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Hi i have a battery problem, it dies really fast when im not using it and when i am it dies faster, idk now if its just me but ive tried it with paragon, serendipity, and the stock rom with the same problem. heres some of my phones info..
today i used it for about 20 minutes at once on the internet and music on 3g.
-from 6am to 7pm 25% with about 30mins of total use??!!!
-wifi and gps off
- only using 2 widgets
-brightness off
-im currently using pararagon...
is this normal or is there a way to fix this problem??
Thanks, Miguel
mac3194 said:
Hi i have a battery problem, it dies really fast when im not using it and when i am it dies faster, idk now if its just me but ive tried it with paragon, serendipity, and the stock rom with the same problem. heres some of my phones info..
today i used it for about 20 minutes at once on the internet and music on 3g.
-from 6am to 7pm 25% with about 30mins of total use??!!!
-wifi and gps off
- only using 2 widgets
-brightness off
-im currently using pararagon...
is this normal or is there a way to fix this problem??
Thanks, Miguel
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No, not normal. I get home with like 55-60% battery left with
12 hours standby
1-1.5 hours calls
1-1.5 hours with activities that keep screen on like texting, mails, etc
i am on the ROM in my signature.
ok is there anyway to get reduce the battery drain without changing roms if not whats the best rom for battery life??
mac3194 said:
ok is there anyway to get redude the battery drain without changing roms if not whats the best rom for battery life??
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Try using a kernel that supports UV and setting slightly reduced voltages. I am using GB's 1280 kernel, and capped the speed at 1000. And reduced the voltages slightly.
Others would be normal things like switching to EDGE, lowering brightness levels, setting wifi to "turn off when screen off", etc.
what does UV mean sorry im a newb :/ and how do u install a different kernel
mac3194 said:
what does UV mean sorry im a newb :/ and how do u install a different kernel
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UV = Under volting
1. Load the kernel in my signature (attached to this post)
2. Install the voltage control app (attached to this post)
3. Start the voltage app and set the voltages and cap at the levels based on the pic in this thread.
WARNING: Voltage levels depend on phone to phone. I would suggest starting from low values. Take off 50 from the values I have posted in the pic and use them. If u feel it is ok, then add another 25. Take it slowly checking if the reduced voltages are freezing up ur phone.
I would recommend u starting with these values: 75 75 50 25 25 0 from bottom to top.
Ok thanks diablo I will test this out tomorrow and report back
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Yesterday I got little improvements.only like 5% though but now I am using paragon 4.0 so I will give it another shot...
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try cognition 3.04 with it on standby (using juice defender, i like it, you may not...) i drain about 1% every 1.5 hours. the battery life is unbelievable
mac3194 said:
Yesterday I got little improvements.only like 5% though but now I am using paragon 4.0 so I will give it another shot...
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What is ur idle drain? Mine has like 1% for like 1.5-2 hours.
mac3194 said:
Hi i have a battery problem, it dies really fast when im not using it and when i am it dies faster, idk now if its just me but ive tried it with paragon, serendipity, and the stock rom with the same problem. heres some of my phones info..
today i used it for about 20 minutes at once on the internet and music on 3g.
-from 6am to 7pm 25% with about 30mins of total use??!!!
-wifi and gps off
- only using 2 widgets
-brightness off
-im currently using pararagon...
is this normal or is there a way to fix this problem??
Thanks, Miguel
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Sounds like a good old battery recalibrate is in order:
1. Connect the phone to the charger with the phone powered on, and allow the phone to charge until it shows 100%
2. Disconnect the phone from the charger, and power it off.
3. Reconnect the phone to the charger with the phone powered off, and allow the phone to charge until the battery indicator shows 100% (you can use vol-up/vol-down to make the indicator come back up when the screen goes to sleep).
4. Disconnect the phone from the charger and power it on.
5. Once the phone is powered completely on, power it off again and reconnect it to the charger until the battery indicator shows 100%.
6. Disconnect the phone, power it on, and use it.
I did this a couple days ago, plus wiped stats, and as of right now, I am showing 20% after 30 hours. No joke.
