Hi all!
I need some help with my battery life. I'm new with android since 4 months and I remember the first time I've got this phone it had an awesome battery life. Unfortunately I'm getting a really poor battery life. My phone drains from it self when I'm not using it. For example when I'm in the University and it's just in my pocket, good signal strength (I've even turned off 3G/LTE, since I don't use a lot of Internet there, just whatsapp) and after a 5 hours it drains about 50 % even without using it! -.-
I've installed battery stats and better battery stats, but I don't quite understand how to find out what is draining my battery in standby :/
I'm using rXTREME ROM v5, but I have to mention that I've already had this battery problems with other ROMs, even with the stock one (rooted).
I always carry with my an Extra battery in case of running out of charge -.-
I've talked to one of the students and he shown me his S3 and he had a lot of reaming battery as me and he even used his phone more than me, even with H+/LTE.
Please, can anybody give me some advice on how to fix this problem
Thanks!
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I usually do not have issues with battery like that. I saw some improvements with juice defencer.
Have a look into this search: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=battery+saver&c=apps
Also please go settings->battery and get a screenshot. Also tap on the graph on top to see history details and get us another screenshot.
I think this way someone could help you.
Finally if I were you here is what I would do.
1. Install CWM if not already into your device.
2. wipe cache,dalvik,battery stats, factory defaults (you will lose everything so backup,cloud whatever)
3. reinstall everything in your device from scratch.
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Thanks for answering!
I'll upload tomorrow a Screenshot showing my battery usage graphic. Then I'll try doing a wipe and start new from scratch
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You can try to reduce those apps running in background, apps that connects to net frequently and syncronizes like google acct, facebook, mails, samsung acct etc. untick those you dont need. For now its the best battery saving we can do.
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I use rXTREME v5 and I'm happy with the battery result compared to old roms I use. However you may have different point because we have different way of using our phones.
I'm not sure if will do any difference but you can drain your battery first and wipe battery stats and charge again until its 100% full. They say must charge for 8 hours at first charging.
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Here's my battery life after on day in the University
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I was getting some very fast battery drain as well recently, and so having Googled the problem, I've come across several 'solutions', including the one which I think (touch wood) has worked for me so far...
1. Go to settings>more settings>Mobile networks>Network mode and switch it to GSM/WCDMA (Auto mode). This stops the phone looking for a 4G signal and can save the battery a little.
2. Don't use auto brightness, and have it set pretty low (obvious one, this).
3. Uncheck auto-sync and set your accounts (under settings) to manually sync to a time of your choosing,
4. Disable Google Now.
5. Use Juice Defender.
6. Uninstall/Disable/Freeze (if you're rooted) any Samsung Apps - this includes AllShare Play, AllShare Cast, Allshare Service, Group Cast, S Memo, S Planner, S Voice, Samsung Push Service, SamsungAppsUNA and Samsung account. This is the step which I think has made a bit of a difference to my battery.
Good luck!
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Thanks for that info. I'll see tomorrow if it makes the difference. I've already started again from scratch.
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I know it's "debunked", but I still swear by it.
I presume you're on Pegasus kernel. Give your phone a full charge, then reboot into recovery. Under advanced, wipe battery stats.
Always wipe after a fresh kernel install, although I still wipe after a fresh rom install just for the heck of it.
I got GSam Battery Monitor and discovered Google Maps was draining the battery fast. Disabled weird location sharing settings and it's better now.
With perseus kernel my friend you'll be fine 2 days & 11 hours and still 24%
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I'm still getting batters problems. This time I've got 2 h 30 m of on screen. Better battery stats says 20% discharge per hour
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jjpro45 said:
I'm still getting batters problems. This time I've got 2 h 30 m of on screen. Better battery stats says 20% discharge per hour
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Can you post screenshots of BBS kernel and partial wakelocks stats. Check your CPU stats as well, it's look like your phone have a problem with deep sleep.
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AW: Battery problems: Fast draining!
Battery dropped from 60% to 37% overnight. I've turn off Wifi and turn on 3G/H+ which shouldn't be a problem since my carrier supports Fast Dormacy
Here the Screenshots
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Hello fellas. I am running Fasty VI, and battery life has not been as good as I feel it should be. I'm aware that KH3 is one of the best fw as far as battery life goes. I also have turned off auto brightness, auto rotate.
Just to give an example, I took the phone off a/c at 6:30 am, and the time of this post at 8:56 am I have 69% battery.
Is it possible to increase battery life by using a different modem?
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Whats using your battery? Check if a app is eating your juice. How many apps/ widgets you got running at once, are you OC/OV?
