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rogers 2.3 updated noob needs help

I was too excited and upgraded to 2.3 GB with my battery not at 100% (it says make sure your battery is at 100%)
Now when my phone is charging i will say it has charged to 100% but when i unplug the charger it will drop to as low as 90%.
I have tried bump charging and bump draining the battery with no success.
What would be the best thing to do?
Agin, I am a noob so if you could list in steps that would be great.

Charge 100%. Turn off the phone and charge till 100%. Repeat that a few times then boot in cwm and delete battery indo (its in advance). That should recalibrate your battery.

Hey I was having the same problem, everytime I charged my phone to 100% and when I unpluged it the percentage drop to 96%. I tried battery calibration and it didn't work, but in the end all I did was to turn on wifi and set the screen brightness to max and screen timeout to 10 mins, plug the phone back and guess what this time the phone was charging to the real 100%. I guess it's a battery bug or something. But make sure to not let the screen goes off because when it does, it's going to give you a fake "Battery Full" notification.
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prbassplayer said:
Charge 100%. Turn off the phone and charge till 100%. Repeat that a few times then boot in cwm and delete battery indo (its in advance). That should recalibrate your battery.
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Thanks. I have been trying the bump charges with no luck. I guess i will have to read up on CWM before i try what you mentioned.
So i think i need to root my phone first? then use clockworkmod as an app to manage the phone?
Thanks

Nick0703 said:
Hey I was having the same problem, everytime I charged my phone to 100% and when I unpluged it the percentage drop to 96%. I tried battery calibration and it didn't work, but in the end all I did was to turn on wifi and set the screen brightness to max and screen timeout to 10 mins, plug the phone back and guess what this time the phone was charging to the real 100%. I guess it's a battery bug or something. But make sure to not let the screen goes off because when it does, it's going to give you a fake "Battery Full" notification.
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Thanks Nick!
So you have to do this everytime you charge your phone?

You will need a kernel with cwm. Or Root and use terminal emulator and type "su" enter (it will ask for super user) then type "rm /data/system/batterystats.bin" enter. To confirm you deleted it write the same thing again If it says such file doesn't exist then you did it right.

prbassplayer said:
You will need a kernel with cwm. Or Root and use terminal emulator and type "su" enter (it will ask for super user) then type "rm /data/system/batterystats.bin" enter. To confirm you deleted it write the same thing again If it says such file doesn't exist then you did it right.
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Thanks
Reading up on kernels and cwm before i try them.

cliff_b7 said:
Thanks Nick!
So you have to do this everytime you charge your phone?
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I didn't charge my phone for two straight days, I guess that I'll found out tomorrow.

Nick0703 said:
I didn't charge my phone for two straight days, I guess that I'll found out tomorrow.
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Two days in a row? damn. I get 12 hours max. I'm cool with 12 hours but this damn charging prob is so annoying. This morning i unplugged it and it dropped all the way to 90%
I wonder if the root of my problem is because my phone wasnt charged to 100 when i did the upgrade over kies.
Anyhow thanks and im gonna try the screen left on for 10 minutes when i charge again in the morning.

They tell you to charge to 100 just to make absolutely sure your battery doesn't die during the update and they have to replace a brick, it does not affect anything. I flash my phone from as low as 25%.
when you say it droped all the way to 90, and someone else said 96, it is due to the way lithium ion batteries are charged: they are charged to full, then it stops to prevent damage from overcharging, let's it drop and starts charging again st what is supposed to be 95 or so...

well first off cliff it is NOT because you didnt flash at 100%. you dont have to.it is just recomended so you dont run out of power while in the middle of a flash. the other day i flashed 4 roms and my nandroid backup and a stock rom.
how many times do you think my battery was at 100?
none.
its a bug. its also a bug that was seen in the leaked att 2.3.3 i think from what i remember.
ive also heard of touchwiz force closing.
i think we may see another rogers update.
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damn studa beat me to it!
I remember flashing a rom where i DID experience this. unplug > drop! not the usual drain to 95% and back up charge cycle.
but i havent flashed the rogers update yet.! lol of all people

TRusselo said:
well first off cliff it is NOT because you didnt flash at 100%. you dont have to.it is just recomended so you dont run out of power while in the middle of a flash. the other day i flashed 4 roms and my nandroid backup and a stock rom.
how many times do you think my battery was at 100?
none.
its a bug. its also a bug that was seen in the leaked att 2.3.3 i think from what i remember.
ive also heard of touchwiz force closing.
i think we may see another rogers update.
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damn studa beat me to it!
I remember flashing a rom where i DID experience this. unplug > drop! not the usual drain to 95% and back up charge cycle.
but i havent flashed the rogers update yet.! lol of all people
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Interesting. Thanks.
The way Rogers updates I should expect to live with this battery bug for the next while.
Thank you to Studacris.

