[Q] Something wrong with my battery (drain) - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello guys
Few weeks ago, I've noticed that my phone has a huge battery drain, dunno why, I've tried almost everything (I was checking wakelocks as well).
Biggest battery drain was happening while I was using my phone, not at sleep, so I thought that the problem is in my battery (1 year old, samsung original). So I bought a new battery (unofficial, 1900mAh).
With new battery it's not better at all. My battery drains in ten hours of using (5% drop every half an hour). Is that normal or bad? (Don't forget that i'm using battery with more capacity now)
Thanks for understanding and answering

for a new 1900mAh battery that's bad news, did you recalibrate new battery?

No, I didn't.. Thx for the advice. I'm also posting BetterBatteryStats log:
https://copy.com/D3S89
(Hope the URL works )

ok i'm no expect but reading the BetterBatteryStats log I can see the CPU frequency was at 1400 GHz for nearly 2 hours, maybe thats what's killing the battery... try lowering the CPU frequently to about 800 GHz

Hahah ok
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OK so I'm still having 1400 MHz but with conservative governor. I've been using intellidemand till now (GearKernel has every governor you can even think of). I hope my battery gets better (not yet calibrated). thanks
If there will be still some problems I'll tell you
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ok... yeah calibrate battery and see if that helps too, just boot into CWM recovery and select "wipe battery stats" but make sure battery has full charge before you wipe.

In your battery stats logfile one can see that there was 98% unknown or no signal. Why's hat? If your phone is searching for net all the time this would be a big battery killer
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Yeah I have the same issues, many of us do, dunno from where that is, kernel or rom or android 4.0.4 or the lrk base??? , deep sleep is perfectly fine, but once screen is on, it's ridiculously high..
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Flash the SpeedMod kernel and see if this improves things for you.
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I have same exact problem guys i tested speedmod both std and oc version and speed mod too and nothing much change but speed mod drain too fast
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Alternatively you could take the overclocked NoteCore kernel and underclock it.
The kernel is undervolted, so disabling higher processor frequencies will give you the benefits of undervolting and the benefits of underclocking.
I.e. low power consumption and low temperature.
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Goodm7sn said:
Yeah I have the same issues, many of us do, dunno from where that is, kernel or rom or android 4.0.4 or the lrk base??? , deep sleep is perfectly fine, but once screen is on, it's ridiculously high..
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Its not a 4.0.4 LRK issue. I was running a rooted stock build and installed NoteCore kernel without any issues. When I flashed Rocket V10 it was only then that the battery life became crippling. Shame, I love Rocket and the tweaks but guess I'll go back to stock!
FabreFaction said:
Alternatively you could take the overclocked NoteCore kernel and underclock it.
The kernel is undervolted, so disabling higher processor frequencies will give you the benefits of undervolting and the benefits of underclocking.
I.e. low power consumption and low temperature.
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Could u help how much underclock and undervolt....
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Take a look at the NoteCore thread in the development section for the undervolt details.
The overclocked kernel is undervolted.
Install the overclocked kernel then use something like Tegrak to limit the processor frequency to 1400 or 1200 then you will get the reduced battery drain of using lower voltages and lower frequencies on your processor.
Don't change the undervolting set in the overclocked kernel add this had been optimised.
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I don't think it's the kernel's fault for the battery drain.. I think it's the modem..
I have been using notecore with all the touchwiz roms no battery problems at all
RR 10 with NoteCore 13
Just installed NoteCore 13 8hr ago, and plug the power cable for charging. Still plugged now, but the SpyCPU report shows that during the past 8hr, the phone didn't go into deep sleep (while I was ) , but it stays at 100Hz.
Will unplug now and go to work for a day. See if I can get a usage report after work.
Cheers
Yep, definitely faced the same problem, which was the reason I switched to Classic Rom V4 (because of the newest firmware) but actually, though battery life is better, it is still worse than with AlBA v4...I haven't been able to determine whats behind it...
fongwaiyan said:
Just installed NoteCore 13 8hr ago, and plug the power cable for charging. Still plugged now, but the SpyCPU report shows that during the past 8hr, the phone didn't go into deep sleep (while I was ) , but it stays at 100Hz.
Will unplug now and go to work for a day. See if I can get a usage report after work.
Cheers
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After a normal day usage... The battery drain is still heavy... When screen on, the percentage dropped around 1% per a min or two.
Dunno why... Deep sleep state is ok.
fongwaiyan said:
After a normal day usage... The battery drain is still heavy... When screen on, the percentage dropped around 1% per a min or two.
Dunno why... Deep sleep state is ok.
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2nd of RR10 with NoteCore 13. The screen-on drainage improved. I read my whole travel time (around 1.5hr) on newspaper via 3G signal, and the battery went from 100% to 81-82%, which is acceptable for me.
Again, Deep sleep works perfectly.
I left this good rom because of this, deep sleep ok, but when the screen is on, too heavy battery drain. same with 2 kernels, should be another reason.
saturax555 said:
I left this good rom because of this, deep sleep ok, but when the screen is on, too heavy battery drain. same with 2 kernels, should be another reason.
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Which kernels u used? And now u using another rom? Which one? Battery with screen on is better?
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phomem termin
Goodm7sn said:
Which kernels u used? And now u using another rom? Which one? Battery with screen on is better?
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I tried with notecore and speedmod. I have used RR10 about 3 days to have several battery cycles. but I felt a big battery drain when using the note, even at low brightness, with nothing strange in CPUspy or BetterBatteryStats.
so I switched to JB liquid. Yesterday night. I would not say it is better for the moment to be honest. New rom, new kernel, not even a beta, so hard to compare, but you are right I feel the same today: high drain with screen on.
(but whatever the battery drain, with palm rejection available on CM9/10, I will switch again to a sammy rom)
I really cant seem to find a way to lower the screen on battery drain , its ,horrible ,
been on latest std notecore and speedmod , and with both i cant seem to get more than 2:00 - 2:30 hours of screen on time & basic use (in total of 10 - 12 hours ) , deep sleep is perfectly fine with 1% loss per hour (sometimes even less !!) , but with the screen on , battery just goes bursting -1% per minute........
we do need our devices to be used , not rested on deepsleep the whole time , otherwise this defies the whole concept of a "smartphone"....
on GB it was very good ,it got worse when Samsung introduced ICS (but was manageable) , but now on 4.0.4 , its just horrible and unacceptable!!! dunno what kind of testing Samsung does before rolling out an update...
sorry for the whole rant and rage post in there , had to speak it out cos im struggling here..
would be highly appreciated if someone can help or a suggest a 4.0.4 rom with a "reasonable" screen on drain... im even considering going back to RRv7 (4.0.3) cos as far as i remember i was getting good battery out of it (deep sleeping and screen on was great there)
cheers.
My batery drain is too much in this rom any sugest
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Speedmod is better than Notecore for battery usage.....Imho......I tested booths with various Rom.....
Hope this help....
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how much your battery last in standby mode?

