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[LOG] Battery drainage on O2X

Since everybody has some problems with battery drainage i thought it would be usefull if everybody posts his or her battery stats after some time so we can compare them so we can find and solve "problems".
Add in your reply:
-Which rom are you using ?
-How is your battery doing over the night ?
-Is the battery inaccurate like it doesn't go higher then 98%, drops from 100 to 50 after some time or after reboot,... ?
-Which kernel ?
-2G/3G on or off ?
-CPU adjustments ?
-Programs freezed ?
- etc.
My stats:
-MDC Fear 5.3
-Drops 5% over 8 hours but when using it goes 20% over 1 hour
Which i didn't had with stock rom so i guess Fear 5.3 is the problem
-Doesn't go higher then 98% and after a reboot earlier it jumped from 100 to 42
-Kernel: 2.6.32.27-g9f26g51-dirty (Eternity kernel)
-2G and 3G diabled
-CPU adjustments 1ghz standard. When in sleep : 216mhz
-Programs freezed: Don't know because bloat freezer says it needs to be updated but i already have the latest version
-Go weather widget, netqin antivirus
Tracking battery status with Battery monitor widget

-TK-Rom v0.6
- I loose 5 to 10% per hour without doing anything !
- Sometime even if i have the "battery fully charged" popup, when I unplug, the battery indicator shows 98% ...
-2.6.32.27-g9f26g51-dirty
-2G/3G on
-1000MHz max and 300MHz min (foced when screen off)
- No freezed program
- Only one widget : Genie Widget
2 Push mail (hotmail exchange + gmail) + 1imap (checked each hour)
If I install Juice defender (free), my battery last 2 days.
Without Juice Defender, the phone turn off after 10h on (with only some SMS sent and 10min on XDA) ...

- Which rom are you using ?
Factory ROM, updated to V10b.
Baseband: 1035.21_20110405
Kernel: 2.6.32.9
Build: FRG83G
- How is your battery doing over the night?
11pm to 6am standby: Dropped from 100% to 95%.
- Is the battery inaccurate like it doesn't go higher then 98%, drops from 100 to 50 after some time or after reboot,... ?
Charges to 100%. Seems to hang on to (stay at) 100% a bit longer.
- 2G/3G on or off?
3G always on. Disable wifi when out of home.
- CPU adjustments?
None.
- Programs freezed?
None.
- Locks up when I use the car charger.
- Battery manufacture date: 16 Mar 11.
- Haven't pushed the performance much, but have watched an hour wmv file over HDMI, played Asphalt game and occasional continuous conversations lasting 2 hours. The phone behaved perfectly.

ppsun said:
- Which rom are you using ?
Factory ROM, updated to V10b.
Baseband: 1035.21_20110405
Kernel: 2.6.32.9
Build: FRG83G
- How is your battery doing over the night?
11pm to 6am standby: Dropped from 100% to 95%.
- Is the battery inaccurate like it doesn't go higher then 98%, drops from 100 to 50 after some time or after reboot,... ?
Charges to 100%. Seems to hang on to 100% a bit longer.
- 2G/3G on or off?
3G always on. Disable wifi when out of home.
- CPU adjustments?
None.
- Programs freezed?
None.
- Locks up when I use the car charger.
- Battery manufacture date: 16 Mar 11.
- Haven't pushed the performance much, but have watched an hour wmv file over HDMI, played Asphalt game and occasional continuous conversations lasting 2 hours. The phone behaved perfectly.
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Allright so we can already see that the stock rom's don't have much of draining or am i wrong ?
because my stock also had less then 5% loss at the night
but your 3G is ALWAYS ON !!!!! :s
you mean that you can always use 3G without doing anything else to your settings after disabling wifi ? because the 3G icon is always noticeable on the status bar even when it's disabled

kefjeuh93 said:
but your 3G is ALWAYS ON !!!!! :s
you mean that you can always use 3G without doing anything else to your settings after disabling wifi ? because the 3G icon is always noticeable on the status bar even when it's disabled
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Yes. When at home both 3G and wifi are enabled.
GSM coverage is not great in some parts of the house where my router wifi is strong; while some rooms far from the wifi router gets decent GSM coverage. So, I just let the phone choose whichever way it wants to connect when at home.
When I leave home, I manually disable wifi with a widget to save wifi scanning for router whenever the phone comes out of sleep. 3G works everywhere else, so I just leave it on 24/7. 3G power usage is negligible when there is no data traffic even when it is enabled, it's basically GSM on standby power.

