. I have been getting what I think is very bad battery life on every rom I've tried (stock, GPe and InsertCoin) that I can't explain. Is this a software issue or is there something else happening here?
jackos2500 said:
Hi, I have had my HTC One for a good while now, and I have been hopping between roms to try and find my favourite. I have just switched from GPe to InsertCoin. I have been getting what I think is very bad battery life on every rom I've tried (stock, GPe and InsertCoin) that I can't explain. Is this a software issue or is there something else happening here?
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Indeed it seems a terrible battery life, but I bet you didn't let the ROM settle. If you continously change ROMs you'll get bad battery life, you should keep the ROM for at least 3-4 battery cycles to get an idea of battery life. Another suggestion I could give you is charge it while turned off, sometimes the phone shows it's full, but actually it isn't. Leave it till the light turns green, turn it on and than another half an hour
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Indeed it seems a terrible battery life, but I bet you didn't let the ROM settle. If you continously change ROMs you'll get bad battery life, you should keep the ROM for at least 3-4 battery cycles to get an idea of battery life. Another suggestion I could give you is charge it while turned off, sometimes the phone shows it's full, but actually it isn't. Leave it till the light turns green, turn it on and than another half an hour
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Yes I understand what you mean about letting it settle, and I probably should have mentioned that I have had bad battery life while staying on GPe for several months. I saw the same thing I don't understand: Android System using about 80-90% of battery in the battery usage even though I was using the phone and there seemed to be no long wakelocks...
jackos2500 said:
Hi, I have had my HTC One for a good while now, and I have been hopping between roms to try and find my favourite. I have just switched from GPe to InsertCoin. I have been getting what I think is very bad battery life on every rom I've tried (stock, GPe and InsertCoin) that I can't explain. Is this a software issue or is there something else happening here?
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I am facing same issue of battery, need help as well!
Do I have to change my battery or update software?
hoa1 said:
I am facing same issue of battery, need help as well!
Do I have to change my battery or update software?
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how can you change your battery?
though you can update your firmware to the latest
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Every once in awhile I notice unusually big battery drain. it is almost always one app or another, not very easy to spot, it takes some amount of trial and error. my flow is:
have BBS at the ready, ideally your phone rooted and ensure BBS has root permissions. measure battery consumption at night, during the day for at least several hours. check the culprit app in all tabs, sometimes BBS doesn't seem to get access to all wakes for instance I could only find the trace of the drain source under network usage. usual battery drainers are google location based apps but I've also seen a system file Explorer that would gain access to network too frequently while in background. hibernate or freeze/disable those apps as you see fit, rinse and repeat. regardless of the rom I get in the end approximately 0.3%/hr of batt drain at night, 0.7%/hr during day while phone is in standby. I keep in background llama, accuweather, Tapatalk, mail, Dropbox, textra and a couple system apps. I use greenify to hibernate user and system apps alike. I only turn on location when I do need maps.
hope that helps.
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kamilmirza said:
how can you change your battery?
though you can update your firmware to the latest
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Well, it's been months i never updated it could you please guide me in which system to update it.
Thanks
elvisypi said:
Indeed it seems a terrible battery life, but I bet you didn't let the ROM settle. If you continously change ROMs you'll get bad battery life, you should keep the ROM for at least 3-4 battery cycles to get an idea of battery life. Another suggestion I could give you is charge it while turned off, sometimes the phone shows it's full, but actually it isn't. Leave it till the light turns green, turn it on and than another half an hour
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As we are talking about battery life over here, can anyone tell me about zerolemon battery? I've heard it's an external battery pack, does this help us in HTC phones? Any suggestions!
hoa1 said:
Well, it's been months i never updated it could you please guide me in which system to update it.
Thanks
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for updating your firmware: you need S-OFF first
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kamilmirza said:
for updating your firmware: you need S-OFF first
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S-Off is?
hoa1 said:
S-Off is?
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dude do some research yourself
try Google, it's free & fast
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kamilmirza said:
dude do some research yourself
try Google, it's free & fast
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You are right! Thanks
Have you ever used zerolemon external battery?
hoa1 said:
You are right! Thanks
Have you ever used zerolemon external battery?
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no
look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=247918711
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no
look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=247918711
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this link is invalid but let me ask some other about zerolemon battry.
thanks
hoa1 said:
this link is invalid but let me ask some other about zerolemon battry.
thanks
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the link was to search for ZeroLemon in HTC One Accessories
good luck :good: