Guidelines for Better Battery Life - HTC Incredible S

Guidelines to get better Battery Life:
Below guidelines I use to get better battery life.No numbers but It will be better than what you get currently
SETTINGS AND GUIDELINES
1. [Howto]Tips n tricks for better battery life
1. Use "GSM auto (PRL) to save more juice while still connecting through 3G
- in the phone setting>wireless and network>MobileNetwork>NetworkMode
we are only allow to choose GSM only/ WCDMA / Auto between two
- but if you use type "*#*#4636#*#*" to phone Information, you can choose more type of networkmode. It is claimed that choose "GSM auto (PRL)" allow you to save more battery (cell standby) while allow you to connect to 3G network.
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2. keep AutoSynch ,Data ,GPS,GoogleNow (I dont use much) Disable whenever you are not using
3. Go to settings>DataUsage and disable backgrounddata of the apps which you would not like to use data in background.Specialy google playstore which eats so much of battery.
4. While traveling Turn ON Airplane mode.
5. Use status bar brightness mod and set brightness to your liking according to need( keep it low whenever possible specialy at night )
6. Some rom has swipe2wake and unlock feature.If you dont want to show-off disabling it via trickster mod from play store will save battery (do not forget to check checkbox to run on boot)
7. Disable Touch screen sounds and vibration.
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APPS
1. [APP][3.1+] Greenify *ROOT*
This app hiberanate application which are using your ram and battery in background.
2.Better Battery Stats
Keep the track of your battery records and gives you clear picture of the apps/services which are eating up your battery
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Battery Calibration My way
(do when you are not using mobile for long time at night)
If you are not able to charge your mobile to 100% Try these methods
Method 1(Normal User)
Get --Battery Calibration---from Market (Damo software)
--Keep Incs on charger
--Now open Battery Calibration--
--Chose remove battery_stats.bin---
--Now PowerOff Immidietely
--Keep ChargerON till Entire Night
--At morning you will see green LED showing fully chared battery
--Boot IncS -new battery_stats.bin will be created-You will see 100% charged Battery
Alernative Method (Advance user)
(Note:Keep desired Rom on Your SD card to flash)
--Keep Incs on charger
--Go into recovery
--Wipe all Partition except SD CARD
--Wipe Battery Stats
--Now PowerOff Immidietely By removing battery
--Keep ChargerON till Entire Night
--At morning you will see green LED showing fully chared battery
--Boot IncS Bootloader into recovery
--flash the ROM which you already saved on your sd-Card
--Reboot
--You will see 100% charged Battery
Note: Keep your charger ON in Entire Process
My battery performance after these guide lines on PACman 20.0.1 is 1Day 1hour with 5% to go
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Reference Threads
1.[How to] Brilliant Battery Life 100% working!
Any tricks or settings are you using..?
Please mention in comments ,with your permission I will add in Post.
Thread will be updated as soon as I get some useful info
Review comments will be appreciated along with thanks

Thread Updated..!

Only thing I do to help battery is use Daemon Controller which works really well!
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Updated Battery Calibration Method

So... Explain now; why would I want to wipe the battery stats?
Yes, I do like to whine about that thing. Unnecessary to do things which doesn't affect the battery in any way.
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Splux said:
So... Explain now; why would I want to wipe the battery stats?
Yes, I do like to whine about that thing. Unnecessary to do things which doesn't affect the battery in any way.
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As far as I understand.
Battery stats contain charge status of your battery.
some times while switching ROM battery status.bin may show incorrect values
so even if battery is not charged full,you might get status that it is charged 100% and will result poor battery performance.
Here we try things.Sometimes it works sometime it dont.
wiping battery stat process is harmless.Why not give a try :silly:

Sandeep_Jagtap said:
As far as I understand.
Battery stats contain charge status of your battery.
some times while switching ROM battery status.bin may show incorrect values
so even if battery is not charged full,you might get status that it is charged 100% and will result poor battery performance.
Here we try things.Sometimes it works sometime it dont.
wiping battery stat process is harmless.Why not give a try :silly:
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Because battery stats only save what app has been using what and is cleared every time you charge
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[Q] Battery problem?

First week of using Galaxy, and Im really happy with it
Never had a faster phone but im also a newbie with smartphones,
The problem is that battery life is unacceptable,I thought it was that battery was new, but im on the 5th recharge, and i have to recharge twice a day,
I tried to drain battery completely, as i do with every phone, im on jm9 firmware downloaded here, it seems the default had better battery life,
I also disabled auto sync, but still i see the refesh icon in the battery bar,
Is this normal or i have a defective battery/phone?