Running Cognition 3.04,
juice defender is amazing!! it helped my battery so much!!! thanks a lot!!!
Try searching google / this forum for a post of resetting battery stats, i need to do that also since my battery life isnt all that good either, especially how im running 3.04 cog and everyone says batt. life is amazing. SO if anyone can link to battery reset post that would be amazing.
mac3194 said:
juice defender is amazing!! it helped my battery so much!!! thanks a lot!!!
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Ironically, JuiceDefender killed my phone *much* faster than with me manually enabling and disabling my data connection.
IMO, JuiceDefender does nothing that you can't do yourself, the problem is, is that it constantly has to check apps to see if any are enabled to toggle your data connection.
I am just saying
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I actually use my phone and I am getting these results
I have a very similar question. My problem is, on custom roms (I've tried Assonance, Serendipity, and another), my battery drains 1%/hour. This is even after a fresh install; nothing is running in the background. When I look into my battery info, it says wifi is doing the draining. I keep hearing people saying their battery life is amazing after flashing custom roms, but I'm getting the complete opposite. Am I forgetting something?
Without custom roms or anything, and using a rooted/lag-fixed (not sure this makes any diff anyway) setup, I lose somewhere between 2-3% battery per hour on standby. I don't even use juicedefender. I really love what they're doing with these custom roms, but the wifi on standby just rapes my battery.
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Ironically, JuiceDefender killed my phone *much* faster than with me manually enabling and disabling my data connection.
IMO, JuiceDefender does nothing that you can't do yourself, the problem is, is that it constantly has to check apps to see if any are enabled to toggle your data connection.
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+1 why have an app probe for stuff that u can do for urself. Little things like remembering to turn off wifi when not in wifi zone would help u extend ur battery.
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Set wifi sleep policy to off while screen is off
i dnt even use wifi and after 5hrs of use my battery is at 74% which is good enough for me but i wouldnt mind 1 day+ of battery life... how do u do this??
All credit goes to mariosage over at XDA Android Apps section.
Original link: [APP] Battery Calibration - EASIEST WAY! - Version 1.2 (10th April, 2011)
I just posted here so that Nexus S member realise that they need to calibrate their battery before giving comment that they having bad battery life
[APP] Battery Calibration - EASIEST WAY! - Version 1.2 (10th April, 2011)
Battery Calibration
[APP] by marosige
version 1.2
Requirements: Android 2.1+ | Root permissions
Calibration needs to be done after flashing a new ROM, but you can calibrate any time you think your battery is miscalibrated. This program does it by removing the batterystats.bin system file. The OS generates a new clean batterystats file soon, thus any fake information from the previous ROM is removed.
It's suggested, but not necessary, to let the phone fully discharge after calibration, then charged to 100% without break.
The app shows your actual battery status, and only allows you to start the calibration (i.e. removes the file) when it's fully charged, unless you force earlier calibration.
The voltage meter can be useful too. Full charge is around 4200mV.
There is an option to beep when 100% is reached so you don't have to closley follow the changes.
EXTRA NOTE FOR NEXUS S:
Since our Nexus S has default of charging limit till 95%,
we'll need to do some setting modification to enable it to charge till 100%.
1st, Go to Setting, select Display, change the ScreenOut Time to the longest (30 minutes for mine).
2nd, Leave it there and charge it, remember to touch the screen every 30 minutes to enable it charge till 100%.
3rd, When it shows 100%, open the Battery Calibration apps and press "Battery Calibration"
4th, Reboot your phone and it should be alright
(You maybe asking why when the screen is on, it can be charged to 100%, I have no idea too
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Does this really worth the trouble? My phone charges up to 97% and the batt least long... On CM 7.0.3. Does it really increases the life time?
ElChe said:
Does this really worth the trouble? My phone charges up to 97% and the batt least long... On CM 7.0.3. Does it really increases the life time?
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Do you need to do it every single charge? No, you dont. Would it be a good idea to do it the first time after flashing a new kernel or ROM? Sure.
I often delete battery stats in clockwork mod. Doesn't this just achieve the same thing, or is there a difference????
buachaille said:
I often delete battery stats in clockwork mod. Doesn't this just achieve the same thing, or is there a difference????
