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What app do you guys use to monitor your battery usage? I'm using Calkulin's ROM and it only gives you the basic stuff like display, wifi, etc.
Looking for something that will tell you exactly which apps or widgets are sucking the most battery.
clankfu said:
What app do you guys use to monitor your battery usage? I'm using Calkulin's ROM and it only gives you the basic stuff like display, wifi, etc.
Looking for something that will tell you exactly which apps or widgets are sucking the most battery.
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Spare parts gives more detailed battery usage. Many Roms include it but I don't know about Caulkins.
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debh945 said:
Spare parts gives more detailed battery usage. Many Roms include it but I don't know about Caulkins.
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Spare Parts was included in Calkulins but I don't see a battery usage feature in there.
battery left widget
I find the battery left widget does a great job of monitoring the charge level, time remaing and time to charge. it calibrates and adjusts to your useage pattern.
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I find the battery left widget does a great job of monitoring the charge level, time remaing and time to charge. it calibrates and adjusts to your useage pattern.
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Does it tell you which apps are using the most battery?
You could also try "wheres my Droid power" in market.
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Does it tell you which apps are using the most battery?
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yes, you tap on the widget icon and you can get all kinds of useful information.
I was just wondering since i cant find a good wallpaper to use.
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nomadman said:
I was just wondering since i cant find a good wallpaper to use.
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Depends on the live wallpaper itself, I'd say read the comments on the one you might be interested in (in the market) and see what people say about its impact on battery life
from experience, id say it doesn't affect battery life all that much, but puts a MAJOR drain on performance, i used to use the microbes live wallpaper, and the ui was slow and laggy, after losing it, was buttery smooth but i guess that it does depend on the specific one you use
You know you can check this down to an exact percentage with multiple third-party battery apps, right?
i am using Koi fish live wallpaper...very sligh impact on the battery...but i always use live wallpapers...it never showed up in the battery graphs in settings
Post 2 and 4, your assumptions don't provide any information on the topic. if all the comments on Market only provide, "works great!, nice, sucks, thanks!", how does that help with diagnostics? and do provide you screen shot of a graph showing the wallpaper running...
@ coffmad and viny2cool,
I'm using a very minimal animated wallpaper. when you touch something on the screen is the only time it moves. and when it moves, again, its minimal as far as animations are concerned. so i'm thinking no significant battery drain.
Another thing I always wanted to know is, when you have an app on the foreground, does an animated wallpaper work in the background?
I was wondering the same thing. I have used a live wallpaper before on my phone (Epic 4g) and found it to take about a 7-10% hit on battery life through out the day. I decided it was too much do to the amount that I use my phone throughout the day. But I've thought about putting one on my TP. If it's less than 5% then I'm in.
I love my Revo, but I feel like I have too much widgets, therefore lack ram. that's why I want to see what type of widgets you use, and see how much ram that takes nad how much ram you have on average
I use facebook widget, color note widget, a clock, beautiful weather, a calendar widget, the my verizon, the notifications for GO launcher, and of course GO launcher.
when I clear my ram, I have about 160 mb of ram. (including email music and smart keyboard pro)
I feel like I'm lacking alot, and this prevents me from playing high quality games.
Yea you have kinda a lot of widgets. Right now the only widget I use is the advanced task killer. I use to use the Sense 4 Widget until I decided to use something new. Just divide your widgets down into what you really need then you should have less widgets.
indeed, the only widget I use is the SIMI clock widget on my main screen
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I use all seven desktops and have them full of widgets. I decided this time around to only use widgets that came with the phone. The phone has no problems with RAM or battery. Seriously, not kidding. However, I have downloaded a couple apps that include widgets like Equalizer, SetCPU and WiFi teather.
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I use all seven desktops and have them full of widgets. I decided this time around to only use widgets that came with the phone. The phone has no problems with RAM or battery. Seriously, not kidding. However, I have downloaded a couple apps that include widgets like Equalizer, SetCPU and WiFi teather.
