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stock to extended battery?

I just switched from the stock battery to extended yesterday and was wondering if there's anything I should do to "re-calibrate" the phone properly? I wiped battery stats once it was fully charged for the first time with the new battery, but it does seem to be dropping faster than I imagined. Should I give it a few cycles to settle in, or try and charge/wipe it again?

Give it a few cycles. It gets better over time. The same goes for the stock battery. This has been the same with every Android phone I've owned.
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Awesome, thanks!
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Which rom has the best battery life?

Currently I am running Liberty test build 48. It seems to last me around 6-8 hours on light use but I can't live like this forever. Light use is not why i bought this phone Lets face it. With heavy use every rom I have used has been around 35% after around 2-4 hours of heavy use with 4g enabled. All the reviews gave the bionic great battery life reports. But this is poor, I live with a charger in my pocket.
So my question is which rom are you using and what are you battery life experiences.?
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Stock. Debloated.
Battery life? More than 6 hours.
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Keeping 4g enabled all the time is what's killing your battery. All of the 4g phones have the issue but from what I've read Bionic is the only one out with decent life.

idefiler6 said:
Keeping 4g enabled all the time is what's killing your battery. All of the 4g phones have the issue but from what I've read Bionic is the only one out with decent life.
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I have never turned 4G off on my thunderbolt or bionic.
My bionic stock got about 20-30 hours with moderate use. With the TH3ORY roms I get about 8-10 hours.
The Thunderbolt got 6-8 hours stock, and 10-12 on the bamf roms
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20-30 hours!? I'm in awe. I must be holding it wrong or something lol.
I got 6-10 with 4g enabled but didn't answer the phone lol. No usage.
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Sjflowerhorn said:
20-30 hours!? I'm in awe. I must be holding it wrong or something lol.
I got 6-10 with 4g enabled but didn't answer the phone lol. No usage.
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Lol.
"Didn't answer the phone"
And yeah, 20-30 hours man? Was your phone dormant? Sleep mode perhaps? Did you lose it? Was it turned off?
Do share young Skywalker...
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Dumb question...but are you calibrating your battery every time you flash a new rom? If not that is your issue.
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nosympathy said:
Dumb question...but are you calibrating your battery every time you flash a new rom? If not that is your issue.
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Is it possible to drain the battery out on liberty and charge it back up without issue?

jr0324 said:
ive gotten 20-30 hrs as well stock debloated using task manager to auto kill just about every app running in the background, brightness 0%, wifi off, bluetooth on, 4g on, 3g on, location on. moderate use as well. got th3ory on here now, gonna see how well it holds up!
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No task killers, LTE enabled but on wifi most the day. Normal use. I got 20-30 hours on stock. Do your research I'm not the only one.
Coming from the thunderbolt I was very impressed.
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I do restart my phone every morning and keep the text and things cleaned out.
Just like a computer the better the maintenance the better the performance.
Also as I understand it don't run task killers, its like pulling the plug on your computer over and over and then wondering why everything is unstable.
Also isn't gingerbread built to close apps if they aren't in use after a set amount of time?
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6-8 hours isn't good
I've used most Android based phones and all of the Iphones. Loved the utility of the Androids but loved the battery life of the iphones. UNTIL the Bionic.
Based on my Thunderbolt experience I opted for the extended battery for the Bionic. Don't really need it. I use my phone almost totally for data and GPS. Easily 10 hours of heavy usage on standard battery. Not sure about the extended battery.
If you are only getting 6-9 hours on regular usage you really need to trim your running apps or return the phone. In my experience that is WAY under what your expectations should be. My best guess would be about 12-15 hours.

I should be getting mine in the next couple days and I've been curious about the use of 4G.
Is there any reason to have it on for the typical phone features? Such as phone calls, texting and idle. Unless you're a really heavy data user, it seems like you could have 4G off for a fairly significant portion of the day. Am I overestimating the power saved from having 4G off?
I haven't decided whether or not I plan on using any of the current roms, but I'm definitely not going to use one if that's the kind of battery life I can expect. I'd definitely like to hear more input about battery life from those using roms.