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Well, that's good if you can delete battery stats.
This apps is for those who LAZY to delete it, instead, use a apps where "one-click" is able to achieve it without going to recovery mod
Something I don't understand about the Nexus S note:
if you can't charge your phone above 96% how could you let it charge until 100%?
If I let my phone charge during several hours, the percentage doesn't increase over 96-97% ...
So could you explain a little bit better.
Thanks a lot.
mousse04 said:
Something I don't understand about the Nexus S note:
if you can't charge your phone above 96% how could you let it charge until 100%?
If I let my phone charge during several hours, the percentage doesn't increase over 96-97% ...
So could you explain a little bit better.
Thanks a lot.
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The weird thing is, when the screen in on, it can be charged to 100%
Ask me why? I have no idea too. Haha. You try it and you will realise it
I found out something more than weird ... if I let my phone charged with screen on, I can't go over 97% and the battery state oscillates between 96 and 97% !!!!!
mousse04 said:
I found out something more than weird ... if I let my phone charged with screen on, I can't go over 97% and the battery state oscillates between 96 and 97% !!!!!
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For me charging with wifi tether turned on it will charge past 96%,without it on it stops charging screen on or not. I got to 98% this morning before leaving for work or I was gonna be late...
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mine tops out @ 98% like this.. cant get it to 100
With WiFi tether I can get to 100%. It may be something to do with not letting the phone go into a 'deep sleep'.
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Hmmm... so I let it charge to 100%, then recovery, clear battery stats, reboot. And when it rebooted 95%. Afterwards I recharged my nexus back to 100% and now it seems to be charging fully everytime, or so it seems.... That's so weird, why a charging limit? Software Bug? Or am I just an idiot and it takes 5% battery life to reboot into recovery..
Edit: Now when I clear battery Stats I get no confirmation in Recovery, it just jumps back to menu..... Ill give this Battery Calibration App a try and see how it goes, cheers
I noticed this error, the inability to charge beyond 97 as well as showing decreased charge while plugged in, and left my nexus plugged in and off for 6 hours...
it booted and showed 95% charge, but reported full... Strange
kdepro said:
I noticed this error, the inability to charge beyond 97 as well as showing decreased charge while plugged in, and left my nexus plugged in and off for 6 hours...
it booted and showed 95% charge, but reported full... Strange
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Please remember that for our nexus S, 99% and 100% can be consider full charge as to 4198-4200mv. So when it reach 99%, you can just unclick the "wait til 100%" and click "battery calibration"
hope that helps
de-evolution said:
Hmmm... so I let it charge to 100%, then recovery, clear battery stats, reboot. And when it rebooted 95%. Afterwards I recharged my nexus back to 100% and now it seems to be charging fully everytime, or so it seems.... That's so weird, why a charging limit? Software Bug? Or am I just an idiot and it takes 5% battery life to reboot into recovery..
Edit: Now when I clear battery Stats I get no confirmation in Recovery, it just jumps back to menu..... Ill give this Battery Calibration App a try and see how it goes, cheers
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I noticed when I clear battery stats the very first time in recovery, it never show comfirmation. Probably due to some bugs I guess?
So I share this app as this app does the job
Also, a little tip.
Go to Settings>Applications>Development, and press stay awake.
Makes it easier I guess, then you don't have to monitor the phone.
My fascinate lasted longer. This has been on standby more than used. Im even running autokiller and advanced taskiller
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Hmm
Bionic has
bigger screen, thus need more power
dual core process, thus need more power
LTE 4G, thus need more power
Hard to compare it against fascinate. Why my Lexus GS drain more gas than my Camry XLE V6. they are both V6..heheeh
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Im even running autokiller and advanced taskiller
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Try not doing that.
Looks like you have no 4G where you are... make sure you are set to CDMA only in the network settings.
My battery seems to suck a little bit, too. On the drive in to work this morning, a 1 hour commute, my bionic sat on the seat next to me without being used. It still managed to chomp through 20% of the battery. So, basically at that rate, I'll get 5 hours of standby. Wonder if something is wrong?