ppsun said:
Yes. When at home both 3G and wifi are enabled.
GSM coverage is not great in some parts of the house where my router wifi is strong; while some rooms far from the wifi router gets decent GSM coverage. So, I just let the phone choose whichever way it wants to connect when at home.
When I leave home, I manually disable wifi with a widget to save wifi scanning for router whenever the phone comes out of sleep. 3G works everywhere else, so I just leave it on 24/7. 3G power usage is negligible when there is no data traffic even when it is enabled, it's basically GSM on standby power.
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Okay but i haven't got 3g coverage in my area yet so
but i have got edge is it using more then 3G? i know the speed is a max of 200kbps but is it using more or less then 3G?

kefjeuh93 said:
Okay but i haven't got 3g coverage in my area yet so
but i have got edge is it using more then 3G? i know the speed is a max of 200kbps but is it using more or less then 3G?
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I think EDGE is like a fast GPRS connection, right? I had used GPRS (aka 2G) quite some time ago, and IIRC, GPRS is billed by data connection duration rather than by data traffic. If it's also the case for EDGE, you MUST NOT leave is enabled 24/7, or else you will get a gigantic phone bill at the end of the month!
But regarding EDGE's power usage, I am afraid I am not entirely sure if it behaves like a 3G connection. Best is you test it out while monitoring battery drain, or google around for the info.

-Which rom are you using ?
Standard V10B
-How is your battery doing over the night ?
Around 5% loss, during around 8 hours of stand-by. But I usually charge it over night.
-Is the battery inaccurate like it doesn't go higher then 98%, drops from 100 to 50 after some time or after reboot,... ?
Not that I've seen.
-Which kernel ?
2.6.32.9
-2G/3G on or off ?
Always on.
-CPU adjustments ?
None.
-Programs freezed ?
Yes.
Analog clock
App Advisor
Double clock (Dubbel klok in Dutch)
Clockweather widget
LG Home (using LauncherPro)
News and weather
SNS
Startscreen tips
Yahoo! NEWS
SIM-toolkit
Back-up (came with the new V10B update, but I never back-up so don't use it)
Voice Search
- etc.
It's rooted and I've frozen programs with Antek App Manager.
My background is mainly black (with some grids) and it's full off apps, and a battery widget.
And I've also turned down the LED button brightness down to 0.3 mA using HiddenMenu.
Currently my battery has lasted 22 hours and 16 minutes, with 44% remaining. Have used it all day as my MP3 player and I've been on the Android Market to update and download some stuff.
Pretty good so far

ppsun said:
I think EDGE is like a fast GPRS connection, right? I had used GPRS (aka 2G) quite some time ago, and IIRC, GPRS is billed by data connection duration rather than by data traffic. If it's also the case for EDGE, you MUST NOT leave is enabled 24/7, or else you will get a gigantic phone bill at the end of the month!
But regarding EDGE's power usage, I am afraid I am not entirely sure if it behaves like a 3G connection. Best is you test it out while monitoring battery drain, or google around for the info.
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I know all that and i have got 2GB every month so no worries
but i will test the power over night

Mafs
How did you do this?
Mafs said:
And I've also turned down the LED button brightness down to 0.3 mA using HiddenMenu.
Pretty good so far
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I've had a good look through the hiddenmenu settings but can't see the section to change the LED brightness and I'm stubborn so don't want to do it with an app?
EDIT:
Found it, Device Test >>> Touch LED Brightness then scroll all the way to the bottom on the screen
Diskbox

Hello guys !! how i do for improve my battery lasted
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App

How long does your battery last, with what sort of usage?

15 - 20 hours , and my usage is high

etsero17 said:
15 - 20 hours , and my usage is high
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but hey..thats quite good for high usage

etsero17 said:
15 - 20 hours , and my usage is high
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That's bull**** screenshot?
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App

I'm gonna try the old style Nexus One's method of battery calibration. Hopefully it works, though I am not confident.
1. Plug-in charger standby, do not turn on charger yet.
2. Drain battery till it auto shutdown.
3. When it auto shutdown, immediately turn on charger.
4. Let the phone charge for 4-5 hrs.
5. After 4-5 hrs, power up phone.
The above was the Battery Calibration for Nexus One before N1 has its own Battery Drivers build-into kernel and a proper Battery Calibration Application (found in Market).
As I said, I'm not confident but will try this method. Will report here if success or failure

temasek said:
4. Let the phone charge for 4-5 hrs.
5. After 4-5 hrs, power up phone.
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Probably a good idea to have a small fan blowing to avoid the phone shutting down from the heat from a long recharge. Might also have to go through a few cycles to reach the battery's full potential, probably don't need the empty-to-full cycle. Please let us know what you find out.