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Whats using your battery? Check if a app is eating your juice. How many apps/ widgets you got running at once, are you OC/OV?
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didnt realize there was a kernel with oc/uv for kh3
yes a different modem could help battery life, just make sure its an I897 modem and not an I9000.
also turn OFF power saving mode in display settings could save some ( i know weird but it helps adjust the brightness and when you have auto brightness off its just a meaningless process going on)
you could also switch to 2g when you dont need the speed, also turning off background data will save some juice.
Best way to extend your battery life is to get an extended battery
sry couldn't resist
Lol fuloplori.
I have power saving mode off as well I forgot to mention that.
As far as widgets go, today, which is what I've been using as ab benchmark, I have three minimal text widgets for time, date and battery, as well as evernote and keep the lights on.
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didnt realize there was a kernel with oc/uv for kh3
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No there isn't a kernel but there is an app that DOES OC/UV and OV the captivate. Its called Tegrak. Just saying....
Also I've had a issue with Maps app and when ever I set alarms battery drains alot faster. Not as much as you are experiencing but still. Random question have you recalibrated your battery lately? As studa said Modem might be the culprit bur I've never heard of KH3, KF1 or KI2 modems be a issue with native roms.
Well, I re-calibrated my battery a few days ago, but now that you mention it, I have doubts wether I should do it when the battery is at 100% or 0%.
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Personally I charge it up to 100 then unplug and charge till it says 100%. I repeat that 2-3 times then I delete the battery file on cwm and let it drain till it shuts off. I've read of other methods no clue on differences. Btw Where you from bro?
I checked battery statistics and facebook was unusually high, at 24% right above 23% for display. When I checked on the market under my apps, out want there. I installed out and re-downloaded it.
I'll try your method for calibration.
I'm from Guaynabo, you?
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Sorry for swype......
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kafepuya said:
I checked battery statistics and facebook was unusually high, at 24% right above 23% for display. When I checked on the market under my apps, out want there. I installed out and re-downloaded it.
I'll try your method for calibration.
I'm from Guaynabo, you?
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That's kinda high. I recommend running the widget for facebook and only using the app for specifics, else keep it closed.
I study in Mayaguez.
Don't use your phone.
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@ BenKranged - Good1
I'd suggest u get Watchdog Task Manager and track down the app/s that is/are misbehaving. For further more enhancements u could freeze cpl apps that u don't use/need with TiBu. Read more about it over on pikachu01's thread, keep in mind that his thread is i9k centric.
Last but not least, I hope ur not using a task killer !!! (specially on a regular basis)
As far as task killers I'm aware that they are not necessary anymore. The odd thing is that today, after unplugging my phone for 3 hours my phone is still @ 100%.
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@ BenKranged - Good1
I'd suggest u get Watchdog Task Manager and track down the app/s that is/are misbehaving. For further more enhancements u could freeze cpl apps that u don't use/need with TiBu. Read more about it over on pikachu01's thread, keep in mind that his thread is i9k centric.
Last but not least, I hope ur not using a task killer !!! (specially on a regular basis)
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Task killer isn't needed. Android task manager does the job well enough. Task killer will just use more resources.
Use titanium backup and freeze apps that take up a lot of resources when they aren't in use.
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Can anyone tell me how to reduce the power consume by cell standby? Im using Alien Revolution CM7. Thanks for any advice and suggestion.
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Use Juice defender
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And even though most people say its bad. I found that kill user apps using a task killer will help.
Note: user apps are apps that were downloaded from the market
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Try turning off bluetooth. It might be preventing the phone from deep sleep. Just a thought.
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Use Juice defender
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Just installed Juice defender free version as you advice. I will back to report if it is work.
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And even though most people say its bad. I found that kill user apps using a task killer will help.
Note: user apps are apps that were downloaded from the market
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Installed Advanced Task Killer and set auto kill task while screen off.
Hope there is a improvement Thanks.
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Try turning off bluetooth. It might be preventing the phone from deep sleep. Just a thought.
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Actually I just turn the bluetooth on for half an hour to listen music,
it's about 1 hour didn't turn it on.
I have try juice defender, it disables the network while screen off, it does a great job in saving battery. However, it makes me can't receive whatsapp messages while screen off.
Is there any method for doing so without affecting the whatsapp?
android system is eating my battery because is sending data. Does anybody knows why?
I myself am not so much of a fan of juice defender, but hey you could try. Try turning off bluetooth and wifi when you're not using it. Non matching baseband and RIL could cause some trouble, so maybe you could check whether they match with GetRIL from the market.