Bluetooth (which seems to be a battery hog) was off, wifi was off... not sure what to do other than swap the battery with a replacement.
install system panel, turn on monitoring for everything, use that to determine how much cpu useage apps are using.
if you have an app(s) that are using near 100% cpu useage 24x7 that would happen
I have had the phone since 9am yesterday and have not been impressed with the battery so far. Today was the first full charge and I am at 60% after 2.5hrs. Most of my power consumption has been "Cell Standby" and not the screen which I would normally see.
Pitnefor said:
install system panel, turn on monitoring for everything, use that to determine how much cpu useage apps are using.
if you have an app(s) that are using near 100% cpu useage 24x7 that would happen
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Thanks! Will give it a try and report back. I hope I can get this resolved.
UPDATE: Installed System Panel and ran it for a couple days. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. I let the phone discharge completely and then charged it completely before turning it back on. I got about 26 hours of moderate use before it needed to be charged again. Slightly heavier use got me to about 15 hours. There doesn't appear to be anything wrong, and the battery is light-years better than that of my old Eris. So I'm happy!
I'm actually getting pretty good battery life.. I use wifi when im home and at the office. With moderate to heavy use I didn't need to charge my phone until at least 18 hours. I know most say its not necessary, but I have a habit of fully charging my phone prior to first use and allowing it to drain completely before recharging.. perhaps that helped..
My battery has been doing great so far. Been using it a lot today and I'm at 45 percent after 8 hours of use. In me experience, it takes a few full charges before a battery gets fully calibrated. I've read that elsewhere as well. I've been very satisfied so far with battery life. I keep it on wifi at home and work so that probably helps alot.
I would say do a few discharge/full charge cycles on the phone first. Give it a few days to calibrate properly.
Also custom ROM's should help to remove undoubtable bloat that this phone comes with.
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Looks like you have no 4G where you are... make sure you are set to CDMA only in the network settings.
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No 4G here either, didn't think to change that. Thanks! One additional question about the battery. I have a battery widget that displays the % remaining. I noticed that it drops in 10% increments instead of 1% like it used to on my Eris. I also checked About Phone > Status > Battery level and it seemed to decrease in 10% increments there as well. Is this normal with the Bionic? Or is something wrong with mine?
Has anyone else noticed this?
mine seems to be dropping by 10% as well, but my usage has been fairly good. Much better yesterday than today. Should know better if a day or two.
Task killers are bad since Froyo (2.2). Android actively manages applications and shuts them down when space is needed. Your task killed just winds up arm-wrestling with the OS, making both work overtime and not accomplishing a thing. Let the OS do what it's designed to do.
For those of you just starting with 4G, if you live in a non-4G area or are on the border where 4G and 3G constantly swap out, this will play hell on your battery, so turn 4G off unless you're in a place to take advantage of it.
Pentile screens are power sippers, so don't be surprised if your screen % is lower than normal.
I may be wrong, but I don't believe dual-core processors consume too much more power than single cores under normal circumstances.
Turn off bluetooth, satellite and wifi when not in use, and especially when unavailable. Leaving wifi up when you're away from home can chew up a lot of power as the phone is constantly seeking a signal.
Putting the screen on auto brightness may save some power. Also setting the screen time-out to a reasonable time will help.
Make sure you don't have a dozen accounts like Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and Twitter checking for updates constantly.
You don't have to train lithium ion batteries like we used to with nickle-cadium back in the day, but your battery has some simple logic in it that takes care of housekeeping. When you first get it, and about once a month after, you should drain your phone's battery completely and then charge it back up. This helps the battery, and therefore the phone, understand how much power is left with greater accuracy. If you'd like to research this subject, I suggest Battery University and Apple.
I am having horrible battery issues now, my battery is not lasting 6 hours with very light usage.
right now my usages shows
Battery 15%
4h 56m 21s on battery
media 46%
cell standby 24%
phone idle 21%
voice calls 5%
display 4%
social location2%
this is the first time i have seen media at the top of the list, usually it is cell standby that has been using the most
this has been going on since saturday, i have two batteries and it does this on both, i figure it must be an app i loaded. i dont think i have loaded anything that i didnt use on my OGDroid but one of them must be disagreeing with the Bionic. i am planning and doing a factory reset tonight (as much as i hate doing it)
any other ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
effinay said:
My battery seems to suck a little bit, too. On the drive in to work this morning, a 1 hour commute, my bionic sat on the seat next to me without being used. It still managed to chomp through 20% of the battery. So, basically at that rate, I'll get 5 hours of standby. Wonder if something is wrong?