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Always good to do a battery reset with adb shell and remove the battery stats you have now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
after u get that running search for reset battery stats galaxy s on google to find the code to remove the stats .
Thanks, i'll try this,
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I've been running 'SetCPU' and under-clocking to as little as 20% while still getting just about acceptable use of most apps (40% is much better).
This really improves battery life if you can put up with the penalties.
I know folks will say that this defeats the object of the SGS, but in some circumstances the extra battery life is a more important factor. I already have two spare batteries, but switching them isn't always convenient, so the SetCPU alternative works for me.
Note, you WILL need root.
this will certainly improve battery life
Go to wifi setting, though it may be OFF but just below that u will find a setting known as NETWORK NOTIFICATION which will be light green that means its ON. This is what drains battery like mad. First turn On wifi now turn off network notification setting and now turn off wifi. This will certainly work.
This will certainly improve battery life
Go to wifi setting, though it may be OFF but just below that u will find a setting known as NETWORK NOTIFICATION which will be light green that means its ON. This is what drains battery like mad. First turn On wifi now turn off network notification setting and now turn off wifi. This will certainly work.
Do you always reset battery stats after flashing?
I think it reads ok the battery, it just drains quick..
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Thanks advaitha
That was a tip I was looking for!

General Battery Usage Discussion

Hello, I'm starting this thread to actually discuss general battery usage patterns/ concerns. I figure this might be helpful for some people if not then..... =P
currently im using stock gb battery monitor to roughly monitor my battery usage, there is a mod to make the reading more accurate but i havent applied it yet...
Also... lets put up screen of the best battery life we've managed to get our phones here heee, would be fun to see =P
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question is,
1) is it normal for mobile standby and phone idle to be ard 50% ish?
2) is it normal for my phone to stay in awake mode when i turn on the alarm
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On Zeus v3n
Can't see your pics, uploaded them as an attachment to the thread.
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Nice idea..
I charge my OB every night, and reboot after alarm in the morning. I dunno if it is from alarm or charging but if I don´t reboot the juice is gone in about 8 h. also battery usage app is frozen. I have this issue on every ROM, ( stock 2.3,CM7 from kang to about 60, marvell, zeus test v2.1, nova v8).
If i do the reboot in the morning the phone uses about 50% of the battery during the day (17 h). i use it for a few sms´s and calls, about an hour of websurf (wifi) and some facebook/ Xda usage..
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joenbrinch said:
Nice idea..
I charge my OB every night, and reboot after alarm in the morning. I dunno if it is from alarm or charging but if I don´t reboot the juice is gone in about 8 h. also battery usage app is frozen. I have this issue on every ROM, ( stock 2.3,CM7 from kang to about 60, marvell, zeus test v2.1, nova v8).
If i do the reboot in the morning the phone uses about 50% of the battery during the day (17 h). i use it for a few sms´s and calls, about an hour of websurf (wifi) and some facebook/ Xda usage..
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I dunno, if in not mistaken, when you reboot it deletes your old battery stats bin but I'm still trying to understand how resetting a stat could make the battery last longer its what most battery calibration apps claim to do...
For me once a week I manually delete the stats thru cwm and yeah it does make the battery seem more resilient.....
And yeah I got the same again as my photo again, phone stays awake when I turn alarm on.... :/
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I did all in my battery, but the maximum is a day and a half!
Depends on the intensity of use.
I'm using Android 2.2.2, v10a
Zaihanzainal said:
I dunno, if in not mistaken, when you reboot it deletes your old battery stats bin but I'm still trying to understand how resetting a stat could make the battery last longer its what most battery calibration apps claim to do...
For me once a week I manually delete the stats thru cwm and yeah it does make the battery seem more resilient.....
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Deleting batterystats.bin does nothing to callibrate your battery. It just stores info, like a logger. BatteryUsage retrieves the info to display it.