2.3.3 has the Android OS bug. Where Android OS will use up something crazy in battery use. If it gets passed 10% reboot your phone.

unplugged it today and it was at 97%. Better but still bugging me.
If I do a data reset does it reset the battery bin file? Unrooted phone reset i'm talking about.
Thanks

Like I said Anywhere from 100 to 95 when unplugged is NORMAL and always has been...
The bug TRusello mentioned is sometimes on gingerbread when it drains to 95 it doesn't start charging again so when you unplug you get a significant drop (way more than 5%) but that is really really random and not everyone gets it and those who do don't get it every time. I've had it like 5 times total, mostly dropping to high 80's but once all the way to 35.
Again what you are seeing when it drops to 95% is normal, Idk how you haven't noticed that before?

studacris said:
Like I said Anywhere from 100 to 95 when unplugged is NORMAL and always has been...
The bug TRusello mentioned is sometimes on gingerbread when it drains to 95 it doesn't start charging again so when you unplug you get a significant drop (way more than 5%) but that is really really random and not everyone gets it and those who do don't get it every time. I've had it like 5 times total, mostly dropping to high 80's but once all the way to 35.
Again what you are seeing when it drops to 95% is normal, Idk how you haven't noticed that before?
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Thanks again.
When i was on 2.2 froyo the most it ever dropped was to 98% and 99% but even then that probably happened like 5 times total for the 4 months i used froyo. Then as soon as i updated to 2.3.3 like 4 days ago it does this all the time (rogers was like the last carrier to update to 2.3) The time it dropped as low as 90% was a let down but i guess i'll get used to it.

Lol no Rogers isn't the last carrier to update. At&t still hasn't we have just between using leaked firmwares from Samsung, there has been no official release for the I897.

studacris said:
Lol no Rogers isn't the last carrier to update. At&t still hasn't we have just between using leaked firmwares from Samsung, there has been no official release for the I897.
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Oh, I thought we were the last to get it
Even with this percieved percentage drop i still think the phone is lasting longer on a single charge then it did back on froyo.

Strange SGS behavior during charging

Hi, what would you say for that? The phone is being charged, let's say it's in 40% of charge, than I slightly (really very slightly) punch one of its corner in the table or just put the phone on the table and the percent value of charge jumps at once to 100%. Very strange and annoying. The same thing is happening on old and new bought battery, so it's not a problem with battery I think. What do you think?

That's strange. Is it actually on 40% then? What does it show when you disconnect from charger?

The battery is now on 85%. At first I had 95% . Then after 3 unexpected turn off's of the phone the battery dropped to 62% . After 4th turn off it had 78% . In front of my eyes I saw jump from 78% to 79% . Then in may hand the phone had turned off another 3 times. The battery has 85%. The phone now turns off straight after I enter PIN, then I see the main menu for few seconds and phone turns off consistantly. It happens on my ol battery 1500 mAh and the new one 1650 mAh.

Are you on stock fw or did you flash any ROM?

I have stock ROM, with NO root
Below are my parameters:
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000
Android: 2.3.6 Gingerbread
PDA: I9000XWJVZ
PHONE: I9000XXJVT
CSC: I9000OXXJV9
Build Info : Fri Nov 25 2011
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For now I was able to turn on the phone and see 90% battery level, so it moved from 85% to this 90% .

As you didn't root it, you can send it to Samsung and they'll repair whatever doesn't work.

Now the phone had turned off yet another time - it's 8th or more turn off - and after that i cannot turn on the phone. The one way is to wait for few minutes, then turning it on is possible or reinsert the battery which also makes it possible to turn on. But after entering the PIN, few seconds in the manu the phone turns off and the situation repeats what I had written before. Plus these strange behavior of the battery - once it is at full level and after turn off it may drop to 0% or 60% but now I observe that after these turn off's the battery remains at almost full power (90%)
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It was a purchase from second had store unfortunetly. The seller tried to fix the phone three times with no result according to my ealier posts/descriptions. He doesn't want to repair, he doesn't want to give the money back. He is deaf for any complaints which I direct to him. It's difficult and quite hopeless now.

Well, you could look what happens if you flash a custom ROM, and if it doesn't help, you can still pay for the repair if the warranty is lost.