Bluetooth (which seems to be a battery hog) was off, wifi was off... not sure what to do other than swap the battery with a replacement.
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This is a 4G pitfall. You're probably going in and out of 4G/3G coverage... it may seem like a lot, but when your phone is constantly looking for 4G the battery goes QUICK. Your best bet? Turn on 3G only (cdma only) when you drive. There are widgets in the market that will take you directly to the setting.
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Right now im at 1 day 3 hours 46 minutes with 30% left. That's with an extended battery and mild use. Just testing, browsing xda app, and reading news in pulse. Few emails and some web browsing.
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Not sure what my battery life was before i rooted and debloated since i ran stock for about 15 mins, but with very heavy use i get about 7 hrs, with normal use i get about 16 hrs
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Battery life is incredible on this phone.
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so I did a hard reset and sent my phone back to factory default :-( and let it sit for a few hours with nothing on it except for juice plotter so i could monitor it and it was still pretty crappy I then removed everything i had copied from both SD cards (ie. photos, music and movies from my OGDroid) and let it sit for a few more hours and the batterylife improved dramatically, I am guessing there is an indexing service or a DRM service of some sort that is part of MOTOBLUR and it must have been continually hitting my cards.
today the battery life is back to normal. i have installed just a few things like friendcaster adwlauncher and a few others that i normally have and have used the phone moderately for the last 3 hours and it appears i might get another 10 - 12 hours outta of it..
does anyone know why i had issues when i put the media from my old phone onto my new one, do photos and videos have to be in a specific directory or on one of the two cards specifically??
any help would be appreciated.
Omg the battery life sucks so much, is there anything I could do to fix this, its terrible... Like I would fully charge it then use it for 5 minutes and it will drain to about 5-6%
Riomaru said:
Omg the battery life sucks so much, is there anything I could do to fix this, its terrible... Like I would fully charge it then use it for 5 minutes and it will drain to about 5-6%
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Did you just get the phone? You shouldn't be draining to 5% after 5 minutes no matter what you are doing... that's unreal. Unless you are starting from 10%...
Riomaru said:
Omg the battery life sucks so much, is there anything I could do to fix this, its terrible... Like I would fully charge it then use it for 5 minutes and it will drain to about 5-6%
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You've gotta be a bit more specific than that. Exaggeration prevents us from helping you.
A few basic questions:
What ROM are you on?
Describe your "us[ing] it for 5 minutes".
Take a screenshot of your battery use screen and post it here or something (both the expanded graph and the app list would be good enough).
Riomaru said:
Omg the battery life sucks so much, is there anything I could do to fix this, its terrible... Like I would fully charge it then use it for 5 minutes and it will drain to about 5-6%
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which rom you are using？ Normally it should not like what you said.
O_O
Do you have GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth, Brightness maxed out, Downloading multiple things at once while playing multiple games or something?
Have you tried recalibrating your battery?
i have experienced amazing battery life on my Vivid, running Rum Float Beta 1, I can browse the web, play store, and download a few things over the course of two hours and my battery MIGHT drop down to 97% at the ,most.
Calibrated my battery stats though and let it fully cycle a few times.
just in case you don't know how.
Step 1: Let battery get VERY low.
Step 2: Boot into CWM Recovery.
Step 3: Clear battery stats (Advanced Settings > Clear Battery Stats)
Step 4: Reboot device.
Step 5: Let battery die fully.
Step 6: Plug in, do NOT turn on until FULLY charged.
Step 7: Before turning it on, boot into recovery and clear your battery stats once more.
Step 8: Use phone as normal, until battery gets critically low.
Step 9: Mercilessly kill your battery. Charge w/o turning it on again.
Step 10: When fully charged you may turn it on normally and resume regular usage.