I have the 2760mah extended battery. Running d3blurr3d beta4. Im currently testing my battery to see how long it lasts. Right now im at 24 hours and I have 37% battery left. Battery life has been insane coming from the tbolt. Im in the moderate to heavy use bracket.
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jr0324 said:
damn th3ory rom sucks with battery life.. ~12-15hrs
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D3blurr3d or r3blurr3d?
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Well...
Having tried all the custom roms out there I can say without a doubt that d3blurr3d (currently running beta4 but beta6 is current) has the best battery life. I agree the r3blurr3d ate my battery alive but this d3blurr3d is a whole new story. Off battery with moderate usage for 12 hours I sit at 53% right now with the extended battery...used to be below 10.

How does it compare to your stock experience?

Where is reblurred at? Saw it before but nit recently. Lately just r3blurr3d 1.7 or the liberty teat build on andirc#bionic
Edit: nevermind found it in deblurred on page 50 in rootzwiki forum
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Stock debloated, 10 to 15 hours if I'm in a good coverage area, if the phone is looking for a signal 2 to 4 hours.
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Vivid Battery Life

So those that have a Vivid how has the battery life been? HTC has been getting a bad wrap for that.

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo26/mktrp/2011-11-08_09-33-05.jpg
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Its bad not as bad as the Inspire but bad.

RE: Battery Vivid Life
Mine has been absolutely horrid. With moderate use I'm lucky if it lasts 3 hours. To be honest, though, I didn't let it charge completely when I first got it - I was too excited. I'm actually recalibrating it now in hopes of improving it.

BrandonBaskin said:
Mine has been absolutely horrid. With moderate use I'm lucky if it lasts 3 hours. To be honest, though, I didn't let it charge completely when I first got it - I was too excited. I'm actually recalibrating it now in hopes of improving it.
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3 hours? Meh, that isn't normal at all.
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Getting great battery life, probabably about the same if not slightly better than I got with my iPhone4. Definaletly the best switch I've made.
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2lazy2day said:
Getting great battery life, probabably about the same if not slightly better than I got with my iPhone4. Definaletly the best switch I've made.
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That's what I like to hear!
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flash kernel/rom or decrease display light to low and slap a anti-glare film on there..

I got mine this afternoon. I had an Infuse 4G and traded it in for a Vivid. According to my Battery Monitor Widget after 3 hrs 48 mins (battery was fully charged) I'm at 86%. I am using Juice Defender Ultimate.

Yet another battery life thread...
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My battery life is quite a bit better than even the GS2 I had for a short while. I don't even know what the low battery alert looks/sounds like.
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Jirv311 said:
My battery life is quite a bit better than even the GS2 I had for a short while. I don't even know what the low battery alert looks/sounds like.
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The notification light blinks yellow, and a big battery image and a message pop up on the screen when the battery level hits 10%, then again at 5%. It's pretty obvious. Also, the phone shuts down some background functions such as data syncing to conserve battery power.

Full on data streaming of my podcast or Rdio on Hspa drains my battery in 5 hours or so. With sporadic web browsing in there, just listening to cached music and podcast I stretch it past 8 hours. Better then my desire by 2/3 hours
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Jirv311 said:
My battery life is quite a bit better than even the GS2 I had for a short while. I don't even know what the low battery alert looks/sounds like.
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Yeah, I thought my GS2 was good, but this is definitely better, especially considering LTE.
I finally ran it down to low battery the other day because an app ran away with my processor and drained my battery in the background. It did this in my locker while I was at the gym. When I finally pulled it out of my pants, it was super hot and down 20% lower than usual for that time of day. I restarted the phone and still managed to make it through the rest of the day and night before it died, but just barely.
Runaway apps is one of the things I have always hated about android, but that was the only time it happened since I bought the phone, so I can live with it.

slapshot30 said:
3 hours? Meh, that isn't normal at all.
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Yeah, I'd read reviews that the battery life wasn't spectacular - but this is downright confusing! Do you think I ruined it by just using right out of the box without letting it do a few charge cycles (again I was TOO excited, the most excited I'd ever been about a phone)?