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So how much ram do you have
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So how much ram do you have
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My point is I stopped caring for it. I learned to trust the phone. On a good day I have noticed it stay steady at 40. On a busy day it goes down to 20-15. I use adw and have the dock and status bars hidden which saves a few bytes. The battery still lasts about 20 hours. That's with me plugging at twelve at night.
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My point is I stopped caring for it. I learned to trust the phone. On a good day I have noticed it stay steady at 40. On a busy day it goes down to 20-15. I use adw and have the dock and status bars hidden which saves a few bytes. The battery still lasts about 20 hours. That's with me plugging at twelve at night.
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So you never clear the ram?
Because when I don't it really lags sometimes... \: So should i just deal with it ?
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My point is I stopped caring for it. I learned to trust the phone. On a good day I have noticed it stay steady at 40. On a busy day it goes down to 20-15. I use adw and have the dock and status bars hidden which saves a few bytes. The battery still lasts about 20 hours. That's with me plugging at twelve at night.
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You do know 40 ram is bad?
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So you never clear the ram?
Because when I don't it really lags sometimes... \: So should i just deal with it ?
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After my second revo I stopped downloading and installing crap games and apps that have in-app ads. It seriously helps with battery and phone speed. I do get the common launcher restart and a few screen freezes here and there but nothing that makes me want to throw my phone because of lag. I guess its just preference. I can capture my phone statistics and email them to you so you can compare.
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After my second revo I stopped downloading and installing crap games and apps that have in-app ads. It seriously helps with battery and phone speed. I do get the common launcher restart and a few screen freezes here and there but nothing that makes me want to throw my phone because of lag. I guess its just preference. I can capture my phone statistics and email them to you so you can compare.
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Yes that'd be great!
BTW My phone even though it has like 60mb of ram that's when it starts to lag. Is this weird? because wheres the other 60 mb?..
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You do know 40 ram is bad?
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Its not bad. I use my homescreens for 80 percent of activities and tasks. This phone really is badass. It helps if you minimize the amount of third party apps.
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Its not bad. I use my homescreens for 80 percent of activities and tasks. This phone really is badass. It helps if you minimize the amount of third party apps.
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Personally, I hate anything LG because of this phone. It's a decent phone but never again will I get an LG phone.
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After my second revo I stopped downloading and installing crap games and apps that have in-app ads. It seriously helps with battery and phone speed. I do get the common launcher restart and a few screen freezes here and there but nothing that makes me want to throw my phone because of lag. I guess its just preference. I can capture my phone statistics and email them to you so you can compare.
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Like when I play scramble with friends, it lags then my whole phone lags, when i get like a text or something. then i cant even go to the task amanger to end it because it's so laggy so i end up taking out the battery.
I have 3 screens, 2 widgets running, 147 meg in use 154 free on stock rooted and things are pretty smooth. As much as I like MT's work and respect it, break out 1.1 just lagged to much for me. Even after boosting the low end core speeds coming out of sleep it would take forever for the phone to become responsive, stock for me is snappy, out of sleep the phone dialer opens immediately etc... I get great battery life on stock and as much as I dislike LG phones now, I do like home except the lack of being able to change the icons on the dock. I really would like different links. I have been off charge for 14 hours and still have 78% battery left light usage.
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NM just figured out how to change the links... lol... Had this damn thing a year and never knew... I like home a lot now...
I have ons screen using the status bar widget and I use the sstcpu widget. That's it. Widgets slow it down when you have a bunch running at once.
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One thing worth mentioning in this thread is that you should remember android is linux. Linux utilizes ram a bit differently than what you're likely used to (Windows). A windows computer generally fills up the ram with all sorts of nonsense until it gets full, starts overflowing the data onto the hard drive, and lags (especially if you have a bunch of poorly written programs running all the time). In other words, on windows, more free ram is better, and that's pretty much all there is to it.
Linux (and therefore android) suffers from the same problem of course, if you fill up the ram completely by opening way too many programs it will still overflow the data to a swap partition.
On the other hand Linux tends to try to use the ram more agressively, because ram is much faster than the hard drives, so you tend to see the ram relatively full most of the time, especially when there isn't much of it to begin with, which is usually actually a GOOD thing... It means linux is doing it's best to go faster!