[Q] How too improve battery life

I wonder i just bought a new Xperia T (james bond version).
But what i found out is that the phone is really fast empty.
I had a htc one v, and i didnt use my phone and was up to 60-70%,
With my xperia T i will not even make the complete work day (most of the time the phone is in my pocket)
I did do bravia engine off, screen in the middle/dark, auto on/off.
I do have sync on, facebook/twitter but dont the auto one that you can setup with sony
I run the same apps as i did on my htc.. but why is it empty so quick?
Is it a software issue because the phone is so new?

Please post in the correct forum. There's even a sticky about this in the General section.
Thanks
AvRS

Check out the battery life thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913735
There have been mixed results on battery life. Personally my phone has been great on battery life but I'm careful what I install and keep an eye on what might be draining my charge.
If you don't have 5-6 hours screen time and your phone is still discharging within 12 hours or so then it's likely to be an app hammering your battery.
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You could also try installing CPU Spy to make sure the phone is going into deep sleep mode.
You could also try turning off WiFi when not in use to see if that makes a difference.

Phone shuts down automatically and doesnt start until the battery is removed

Hi, My SGSA I9070 which i bought about 4 months ago is doing some weird ****!
Phone shuts down automatically and doesnt start until the battery is removed and put in again..
after doing that it runs smoothly..
This happens about twice every day for almost past entire week.
Note : My RAM sometimes gets loaded up quickly.. like after rebooting about 200MB of RAM is free which after a few hours is reduced to just 100MB of free RAM..which keeps on reducing further..
I am using a launcher(Next), running stock Gingerbread and have about 90 apps installed on the cell..
Do i need to un-install them? or the launcher? [I dont want to ]
Please help..

You have heavy ram usage. U need to clear that. means remove apps. Next launcher takes a lot of ram. Uninstall apps you dont use ..

nickchets said:
Hi, My SGSA I9070 which i bought about 4 months ago is doing some weird ****!
Phone shuts down automatically and doesnt start until the battery is removed and put in again..
after doing that it runs smoothly..
This happens about twice every day for almost past entire week.
Note : My RAM sometimes gets loaded up quickly.. like after rebooting about 200MB of RAM is free which after a few hours is reduced to just 100MB of free RAM..which keeps on reducing further..
I am using a launcher(Next), running stock Gingerbread and have about 90 apps installed on the cell..
Do i need to un-install them? or the launcher? [I dont want to ]
Please help..
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And you active use those 90 apps?

Lets try that
Not at a time.. but sometimes i need to have apps just in case
But i guess as suggested i need to remove some apps
Will try that now!! gracias amigos!

nickchets said:
Not at a time.. but sometimes i need to have apps just in case
But i guess as suggested i need to remove some apps
Will try that now!! gracias amigos!
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Maybe you could freeze the apps you don't use often and temporary defrost them when you need them.

how to freeze apps
Thanks for suggestion.. can u pls tell me how u freeze/defreeze apps??
Note : I havent rooted my device.. if its reqd

nickchets said:
Thanks for suggestion.. can u pls tell me how u freeze/defreeze apps??
Note : I havent rooted my device.. if its reqd
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u need to root phone to freeze apps. But for convinience, update to jelly bean.. just a seggestion.

Um.. A third party launcher and 90 installed apps..
What could be the problem, makes me wonder...

worked!
I had considered that option before (updating to JB) but have read lot of bad reviews for JB update and since i use next launcher, didnt really matter about the OS..
Any how..
As suggested Un-installed many apps.. some that i didnt need and some i could have done with.. :silly:
but anyway it worked.. :good:
thanks guys for the big help..

Hmm....that's weird. My GT-I9070P on GB could withstand 100+ user-installed apps......

Please help: Samsung GT-I9070 - phone shuts down at 60% battery; Android version: 4.1
Hello everyone,
Hope you are doing well.
I am facing similar issue as nickchets.
I own an unrooted Samsung GT-I9070 (Galaxy S advance). It’s a year and 2 months old now.
Current Android version - 4.1.2
The issue is when the battery is about 60%, the phone shuts down.
Sometimes, the display gets scrambled for a few seconds and then the phone shuts down.
I am attaching some pics of how the phone looks when the display is scrambled for some seconds.
Others, it just shuts down instantly.
In both the above cases, it shuts down like someone pulled the battery out.
The phone doesn't shut down when on charging through AC mains.
I have observed it shut down at 100% charge when it was hooked to my PC for charging.
The issue suddenly started occurring when I picked up my phone 2 days ago.
I have been noticing excessive heating before while playing a game on my phone.
Also (maybe unrelated), someone gifted me a cheap travel charger (the ones that have a battery in them and I can hook it with USB cable to my phone for charging).
I used the same for 5-6 days about 2 weeks ago.
I have tried factory restore via the menu that's triggered by pressing volume up, menu and power button on the phone.
Though the frequency of shutdowns has been reduced, the problem still persists.
I didn't use a memory card but after the reset I've put one in.
As the phone was recently factory-setting restored, I haven't put much apps in (just whatsapp, FB, super backup and click counter).
And not to forget I have apps that Samsung forcibly puts in its phones.
Can this be a battery issue?
Can this be some other hardware issue?
Can this be rom issue?
Is there any app that could determine what’s wrong with the phone is?
Request you to help me on above.
Regards,
Phoebus