2lazy2day said:
Getting great battery life, probabably about the same if not slightly better than I got with my iPhone4. Definaletly the best switch I've made.
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Which rom you use?
Any battery related apps?

MoreYummy said:
Which rom you use?
Any battery related apps?
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Modified stock ROM for now. Got juice defender running. settings for low display, 20%
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[Q] New cpu app to help with battery life?

Found this new CPU app and you can change the voltage in it
https://market.android.com/details?...29tLnNtYXJ0cHJvamVjdHMuQ1BVQ29udHJvbExpdGUiXQ..
I was wondering if blitz supported the voltage adjustments as maybe it would help us that get a decrease in battery life because of blitz? Ik its UC already but thought fine tuning it to phone could help even more?
Also, if you were to use this with rom toolbox would the CPU settings interfere? Would you have to remove rom toolbox?

Can't change voltage. Lol
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revo_65 said:
I was wondering if blitz supported the voltage adjustments as maybe it would help us that get a decrease in battery life because of blitz? Ik its UC already but thought fine tuning it to phone could help even more?
Also, if you were to use this with rom toolbox would the CPU settings interfere? Would you have to remove rom toolbox?
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You don't have to remove toolbox, just uncheck the supply on boot setting
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revo_65 said:
Can't change voltage. Lol
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Blitz is already waaayyyy undervolted anyway lol

spc_hicks09 said:
Blitz is already waaayyyy undervolted anyway lol
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Lol ik, willing change anything and everything to fix my battery drain when in idle
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revo_65 said:
Lol ik, willing change anything and everything to fix my battery drain when in idle
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It's so weird that yours is that bad. My "phone at idle" uses just 4%. Have you tried using "Watchdog" to see if you have some rouge app using up all your battery?
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spc_hicks09 said:
It's so weird that yours is that bad. My "phone at idle" uses just 4%. Have you tried using "Watchdog" to see if you have some rouge app using up all your battery?
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No, just because I only get the drain with blitz, but heck I'll give it a shot
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revo_65 said:
No, just because I only get the drain with blitz, but heck I'll give it a shot
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Let me know if it helps out any.
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revo_65 said:
Lol ik, willing change anything and everything to fix my battery drain when in idle
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that is strange, just this morning my phone was idle for about 2.5 hours and was at 80%
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KaneOfMars said:
that is strange, just this morning my phone was idle for about 2.5 hours and was at 80%
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Usually not that bad I'm guessing?
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I unplugged mine last night at 7, this morning at 6 it was at 82%
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So at 5 hours I am sitting at 70% when the last time I used blitz at three hours I had 65% Idk if it is this app or some other magical reason that my battery life is improving but I am definitely happy it finally did!
Also, hicks, watchdog didnt show me anything abnormal so I dont think that was my issue.
Running 122/1200 with smoothass.

revo_65 said:
So at 5 hours I am sitting at 70% when the last time I used blitz at three hours I had 65% Idk if it is this app or some other magical reason that my battery life is improving but I am definitely happy it finally did!
Also, hicks, watchdog didnt show me anything abnormal so I dont think that was my issue.
Running 122/1200 with smoothass.
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Oh ok, well I'm glad it's getting better for you though.
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revo_65 said:
So at 5 hours I am sitting at 70% when the last time I used blitz at three hours I had 65% Idk if it is this app or some other magical reason that my battery life is improving but I am definitely happy it finally did!
Also, hicks, watchdog didnt show me anything abnormal so I dont think that was my issue.
Running 122/1200 with smoothass.
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You got that with the CPU app you posted?
My battery drains 10% every hour on idle. It's horrible.