Check this link for a more detailed post from a Dianne Hackborn, an Android system developer for Google: https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
very good info for affirmation! thanks!
ok so calibrating battery after flashing a new rom is for??
and my questions in the op has anyone experienced the same things?..... =P
Zaihanzainal said:
very good info for affirmation! thanks!
ok so calibrating battery after flashing a new rom is for??
and my questions in the op has anyone experienced the same things?..... =P
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Something is causing a wakelock, what happened to you is not normal. Usually a reboot solves things like that, if it doesnt, then it will either be a rom bug or an app holding the wakelock. Use Better Battery Stats to find whats causing it.
thanks for the app recommendation found that my dialer is causing a portion of my wake lock..... and system too.... hmmmm
ok lets just say my dialer keeping my phone in a wake lock is caused by malware... would a clean install of a rom and manually reinstalling of apps w/o data get rid of the malware?
meanwhile... googling wakelocks =D
Hi, I have some experience with sudden huge battery drains and wakelocks etc. both on stock V20N and Zeus v3.2n. I did not figure out how/why it works but here are some things you can try. I did not have any huge battery drains anymore the last 24h! (on Zeus v3.2n, did not try on V20N stock)
- I have an IMAP email account installed with K9 mail and an ordinary hotmail account with the hotmail app. Both accounts are set on push and in this configuration the hotmail app causes my wifi to never go to sleep, causing increased battery drain. Removing the hotmail app solves the problem.
- automatic update of time and date settings can cause wakelock. Unchecking Settings > Date & time settings > Automatic might solve your problem. I read this somewhere on XDA.
- Use wireless networks to determine location might cause wakelocks as well. Unchecking Settings > Location & Security > Use wireless networks might solve your problem. Read this somewhere on XDA again.
As I said, I did all of this and my wakelock problem is gone for at least 24h! Now I already have 60h on one battery and still 43% left... I cannot remember the threads where I read about this but if needed I can search... Also I did not try yet whether any single thing actually caused my problem. I just killed all of it as I do not miss it I am happy. Keep me updated if you found out which one worked for you
Tip: the BetterBatteryStats app is written by somebody on the XDA forum, you can download the apk for free from some thread in XDA (search is your friend)
I think a day and a half is a good battery lifetime for the OB, if there is no app or something that drains the battery in a hard way.
I can manage to get this with the marvel rom, and my personal user-settings. Also i think every smartphone u can actually get needs to be charged around every 24 hours.
I also want to share my experience. I use the cm7 2.3 gb rom and the battery response is very bad. Battery completely dead in 18 hours. Then i switched to v20n german gb rom. It gives me better battery timing about 28 -30 hours on normal use. The i change the settings of account syncronization of gmail, hotmail, facebook etc to manual. Then there is a big difference in battery drainage. Now my battery consumed in 48 hours on normal use.
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On android phones, if yours phone gives u 24 hours backup then it has good battery timing. Further you can increase the timing through the steps and trick mentioned by different peoples in this thread
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Battery should last at least 18 hours on normal usage with 3G and sync with gmail , contacts and calendar. Sometimes you just turn off so many things to just make it home with some battery in it....
battery is mainly kernel related...
we need good kernels that all..
Thank you for the wakelock tips.
It seems that V20o is way better than all the other ROMS concerning battery, without any tweak. Maybe it can be further optimizet with tweaks.
A short comment: it is true that theoretically battery is kernel related issue, but in a real world high battery drain is usually caused by bad apps and other non-kernel related things.
using zeus v5.03 lite.
battery drains so much when the screen off. nearly 1 percent in every 2 minutes.
but it is ok when the screen off
Ok wasn't an sod but a random reboot, and it reset my apn settings twice when that happened
Zeus v6
Underclock to 800mhz
Interactive x
Deadline
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Now on 800mhz
Smartass 2
Noop
With 2nd settings its ok so far no random things
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again .. galaxy note battery

This is my first post here. Am kinda new to the forum
Well, i know this issue have been said over and over. But i didn't get anything out of other threads
I have my new gnote on stock ICS for 6 weeks now. It's battery drain rate was about 1 % every 5 minutes on browsing. Then one day i installed game "angry gran 2" from 1mobile market, because it said on playstore not available for ur country. And since that moment the battery went crazy. Drain 1 % every 2 or 3 minutes. I uninstalled it a day later and the problem is still there. This was about 10 days ago
I checked running apps nothing is different than normal
I dunt use face book app
I uninstalled samsung push service
GPS and location services are always off
The mobile goes into deep sleep very well no problem with that acc to CPU spy. The processor which usually works is 200 mhz then sometomes 1200 mhz
All settings since the day i bought it are set to save energy "lowest brightness, sync is off .... Etc."