That should help a bit with your battery issues. I know mine was dying pretty easily before I did the above.
I am using HoliRaider, Like a couple of days ago I was texting multiple people, without tuning of the screen and go use other apps and such.. It willl go from 100 to 96 in a few minutes.
Just some observations i took today using my vivid lightly to medium use i guess.Checked email several times,checked facebook several times,sent and received several text,3 short phone calls,checked and updated weather several times,Took 3 pictures and uploaded them to facebook,read a few pages of news on the web,and checked battery status throughout the day.I think that's about it lol.Anyways i took 3 screenshots of the battery level during the whole day today.To say the least im very impressed with the battery of this phone.Im running the new ICS 4.0 Sense 3.6 that was leaked.I have my sync setting to min needs.All vibration is off except for when typing in a message only because i haven't figured out how to disable it yet.Of course my battery has been cycled and is broke in well now.
Im still looking for ways to extend the battery even further.
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The screen is what kills my battery, it is usually over 70%. What is your brightness setting at?
Thanks
charlyee said:
The screen is what kills my battery, it is usually over 70%. What is your brightness setting at?
Thanks
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Using this ICS it really don't say a percentage but looks like around 30%.Automatic is way to bright and really kills the battery.
Juice defender ultimate does wonders...
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woodsytattooman said:
Just some observations i took today using my vivid lightly to medium use i guess.Checked email several times,checked facebook several times,sent and received several text,3 short phone calls,checked and updated weather several times,Took 3 pictures and uploaded them to facebook,read a few pages of news on the web,and checked battery status throughout the day.I think that's about it lol.Anyways i took 3 screenshots of the battery level during the whole day today.To say the least im very impressed with the battery of this phone.Im running the new ICS 4.0 Sense 3.6 that was leaked.I have my sync setting to min needs.All vibration is off except for when typing in a message only because i haven't figured out how to disable it yet.Of course my battery has been cycled and is broke in well now.
Im still looking for ways to extend the battery even further.
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Dang, that's some killer battery life. I'm not getting nearly as much as that on RumRaider (GB), and I keep my Wifi and Mobile Data off whenever I'm not using it.
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Dang, that's some killer battery life. I'm not getting nearly as much as that on RumRaider (GB), and I keep my Wifi and Mobile Data off whenever I'm not using it.
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Yes it is but i don't get near that with heavy use or if i get alot of email's etc.
At 14 hours today its down to 14% right now.Loading webpages and facebook really drains it quick.Plus watching videos.I wish there was a way to disable the led i think this would help greatly.I have all the notification flash settings off for everything but it still flashes when i get an email or missed call.
I managed to get even more time on one charge.Used the phone on WIFI most of the time during this charge and it seemed to do even better.
One Day One Hour & Seven Minutes with 14% left
On stock battery I struggle to get 6 hours.
However, this weekend I was able to get 16 HOURS!
What was the difference? This weekend I was on vacation. I talked much less on it and I was out of 4G area.
All the tweaking with screen brightness, data connections, CPU speed all make a small difference in comparison to voice.
Look at battery screenshots of people with long battery life. They don't talk on the phone. If you want good battery life,
get a bigger battery. Motorola gets it.... they doubled the size of their Razr Maxx battery. You'll see more of these 3000mah+ battery phones in the future.
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also i've found out if you turn off auto-sync it helps alot. i turned off auto-sync recently and expierienced at least a 2-3 hour increase in battery life
The issue is the battery size is absolutely ridiculous. Why in gods name they put such a small battery on an lte phone is beyond me. And alot of other htc phones at least have a name brand extended battery where you can still get a case. Me personally I have an aftermarket second battery and external charger as well as an external battery but it gets old. I'm not that bad but I probably if I'm lucky get 8 hours a charge. I really think ultimately its why I might look for something else when I get caught up financially, probably a nexus.
I just got better battery stats in hopes I can locate the source of the problem
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I'm getting 12-14 hours with my regular use. I have data/wifi always on, screen brightness is half way, and I'm happy with my battery life.
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bswann said:
I'm getting 12-14 hours with my regular use. I have data/wifi always on, screen brightness is half way, and I'm happy with my battery life.
