[Q] The best battery saver for xperia Z?? - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am using go battery saver??Any one recommend any other??

Actually, There's no such thing called battery Saver I believe. The battery back up depends on your usage pattern. However you can try this app from Google Play.
It requires root though, many are saying this reduces the background battery consumption of apps by hibernation.
Greenify
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en

+1 for Greenify.
Just a note though, do not go crazy and hibernate absolutely everything like some people in the app thread seem to. Use something like Better Battery Stats or Wakelock Detector to identify badly behaved apps that hold wakelocks and hibernate them.
Everything else can and will be handled by Android's memory management
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kingvortex said:
+1 for Greenify.
Just a note though, do not go crazy and hibernate absolutely everything like some people in the app thread seem to. Use something like Better Battery Stats or Wakelock Detector to identify badly behaved apps that hold wakelocks and hibernate them.
Everything else can and will be handled by Android's memory management
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Exactly! Knowing about the bad behaved apps is the most important fact. Better Battery Stats can certainly do that. Once you know, you can control the battery issue easily. :good:

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I chose Juice Defender Ultimate. With some customization, location managed Wifi and 30 minute period of 3g, my zperia Z runs about 2-3 days (no gaming). I recommend it!

Stick as close as possible to stock if you want decent battery life. I've used two custom ROMS on my Z so far but the battery drain was unbearable so I've come back to stock, with about 5 build.prop edits and that's it.

XperienceD said:
Stick as close as possible to stock if you want decent battery life. I've used two custom ROMS on my Z so far but the battery drain was unbearable so I've come back to stock, with about 5 build.prop edits and that's it.
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interesting, most phone would be the other way around. Which stock did you flash and custom rom?

G1_enthusiast said:
interesting, most phone would be the other way around.
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All my previous Xperias were heavily tweaked but the Z is a powerhouse as it is.
G1_enthusiast said:
Which stock did you flash and custom rom?
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I've got the UK Unbranded ROM installed, as for the custom ROMs I used I'd prefer not to point them out so I don't get in to any arguments.

XperienceD said:
All my previous Xperias were heavily tweaked but the Z is a powerhouse as it is.
I've got the UK Unbranded ROM installed, as for the custom ROMs I used I'd prefer not to point them out so I don't get in to any arguments.
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I dint use stock very long in order to tell you if battery better, but ussually stock comes with bloatware that constantly connect to the internet, thats why battery sucks with it.

G1_enthusiast said:
thats why battery sucks with it.
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Which is why we root and remove it.

XperienceD said:
Which is why we root and remove it.
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+1
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Question about rooting and custom rom's

Hi
I have bought a nexus 7 4 months ago, but the battery discharges easily, will be worth changing the rom? Any big differences?
It might be some apps that suck down your battery. I experienced massive reduction of battery life after installing some angry birds game. After deleting it all went back to normal. So check your apps!
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I tried that but I can't find any app "eating" so much battery.
Maybe the solution is a custom rom?!?
Which are the most trustworthy? Without keyloggers and malware and with a good performance...
Any suggestion ?
Maybe post a screenshot of betterbatterystats so all of us can see Also let's not make this a best rom thread.
Di0g0 said:
I tried that but I can't find any app "eating" so much battery.
Maybe the solution is a custom rom?!?
Which are the most trustworthy? Without keyloggers and malware and with a good performance...
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It's not always immediately obvious what's doing the "eating". If you're rooted, why not try Greenify and selective-hibernate some of your social/syncing apps?