That's about what mine was. And yep that app
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revo_65 said:
That's about what mine was. And yep that app
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Okay thanks I'll try it out.

A few things that people seem to forget when comparing battery life. One person can get twice the battery life than someone else for many reasons.
A few:
1) are you in a 3g or 4g area? 4g will use more battery because of dual radio (recommend to switch to CDMA only mode when in a 3g only area, OR when you don't need 4g connectivity)
2) What options are running? (Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth, etc) Don't have any of those features on, especially Wifi, it will suck your battery down quick.
3) Your CPU app (Such as SetCPU). Is is set to Performance, OnDemand, PowerSave? I don't fiddle around with custom settings, just use the stock of those 3 and notice a major battery improvement with just the stock PowerSave.
4) Is your screen brightness on manual or auto mode? Auto mode will take 2-5 times as much juice as it's constantly scanning and changing screen brightness.
5) (almost forgot this) Most importantly, make sure you are in a good signal area (at least 80%) before complaining of poor battery life. Anything below 80% signal can cause your phone to search hi and low for a better tower and better signal. Anything below 50% is likely to draing your battery in half the time, or even less. Constant scanning for a better signal uses up a LOT of juice. I've had past phones that lasted for 2.5 days on a single charge when in full signal. Down to about 10-12 hours in poor signal and similar usage in both areas.
5.5) Those who don't yet know... Don't complain like the ones on Verizon website/reviews where the only thing that some will complain, or markdown on, is battery life. You are using (by assumption you reading this in this forum) a 4g, dual mode phone. NOOBS: This means there are two radios/antennas in your phone that are working together. One on 3g(CDMA) and one on 4g(LTE). This automatically makes your 4g phone use more battery. Don't like it? Go buy a 3g only phone... :O
Make sure to also not have any 'task manager/killer' running. These apps are not only bad for your phone (been proven), but they also use more juice than they save. At least in my experience and from other posts I have read.
-Cybie

Battery life after 1.31 firmware flash s-off user

I flashed the 1.31 firmware for s-off to upgrade the radio and my battery life now drops faster than it did before the change in firmware. I tried both custom roms and stock roms on 1.29 and 1.31 with both stock or modified kernels and it doesn't seem to change(some break camera or volume to wake or something else) Battery drops faster after firmware flash.
I'm still on Hboot 1.44 with s-off and just ruu'ed back to stock 1.29.651 installed the custom rom I was on prior to the firmware 1.31 and battery still drops faster than before the firmware update.
I was previously going 7am to 7pm and would have 75% battery. Now I'm at less than 25%. My usage during the day has not changed and my setup is back to the same.
Has anyone else experienced battery life that is worse than before the 1.31 update.
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Load up better battery stats and see if anything is abnormal
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luigi311 said:
Load up better battery stats and see if anything is abnormal
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i'm running team nocturnals black sheep rom based on the new firmware, and getting great battery life.
i also flashed the s-off firmware update

I am losing about 5% every 25mins which means I'll get about 8hrs total on a charge.
Using better battery stats I'll have to run 4hrs minimum, but a good day or two is best to check stats.
Nothing is looking abnormal after 25min except what I think is a higher than normal drain.
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I'm still havnt updated the firmware but I usually only get about 3 hrs of screen time before it's dying
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cfendrick said:
I am losing about 5% every 25mins which means I'll get about 8hrs total on a charge.
Using better battery stats I'll have to run 4hrs minimum, but a good day or two is best to check stats.
Nothing is looking abnormal after 25min except what I think is a higher than normal drain.
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you've got a rouge app or something sucking battery unless you live in a low signal area.

So after checking the battery apps it appears my screen on and xda via tapatalk is using most of the battery consumption.
Also there is one area in my office that flips from 4g lte to 3g depending on what side of the building I'm on. This causes lots of radio activity switches as 4g ltd is new to the area. Finally some LTE, but the switching is killing the battery.
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