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HTC Sense sync and battery drain

I have disabled HTC Sense sync for about 2 weeks now and found the battery last much longer. I suspect this service drains so much power because it takes more than 10 minutes to complete.
If your battery drains abnormally, you may like to disable and see if it helps.
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itandy said:
I have disabled HTC Sense sync for about 2 weeks now and found the battery last much longer. I suspect this service drains so much power because it takes more than 10 minutes to complete.
If your battery drains abnormally, you may like to disable and see if it helps.
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No offense itandy, but that goes without saying for ANYTHING running in the background... it will eat up battery since it is using the processor.. RAM etc !

nayak.aj said:
No offense itandy, but that goes without saying for ANYTHING running in the background... it will eat up battery since it is using the processor.. RAM etc !
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None taken. But what I'm saying is no regular sync process should take that long to complete and consume that among of precious power from our phone on a regular basis.
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itandy said:
None taken. But what I'm saying is no regular sync process should take that long to complete and consume that among of precious power from our phone on a regular basis.
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I know what u mean.. i had a similar issue... i just went to Settings> Accounts &sync > cancel sync when ever i was connected to a wireless network ... nd it did stay on for the whole duration until i ended it ..
definitely something to watch out for unless u have a charger handy or on an unlimited data plan

HTC Sense doesn't even work for me. Can't even get HTC Sync to work with my PC :x
So do you guys charge your IS daily?

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HTC Sense doesn't even work for me. Can't even get HTC Sync to work with my PC :x
So do you guys charge your IS daily?
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Yes, I charge my phone every night, though it's still about 40% at that moment.
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It depends on your sync frequency and how much content you choose to sync, really

Battery question.

Does the screen really eat up that much battery? I do keep my screen on a lot from texting to social networks. Would a deferent kernel possible ease the screen usage or is that how much power the screen consumes with a pretty good amount of usage?
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Yes ,
I turn auto off and run it about a 1/3 of the way and in the dark I turn it even Lower sometimes and the batt seems ok ,
If I was constantly doing stuff on the phone at that rate I get a good 3-3 1/2 hr and Im talking actually sitting with the phone on and doing constant stuff for that long .

Thanks for asking - I find that my display battery usage is just as high!

I'll have to try the auto off. Auto dim doesn't seem to work that good. I guess ill experiment after work with a different kernel and see if its any better this morning. Thanks for confirming
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OK I fixed it lol. I tried the new Pegasus rom with the stockish kernel. Amazing! I recommend it.
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xblaz3x said:
OK I fixed it lol. I tried the new Pegasus rom with the stockish kernel. Amazing! I recommend it.
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Yea, I'm getting like 14-17 hours off of one charge. On De-Sensed it was like 8 hours.
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Definitely getting great battery on the Pegasus ROM. I've found turning off you data when not using it effectively doubles my battery life. But then again I'm in an LTE area so that burns it up like you wouldn't believe when it's on and being used.
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I don't have lte in my area. I'm going on 1 day and 1 hour with this rom. VERY pleased!
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HTC Vivid Qualcomm page

http://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragon/smartphones/htc-vividtm
extended battery life my ass..

LOL
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I have no idea what you guys do with your phones to complain about battery life...
Im in an LTE and use my phone moderately heavy - my phone gets my through the day (about 12 hours) no problem...and I can't complain with that
You gotta remember our phones are pretty much tiny laptops. Laptops only have about 4-6 hour battery life's...sure they're a lot bigger so they consume more power...but they also have a much larger battery...so when you scale it down to vivid size, battery life is on par with what a laptop would be
Just food for thought...my work break is over...so back to work for me :/
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mg2195 said:
I have no idea what you guys do with your phones to complain about battery life...
Im in an LTE and use my phone moderately heavy - my phone gets my through the day (about 12 hours) no problem...and I can't complain with that
You gotta remember our phones are pretty much tiny laptops. Laptops only have about 4-6 hour battery life's...sure they're a lot bigger so they consume more power...but they also have a much larger battery...so when you scale it down to vivid size, battery life is on par with what a laptop would be
Just food for thought...my work break is over...so back to work for me :/
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The battery is a big shock coming from an s2 or whatever

camo_flage said:
The battery is a big shock coming from an s2 or whatever
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I came from a Samsung infuse...aka the galaxy s 1/2 -battery is about the same for me...which makes me even happier considering my infuse was single core
So no shock for me...but I get what your saying...can take some getting used to if you had a lot and suddenly don't
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I get like 4 hours with screen dark WiFi on and full bar connection. But I have screen on time of 4hours too XD i f I use it less I can barely make 12 hours and that's with airplane mode on half the day. I think I have a bad battery..
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XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
I get like 4 hours with screen dark WiFi on and full bar connection. But I have screen on time of 4hours too XD i f I use it less I can barely make 12 hours and that's with airplane mode on half the day. I think I have a bad battery..
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Airplane mode (I dont care what anyone says) has ALWAYS killed my battery. Try not using it... Might help. I get about 8-12 hour days on my phone and i use it constantly. using data and syncing and playing games... Just gotta set your phone up right

I could always average 12-15 hours with average use. That would consist of snapchatting, temple run, and twitter, I don't know how you would only get 4 hours...