Battery saving tip

Guys i would like to share with you a good battery saving tip, I Downloaded 2 applications that made my phone get twice the battery i used to get.
Go ahead and download wakelock detector and greenify apps. Wakelock detector will help you identify which apps continuosly wake up your processor and this is what mainly keeps your phone from deep sleep which means continuos battery drain, once you identify these misbehaving apps you can either do 2 things:
1. Uninstall those apps
2. greenify those apps(root required). This is very useful because this app allows you to hibernate the activities of the apps you want to control. This gives you the chance to manipulate apps and free your phone from constant battery drain.
For me Facebook app is the worse and heavy battery drainer so i keep it greenified. Just by this i get around twice the battery i used to get.
I hope this helps, i know there are many of us that have complained about battery life in this phone. In my case the phone was not the problem but poorly designed apps.
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Hey
Thanks for your effort to give us those tips but if you'd search you'd see that most people know about this.
And BetterBatteryStats is even better than Wakelock Detector
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i use greenify and one power guard . and battery hold too much
After the 4.1.2 update i have a strong battery drain because of baseband_xmm
sui785 said:
After the 4.1.2 update i have a strong battery drain because of baseband_xmm
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Yes battery drain is strong is there any possibility to fix it ?
agentourisk said:
Yes battery drain is strong is there any possibility to fix it ?
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No, i even tried with custom roms but no luck. Guess we have to stay on 4.0.3 forever lol.
sui785 said:
No, i even tried with custom roms but no luck. Guess we have to stay on 4.0.3 forever lol.
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Lol I hope no. I was ready to install SuperXE-Intact-AOSP but i will wait whishing they announce kitkat for the 4xHD.
agentourisk said:
Lol I hope no. I was ready to install SuperXE-Intact-AOSP but i will wait whishing they announce kitkat for the 4xHD.
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I suggest u try that one out if u want, because i only tried 3 or 4 roms a couple of months ago. Its possible the issue is fixed now, i dont have the time to look into it myself.
Let me know how it works out.

[Q] Terrible Battery Life?

Hi, I have had my HTC One for a good while now, and I have been hopping between roms to try and find my favourite. I have just switched from GPe to InsertCoin. I have been getting what I think is very bad battery life on every rom I've tried (stock, GPe and InsertCoin) that I can't explain. Is this a software issue or is there something else happening here?
jackos2500 said:
Hi, I have had my HTC One for a good while now, and I have been hopping between roms to try and find my favourite. I have just switched from GPe to InsertCoin. I have been getting what I think is very bad battery life on every rom I've tried (stock, GPe and InsertCoin) that I can't explain. Is this a software issue or is there something else happening here?
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Indeed it seems a terrible battery life, but I bet you didn't let the ROM settle. If you continously change ROMs you'll get bad battery life, you should keep the ROM for at least 3-4 battery cycles to get an idea of battery life. Another suggestion I could give you is charge it while turned off, sometimes the phone shows it's full, but actually it isn't. Leave it till the light turns green, turn it on and than another half an hour
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elvisypi said:
Indeed it seems a terrible battery life, but I bet you didn't let the ROM settle. If you continously change ROMs you'll get bad battery life, you should keep the ROM for at least 3-4 battery cycles to get an idea of battery life. Another suggestion I could give you is charge it while turned off, sometimes the phone shows it's full, but actually it isn't. Leave it till the light turns green, turn it on and than another half an hour
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Yes I understand what you mean about letting it settle, and I probably should have mentioned that I have had bad battery life while staying on GPe for several months. I saw the same thing I don't understand: Android System using about 80-90% of battery in the battery usage even though I was using the phone and there seemed to be no long wakelocks...
jackos2500 said:
Hi, I have had my HTC One for a good while now, and I have been hopping between roms to try and find my favourite. I have just switched from GPe to InsertCoin. I have been getting what I think is very bad battery life on every rom I've tried (stock, GPe and InsertCoin) that I can't explain. Is this a software issue or is there something else happening here?
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I am facing same issue of battery, need help as well!
Do I have to change my battery or update software?
hoa1 said:
I am facing same issue of battery, need help as well!
Do I have to change my battery or update software?
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how can you change your battery?
though you can update your firmware to the latest
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Every once in awhile I notice unusually big battery drain. it is almost always one app or another, not very easy to spot, it takes some amount of trial and error. my flow is:
have BBS at the ready, ideally your phone rooted and ensure BBS has root permissions. measure battery consumption at night, during the day for at least several hours. check the culprit app in all tabs, sometimes BBS doesn't seem to get access to all wakes for instance I could only find the trace of the drain source under network usage. usual battery drainers are google location based apps but I've also seen a system file Explorer that would gain access to network too frequently while in background. hibernate or freeze/disable those apps as you see fit, rinse and repeat. regardless of the rom I get in the end approximately 0.3%/hr of batt drain at night, 0.7%/hr during day while phone is in standby. I keep in background llama, accuweather, Tapatalk, mail, Dropbox, textra and a couple system apps. I use greenify to hibernate user and system apps alike. I only turn on location when I do need maps.
hope that helps.
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kamilmirza said:
how can you change your battery?
though you can update your firmware to the latest
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Well, it's been months i never updated it could you please guide me in which system to update it.
Thanks
elvisypi said:
Indeed it seems a terrible battery life, but I bet you didn't let the ROM settle. If you continously change ROMs you'll get bad battery life, you should keep the ROM for at least 3-4 battery cycles to get an idea of battery life. Another suggestion I could give you is charge it while turned off, sometimes the phone shows it's full, but actually it isn't. Leave it till the light turns green, turn it on and than another half an hour
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As we are talking about battery life over here, can anyone tell me about zerolemon battery? I've heard it's an external battery pack, does this help us in HTC phones? Any suggestions!
hoa1 said:
Well, it's been months i never updated it could you please guide me in which system to update it.
Thanks
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for updating your firmware: you need S-OFF first
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kamilmirza said:
for updating your firmware: you need S-OFF first
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S-Off is?
hoa1 said:
S-Off is?
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dude do some research yourself
try Google, it's free & fast
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kamilmirza said:
dude do some research yourself
try Google, it's free & fast
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You are right! Thanks
Have you ever used zerolemon external battery?
hoa1 said:
You are right! Thanks
Have you ever used zerolemon external battery?
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no
look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=247918711
kamilmirza said:
no
look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=247918711
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this link is invalid but let me ask some other about zerolemon battry.
thanks
hoa1 said:
this link is invalid but let me ask some other about zerolemon battry.
thanks
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the link was to search for ZeroLemon in HTC One Accessories
good luck :good:

