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I was at 100% battery at around 2:40pm today. I left and went to my brother's for Christmas lunch. Now, at 4pm, it's at 67%. All I did was Facebook (via the browser) and listen to some music (not the entire time). I frequently killed all the running apps, too.
I'm running Axura RC 2.5. I flashed it via Clockwork Recovery.
Elektrisk said:
I was at 100% battery at around 2:40pm today. I left and went to my brother's for Christmas lunch. Now, at 4pm, it's at 67%. All I did was Facebook (via the browser) and listen to some music (not the entire time). I frequently killed all the running apps, too.
I'm running Axura RC 2.5. I flashed it via Clockwork Recovery.
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Thumb rule in android: stop using task killers.
diablo009 said:
Thumb rule in android: stop using task killers.
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Then how do you manage backgrounded apps that you aren't using? They just drain the battery, no?
Elektrisk said:
Then how do you manage backgrounded apps that you aren't using? They just drain the battery, no?
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No, they don't. It's all related to how the Android OS manages applications. There's a ton of info about it - just google it. If you have battery draining issues, most of the time it's because you left something running that's constantly downloading/connecting to 3G or is doing something CPU intensive. Take the new Facebook app for example - if you use the chat function and you don't log out, it keeps you logged in and that will suck your battery dry. If 3G is spotty, you'll also have battery drain as the phone switches back and forth from edge to 3G, trying to connect.
I used a task killer when I first got my phone, because some moron at the AT&T store recommended it. My battery life got much better when I unloaded that crappy app.
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No, they don't. It's all related to how the Android OS manages applications. There's a ton of info about it - just google it. If you have battery draining issues, most of the time it's because you left something running that's constantly downloading/connecting to 3G or is doing something CPU intensive. Take the new Facebook app for example - if you use the chat function and you don't log out, it keeps you logged in and that will suck your battery dry. If 3G is spotty, you'll also have battery drain as the phone switches back and forth from edge to 3G, trying to connect.
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I don't use FB chat, nor have I had unstable connections. I've had constant HDSPA all day. Could it be an issue with the ROM? I have WiFi, Bluetooth, & GPS turned off, as well as Brightness as low as it can go.
Hold down the home button and open task manager...
Also i noticed that using 3g on low signal kills the battery, try to use wifi...
You can also try assonance, i think its clocked 200 mhz less than axura, so you might perceive more battery, and it is as stable
Or try recalibrating the battery
Pd maybe it is an issue with the modem draining too much battery, you could try a different one, i bet if you dissable 3g your bat will improve a lot
Elektrisk said:
I don't use FB chat, nor have I had unstable connections. I've had constant HDSPA all day. Could it be an issue with the ROM? I have WiFi, Bluetooth, & GPS turned off, as well as Brightness as low as it can go.
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Custom ROMs give you more speed, more power, more more more. That comes at a cost. You will have crappy battery life with some ROMs, and other ROMs may have better battery life.
rastanthology said:
Hold down the home button and open task manager...
Also i noticed that using 3g on low signal kills the battery, try to use wifi...
You can also try assonance, i think its clocked 200 mhz less than axura, so you might perceive more battery, and it is as stable
Or try recalibrating the battery
Pd maybe it is an issue with the modem draining too much battery, you could try a different one, i bet if you dissable 3g your bat will improve a lot
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I pay $25 a month for 3G access.. I'm not going to disable it
Elektrisk said:
I pay $25 a month for 3G access.. I'm not going to disable it
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For normal day to day work, EDGE should be fine. Switch from EDGE to 3G when u feel need more data transfer speed. This should help.
im at 11 hrs since my last charge...
currently at 30% battery
Depends on the Rom I guess... And ive done the usual... Checking email txts facebook and xda and on the phone all day.
Oh.. And I was taking pics all day too. Not bad for this phone.
Currently running the latest Assonance rom.
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avgjoegeek said:
im at 11 hrs since my last charge...
currently at 30% battery
Depends on the Rom I guess... And ive done the usual... Checking email txts facebook and xda and on the phone all day.
Oh.. And I was taking pics all day too. Not bad for this phone.
Currently running the latest Assonance rom.
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I wanted to try Assonance, but whenever I tried flashing it via Clockword recovery, it froze at 'installing update..'. About to try Darkys 7.0.1.
Could it be a deffective battery? I used to get 7 hrs heavy use (web, games, music) with my original battery. I bought a backup battery (same thing, Samsung OEM 1500mh) and I am impressed I am now getting 12-18 hrs with heavy to moderate use. I guess I had a bad battery to beging with.
elektrisk,
has your battery life changed since you first flashed axura? if so, it is most likely due to an app you installed after flashing the rom. if your battery life has always been "awful" then you should consider flashing a different kernel, or another rom & kernel altogether
I've seen a lot of people reporting unreasonably(for me) great battery
life , like three days WITH usage. Even for CM7 based ROMs, they( most people seen reporting) also get a day and half or two.