Phoebus_ said:
Hello everyone,
Hope you are doing well.
I am facing similar issue as nickchets.
I own an unrooted Samsung GT-I9070 (Galaxy S advance). It’s a year and 2 months old now.
Current Android version - 4.1.2
The issue is when the battery is about 60%, the phone shuts down.
Sometimes, the display gets scrambled for a few seconds and then the phone shuts down.
I am attaching some pics of how the phone looks when the display is scrambled for some seconds.
Others, it just shuts down instantly.
In both the above cases, it shuts down like someone pulled the battery out.
The phone doesn't shut down when on charging through AC mains.
I have observed it shut down at 100% charge when it was hooked to my PC for charging.
The issue suddenly started occurring when I picked up my phone 2 days ago.
I have been noticing excessive heating before while playing a game on my phone.
Also (maybe unrelated), someone gifted me a cheap travel charger (the ones that have a battery in them and I can hook it with USB cable to my phone for charging).
I used the same for 5-6 days about 2 weeks ago.
I have tried factory restore via the menu that's triggered by pressing volume up, menu and power button on the phone.
Though the frequency of shutdowns has been reduced, the problem still persists.
I didn't use a memory card but after the reset I've put one in.
As the phone was recently factory-setting restored, I haven't put much apps in (just whatsapp, FB, super backup and click counter).
And not to forget I have apps that Samsung forcibly puts in its phones.
Can this be a battery issue?
Can this be some other hardware issue?
Can this be rom issue?
Is there any app that could determine what’s wrong with the phone is?
Request you to help me on above.
Regards,
Phoebus
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I think it is 99% battery problem. Try with other battery.

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shut_down said:
I think it is 99% battery problem. Try with other battery.
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Thanks for replying shut_down.
I forgot to add in the details that I had already tried a battery from a friend's phone (same model).
For two hours, my phone's battery was in his phone.. He played songs for two hours.. it worked fine.
I ran my phone on his phone's battery.. my phone restarted twice.
If there is a battery issue, is there any any android app that could let me know that my battery is dead or almost dead ?
Also I read somewhere that trying to spin a mobile phone battery also is a test.. I tried to spin.. it didn't spin.. but applying pressure on one side of the battery seems to wobble it a bit..

Phoebus_ said:
Thanks for replying shut_down.
I forgot to add in the details that I had already tried a battery from a friend's phone (same model).
For two hours, my phone's battery was in his phone.. He played songs for two hours.. it worked fine.
I ran my phone on his phone's battery.. my phone restarted twice.
If there is a battery issue, is there any any android app that could let me know that my battery is dead or almost dead ?
Also I read somewhere that trying to spin a mobile phone battery also is a test.. I tried to spin.. it didn't spin.. but applying pressure on one side of the battery seems to wobble it a bit..
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I am not sure about that there is some app to check if battery is goind go die.
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shut_down said:
I am not sure about that there is some app to check if battery is goind go die.
Sent from my GT-I9070 using Tapatalk
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Should I try to find someone else with the same phone battery to test ?
Please let me know your suggestions to resolve this issue.

Phoebus_ said:
Should I try to find someone else with the same phone battery to test ?
Please let me know your suggestions to resolve this issue.
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You said that you tried it with differend battery, and you had problems. I am not sure what cause that problems... Maybe you better take it to service.
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shut_down said:
You said that you tried it with differend battery, and you had problems. I am not sure what cause that problems... Maybe you better take it to service.
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shut_down,
Thanks for replying.. its Sunday here today.. no service on Sundays :/ .. will take it to them tomorrow..
One more finding.. it seemed the that the area around the camera was heating up.. I decreased screen brightness to the minimum and to my surprise; its been 2.5 hours now and no restarts.. let me know if this could be related :fingers-crossed: or is just that, God is being nice to me for a while ..
Everyone,
Please feel free to drop in suggestions.. I am reluctant to give my phone to service guys.. its too far away and they would keep it with them for days in the name of "checking the phone and finding the root cause"..