ppsun said:
Probably a good idea to have a small fan blowing to avoid the phone shutting down from the heat from a long recharge. Might also have to go through a few cycles to reach the battery's full potential, probably don't need the empty-to-full cycle. Please let us know what you find out.
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I've accumulated tiny experience over at Nexus One Battery Calibration and I know a small thing or two about how "some" batteries work.
The thing about Nexus One battery is it has in-build EEPROM so its the almost perfect battery to perform calibration. As for O2X, its still infant stage so no one look into it yet. But the theory "should" be similiar.
I'm doubtful but hopeful
Edit 1 - heavy usage with screen on for 4.5 hrs. 12 hrs use. Manage to drain battery till 0% and it auto shutdown as I expected. Now performing off charging for at least 4 hrs. I was surprised to see before it auto shutdown where at 0% the voltage was 3362mV. Pretty impressive I would say. Now I'm optimistic ...... will report soon.
Edit - failed while auto shutdown I plugin assuming it was charging. 4.5 hrs later I power up and it is at 1%. Fail!
I plugin and start charging. Monitored the charging process and found for the first time the phone was cool while charging even cool till 100%.
I'm now using this new charge and seems good. Its cool, no longer hot.

Now i have got CM7
And must say that battery is holding out much better at sleep
4 hours and not even 1% down
So i would advise to switch to CM if you are trying some new roms !!

Have you guys tried the app BatteryCalibration from market?
I had the same prob as many of you, and this solved it for me.
Sent from my LG Optimus 2x using Tapatalk

[Q] Batterly Life: Android Revolution HD Vs CM7 7.1.0-RC1

In your opinion, I would like to know which rom gave you a better battery life. And also the types of things you do on your phone, such as movies or games, and as well as the max hours/days you can push out from the device from each roms.

running on arhd 1.0.4.. so far so good. nothing out of the ordinary though in terms of batt life compared to the stock rom

ARHD +1

and I also don't like the CM camera app, but that's offtopic here

After testing both, ARHD 1.0.4 seems to be better. Let's see when CM7 will be Released and not Beta.

Running on ARHD 1.0.4 and the battery life is better than the stock ROM. Not tested with other roms.

how much better is it? i don't think the difference is much although i've only been in ARHD for the IS

I charge the phone at night. I use the phone every hour (Whatsapp, twitter..) and the battery is 40% at the end of the day. With the stock rom the battery is at 25 / 30%. (Sorry for my bad english)

Mike's Android Revolution HD 1.0.3 + HTC Sense 3.0 "All in 1" v0.3
Full charge 100% in the morning starts @ 06:21hrs till 22:30hrs (15+ hours usage)
- on my way to work GPS is ON Copilot Live 8 ~ 27km approx 15-20mins drive
- WIFI is always on (i used manual sync) Friends Stream, Weather, News and etc.
- Display settings = 70%
- Android Assistant 2.3.7
My day ends mostly @ 22:30hrs and my battery is still = 27% (I charge till I wake up) .. Moreover, I drain my battery during weekends..
Battery log file based on CurrentWidget reading..
ARHD very very much better compared to stock rom!

pretty normal battery usage

gazillion percent improvement compared to STOCK ROM!

Today with ARHD 1.0.4 : Nothing really special except looking on news on XDA ans facebook + Usual sunc (Facebook, gmail). Wifi and GPS off.
Fully charged this morning (8h00) -> Still 80% now (WoWWW)

ive had both ARHD and CM7 and for me, CM7 has been much better.
i always have wifi, mobile networks (2g+3g) and gps on.
syncing fb and twitter every 30mins, pushing gmail automatic latitude checkins and some 3 news feeds syncing every hour (although sometimes these dont work)
a few days ago, i didnt use the phone for much at all except those things and a few calls text - low "phone" usage AND the above.
it lasted me um.... just over 60 hours i reckon.
off charge 7.30am thurs morning, died on me on saturday evening about 8pm.
never thought id have managed that using a smartphone as a smartphone

djbenny1 said:
ive had both ARHD and CM7 and for me, CM7 has been much better.
i always have wifi, mobile networks (2g+3g) and gps on.
syncing fb and twitter every 30mins, pushing gmail automatic latitude checkins and some 3 news feeds syncing every hour (although sometimes these dont work)
a few days ago, i didnt use the phone for much at all except those things and a few calls text - low "phone" usage AND the above.
it lasted me um.... just over 60 hours i reckon.
off charge 7.30am thurs morning, died on me on saturday evening about 8pm.
never thought id have managed that using a smartphone as a smartphone
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Really 60 hours with minimum use damn, i do minimum use like just text, no calls, no internet, and i got only probably 1 day and 18 hours ~ 42 hours on ARHD. The last time i was on CM7 i think i pushed my INCS to about the same hours as ARHD but i always get this nagging feeling that ARHD has better battery life. I should really do extensive test but i dont have time ahahaha.