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Is your brightness on auto or did you uncheck it?
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Is your brightness on auto or did you uncheck it?
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he said he has it on half way...
anyways...i get 13-15 hours with 20% left
I leave my screen brightness on auto
WiFi and Data is always on (i live in an LTE area too...so im almost always connected to LTE)
I leave accounts and Sync on
i get anywhere between 3-4 and a half hours of screen on time
My bro has the same phone...he gets about 8 hours of battery life, with about 1-2 hours of screen on time...we both have the same exact setup...
get the wcx illuminati rom.. the battery life gets increased by a ton. :victory: the only problem is you have to sign up and have ten posts before being able to download
Hello !
I just bought my P880 two days ago and everything is great except one thing: battery drain. It is not occouring in background when phone is in Deep sleep, it doesn't lose charge while it's sleeping, but when I just unlock it/start using it, it just starts draining.
I have rooted it, and unrooted using SuperSU. The thing is I haven't experienced that kind of drain yesterday, it was working fine except drain caused by bad signal (badly inserted SIM).
Usage by Android System is at 50% over 5 hours, Screen is at 9%. Awake graphs are the same as Screen on graphs- no wakelocks.
I have these apps installed:
Prey Anti Theft
Skype (not running)
Adobe Reader
SoundHound
Disco Light
QR Droid
Sygic (not running)
X-plore
SwiftKey 3 keyboard
WiFi, GPS, Data, everything turned off except mobile signal
Running Internation version with Android 4.0.3, Kernel 2.6.39.4-00001-g0f9182c
Mobile network type is EDGE:2 with mobile signal -70dBm
I'm first time android user and this is my first problem so I tried to include as much info as possible.
Thanks in advance
I see 2 mayor issues, first is the android deft app, it may be running and trying to sync but bcz the data is off it will try to connect foreva.
Also, edge is (in other words) ROAMING and this forces the antenna to use more power to get signal from another provider, it get worst if you have a phone with sim card.
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Gildegan said:
I see 2 mayor issues, first is the android deft app, it may be running and trying to sync but bcz the data is off it will try to connect foreva.
Also, edge is (in other words) ROAMING and this forces the antenna to use more power to get signal from another provider, it get worst if you have a phone with sim card.
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Thanks for pointing that out, but I have disabled every sync and I have set phone to 2G mode only, the reason is that UMTS signal was low and was draining battery even more.
I am only losing sharge when just doing random things on phone, even if that means only adding/removing widgets/apps on main screen with WiFi off.
Then you must try the Deodexed version of v10f, removing the bloatware with the script in the same thread.
The issue may be some lg apps that are running in the background so doing this will have 6 hours in standby time with 100% still, like me (if I turn all radios off ).
I have just woken up, while sleeping (9h) phone was awake for about 50%, no wakelocks but there were 30 alarms from Android/Google maps ans 29 alarms from com.google.android.gsf
Hope this helps.
I may try custom ROMs if nothing else works.
While typing this message I have lost 7%.
Similar state here as the OP. Got the phone two days ago.
All is good, it rooted OK, Directory Bind works fine, phone runs like hell (about 10 times faster than my old Galaxy S) BUT it drains battery like a genuine power guzzler.
Ok I get that according to the performance you get, it comes with an accordingly high power draw, so I don't ***** about it, I just want to know if this is normal. I mean I played 2 hours and 15 minutes of Sprinkle and the battery died, starting from a full charge. Screen was set at 50%.
GPS is off, Bluetooth is off, no 3G mobile network and screen is at 50% brightness as I said. There's an NFC icon on the notification bar next to the battery icon, which I am not sure if it should be there.
Here are a couple of shots from the battery section of the phone and from Battery monitor widget if these help.
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Please note that as the OP said, the phone consumes nearly nothing when idling. Firmware is 10f.
PS I am not trying to hijack the OP's thread. I just noticed the same behavior and I'd like some help on the same matter, as well as to contribute in whatever way I can. If the OP is offended somehow, I will gladly start a new thread.
@psolord No, not offended at all. I'm glad you posted actually.