Now the battery does not work notmally unless every charge i remove the battery for few minutes and put it back' i did this today before i turn off my phone battery was 92 % remived battery put it back and it's 87% ! :S
Yester day about twice after going to sleep i find batter increased 1%
Can you help me please to spot where the problem is ?
I have better battery stats but i dunt understand it
And one more question please, does having large number of apps even if not running in the background cause battery drain ?
Thanks all will greatly appreciate any help
+1 on that. My note's battery runs really fast and I'm not even using it for hardcore gaming. The battery gets really hot at times too.
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update: screen shot from better battery stats
Check these screenshots from better battery stats is this rate normal ?
Hi! Once I had a similar battery issue, but in my case it was after flashing a custom rom. Battery started draining much faster than usual. And sometimes battery percentage jumped up too. Have you tried to remove/insert battery, then fully charge your phone and when fully charged run "Battery Calibration" app from Play Store? Have a feeling it's not the solution for your battery issue, maybe a long shot, but still maybe worth a try if you haven't done that already?
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opiujn said:
Hi! Once I had a similar battery issue, but in my case it was after flashing a custom rom. Battery started draining much faster than usual. And sometimes battery percentage jumped up too. Have you tried to remove/insert battery, then fully charge your phone and when fully charged run "Battery Calibration" app from Play Store? Have a feeling it's not the solution for your battery issue, maybe a long shot, but still maybe worth a try if you haven't done that already?
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Well i haven't tried battery calibration yet. Will try it what to lose !
I searched for it it needs rooted device. Do you know some app does not need root ?
someone26 said:
Well i haven't tried battery calibration yet. Will try it what to lose !
I searched for it it needs rooted device. Do you know some app does not need root ?
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There's no such thing as battery calibration apps, it's a con, you just put them through a few cycles and they're fully charged, modifying the battery stats does nothing for the use of the physical battery.
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SpyderTracks said:
There's no such thing as battery calibration apps, it's a con, you just put them through a few cycles and they're fully charged, modifying the battery stats does nothing for the use of the physical battery.
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That is correct. The name of the app might be misleading. It does not do anything to the battery's physical condition at all.
The problem I had was that my "battery" suddenly started to drain very fast according to the battery icon in status bar. It dropped about 1%/min during screen off, and even faster with screen on. I charged my phone to 100% about 6 or 7 times. But as soon as I unplugged the cable I had that very quick drain. I guess the battery itself had much more capacity left than shown, it is in good condition... but that didn't help me because my note turned off when the battery icon showed it was low on % and I had to start charging again. Then I ran this app, which only thing it does is to simply delete batterystats.bin file if I understand it correctly. I don't know much about these stuff, but after that the usage time of my phone is back to normal again
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someone26 said:
Well i haven't tried battery calibration yet. Will try it what to lose !
I searched for it it needs rooted device. Do you know some app does not need root ?
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I just had a look at Play Store and all the apps I saw that does remove batterystats seem to need root. Probably it is a system file you can't touch without root access then Also, the battery issue you have might be caused by something else.
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Well i wish it can be solved this way ... Coz other option am.gonna take is downgrading to GB then factory reset as i understood this won't brick my phone if I got it carrectly
May be it's calibration thing ... Check the attatched photo the batteru since 3 a.m. To 9 a.m. Is almost at same level or increasing .. Maybe it's some kinda of system calibratoon of battery indicator against battery fast drain while working .. I dunt know
In system settings > battery: what is reported there?
Have you tried boot in "safe mode" to see if it still drain the same way? It will exclude most of user installed stuff as your downloaded apps and such from running.
But remember you might loose some user settings on your phone when booting normal again after safe mode.
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Hmm iam have somethings like ur Problem
My Battery is Very Good
Not Drain anymore But Have something when iam go to sleep my battery 65% when iam wake up i found battery 66%
I dont know what is the problem but someone said to me some advanced to this Problem Read this Topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874642
But Did you have this problem ( Battery sometimes Incrase 1% wih itself )
Portgas-D-Asce said:
Hmm iam have somethings like ur Problem
My Battery is Very Good
Not Drain anymore But Have something when iam go to sleep my battery 65% when iam wake up i found battery 66%
I dont know what is the problem but someone said to me some advanced to this Problem Read this Topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874642
But Did you have this problem ( Battery sometimes Incrase 1% wih itself )
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Can u give me ur battery plz
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SpyderTracks said:
There's no such thing as battery calibration apps, it's a con, you just put them through a few cycles and they're fully charged, modifying the battery stats does nothing for the use of the physical battery.