i'm getting around 18-24 hrs of normal usage. that's with wifi on almost all of the time and mobile data on for 9 hours. i'm getting almost the same with the stock rom. using arhd 1.0.4 btw

i've seen guys say they have great battery performance while others don't with them on the same rom, can't really explain it.
but using the phone in minimum with data off and lasting more than a day is not really good for me. it's a smartphone, then use it as a smartphone.
id rather have everything n and then have to charge everynight

I guess I must use mine more than others. Using Revolution HD 1.0.4 and can get maybe 12 hours of usage on it. I don't use any battery managers or anything like that. I put on current widget. Seems that ~40mA is normal for idle (at least on mine)

[Q] LG Dual best stable&batterysaver configuration

Hi all
I'm looking for a stable congiguration for my new Dual and for a better battery duration.
My configuration and settings are:
Stock rom 10d
Swift extreme kernel
Set cpu (overclock 1200MHZ e downvoltage -75mV)
Data connection always activated
Push Gmail
No background data
Little wifi
No 3G and GPS
Very little gaming and web navigation
The duration of the battery is less than 24 hours but I read on the internet better performance for many users.
I tried Cynamogen 7 but I prefer the stock Froyo rom (waiting for Gingerbread from LG) and I'm interested in the Modaco FR19.
Others problems are 1) unstable skype 2)upper min voltage (323 MHz) then with original kernel (about 250 i think)
Have you got some good suggestion?
Thanks

I had excellent battery with v20c. Its the best for battery 'til v20e arrives.

Sckank said:
I had excellent battery with v20c. Its the best for battery 'til v20e arrives.
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AFAIK v20 is Gingerbread. You have already GB for O2X or is it a typo?

I'm having an excellent battery life on my p990h with CM7... It's been up for 28 hours and I still have 40% battery left. Using auto-brightness, 2g unless I need to brownse heavy sites and switching data connection off when I go sleep (it drains 0~1%/night)... And I've had similar battery life with official v10a-h. When I bought the p990, battery was a major letdown, but after a few charging cicles it got better. Now I usually plug off the charger at 7am and don't need to charge again until the other day's late night...
And sorry for my bad english!

I had awesome life with v10d..with hd games bring played for 3 hours,3g for like 8 hours, browsing for an approx combined time of 4 hours on that 2 hours on wifi..music for an hour or two.roughly 3 hours worth of calls...auto brightness, hypatic thingy off..gestures switched off.. no vibrate
used to last up to 25 hours
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And loads of messaging..
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*hd games being played
*Haptic thingy..
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I went back to original kernel due to high instablity.
Now I'm also more satisfied of battery duration. With:
-stock rom and kernel
-no 3g
-wifi about 1 hour
-plane mode at night (10 hours)
-push mail
-background data for gmail
-wifi positioning
-about 10 sms
-about 10 min of calling
-whatsapp chatting
-setcpu for lowering cpu speed in st-by and with less than 15% of battery
this is the situation:

Which eats more battery?

EMulator like gameboid, FPSE or android games like zenonia, destinia and inotia

emulators i guess

3g network and DSP manager

3D games, I guess.
And Wi-Fi (especially connecting/disconnecting)

hi i am always here people moaning about battery but im on gdx v019 now since last night and in 24hours i have used 47% wifi,gps on all the time i play some games but not much and since gdx v016 i get 2-3days battery.
if you wont a hand held games console with good battery try a sony psp as when i last checked the x8 was a mobile phone

All of the said actually take most battery up. Your launcher takes up battery to.
Android system uses battery (duh)
But wifi and 3g are the hoggers. They take up most of the battery
sent from my rooted x8 using gingerdx

x8 [email protected] ONDEMAND
with wifi (Never sleep policy) and 3.5G on - max 18h battery uptime (even 12h if I'm on the go and phone is switching from one cell tower to another frequently)
without wifi - kinda 1.5 days
Without wifi and in 2G only mode - almost 3 days (2d20h)...