My phone has encountered 20 more Alarms, wake ups since I left it standing:
com.google.android.apps.maps Wakeups: 50
com.google.android.gsf Wakeups: 45
You can see pictures below, the drop on the second picture happened when I was writing me previous post from P880.
- I am also rooted again (after factory restore)
- I have reenabled 3G networks but the signal is only at about 50%.
Any additional info please ?
Ok buddy, so we can keep discussing it here together.
For the matter at hand, I see the same behavior, when I unlock the screen, it's like I have opened a whole in the battery.
It dropped from 85% to 65% just from downloading a new map (500MB, 20min download on a slow wifi) from Sygic downloader. I mean this can't be right, right?
I also checked cpu spy and it reports the system 75% at deep idle, 15% at 51Mhz and the rest are 0% to 1% up to 1500Mhz. So if the cpu has so little operation, what on earth is draining the battery?
I wonder if we could be looking at a bad battery batch.
Is there an app that reports exactly what activity consumes power and how much?
Indeed, the hole in the battery.
I even restored to factory from recovery mode since I screwed up the root, so it was just stock, but guess what, nothing has changed :crying:
I really hope this can get fixed, else I'll get a replacement.
I hope someone from this forum with more experience can help :/
I think I am onto something.
Can you please check how is the phone doing if you disable everything under location and services?
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I think I am onto something.
Can you please check how is the phone doing if you disable everything under location and services?
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I am going to try this, I am also talking to LG Support right now. WIll let you know when I get more information.
I disabled everything, and I didn't see pretty much any improvement. LG Support suggested me to return the phone.
Pretty much draining the battery atm so I can charge it back to 100% and use something like Battery Calibration. Maybe it can change something.
Yeah indeed I was onto nothing. Nothing changed for me either.
Playing 30mins of a 720P resulted my battery dropping from 62% to 50%. I also used the gps for the first time with Sygic (Jesus even the GPS is lightning fast) and the battery went from 50% to 30% for a 20 minute ride. It seems that my phone cannot give me more than 2 hours of use. That's just silly.
BTW do you or anybody, know of an app that can show battery usage per app?
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Yeah indeed I was onto nothing. Nothing changed for me either.
Playing 30mins of a 720P resulted my battery dropping from 62% to 50%. I also used the gps for the first time with Sygic (Jesus even the GPS is lightning fast) and the battery went from 50% to 30% for a 20 minute ride. It seems that my phone cannot give me more than 2 hours of use. That's just silly.
BTW do you or anybody, know of an app that can show battery usage per app?
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Stock application ?
Also you can use Better Battery Stats to see if there are any wakelocks or anything is waking up the phone etc.
What is happening right now is rather strange, I disabled screen turning off (trying to drain battery to 1%/2%) looking at stock battery app, it seems to be stuck at 21% and it's not changing.
The stock application does not do so much analysis, but the batterystats you used above seems more like it.
I am getting panicked and I miss some stuff haha. Ok lets cool.
It makes me sad that we don't get any input from the community. Something like "yeah this is normal, live with it" or "your phone is faulty, take it back to the shop for a replacement" or something.
Agreed, ANY, ANY kind of input would be appreciated, but I guess we are getting none.
I am going to fully charge it today, do some stuff and report back tommorow. Also anyone, please do post any suggestion you may have.
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What is happening right now is rather strange, I disabled screen turning off (trying to drain battery to 1%/2%) looking at stock battery app, it seems to be stuck at 21% and it's not changing.
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Maybe this has to do something with the built in power saver. Maybe it kicks in when the battery drops to the 20s and stops whatever is draining it.
I am thinking trying some battery saver to see if it does the same thing but from the beginning of the full charge.
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Maybe this has to do something with the built in power saver. Maybe it kicks in when the battery drops to the 20s and stops whatever is draining it.
I am thinking trying some battery saver to see if it does the same thing but from the beginning of the full charge.
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Actually I have disabled it when it asked me if it should turn on. So I guess nothing to do with that.
I am going to backup now, fully unroot and somehow get it to pure stock. Than I'm probably going to exchange the phone in case battery life doesn't change.