But for my personal experience, I have used my phone six months, and the best I got is 1.5 days WITH usage.
How do those people have those huge battery life? Or am I missing something?
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They using gingerbread bootloader's, and only 2g network with off autosync
Do you use juice defender? If you tweak your phone right up, then don't use it you might get 3 days if you did correct first charge etc, but in reality most people charge their phone everyday as they use them, it is a smart phone...ie a computer, my laptop lasts 4 hours! T there is no point in having a smart phone if you don't hammer the pants of it!
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Dfolt said:
They using gingerbread bootloader's, and only 2g network with off autosync
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My auto sync is on, but I turn off data network when I don't use it.
On top of that, my brightness is set to the lowest and uc+uv+conservative scaling.
Still I have never get pass a day with cm7s
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i'm facing pretty low battery life problem also
back then i remember when my phone is on idle, every 5 min only consume about 5ma(according to battery monitor widget), but recently i have no idea why , idle will consume up to 80ma every 5 min, i have very little apps installed and most of it doesn't have push notification nor sync
Another main point, i'm on 3G instead of hsdpa, i expect much better battery life to be honest, i'm currently on Juwe's smart edition 5.3
check the processes
First of all check what processes are consuming more memory and CPU.
Try using "Usage Timeliness Free" app, which will show you which application is eating up your memory thus battery.
It has got option to terminate unwanted apps as well.
BO3527
Mine lasts about 7/8 hours at most with wifi turned off and some bloatware apps frozen aswell.
I've had the phone a year so I dont no if my battery is ready for the bin or if its something to do with flashing cf-root.
It runs out so quick I've got to make sure its on charge every night in case it dies and my alarm doesn't go off for work in the morning ha
bo3527 said:
First of all check what processes are consuming more memory and CPU.
Try using "Usage Timeliness Free" app, which will show you which application is eating up your memory thus battery.
It has got option to terminate unwanted apps as well.
BO3527
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That app uses more cpu then all my other apps together.
use "Usage Timeliness Free"
Saull said:
That app uses more cpu then all my other apps together.
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open that app
close unwanted app, which are consuming a lot of memory thus battery.
And then close that app as well.
I use that application + Taskiller
One major difference people overlook is how hard the radio works to get a signal. E.g. At home with WiFi and 3G on I lose about 10% battery overnight of the phone sitting idle. At work I lose closer to 45% for the for the same period. Naturally when I use the phone it'll be flat at the end of each day.
bo3527 said:
I use that application + Taskiller
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There is no reason for using taskillers. Android is klilling apps by itsself if needed
slaphead20 said:
Do you use juice defender? If you tweak your phone right up, then don't use it you might get 3 days if you did correct first charge etc, but in reality most people charge their phone everyday as they use them, it is a smart phone...ie a computer, my laptop lasts 4 hours! T there is no point in having a smart phone if you don't hammer the pants of it!
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+1 juice defender actually helps out with your battery usage.. its worth the money.. though we should all consider the ROM were using...
garbz said:
One major difference people overlook is how hard the radio works to get a signal. E.g. At home with WiFi and 3G on I lose about 10% battery overnight of the phone sitting idle. At work I lose closer to 45% for the for the same period. Naturally when I use the phone it'll be flat at the end of each day.
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If i were u ill calibrate my phone.. when i first bought my galaxy i used to have the same issue as you... when i was listening to music for about an hour my battery used to dropped down by 20%.. but now it usually drops by 3%... i suggest to calibrate your phone, install a custom rom and kernel then install juice defender which toggles between 2g to 3g... ;] i get around 3 days now on a full charge on my galaxy... planning to get that 1650mah samsung galaxy armani battery for another 10% battery life on my sgs
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Hey guys, just got my O2x a week ago and its great. It was flashed with 2.3 and at some point I tested updating using LG Suite and I went to 2.2.2
Anyway, just asking if how long do your batteries (stock) last? Tested mine about 3 days ago and within a day it got drained. Just using browser and played some music and that's it, no Youtube or heavy games or whatsoever. Already rooted my phone and removed everything that LG has there except for the keyboard, Suite, Mobile Support, and Home Launcher. Still, same results. Please help!!
I have been using the free version of juice defender and that has help my battery a little so I now cab get a good couple of days out of it. The free version only really stops data when the phone is locked but it seems to work quite well. I also installed juice plotter to see when my battery gets eaten.
Thanks will do that. So basically battery drains more if mobile data is on? Haven't really experience that on my old phone (which is not Android OS).