The rom/kernel influence in the life or the battery? What is the best rom to time saving battery?
I'm thinking for a work use: read and write documents (Isilo, Documents to Go, Swype), internet (Gmail, Opera Mini, Maps, Barnacle Wifi, read news, etc). For me clearly the biggest battery drain is the 3G internet (according to BMW reaches 600 mAh, while Documents to Go does not exceed 200 mAh)
I am using v22 Froyobread with smartass, and the battery lasts me 20 hours. (I have a low screen brightness, wifi, bluetooth, GPS off). My question is mainly about the different roms, have several more efficient than others in the use of the battery? Do rom based in Gingerbread spend more than those based on Froyo? The union of a custom kernel and custom rom can be more efficient in the use of the battery?
Thanks and excuse my English

APD500 said:
The rom/kernel influence in the life or the battery? What is the best rom to time saving battery?
I'm thinking for a work use: read and write documents (Isilo, Documents to Go, Swype), internet (Gmail, Opera Mini, Maps, Barnacle Wifi, read news, etc). For me clearly the biggest battery drain is the 3G internet (according to BMW reaches 600 mAh, while Documents to Go does not exceed 200 mAh)
I am using v22 Froyobread with smartass, and the battery lasts me 20 hours. (I have a low screen brightness, wifi, bluetooth, GPS off). My question is mainly about the different roms, have several more efficient than others in the use of the battery? Do rom based in Gingerbread spend more than those based on Froyo? The union of a custom kernel and custom rom can be more efficient in the use of the battery?
Thanks and excuse my English
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If you use 3G that's like talking with the phone continuosly. It can't be affected with anything.
In my case I think FroyoBread (or FroyoPRO for now) is the most battery friendly ROM with UV of course. With Wifi (never sleep) GPS on all the time it can last around 3 days. With GDX the maximum for me is around the same, but with GPS off and wifi off if phone is idle, and I think it is more smooth overall.
For the main question, the ROM can affect the battery life of the phone, bot so do the user. If you use live wallpaper, DSP manager, a lot of widgets, fancy launcher, it will eat your battery no matter what you do. The two is almost equal in my opinion, but I'm no developer to say that it's just my personal view.

Thanks for your answer. Only one question what is UV? Is it the Undervolt module?

APD500 said:
The rom/kernel influence in the life or the battery? What is the best rom to time saving battery?
I'm thinking for a work use: read and write documents (Isilo, Documents to Go, Swype), internet (Gmail, Opera Mini, Maps, Barnacle Wifi, read news, etc). For me clearly the biggest battery drain is the 3G internet (according to BMW reaches 600 mAh, while Documents to Go does not exceed 200 mAh)
I am using v22 Froyobread with smartass, and the battery lasts me 20 hours. (I have a low screen brightness, wifi, bluetooth, GPS off). My question is mainly about the different roms, have several more efficient than others in the use of the battery? Do rom based in Gingerbread spend more than those based on Froyo? The union of a custom kernel and custom rom can be more efficient in the use of the battery?
Thanks and excuse my English
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if your talking about does the rom affect the battery, yes, the rom can affect the battery life, depending how heavy the rom is like gingerbread, that seem to take up most battery whilst froyo, well lats a lightweight android so it would save up more battery for not having to run more stuff on it unlike gingerbread...

thanks youuu .. your supper

who?
alessiocerci said:
thanks youuu .. your supper
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who? all of us? were here to help

Battery life tested by me:
Both cases same use, no WiFi, no 3g, only calls and sms:
GingerDX = 2 days
Froyobread = 6 days
Note: similar results on other roms based on CM, the main diference is between CM6(2.2) and CM7(2.3).

ODD_KL3- best stock kernel !!!

Guys did some one try latest kernel from India
"CF-Root-SGN_XX_ODD_KL3"?
Flash it and check setting scrolling !!!
Benchmark reselt same like every kernels...(linpack 106, quadroStand: 4890)
but the scrolling are so smooth. (im sure is driver modifications)
Probably best stock kernel is here !!
(im on romow v3.5 by mowno)
CF-Root-SGN_XX_ODD_KL3

Not only that I installed the whole Indian software version on my European Note and I can tell you the damn phone flies now, lag is greatly reduced, battery life more than doubled exact same usage, reading around 1000 rss feeds during the day, check email 6,7 times a day and 2 hours +/- of music reading. With old rom versions it did not live past 14/15 hours now it can do up to 48 hours and still have more than 10% left. no heavy usage but nevertheless I can finally use it with no fear as I think a smarthphone should be used.

Exactly!yes I found samething!

Unfortunately I can't see any difference performance wise to the FM-Kernel I was using before (1.4 & 1.5).
But battery usage when idle went through the roof. Loosing 3-4% battery per hour

Abnovitas said:
Unfortunately I can't see any difference performance wise to the FM-Kernel I was using before (1.4 & 1.5).
But battery usage when idle went through the roof. Loosing 3-4% battery per hour
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Fm kernel got some twik (in build prop) witch is making scrolling fast but not smooth at all! !!
But KL3 is perfect....maybe not that snappy but stably smooth...