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Portgas-D-Asce said:
Hmm iam have somethings like ur Problem
My Battery is Very Good
Not Drain anymore But Have something when iam go to sleep my battery 65% when iam wake up i found battery 66%
I dont know what is the problem but someone said to me some advanced to this Problem Read this Topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874642
But Did you have this problem ( Battery sometimes Incrase 1% wih itself )
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although battery calibration app does nothing to do the battery hardware, but it does calibrate on how the battery percentage is being read by your phone. It wiped your battery status, allowing 100% charged to be read as 100% charged. sometimes, due to various reason (ie. flashing without fully charging), your battery status will be inaccurately read by your phone. For example, you charge your phone upto 2000, havent completely charged to the max capacity (2500) but the phone already read 2000 as 100%. and because of this, it will look like your battery drain really fast or the percentage jumping up and down. i guess.
wiping battery status requires you to have root access. thus, this app will only work when you have rooted your phone.
it is true that after a few cycles (not sure how many times) of charging the battery status may go back normal but hey, if we can make sure to do this calibration with only one cycle, why we have to do more?
hahuhe said:
although battery calibration app does nothing to do the battery hardware, but it does calibrate on how the battery percentage is being read by your phone. It wiped your battery status, allowing 100% charged to be read as 100% charged. sometimes, due to various reason (ie. flashing without fully charging), your battery status will be inaccurately read by your phone. For example, you charge your phone upto 2000, havent completely charged to the max capacity (2500) but the phone already read 2000 as 100%. and because of this, it will look like your battery drain really fast or the percentage jumping up and down. i guess.
wiping battery status requires you to have root access. thus, this app will only work when you have rooted your phone.
it is true that after a few cycles (not sure how many times) of charging the battery status may go back normal but hey, if we can make sure to do this calibration with only one cycle, why we have to do more?
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Huh
Now iam understand my problem is solved m maybe because iam didnt charge phone when iam changed my rom
And when iam charged it for first time on this custom rom i see problem( battery incrase with itself) solved Thanks God.
Portgas-D-Asce said:
Hmm iam have somethings like ur Problem
My Battery is Very Good
Not Drain anymore But Have something when iam go to sleep my battery 65% when iam wake up i found battery 66%
I dont know what is the problem but someone said to me some advanced to this Problem Read this Topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874642
But Did you have this problem ( Battery sometimes Incrase 1% wih itself )
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My battery is crazy. Yep in deep sleep some times it increase 1 % .... On the other hand while working with the phone it drains very rabidly at a rate 3-3.5 % per minute .... Either on wifi or not ... It's normal rate used to be 5 % per minute till the day iinstalled that game and the problem persists even after i removed it
As for the explanation in the thread ptovided it does not make sense to me .. Because every time the battery jumps up the battery drain becomes soooooo rapid afterwards
offdrment son,
opiujn said:
In system settings > battery: what is reported there?
Have you tried boot in "safe mode" to see if it still drain the same way? It will exclude most of user installed stuff as your downloaded apps and such from running.
But remember you might loose some user settings on your phone when booting normal again after safe mode.
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In battery settings there's nothing other than usual at all
I will try safe mood and see what i get ... But should i work with it till the battery ends or i can use it for a couple of hours and notice the batt. Drain rate ?
hahuhe said:
although battery calibration app does nothing to do the battery hardware, but it does calibrate on how the battery percentage is being read by your phone. It wiped your battery status, allowing 100% charged to be read as 100% charged. sometimes, due to various reason (ie. flashing without fully charging), your battery status will be inaccurately read by your phone. For example, you charge your phone upto 2000, havent completely charged to the max capacity (2500) but the phone already read 2000 as 100%. and because of this, it will look like your battery drain really fast or the percentage jumping up and down. i guess.
wiping battery status requires you to have root access. thus, this app will only work when you have rooted your phone.
it is true that after a few cycles (not sure how many times) of charging the battery status may go back normal but hey, if we can make sure to do this calibration with only one cycle, why we have to do more?
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I was trying to find a way to root my phone but i can't find any data on the web ! For some reason that way of rooting tgat was on xda deleted ...