Again, of course completely running out of ram isn't good, you can still open too many programs and overwhelm the ram on linux/android, but the point is just because you see a lot of ram usage, doesn't necessarily mean there's a problem.
On another note the lag on my phone (with broken out) was clearly due to cpu governing... once I got my hands on the blitz kernel and set the min and max to decent settings I've not had it lag at all -- and it was BAD, lagging horribly ALL the time before that. I usually have a ton of crap running all the time too btw.
Just my 2 cents...
Edit: I should add that I'm not an expert by any means, but I'm fairly confident the above is correct. If not, sorry, it's only worth 2 cents!
i believe you are correct good sir.
As with making sure your RAM is under control, you can either use a task kiler or the one that is included in zep's supercharger. Shouldnt need to worry about RAM in newer phones as many will have 1gb+ DDR3 availible.
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keynith said:
i believe you are correct good sir.
As with making sure your RAM is under control, you can either use a task kiler or the one that is included in zep's supercharger. Shouldnt need to worry about RAM in newer phones as many will have 1gb+ DDR3 availible.
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Saw the signature with the new tf300. How is it? Specs look nice and I have been looking to upgrade from my old gtab.
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haha i love it. i got the keyboard dock and its exactly like a laptop with it attached. although it doesnt have the screen like the prime, i paid 550 for both the keyboard and the tablet and the ICS is very nice. 32gb tab is 400 and 150 for the keyboard.
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I use Launcher Pro, and for whatever reason can only get 3 desktops (don't know why) anyway, I currently use GO Weather Widget, My widget for school, Facebook, Twitter, Rift (MMORPG), Sleep Bot. Rift and Sleep bot only take up 3 spaces on my main screen. the GO Weather is a 4x2 but they have a 2x1, 2x2 and 4x1, I like the 4x2 cause it has more stuff on it and its skins are fun too.
Hi guys,
Its been a while but meh.
I just need to know how to get the best out of my battery on szeszo's CyanVIVO 10.1. I am currently using the conservative governor... Any tips to save battery?
Cheers,
I'm no expert but when I was on a rom like yours, my battery life seemed to go down when my brightness was up.
Yeah but my brightness is as low as possible... I have put my Max voltage to 768, see if that helps
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How long of battery are you expecting out of your phone?
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Hopefully about 10-15 hours on full charge.. I think the voltage change has helped. The thing that annoys me is that my phone loses battery even in standby. This didn't happen when I was on sense
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LamboBull said:
Hopefully about 10-15 hours on full charge.. I think the voltage change has helped. The thing that annoys me is that my phone loses battery even in standby. This didn't happen when I was on sense
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10-15 hours is quite a lot. Try to buy an extra battery. :good:
I used different ROMs and collected a lot of tips-n-tricks for a better battery life.
1. The less home screens you have, the better. Each swipe action, though it sounds strange, requires up to 100% of your CPU which hits the battery life. If you fit most of your icons and widgets to 1-2 screens, it will save your battery, because you won't swipe back and forth.
2. No need to keep the brightness on the lowest level, if you are using the ROM which lets you calibrate the backlight levels. Spend 1-2 days on choosing a comfortable level of brightness for each level of outer light intensity.
3. Move all togglers for WiFi, GPS etc. to the main screen (Elixir 2 [Widget] is a good tool to create a control panel) or to the notification area. It will remind you that some functions are turned on, and you'll be able to disable them. I always disable WiFi in the office, because I have a decent amount of free Mbs to spend, and our WiFi access point is 'blinking' making my phone reconnect again and again... you know. Don't forget to turn off GPS if you don't use it frequently.
4. Don't let your widgets synchronize the data too often. It's better to use synchronization on demand.
My phone with CyanVivo 10.1 aboard is able to live for 15 hours without recharging which includes web browsing, books reading, calls making and a bit of gaming. I guess that's the time period you need...
If you want, I can tell more about the apps that I'm using.
Thanks for your replies guys, I can definately see an improvement in battery life, but how do i change backlight levels? I want to be able to game with a decent amount of battery left. I only have three home screens and my Bluetooth, GPS, and WiFi is off when unnecessary.