I cant stand the change to get risk of my phone

Hi guys,
I'm gonna get my phone brick after reading some threads talking about KNOXRAID 2.6 ROOM. My phone is having a really bad battery life and it cant stand a day. I am running JB samsung room stock and if guys have any ideas how to increase the battery life without changing room, please give me your advises. I have read a lot of threads and follow them but nothing changed. I appreciate what guys have done to me.
Note: My phone is rooted by Kingo method.
Thank you,
AnmiacAndroid said:
Hi guys,
I'm gonna get my phone brick after reading some threads talking about KNOXRAID 2.6 ROOM. My phone is having a really bad battery life and it cant stand a day. I am running JB samsung room stock and if guys have any ideas how to increase the battery life without changing room, please give me your advises. I have read a lot of threads and follow them but nothing changed. I appreciate what guys have done to me.
Note: My phone is rooted by Kingo method.
Thank you,
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Install an app like wakelock detector, or better battery. They will tell you what's eating battery. You can then use an app like greenify to hibernate battery hog apps.
440bro said:
Install an app like wakelock detector, or better battery. They will tell you what's eating battery. You can then use an app like greenify to hibernate battery hog apps.
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Does TB freeze worth to use in case of Greenify.
AnmiacAndroid said:
Does TB freeze worth to use in case of Greenify.
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Freezing an app renders it useless until you defrost it. Greenify "hibernates" apps. This means it's put to sleep until you wake it by opening it.
Wow. I followed your instruction. Installed Greenify and it helped a little bit. I lost 1% per 5 minutes using Tapatalk to check the information. Is it normal ?
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You can't measure battery changes in 5 minutes. You need to compare over hours/days if there is a change.
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How to maximize battery life?