Brand New said:
I could always average 12-15 hours with average use. That would consist of snapchatting, temple run, and twitter, I don't know how you would only get 4 hours...
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i barely, and i mean BARELY make it through school if i do that. Im pretty sure i have a bad battery though, just dont feel like returning my phone to stock and stuff just so they can look at it. but a bit of temple run is okay for me, but Angry Birds Star Wars hits my battery alot harder. And Black Ops Zombies murders it. even though the controls suck. but yeah black ops zombies is a 3D game

Do you have it currently installed? Because it constantly runs in the background killing your battery.... when I had my phone would last 6 hours till it died. Might be your problem
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XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
I get like 4 hours with screen dark WiFi on and full bar connection. But I have screen on time of 4hours too XD i f I use it less I can barely make 12 hours and that's with airplane mode on half the day. I think I have a bad battery..
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You probably have an app preventing your phone from going into deep sleep. You may want to look into that...

i get 12hrs easy everyday, this is with 3hrs of pandora in the gym and normal usage, i never complained about battery life

camo_flage said:
Do you have it currently installed? Because it constantly runs in the background killing your battery.... when I had my phone would last 6 hours till it died. Might be your problem
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qualcomms-batteryguru-app-
http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/02/26/q...e-for-your-snapdragon-powered-android-device/

zombie.raised said:
qualcomms-batteryguru-app-
http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/02/26/q...e-for-your-snapdragon-powered-android-device/
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oooo just uploaded to the market yesterday. Good find. I'm installing now, I'm interested to see how it works.

Just saw this.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/greenify-keeps-your-android-running-smoothly/
HTC VIVID ICEss 0.4 - KozmiKKernel Beta 13

homeslice976 said:
oooo just uploaded to the market yesterday. Good find. I'm installing now, I'm interested to see how it works.
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It seems to be sync control...
Of Google apps only...
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yosoywilson78 said:
Just saw this.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/greenify-keeps-your-android-running-smoothly/
HTC VIVID ICEss 0.4 - KozmiKKernel Beta 13
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I like this one... but it only works in specific instances...
Read the xda thread
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I also found it yesterday.. Love it. Made play services stop syncing like crazy xD
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rignfool said:
It seems to be sync control...
Of Google apps only...
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Not just google apps. All applications that can sync (Tumblr, Twitter, Etc.)
Even if it was google apps... Usually those are the reasons for my battery dying Hence why I keep gmaps disabled
XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX said:
I also found it yesterday.. Love it. Made play services stop syncing like crazy xD
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Play services kept stopping for me a day after the install... But hell. I dont want everything syncing like crazy

I agree.. And the qualcomm app ended up draining more battery but greenify is helping alot
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I got the app on my Nexus 4... And from what I can tell it does absolutely nothing!
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How are people getting 5+ on screen time?

Please tell me how. I can only get 4 hours out of mine.
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Dont know what you do?
This was mostly WiFi calling from home. YouTube
Facebook
Auto-Sync Off
Internet
Power Saver Mode On
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You shut your phone radio off as well that's a big reason man
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People get 5+ hours of screen time by having odd configurations that would diminish the purpose of even having a phone.
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Yes thank you I was freaked out untill I actually looked people cripple there phones to get this achieved most of the time lol I have seen a few freaks that get great life and are stock and I just dont get it
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stevenm9 said:
Please tell me how. I can only get 4 hours out of mine.
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I'm curious, are you finding yourself in a situation where you're needing over 4hrs of screen on time?

unremarked said:
I'm curious, are you finding yourself in a situation where you're needing over 4hrs of screen on time?
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Good point and I'm not being rude but to much high standards lately ! As long as it lasts you the day with your normal use then thats all that should matter ! I still tweak out on my battery life but am learnin to let it be it's just a phone
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tyshemi said:
Good point and I'm not being rude but to much high standards lately ! As long as it lasts you the day with your normal use then thats all that should matter ! I still tweak out on my battery life but am learnin to let it be it's just a phone
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I mean I get it! I'm not trying to poke fun at him or anyone trying to get as much battery life of their phones as possible. I'm just curious as to why the obsession if you don't need it.
Hell, I'm guilty of something similiar... every HTC One I get my hands on, I go to MYHOIAN's ebay site and try to get it SIM unlocked. Why? I'm not travelling overseas any time soon or jumping GSM carriers here in the States. ... I just want it unlocked! And... $3.50, really, can't beat that price.