Phoebus_ said:
shut_down,
Thanks for replying.. its Sunday here today.. no service on Sundays :/ .. will take it to them tomorrow..
One more finding.. it seemed the that the area around the camera was heating up.. I decreased screen brightness to the minimum and to my surprise; its been 2.5 hours now and no restarts.. let me know if this could be related :fingers-crossed: or is just that, God is being nice to me for a while ..
Everyone,
Please feel free to drop in suggestions.. I am reluctant to give my phone to service guys.. its too far away and they would keep it with them for days in the name of "checking the phone and finding the root cause"..
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Maybe try to find some temperature monitor app, to see what are the temperatures.

If i remember right, cocafe said long time ago on his thread to dial some code on phone.
Something like *0228#.
Let me search and i came back.
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R_a_z_v_a_n said:
If i remember right, cocafe said long time ago on his thread to dial some code on phone.
Something like *0228#.
Let me search and i came back.
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Its *#0228#
http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...unlocking-jelly-bean-service-modes-found.html
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Maybe try to find some temperature monitor app, to see what are the temperatures.
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R_a_z_v_a_n said:
If i remember right, cocafe said long time ago on his thread to dial some code on phone.
Something like *0228#.
Let me search and i came back.
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Its *#0228#
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Thanks shut_down and R_a_z_v_a_n for replying.
The code *#0228# works.
Temperature was displayed by the utility. I observed it was between 27 - 32 degree Celsius.
I am attaching some screenshots of the Battery utility.
Request you to help me know how the screenshots can lead us down to cause of the issue.
Lowering the screen's brightness prevented the shutdown.
I was able to take a call for 55 minutes without crashing. The call ended but the phone didn't crash. :highfive:
The phone survived the night and was ON when I woke up.
I increased the brightness and the phone shut itself down as soon as I dialed a number. :crying:
Also another observation, I accidentally dropped my phone from about an inch above a flat surface.
The screen scrambled (as shown in the screenshots attached in my first message) and the phone got shut down.
Please let me know if the above observations indicate towards any causes of the issue.

Anyone seeing a difference in battery with 6.0?

So MM has been on the phone for a few days now over a few charge cycles. I'm seeing -0- difference in battery, either OST or idle time. Anyone else?

stevessvt said:
So MM has been on the phone for a few days now over a few charge cycles. I'm seeing -0- difference in battery, either OST or idle time. Anyone else?
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I am getting about 5 hours sot with mostly wifi, intermittent lte, auto brightness and no amplify/greenery. I think it is better.

Personally...my battery was almost dead after only 8 hours runtime this morning. I'm wondering if there is an issue with the newly installed 6.0 or if something else is out of whack.

winter.k said:
Personally...my battery was almost dead after only 8 hours runtime this morning. I'm wondering if there is an issue with the newly installed 6.0 or if something else is out of whack.
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I had some strange battery issues too, I decided to factory reset the phone and they went away.
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winter.k said:
Personally...my battery was almost dead after only 8 hours runtime this morning. I'm wondering if there is an issue with the newly installed 6.0 or if something else is out of whack.
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I had some strange battery issues too after upgrading, I decided to factory reset the phone and they went away.

Joe USer said:
I had some strange battery issues too, I decided to factory reset the phone and they went away.
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I had some strange battery issues too after upgrading, I decided to factory reset the phone and they went away.
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Try wiping cache also.
In preparation to 6.0 I also did a system restore. But before i backed up the phone to my sd card I wiped cache under settings., storage and tapped cashe and wipped then i backed up, did system restore then restored everything from the sd card. My cache was about 1.5 gig now 2 days later its 360MB. Well in all my battery is lasting 16+ again on lollipop 5.1.

Battery life on standby seems improved. I used to lose around 15% overnight, but now it's closer to 5%. I did a full wipe when flashing.

Mogster2K said:
Battery life on standby seems improved. I used to lose around 15% overnight, but now it's closer to 5%. I did a full wipe when flashing.
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This is the only place I've noticed any change in battery drain. In regular usage, I find it is pretty much the same as before. I ended up putting amplify back in place to get the life out of it that I was getting before.

I can tell you that battery usage is about the same but when doze kicks in.. Oh man..it's a miracle. I know it works because when I wake in the morning to turn it on for the first time, notification pours in.