Here is my battery stat today after using juice defender, taskiller, and setCPU. It did great while screen off, but the stat still unreasonable. I have no call this morning but it shows, The cell standby still very high.
I think it just save battery when screen off but do nth with the cell standby battery drank.
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I myself am not so much of a fan of juice defender, but hey you could try. Try turning off bluetooth and wifi when you're not using it. Non matching baseband and RIL could cause some trouble, so maybe you could check whether they match with GetRIL from the market.
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I'm using this baseband and RIL, any other better suggestion for alien revolution CM7 rom ?
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the cell standby and all the other percentages only show how battery cunsumption is devided. so if you have still 90% battery left, and cell standby shows 25%, that means from the 10% drained, cell standby has used 25% of that 10%, overall this means cell standby used 2,5% of your battery til then.
if your battery lasts between 16h and 1,5 days, its quite normal.
Hi fai420,
Firstly your Combo BaseBand-RIL is not bad but you can upgrade to V20L Europe I think. If you pay attention to battery life, There are some kernel who reduce the CPU frequence when the screen is off.
"Recalibrate battery is useless" Say Google's engineer
For Example i find that this Rom has good battery life if you respect the recommendations of developper like "v20Q BB will drain your battery too fast!!! v20M BB + v20L Italy RIL (Rom default) ist the best combination for this ROM. You might also try v20J RIL." But don't put the baseband and ril on CM7.
So with CM7 you have to try some combo BaseBand Ril and Kernel and find the best way
You also try PimpMyCpu and make some profil
It's a bit messy but I hope I helped you
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I personally like the app "CPU Tuner". It's free on market and you can create profiles to manage the frequence of CPU. I use the simple profile for screen on/off. On screen off, the app lock the frequence of CPU in a value configurable.
If you feel you have unreasonable high battery drain I would suggest to do a
Full Wipe
(Factory Reset + Cache Partition +Dalvik Cache)
reflash the ROM
And if you want to use a custom Kernel
- Wipe Cache Partition
- wipe Dalvik Cache
flash the Kernel of your desire.
Only restore User Apps via Titanium Backup - for System Apps use the option "only Data".
I'm not sure which of these steps did the trick for me, but after this procedure my battery life went up significantly.
What if i cant. My xperia play isnt rooted
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Battery is draining very fast after updating to stock ics (india) update through kies.
I never rooted the phone.
* Battery was 100%(fully charged) before going off to sleep. Wake up in morning (after 8.5 hours) battery was at 70%. And battery went to 1% after 6 hours of use.
Please let know if this is happening to all notes. And how to resolve this issue. If this issue is here to stay I would like to go back to GB.
I had the same problem but you have to wait for Barry to settle down
Also let your battery drain out completely and then put on charging and let it get 100% charged
Also you can check of your phone is going into deep sleep by set cpu app
Hope this will help
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note battery draining out after ics upgrade
I downloaded the ics thru keis was done without a problem but now my note's battery draining out after ics upgrade
can someone help
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Install cup spy and better battery stats and find the rogue app that is keeping your phone awake.
And please post questions in Q&A section, you would get better exposure.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649041This has been asked before. Anyways usefull links
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26648702
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629242
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1600691
All is explained in these threads. Most gb things are applicable for ICS.
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Look up the threads on deep sleep issues. Download the free cpuspy and see if the CPU is going into deep sleep when you turn it off or if it stays powered at 200Mhz and draining your battery.
My fix was go into settings -> Sound ->
scroll to the bottom
turn off dial-pad touch tones
turn off touch sounds
turn off screen lock sound
turn off vibrate on touch
(although i didn't need to do it, turn on airplane mode by holding down the power button and clicking flight mode)
Restart.
Check cpuspy once started (you might want to turn the screen off for a minute to go into deep sleep). Cpuspy should show a deep sleep being used for the idle time.
You can turn the sounds back on if you like.
I changed post above it has the most important links and tips and tricks for Android in regards to batterylife.
. Tip, xda forum via browser gives you the opportinity to search in the thread(s) you are in currently, opposed to app like tapatalk. Tapatalk searchbsucks harder then an ICS hardbricked gnote
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I had the same issue with stock ICS Indonesia unrooted. At the first cycle of charged i thought it was normal to wait the ICS settled itself with my phone. But the problem still continued for 6 days. So i took a little time checking my battery usage info, cpu spy and battery stats. It turn out that the culprit is tweetcaster (free version with ads) had drain my battery. 20% an hour while tweetcasting
So this morning (my local time) i uninstalled free tweetcaster and replaced it with pro version. And all the came back to normal. No more battery drain. In fact i think ICS is better than CHECK ROM HD 6 which i was using before.