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LamboBull said:
Thanks for your replies guys, I can definately see an improvement in battery life, but how do i change backlight levels?
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If you're using CyanVivo 10.1, you have this feature.
Open Settings -> Screen, choose Brightness (I can be mistaken about the actual option names, because my system language is different, but I hope it won't mislead you), check 'Auto' box in the dialog box and touch the second button below (Customize or Calibrate or whatever -- again, I don't know how it's called in your case). You'll see a list of brightness levels which your device can distinguish according to its light sensor. Shift all runners to the left. Walk around with the device in your hands, look at its screen under bright daylight, in the room near the window, in the elevator etc. As soon as you see that some level is not comfortable to you (too bright or too dark), open this screen again, look at the current level (displayed at the top of the window with runners) and adjust the setting for the corresponding brightness range.
Remember that each next brightness level must be higher than the previous one (you won't be able to move the runner more to the left than the previous one.
Hi,
Can you tell on what level current you have while phone is in standby? Using for example CurrentWidget.
I have at about 60mA level. And I think that it is too high. Battery drain at about 2 or 3 percents per hour.
Thank you for your answer.
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Disable Google Now and Google Location History. They're draining the battery as hell.
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szraf said:
Hi,
Can you tell on what level current you have while phone is in standby? Using for example CurrentWidget.
I have at about 60mA level. And I think that it is too high. Battery drain at about 2 or 3 percents per hour.
Thank you for your answer.
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Yea lol sorry for posting after a while. My battery is an alarming 334 mAh, and I have disabled Google now etc., lowered brightness and stuff. What do I do? It's really annoying having my battery strain so much. This morning, I lost 4% in 45 seconds.
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Yea lol sorry for posting after a while. My battery is an alarming 334 mAh, and I have disabled Google now etc., lowered brightness and stuff. What do I do? It's really annoying having my battery strain so much. This morning, I lost 4% in 45 seconds.
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Try to use BetterBatteryStats. Propably you will find the app responsible for that.
Think it's time for a new battery.
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Tell me about some apps that are helpful to save battery
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noremac258 said:
Think it's time for a new battery.
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I don't think so because on stock sense, battery is amazing. I am using greenify.
EDIT: Can those on CM10.1 tell me what their adjustments are to save battery? This includes voltage, governors, battery lux levels, APS which save battery etc. Thanks heaps guys.
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Never mind, battery is amazing now. Thanks for the help guys.
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Care to share which suggestions made the most difference to your battery performance?
I'm in a similar situation, but I have already tried a new battery which makes no difference
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Senor.Afro said:
Care to share which suggestions made the most difference to your battery performance?
I'm in a similar situation, but I have already tried a new battery which makes no difference
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Just adjust governors, use greenify, and adjust brightness.. Read through the different pages to see tips.
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DS Battery Saver
I tried DS Battery Saver, it helps very significantly, when I lock the screen, it auto-cut the wifi and data, and only wake up for a 1 min every x hours, I can set the plan, it's an amazing tool. Now I can use my phone for 15 hours in average.
ok so to do this you have to have a rooted phone and maybe custom rom for certain tips
1) not everyone will want to do this but, for me I mainly use my phone for things like facebook,chrome,texting,instagram social stuff and to be honest the proccesor at 2,2ghz in unnecessary for these apps, I would recommend people like me use the app 'setcpu' and underclock the phone to run at 1.2-1.5Ghz, i don't see any slow down! you can set things to change for example 'if gets below 10% it will allow you to underclock more to save battery' or if 'certain apps open it will fasten'
2) custom rom, use smart 3g, this will turn your phone to 2g when phones screen is off so you still get notification but is'nt draining as much battery
any more tips reply and ill add!
Could you give more details about your personal setup, like what ROM do you use and so on?!?
Everyone has different usage, so this won't help anyone.
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Ulver said:
Everyone has different usage, so this won't help anyone.
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Agreed. I can get 5+ hours on a Mixture of HSPA+ and WiFi overclocked to 2.5GHz.... too many variables including signal strength and how the phone is used.