But I have a question ... I always wait rill my phone completely empty and charge it till completely full ... I leave it in the plug about an hour till the complete sign shows in notification bar
Does this mean that way that my battery is already calibrated and i shouldn't try to bother to root the phone and get the app ?
someone26 said:
I was trying to find a way to root my phone but i can't find any data on the web ! For some reason that way of rooting tgat was on xda deleted ...
But I have a question ... I always wait rill my phone completely empty and charge it till completely full ... I leave it in the plug about an hour till the complete sign shows in notification bar
Does this mean that way that my battery is already calibrated and i shouldn't try to bother to root the phone and get the app ?
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There's Dr ketans thread on rooting in the stickies of development section, it's very simple.
After 1 or two full charge cycles, the battery will recalibrate itself, no need for any app, they don't do anything anyway.
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opiujn said:
In system settings > battery: what is reported there?
Have you tried boot in "safe mode" to see if it still drain the same way? It will exclude most of user installed stuff as your downloaded apps and such from running.
But remember you might loose some user settings on your phone when booting normal again after safe mode.
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I tried safe mode .. And yeah performance is a little better though still not like before .. it bought me an extra minute per 1% drain .. So i dunt know what that says ? I checked running processes the only difference that facebook and avast antivirus dunt run in safe mode .. Which were probably always there since i got the phone nothing new..
Hello everyone, need some advice. I am unable to know if my battery is functioning normal or should i get it replaced. Please see the atached picture. You will see that my battery draining off within 4hrs with 2G data on. It has been happening from past 2 weeks. Just want to know if it is normal on 2G. Or should i get my battery replaced with a new one. I have read somewhere that with 2G battery of Galaxy Note lasts for about 6 to 7 hrs. Mine goes for just 4 hrs max.
Few details about my usage:
1. Data sync is not on all the time. But for every half an hour i keep data sync on for 30 for 40 seconds max to retrive mails.
2. I dont not watch any videos, online or on mobile.
3. I dont play games at all though i have around 20 games bcoz of this poor battery life.
4. I do not do video calling.
5. With the above usage and little bit of online videos using wifi, I get around 3 to 4 hrs of battery life.
P. M. Vinay Kumar,
HTC P3400i (sold),
Samsung Galaxy S, rooted(sold),
Samsung Galaxy Note (using now),
Stock ICS, Rooted
By the time i posted my prob on XDA, battery dropped from 32% to 18% !!!
P. M. Vinay Kumar,
HTC P3400i (sold),
Samsung Galaxy S, rooted(sold),
Samsung Galaxy Note (using now),
Stock ICS, Rooted

[Tips] Improve Battery Life on cm10.1 Rom

My phone (galaxy mini) has battery life issue on cm10.1 rom, which is that battery drains very very fast. for example, i just do texting, browsing, tweeting and lil bit gaming, my phone battery lasts only for 4 hours, even less. i ve used tweaks, scripts, apps to improve the battery life.
I found these all work:
No. 1: calibrate your battery
drain your battery till your phone shut down, charge it till is full (wait till no charging sign on the battery icon - ignore charged notification on lockscreen).
do it couple of times.
No. 2:
a. change this line in build.prop
from
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=0
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ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1
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b. change egl.cfg
from
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No. 3:
odex the rom (partially, so you are able to change phone's theme).
Follow these steps:
1. move these apps : contacts,
mms, phone, settings and systemui, from /system to another folder (use non-default launcher).
2. run the app (attached on this thread forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156287 ).
3. ur phone will automatically reboot.
4. move back contacts,
mms, phone, settings and systemui to the /system after odex has finished.
No. 4: recalibrate battery using rom
(use lastest erikcas' cm10.1 rom or goldchang's cm10)
it happens times ago.
so today i backed up the rom. then i installed goldchang's cm10 (my phone lasts up to 12 hours in standar usage when i was using this rom), i used this rom for couple of hours, and i backed it up. then i did factory reset-wipe cache partition-wipe dalvik cache and battery stats. and i restored rohan's rom. i dont know how, but now my battery life gets much much longer. it's been almost 6 hours (when im typing this thread), my battery has 29% remaining. for me it's superr.
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hopefully those work on ur phone.
credits belong to
rohan , erikcas and devs for awesome rom.
no.2 point a to dheeraj (dhlalit11) for build.prop tweaks thread.
no.2 point b to clayteau.
no.3 to nixoman for odex thread.
and goldchang.
g'day and salaam.