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Thanks will do that. So basically battery drains more if mobile data is on? Haven't really experience that on my old phone (which is not Android OS).
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I had to charge mine every night and sometimes 2 times a day.
Now, on a GB ROM, and with mobile data OFF, it last for at least a day (24h). This is with WiFi on (when awake of course).
Install a widget to quickly turn on/off mobile data, and only use it when you need. Then your battery will not drain that quickly.
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My battery "record" is over 2 days Well, actually allmost 4 days, but then I didn't have WiFi on neither..
Mobile data is the killer only for badly done apps. Things like fb and twitter that sync every hour etc. Make sure when you install every app you check its sync status. Make them as infrequent as possible
Also try see how low you can get the brightness. Mine stays at 30% until out in the sun (have a widget to up it).
Remember even if not using your phone at home etc to switch tho wifi on as its much better
On good days can get 30/40 hours between charges when low use
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Worth to mention is that to get the less battery drain from turning on the wifi you have to turn of the data. Some people forget that and leave both on making it a double drain.
My only tip that I have that I know works is use it as little as possible. Turn off every thing that's not needed in the matter of syncing.
I'm no expert but is that right? All of the data goes through the wifi when on and connected so data connection is irrelevant surely?
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Thanks for the input and somehow, I can feel the effects now. Also put LBE Security and turned off most mobile data permission on my apps and even if my Wifi is on, not much of a battery drain but at least it has less loss.
i think that 1day is the real time of this battery with 1charge...intense use...
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I'm no expert but is that right? All of the data goes through the wifi when on and connected so data connection is irrelevant surely?
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Yes when wifi is on data is automatically off.... You cannot have both on...
Wifi is no very power consuming when it's connected idle to a network, but think to turn it off if no hotspot is there because network scan drains a lot.
O2X withTopogigi ROM 1.3/NeoBlaze kernel
Want to make it last long? Dont use it!!!
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Want to make it last long? Dont use it!!!
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LOL.. anyways, i use juice defender. It does help somehow.
I have a same problem. Using my Optimus with MIUI ROM (Gingerbread 2.3.5) i only have 7 hours.
In my opinion,turning off all data connection to improving battery life, it's not a good idea when we choose Android phone.
So?
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Try to install djdroid 0.9.1 !!!! With 3g data always on, 2 email with push, some phone and sms, and whatsapp always on i'm on 24h!!!!!!
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arifbsantoso said:
I have a same problem. Using my Optimus with MIUI ROM (Gingerbread 2.3.5) i only have 7 hours.
In my opinion,turning off all data connection to improving battery life, it's not a good idea when we choose Android phone.
So?
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O_O My phone came with v20c 2.2.2 and had no issues, ran 3days per charge. Wish I had backups of original ril and BB for they were 100% on any I've tried since going through a bunch of custom roms.
I get 10 hours of *idle* time with 3g enabled. With Juicedefender things are okay, I almost always make it through the day and sometimes even 2 days when I'm not doing anything, but the battery just goes nuts if you use it. Sometimes I browse the web for a minute and bam 5% is gone, and I'm thinking to myself "what the hell just happened?".
You have to be very careful with apps that do not close properly. I discovered that Spotify was draining my phone like crazy and causing it to become very hot (draining it even faster, heat = dead battery in no-time) with no way to prevent this other than uninstalling the app. Then I installed a beta version of Spotify from their website and all is well. AccuWeather also goes nuts sometimes but that's resolved by deleting the widget on my home screen.
I run the latest nightly of CM7. Battery life seems to be about the same as the stock ROM for me. What's interesting is that active 3g data use drains the battery more than playing a game. I can play emulated PSX games for about 5 hours straight on a full battery with data controlled by JD.
Everyone should try the latest rom v20e (or the derivated version topogigi's rom). For me, it improves battery a lot! I don't even use Juice defender (and some people said it worsens battery).
v20e
yes Im on V20e and my battery is preety good !
Almost 2 days and I write almost 100 messanger/day and always wifi on checking emails,fb and more !
Hey guys, haven't posted since testing for about week, I guess...
Anyway, battery seems to be ok now. Juice Defender and Plotter works great, plus now on sleep, it just drain 1% per 2-3hrs or sometimes nothing at all, and its not SOD thats for sure.
Also tried Battery Calibration, it worked somehow also so with lots of messaging, wifi, FB, Tap Sonic, plus downloading torrents, lasted 24hrs in full charge with constant use.
2g + Wi-Fi drains the battery much faster than 3G + Wi-Fi for me. Both have a good signal strength.
Anyone know why this is?