The point is, check your apps. Does it have a lots of ads running on background? Does your phone get hot all the time? If so than maybe the ads is your enemy here.
I hope this helps. Sorry for bad english. First time posting here.
Same battery draining issue with me even now im n alba ics repack v2 with franco kernel r2 (also used r3 with same prob) and as per franco instructions i deleted folder init.d with help of root browser now lets see if it works....
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No such issue faced till now.
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Even I was facing the battery drain issue
Just did a factory reset on my phone without any issues
Fingers crossed
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Did factory reset helped..?
hey, same issue. i did a factory reset + data wipe and the dialer code wipe (*2767*3855#) and now, looks like my battery is sort of stable. the drain is a tad better. but i have not downloaded many apps..
Not sure if this is the problem but I'm currently monitoring after I closed all the apps except the necessary ones of course.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679397
rohit_sachdeva2002 said:
Did factory reset helped..?
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Factory reset on ics is mega chance on hardbrick
Just like wipe.... Dont do it lmao
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Yeah factory reset did help
Plz note i did reset coz i was always on stock rom and nevrr rooted
Also one more thing remove ur battery for a min or two and reinsert......even this helps
As after this my phone started to go in deep slleep. .......check with cpu spy
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rahool_26 said:
No such issue faced till now.
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What rom/kernel are you using if I may ask
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Hey bro, here is something which I replied to somewhat same issue.
Point is that I am running on Custom ROM built on safe kernel.
But still you can follow up some good things which I mentioned out there.
As mentioned by some friend before, CPU Spy is a market app which basically tests whether your phone goes to deep sleep or not.
Rest explained here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26737124#post26737124
Hope this helps. And ya, you can Private Message me or Leave Reply here if you need additional Info
Not sure if this will help or not but if you go into wireless and press the menu key, there is an advanced option. Change the setting for "keep wifi on during sleep".
really? i barely used the phone. everyone is turned off except wifi and i did not even use the the browser. this can't be real. only that much time and it's almost halfway dead and i barely used it. i know there have been battery threads before but man... how can it be this horrible. btw juice defender don't do crap, i've had it for the today and yesterday, was crap so i uninstalled. had brightness are low as i can without making me squint.
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I'm no expert but it looks like you may have some serious wake locks?
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I've had relatively poor battery life as well... I went 12 hours with a recharge from 10 to 50% again before it completely drained...
I'm not impressed with the battery on this phone but everything else has been great.
... I'm starting to think I'll have to make my own Qi Charger for pant pockets... embed it in your pocket so whenever the phone is there it's charging. I'm seriously considering trying this to see if it's possible... if so, i'm doing it for sure. Or a carrying case with an extra battery and a Qi Charger... or a Qi charger dock for the car... you get the idea. Wireless charging shouldn't be the fix for poor battery life, but it definitely could help it.
The first thing I would do is remove that dreaded task manager
yo2boy said:
The first thing I would do is remove that dreaded task manager
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it's too useful to remove....without it, i would be draining battery much faster.
jinjin12 said:
it's too useful to remove....without it, i would be draining battery much faster.
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BZZZZT! Wrong answer. Rid of it, and turn off locale/Now when you don't really need it.
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it's too useful to remove....without it, i would be draining battery much faster.
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Wrong.
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Ahahahaha I didn't even see the task manager. Yes remove that and your battery should improve a lot. Also if you're running jellybean, you have an auto task manager.
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it's too useful to remove....without it, i would be draining battery much faster.
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Task managers mess around with Android's memory management and it is fairly well known that they usually end up draining more battery than they save. Try getting rid of it.
Also other people are reporting that the battery life gets better after a few days of using. Is yours really new? Im not sure how true that is btw.
Probably a combination of that task killer and a wake lock.
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Install Franco's kernel. Battery life has been outstanding (1 Gmail account sync, 1 Exchange account sync, maybe 30 minutes of calls and 100+ texts a day; I have location services & Google Now enabled as well). I average 3+ hours screen on time and I normally end the day around 30% ...
I would stay away from task managers ... it's not that I know what's going on more than you or anyone else, but well established and respected kernel developers recommend against it. If these guys don't know then I honestly don't know who else does ...
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The first thing I would do is remove that dreaded task manager
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BZZZZT! Wrong answer. Rid of it, and turn off locale/Now when you don't really need it.
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just uninstalled advanced task manager to diagnose the problem, and so far it still remains, so the task manager is not that problem.
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just uninstalled advanced task manager to diagnose the problem, and so far it still remains, so the task manager is not that problem.