....I stream music sometimes during the day so that's obvious, but what else?
Greenify is your best friend
Keep your wakelocks to a minimum. Google search on wakelocks and preventing them from occurring.
Black backgrounds because it's an AMOLED, black keyboard etc...
kashk5 said:
Greenify is your best friend
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Do I have to be rooted?
dinosaur1 said:
Do I have to be rooted?
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Latest version of greenify works with non rooted devices. Not sure how effective it is.
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zephiK said:
Latest version of greenify works with non rooted devices. Not sure how effective it is.
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Do I install it and then just leave it? Or do I have to make some settings?
dinosaur1 said:
Do I install it and then just leave it? Or do I have to make some settings?
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You have to greenify apps that are intrusive. Please read the app description before asking. You seem to be confused on what greenify is and what it does.
Apps that are intrusive would be apps running and doing calls in the background. You can find a list of them by searching or using a battery wakelock app.
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zephiK said:
You have to greenify apps that are intrusive. Please read the app description before asking. You seem to be confused on what greenify is and what it does.
Apps that are intrusive would be apps running and doing calls in the background. You can find a list of them by searching or using a battery wakelock app.
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Correct I'm coming from an iPhone so this is new to me. I need to find out how to search for them.
zephiK said:
You have to greenify apps that are intrusive. Please read the app description before asking. You seem to be confused on what greenify is and what it does.
Apps that are intrusive would be apps running and doing calls in the background. You can find a list of them by searching or using a battery wakelock app.
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What about using Battery Saver mode?
dinosaur1 said:
What about using Battery Saver mode?
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dinosaur1 said:
Correct I'm coming from an iPhone so this is new to me. I need to find out how to search for them.
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I'm sorry but not everybody can answer every single question you ask. You have to find it for yourself, we can just lead you into the right direction
Rule #1 of XDA,
1. Search before posting.
Use one of our search functions before posting or creating a new thread. Whether you have a question or just something new to share, it's very likely that someone has already asked that question or shared that news.
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If you're asking about Battery Saver, look it up on what it exactly does. But it would not help you as its the last 15% of your battery. Find existing battery optimization threads and then you'll have some ideas.
zephiK said:
I'm sorry but not everybody can answer every single question you ask. You have to find it for yourself, we can just lead you into the right direction
Rule #1 of XDA,
If you're asking about Battery Saver, look it up on what it exactly does. But it would not help you as its the last 15% of your battery. Find existing battery optimization threads and then you'll have some ideas.
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Gotcha
zephiK said:
If you're asking about Battery Saver, look it up on what it exactly does. But it would not help you as its the last 15% of your battery. Find existing battery optimization threads and then you'll have some ideas.
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Actually, you can turn Battery Saver mode on at any time. Problem is that you have to deal with those garish orange bars on the top and bottom, and it'll disable vibration, ambient display, and most background data (i.e. no more push emails or app notifications). It also throttles the processor and disables animations, so Battery Saver mode is not an ideal solution for all-day use.
Reining in bad apps is the best way to maximize battery life. Either uninstall/disable bad apps, or prevent them from burning through your phone's battery through Greenify.
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Actually, you can turn Battery Saver mode on at any time. Problem is that you have to deal with those garish orange bars on the top and bottom, and it'll disable vibration, ambient display, and most background data (i.e. no more push emails or app notifications). It also throttles the processor and disables animations, so Battery Saver mode is not an ideal solution for all-day use.
Reining in bad apps is the best way to maximize battery life. Either uninstall/disable bad apps, or prevent them from burning through your phone's battery through Greenify.
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Ah you're right. I was referring to automatic battery saver. I would rather tweak battery using Franco kernels per app mode which enables profiles on performance based on what app is being used in the background.
In my opinion, battery saver isnt very good. It cripples your phone to the point where you're not using your phone since so many features are disabled. It's good for having the essentials like texting and calling but other than that there are better ways to get the most out of the battery
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zephiK said:
Ah you're right. I was referring to automatic battery saver. I would rather tweak battery using Franco kernels per app mode which enables profiles on performance based on what app is being used in the background.
In my opinion, battery saver isnt very good. It cripples your phone to the point where you're not using your phone since so many features are disabled. It's good for having the essentials like texting and calling but other than that there are better ways to get the most out of the battery
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I concur, that's why it's only useful when you're down to 10-15% of battery life so you can get an extra hour or so, which could be useful in cases where you need to be able to call/text but you're not able to get to a charger.

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