Press thanks button & Rate this thread is welcome ; )
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the trick is with battery stats wipe and not with goldchangs rom...that's quick calibration..
some times old battery data might cause excessive drain..so wipe battery stats also while installing a new rom...it wont effect much but u never know..i recently saw an article about this in google tech page somewhere
but mostly the drain might due to an app, so see if the app activity is still running in background even after u killed it..if such an app exists then uninstall it u will get more battery life..
actually, i wiped battery stats after fully charged maany times and freeze some apps too, those things didn't work.
well, like i mentioned before, i have no idea how it happens, but my battery life gets much longer, for real, yay.
yeah, but what if the 'background' app is must not be stopped i.e launcher, we shouldn't stop it right?
we talking about 1200mah baterry, righT? manufacture said it last for 6 hours of Edge, that means heavy usage, right? so, if you are using your phone a lot, that means 6 hours of internet, mms and calling, it wont get any over 6hours...for me, facebook offiiciall app and whatsapp drain battery like hell...so i delete fb, but whatsapp is must for me...same result...so no matter you do, even with deep sleep, its 6 hours of heavy usage...i also have Nokia e7, same capacity of battery, and same durability, 6 hours of heavy usage, except on nokia e7 battery goes quickly for its screen , not background app...android consume a lot of battery, its a fact, so there is no a chance that someone else calibration or tweaks can result better battery capacity...but, if you set your CPU mhz at normal level (600-248 at ondemand), you can get a good battery backup...is that cpu level its ok for you, than its ok..but running cm10.1 with that cpu level for anything else but music and opera mini, its useless...so, what ever you do, its still 1200mah capacity, remember that...your usage, is something else
take a look at my first post, my phone had has three 'phases':
1. rohan's rom before (poor battery)
2. goldchang's (awesome battery)
3. rohan's after (awesome battery, yay!)
my phone usage on those three is nearly same, even the number three i suppose is the heaviest because i haven't charge my phone till now (i charge whenever battery came to 4-1%, it's long enough from my last charging). take a look at ss.
here's a thread about battery calibration
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1821870
*there's a link tells that battery calibration is a myth, IDK
About Battery Callibration, I dont think it increases battery life. It just resets the .bin file stats to show the battery indicator (in status bar) correctly. Do it once after you flash a new ROM (after charging 100% + 15-30 minutes) & then calibrate either from CWM by resetting battery stats/ using the app in playstore called battery callibration . It will then show the correct battery indications.
Many people dont do this and then they complain about battery dropping suddenly but it is actually not dropping. Its just the indicator which is wrong.
chemicalrage said:
Many people dont do this and then they complain about battery dropping suddenly but it is actually not dropping. Its just the indicator which is wrong.
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so is that means when indicator says phone is fully charged, the fact is not full charged?
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so is that means when indicator says phone is fully charged, the fact is not full charged?
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Only the first time you flash a new ROM. Just let that notification come and then charge an extra 15-30 minutes & then callibrate once. Thats more than enough.
Re: [Tips] Prolong Battery Life on Rohan007's cm10.1 rom
I tested battery with Extremely Heavy and Harsh usage. And it lasted for 1:40 mins.
What was the test?
Running whatever the phone could.
So what was running?
1. Wifi(scanning mode, not connected to any wifi)
2. Bluetooth (scanning mode all the time not just 120sec; not paired, connected with any device)
3. GPS with Gps essentials app: struggling to lock GPS for 15 min, then locked for 10min, then again lost the lock... in short it was alternating in lock and unlocked states with time gap of 10-15 min as I was indoor)
4. Video Playback: Alternating Background/foreground playback of 320x240 to 640x480 res Videos with mx player
5. Screen brightness 100%, wake lock on, speaker volume 50%, cpu usage 600mhz ondemand
6. camera on all the time(+ small 10min video recording), with gps essentials app
7. Egprs: 20min surfing, sync on all the time(no social apps)
8. May be I forgot something.
Specs:
Device: galaxy mini
ROM: CM7 autoradio v8 or CM10.1 (forgot)
Battery: A newly purchased genuine 15 day used battery.
Note:
Test date: 6-feb-2013
Everything I mentioned was CONSTANT, SIMULTANEOUS On for all the test period.
Battery was calibrated which was showing true stats.
I do not have any battery usage (right now searching for any screeshot if i captured, mistakenly )
phew, so harsh test. how did it managed. In normal scenario the battery only last for 4-5hrs with no gps, wifi, Bluetooth, camera or 3g on. Maybe I will switch to Stock rom for long lasting battery usage as battery charging even when the phone is off is totaly, wierd.