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You're gonna have to be patient for results. Also reboot and fix your wake locks soon and you'll see better battery.
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1. remove the task killer, you REALLY don't need it
2. Install BetterBatteryStats http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
3. Go on a wakelock witch hunt.
Question: were you on the same WiFi network the whole time? Is it your home network?
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You're gonna have to be patient for results. Also reboot and fix your wake locks soon and you'll see better battery.
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Yep...20-30 minutes won't tell the tale. I'd also recommend Brightness Toggle widget...allows a few extra steps (16 total, IIRC) of brightness control over stock, to fine tune screen brightness, often another culprit.
Turn off location access!!
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This couldn't have gone in the existing battery thread for what reason exactly?
Sigh! The search feature really must be too mind-blowing for some people.
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Or if you don't want solid advice/help, stop posting. And this should be Q&A.
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How are ppl complaining about battery it's been nothing but stellar for me. running latest cm nightly this was with one hour of streaming music and one hour of GTA
Edit: I also flashed a ROM at around 80% so my battery would've been even better as reboots always drain some
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Fyi
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Just got the phone today and have not had a chance to calibrate the battery but the battery life so far is horrible compared to the original S4.
Anyone else experiencing bad battery life on this phone?
I'm the opposite. I had the S4 for a week and a half and traded it for the Active a couple of days ago. My battery life has been better than the original. I've got this phone set up the same as I did the s4 too. It probably just varies on what apps you have installed.
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Hardcore73 said:
Just got the phone today and have not had a chance to calibrate the battery but the battery life so far is horrible compared to the original S4.
Anyone else experiencing bad battery life on this phone?
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I am experiencing the exact opposite. The battery life on my S4 Active absolutely smokes anything I ever got on the original S4.
My active is better on battery than my S4 also. Set up exactly the same
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I traded my Active for the regular S4, the aqua looked good on the website but disgusting in real live. I'm getting much better life with the S4 running the 9505 firmware and some of the Samsung features turned off.
These are just a few shots of my battery life. This is standard and sometimes it is a lot better:
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I get the same battery life as joshuadjohnson22. Usually about 3.5 hours screen on and if im lucky I can survive 16 hours on a charge.
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The battery life on my Active is far better than any other phone I've owned. I got 5 1/2 hours screen time yesterday with over 16 hours uptime. Still had 15% left when I replaced the battery this morning. Never seen anything like that before.
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I had the S4 for a few days and I was worried because my battery would be drained in less than 8 hours. Coming from an S2 that I had to baby to get through the day I was worried. Ever since I exchanged the S4 for the Active I don't really worry about playing games, even for a couple hours, because it easily gets me through the day.
Disable the only big battery drain I had was maps constantly updating my location. I disabled that and run on power saver. I woke up at 6am this morning and its 7:30 now, I still have 59% left. I used to average 22 hours on my old captivate so I guess I'm not doing too bad. I realize that having a phone that out performs most PC's is going to munch some milliamps.
I'm rooted, debloated, and try to avoid constantly updating apps. I use better battery stats to "tune" my usage too.
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I had the phone for a week, and after a few days my battery was draining like crazy (lost 90% overnight with everything off).
I went to the store and got a new battery...so far it's been amazing. I think my back cover may not have been 100% locked in to be honest, not sure if that would affect it or not.
I used to get between 4-5 hours on screen time. Stand by time doesn't mean much. I have noticed that the display is brighter so that could do it.
I also tried the battery from my S4 and same results.
My original battery is on charger. I am going to charge to full and completely drain it and check on screen time and report it.
After I recalibrated the battery it is looking great now. 1 hour on screen time only used 10% battery.
I will keep you posted.
The battery on my active is much better than on my regular s4. The standby time is actually good. My regular s4 always loses about 15% an hour in standby with nothing running.
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I never lost hardly any battery at all in stand by with my regular S4.
I also set my GSM battery app to disable apps I don't want to turn on either (ATT Locker, ATT Wifi, etc..)
I am at 13hrs with 30% remaining. I have 2 email accounts, weather, and a network monitor that sync actively. So far, I like this, coming from a note.
I just declocked the cpu today and intend to do some more dabbling.
Lasts from waking up til bedtime for me.
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Do any of you use the CPU part of the power saver mode? Is your phone slower and do you see more battery life using it?
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Do any of you use the CPU part of the power saver mode? Is your phone slower and do you see more battery life using it?
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I just use my phone without worrying about what is on or off...the battery has been that good for me. I don't have any clue why, but I have never gotten battery life this good out of any previous smartphone.
Loving the battery life of my S4 Active, better than my Note 2 on Verizon with Beans.