Yea me to buddy wish we didn't have to worry about unlocking and batteryife that be a perfect world
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I have a T-Mobile phone so it does have a Wi-fi calling for home.
If I do use the phone it is with the WCDMA only... This was with heavy internet usage for work purposes with email sending. Also taking an average of 150+ Photos.
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I got out of school a few weeks ago, so I'm at home during the day. Plus my laptop broke so I use my phone to get on the internet a lot more now.
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I got my phone on the weekend, and finally hit 5 hours for the first time yesterday. I was playing music, browsing the internet, using WiFi and mobile data, and played a game for a little while. I almost didn't believe it when I saw it. I am very satisfied.
I think the app that got me there was Lux. It's a smart-dimming app that adjusts your screen brightness. You can also set what % you want your screen at for certain background light levels. I really like it.
Anyway, can't think of anything else I did to get that result. Much much much better than the One X.
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Like the other user said, people do crazy things to keep their phone alive but rendering a smartphone useless.
Makes no sense to disabled data, sync, and other features of a smartphone
When you stop worrying about your battery life that's when your battery last you the most
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YoungAceAtlanta said:
Like the other user said, people do crazy things to keep their phone alive but rendering a smartphone useless.
Makes no sense to disabled data, sync, and other features of a smartphone
When you stop worrying about your battery life that's when your battery last you the most
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Exactly buddy well put and to the people that post the 5+ hours of sot good for you and hope that's what you want but I leave all my stuff running as this is what smartphones are supposed to do
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Set brightness to 50% and hibernate google maps with greenify. It really is that simple. 5 hours.
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ECEXCURSION said:
Set brightness to 50% and hibernate google maps with greenify. It really is that simple. 5 hours.
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This is true I have done this and I get 5 hours screen time after surfing the net and streaming music using mp3 player half day wifi other lte...I am on the latest release .16r also turn of location in google now ...hibernation of maps is key and location in now...now request location from map=drain...only use maps when u need it..the location off in google now does not affect weather btw
Edit I also have power saver on but disabled the powersave for the screen(hate a dim screen) like I said 50% brightness
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I have a question about Wi-Fi calling too. Does it save battery compared to not using it?
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I don't know how you're not getting such screen on time, to be honest. It's obviously dependant on what your usage is like while using your phone.
With me on stock kernel, if I'm just browsing around XDA or the internet I'll get around 8 hours screen on time (at least from how long it seems. I haven't confirmed and actual length of time so it could be less or more). Whereas if I'm playing Shadowgun Deadzone constantly, I can still get around 5 hours screen on time with 4 hours constant play of it.
If I remember, I'll get some actual proof of my stats over the next few days.

Dont worry about it. Even I get about 4 hours only. This is with 25% backlight indoors and 75% outdoors and heavy regular use. We dont have wifi calling or anything like that here. It is on 3G HSPA+ network and I get just above 4 hours of on screen time till battery goes below 10%. Lot of people disable lots of stuff like automatic syncing and turn the brightness all the way down. I dont do any of that. My gmail, twitter, drive, G+, Pulse, Hangout are all running in background syncing and doing their stuff (the only thing I have done is to tell G+ to upload only on wifi ).

7hrs screen time is easily achievable on this phone with 12hrs + uptime.
Theres a dedicated thread on this already if u wanna go read how guys are setting their phones for this.
My use is as follows to get 7hrs...
*Wifi only browsing (no mobile data)
*Auto brightness during the day and low at night.
*Eliminate as much wakelocks as possible by not using auto syncs in apps etc.
*I'm rooted so i use "Greenify" to make sure apps go into hibernation after I close them.
*I use Titanium backup to freeze bloat ware I don't use.
Apps such as Skype, Facebook, Viber etc etc are Known drainers so keep an eye on them if u use them.
There prob more that I can't think if right now but with the above set up, you will easily get between 5-8 hours screen on time.
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Extreme Heat >50

Hello folks. Firstly I need to clarify I am in Australia and it's summer so it is damn hot here.
When I use GPS Google maps nav it only takes a 15 minute trip and the phone is so hor it almost hurts to touch the phone. I run it 24/7 underclocked with elementalx kernel at 1.2ghz with super cool profile.
Thing is I have experimented with very low clocks during GPS and I have found 600mhz or 594 to be exact is the lowest I can go where Google maps still functions ok and the phone doesn't burn up but still reaches up to 45c.
Is there any thing else I can do ?
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I feel for Ya...I'm in Australia too absolutely nothing else you can do really....smartphones really dont like Aussie summers!
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Yeah... Pretty much a known issue. One of the things I dislike about the phone for sure. Sorry I can't offer much help other than to say I feel your frustration.
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