I guess the CPU speed shouldn't matter since the nexus 4 is still butter smooth running at that speed.
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Ulver said:
Everyone has different usage, so this won't help anyone.
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What an unnecessary comment.
I'm sure "this won't help anyone" is a bit much. The guy is sharing a tip that might help people. Saying that it's not going to help a single individual in all of the forums that has a Nexus 5 is ignorant.
Han Solo 1 said:
What an unnecessary comment.
I'm sure "this won't help anyone" is a bit much. The guy is sharing a tip that might help people. Saying that it's not going to help a single individual in all of the forums that has a Nexus 5 is ignorant.
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I suppose really the claim in the OP is that these settings will give you over 6 hours screen on time. You're right that it will help some people, but it also will not help others. Perhaps a better thread title would be to state that these are tips to increase screen on time.
Han Solo 1 said:
What an unnecessary comment.
I'm sure "this won't help anyone" is a bit much. The guy is sharing a tip that might help people. Saying that it's not going to help a single individual in all of the forums that has a Nexus 5 is ignorant.
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True, I guess there is a chance that someone will have the same exact usage as the OP. Same signal strength, same apps running, uses WiFi for the same amount of time, etc. I am wrong and ignorant. Thank you.
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No need to underclock at all actually. Catalysm+franco.
caribouxda said:
No need to underclock at all actually. Catalysm+franco.
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This is awesome ..
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I've been averaging 5hours with LTE on all day one gmail account syncing email only. 2hours of Pandora various browsing on xda, eocf, overclockers forum, Facebook via browser about 20minutes of voice calls, gtalk all day with the wife, etc, etc. This is with every ROM I've run so far all with stock CPU settings. Also, currently running the linaro ROM with the linaro Franco kernel and the moto x dalvik patch extremely debloated.
This thread is pretty helpful to me. If you don't find it helpful, it's not required reading.
I'm considering setting up a Tasker profile to manage CPU speed. However, I'm trying to get an understanding of default behavior before I go changing it. I've been checking CPU range with ROM toolbox and the max seems to be changing. I'm assuming that this is due to throttling.
If that's correct, what is the absolute max set to by default?
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No need to underclock at all actually. Catalysm+franco.
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Oh yeah? What's your time since last charge? 6 hours, 25 minutes, 43 seconds?
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What are you guys getting undervolt in? I'm at - 75mv stable
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Ulver said:
Everyone has different usage, so this won't help anyone.
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sour grapes... it will help some ppl, not others... which goes for just about every thread at XDA.
I'd much rather see "partially helpful" threads than not. I can pick and choose which apply to me, rather than not seeing them at all.
Instead of using the steps in the OP, I just use DS Battery Saver and Greenify. It's that easy.
My battery life doubled when I knocked down the screen brightness from 2/3 to about 1/3. The screen is still plenty bright at that setting, and the battery is much, much better.
Yes brightness is a big help. I use "display brightness" which puts an invisible slider up the left edge of my phone screen so I can manually adjust to my liking
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True, I guess there is a chance that someone will have the same exact usage as the OP. Same signal strength, same apps running, uses WiFi for the same amount of time, etc. I am wrong and ignorant. Thank you.
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Ha ha ha ha ha
Whelan189 said:
ok so to do this you have to have a rooted phone and maybe custom rom for certain tips
1) not everyone will want to do this but, for me I mainly use my phone for things like facebook,chrome,texting,instagram social stuff and to be honest the proccesor at 2,2ghz in unnecessary for these apps, I would recommend people like me use the app 'setcpu' and underclock the phone to run at 1.2-1.5Ghz, i don't see any slow down! you can set things to change for example 'if gets below 10% it will allow you to underclock more to save battery' or if 'certain apps open it will fasten'
2) custom rom, use smart 3g, this will turn your phone to 2g when phones screen is off so you still get notification but is'nt draining as much battery
any more tips reply and ill add!
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Just fyi, your phone does not run that speeds at all time. You can also lower the minimum frequency and it will help alot. Lowering mine from 1100 to 600 helped a lot.