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VR.gtmini said:
I tested battery with Extremely Heavy and Harsh usage. And it lasted for 1:40 mins.
phew, so harsh test. how did it managed. In normal scenario the battery only last for 4-5hrs with no gps, wifi, Bluetooth, camera or 3g on. Maybe I will switch to Stock rom for long lasting battery usage as battery charging even when the phone is off is totaly, wierd.
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extremely dangerous, do not try this at home .
i thought GB stock rom has a poor battery life, even for standard usage.
Re: [Tips] Prolong Battery Life on Rohan007's cm10.1 rom
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extremely dangerous, do not try this at home .
i thought GB stock rom has a poor battery life, even for standard usage.
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Thought not, I'm switching to GB only for pure/normal usage with no root, no data hogging apps Just for few calls, one hour egprs browsing, enjoy local videos and music(no streaming).
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Re: [Tips] Prolong Battery Life on Rohan007's cm10.1 rom
I just odexed the latest cm10.1
Now it has much better battery life and performance
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hsay said:
I just odexed the latest cm10.1
Now it has much better battery life and performance
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did you upload it somewhere?
Re: [Tips] Prolong Battery Life on Rohan007's cm10.1 rom
hsay said:
I just odexed the latest cm10.1
Now it has much better battery life and performance
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We would be glad if you post the procedure here or in the general thread... Do make it noob-proof.
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Re: [Tips] Prolong Battery Life on Rohan007's cm10.1 rom
K I am planning to release a new cm10.1 based rom tomorrow
Concentrated only on performance and battery life and stability.
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currently not works on 4.2.2 build 15022013. tried it, tho, but it only gave me 5 hours battery life :/
Re: [Tips] Prolong Battery Life on Rohan007's cm10.1 rom
langitbiru said:
take a look at my first post, my phone had has three 'phases':
1. rohan's rom before (poor battery)
2. goldchang's (awesome battery)
3. rohan's after (awesome battery, yay!)
my phone usage on those three is nearly same, even the number three i suppose is the heaviest because i haven't charge my phone till now (i charge whenever battery came to 4-1%, it's long enough from my last charging). take a look at ss.
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Sorry to interupt but which theme r u using in the ss ?
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it's a neon glow theme.
ashu.bigsmoke said:
We would be glad if you post the procedure here or in the general thread... Do make it noob-proof.
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you can do it with Titanium Backup Pro... settings > Integrate sys dalvik into rom

Help Needed for s6102

for the last one year i have been using s6102.. recently the battery after full charging within 3 hours fully drowned.. without doing any apllications.. after changing the battery same problem persists... even after changing ROM and kernel the problem still persists. what may be the reason plz help....
zeu55 said:
for the last one year i have been using s6102.. recently the battery after full charging within 3 hours fully drowned.. without doing any apllications.. after changing the battery same problem persists... even after changing ROM and kernel the problem still persists. what may be the reason plz help....
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have you tried calibrating your battery? if you haven't try this.. i always do this when my battery gets miscalibrated. 1st turn off your phone, take out the battery and leave it for 1 to 2 minutes, put the battery back, go to recovery mode and to CWM recovery go to advanced and wipe battery stats, reboot your phone
give feedback if it works or not,,
This doesnt calibrate the battery,it only delete the logfile of the battery.i think he need a new one.please op,next time ask in right section.
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1. Proper way to calibrate battery:
Drain the battery completely (use an Xposed module called disable critical battery shutdown, google it). Then, recharge the battery to 100% (DON'T unplug the charger cable while charging) and done.
2. Underclock when necessary.
3. Don't run too many apps at one time.
4. Make sure that deepsleep is working.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586876
what i found from the battery status is that the device is always awake.. no matter the screen is locked or off or not.... another peculiar thing is that the charging never reaches 100% it stays in 99% and keeps charging.... how to stop the wakelocks plz help
zeu55 said:
what i found from the battery status is that the device is always awake.. no matter the screen is locked or off or not.... another peculiar thing is that the charging never reaches 100% it stays in 99% and keeps charging.... how to stop the wakelocks plz help
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1. You can use Wakelock Detector from Play Store.
2. It is normal behavior...... if the battery status won't move from 99% to 100% after 1-2 hours (while charging), there might be a problem.
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