Hi i have a galaxy note gt-n7000 with GB 2.3.6
i have an odd bug that drain my battery almost the whole charge in about 10 hrs on stand by
i refer to usage battery and i found SO andoid at 70% with almost 7 hrs usage cpu. i read about this bug in other phone... but mine just "start" when my wify is ON...
so i upgrade to ICS the last relase and the bug still on..SO android still too high...i noticed that the wifi in the ICS comes with two arrows one orange from dowloading and other green for uploading and the orange arrow always still on...i dont have any background running to download data..i dont know why the wifi still alive and showing that arrow ligth on...
some times the orange arrow goes off but few seconds laters comes on againg ans still for a loong time...
this is just for the wifi...on my 3g connection no activity shows at all...
i donwloaded a wifi data counter and no data transfer at all too...
for example in 10 hours of "deep sleep" the wifi count like a 800kb but my battery drain so bad...i repeat only with wifi on...
any solution?
im rigth now om my stock rom 2.3.6
There is a known problem with some wifi routers draining the hell out of the battery on SGS2 and Note. What router are you using?
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There is a known problem with some wifi routers draining the hell out of the battery on SGS2 and Note. What router are you using?
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I dnt really know i'm from mexico and i guess im using 2wire modem model 2701HG-T
i had a SG2 and the wifi didnt drain my battery
Lol research how to analyze battery drains wakelocks and such
Check betterbatterystats and cpuspy if your phone sleeps and whats causing it not to. Use the search
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Any idea is normal that value? My battery dies So Much fast and So Androìd value its too high on battery usage...
Cpu spy please and reset stats after charged so you get the picture discharging.
With betterbattery stats do the same, with custom reference point from the moment you unhook.
Dont touch you phone for at least an hour or two then post both screenshots
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Well actually i think the problem go away...i just did a reset/factory, and flash a new kernel abbys last relase 4.01 i think...the problem still...and u just charge at full and the problem goes away...
today i have alomost 3 days of usage with moderate usage and 3g and wifi on...
hope still running like this... thank for your support
Hey everyone.
The battery life on my Ace without using data is brilliant. Even using wifi and playing games etc it can last around 2 days.
When data is turned on I can see the battery % counting down when I use Facebook or use the web browser.
This has happened on a number of ROMs I've tried, even stock based ROMs. I tend to use either on demand or smartass cpu settings.
I'm currently using Democracy 3.2 and it's having the same problems.
Has anyone else experienced this or found a way to fix it?
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Some apps that have internet permissions connect every now and then. With data on, battery will drain:
-when transferring data
-when switching edge, 3g and h
-when establishing data connection if it is ever lost.
If you got lots of apps transferring data, it can be solved by installing a firewall on a rooted phone (like droidwall).
The other thing is bad network coverage, which cannot be solved (switching too often or reestablishing data connection frecuently).
Edit: either way, data is a major battery hog when actively browsing (facebook, talpatalk, browser)
If using wifi isn't an option, some users report better battery life using 2g only
I don't think 2G would be an option for me... I've tried it before and the load speeds are far too slow for a lot of my apps to be usable.
I have noticed that the battery drains a lot when trying to establish H/2G/3G connection. I usually just turn data on only when I need it. Do you think it would be better for the battery to leave data on all day so it doesn't have to reconnect when I ask it to 10 times a day?
It seems to be the Facebook app that drains it most. Email / XDA / Dolphin doesn't impact battery quite as much.
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Constantly switching data on/off drains more battery than leaving it on all day cuz it will only use battery when transferring data, and if you're on wifi, wifi has preference.
The switching and establishing of data connection drains more battery than the screen at max brightness.
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The switching and establishing of data connection drains more battery than the screen at max brightness.
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Wow... That sucks... Is that just for Ace's? My girlfriends HTC Sensation doesn't seem to be affected by switching data on/off a few dozen times a day.
I'll give it a try today. Data is on all day and I'll see if I can squeeze a bit more juice out of it. I've also installed droidwall so that everything gets wifi access but only the stuff I use gets data access.
Thanks for your suggestions, I'll let you know how it goes :victory:
I've given it a try.
Previously I'd turn data on/off when I needed it and it would use 5-10% battery establishing connection and transferring data.
With data on all day I lost 5% in the morning establishing connection but after the transferring data throughout the day impacted the battery far less. I think it really helped that I had droidwall so there wasn't anything downloading in the background that I didn't want to. I got home at night and still had around 70% battery left.
Thanks for your help and advice guys :victory:
I'm shocked, without 3G I still only manage 1 day not 2days count yourself lucky!
I have same problem
Wifi uses less battery then data
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I'm shocked, without 3G I still only manage 1 day not 2days count yourself lucky!
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Turning data on/off a few times again I'd get about a day if I was lucky.
My phone has been on for a little over 24 hours with data on and it's on 80% right now... I've only really used 3G a couple of times but I'm not a particularly heavy user. It spends a lot of it's time locked and a asleep.