how much your battery last in standby mode?
Guys I have created this thread Coz I'm really confused as I don't remember how much my battery used to last before I was into flashing daily roms...now I'm on temasek 134.5 with Stephan kernel..and my battery drains almost 8-10% per hour without data,, wifi on and also 2g mode.baseband and ril matching...also I smart flashed calibrated underclock and undervolt and still no success and the best part is I recently bought brand new authentic lg battery from lg showroom I searched almost all forums deleted Google backup transport.apk also as in some forum it was mentioned tried all roms and all kernels the drain pattern is almost similar..kindly help guys..
Any one??
galaxyfitankit said:
Any one??
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check screenshots in temasek rom dev thread (one of the last posts there by me)
Ohhh my God 2 days and 4 hours which version of temasek you using and which vadonka version of kernel? I'm using 135.4 temasek and used latest Etana stock lite kernel
In standby mode with turned on WLAN and on 2G (running Temaseks CM7 Builds, forgot the kernel) I had a battery drain of 1% in 4 hours. The room was pretty cold though! So not a lot of heat for the phone to deal with.
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galaxyfitankit said:
Ohhh my God 2 days and 4 hours which version of temasek you using and which vadonka version of kernel? I'm using 135.4 temasek and used latest Etana stock lite kernel
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i think that is Temasek 129 or 130 (not quite sure because the settings show 1xx, but i know that every newer rom 131-135 didn't work for me)
kernel is Vadonka's OC (from 07-2012 i think)
btw this 2 day battery life is with processor 216-1100 Mhz setting (not with that 1504 mhz from antutu screen)
Guys any idea why my phone. Sucking. Battery even. No app instaled. Bare. Rom still. Drain. On standby no wifi. No data. No phone. Call same drain?
xExabyte said:
In standby mode with turned on WLAN and on 2G (running Temaseks CM7 Builds, forgot the kernel) I had a battery drain of 1% in 4 hours. The room was pretty cold though! So not a lot of heat for the phone to deal with.
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Pics or it didn't happen. Or maybe it was a battery reading bug, what happened after those 4 hours? Did it still not drain anything or started overcompensating for not draining in the first 4 hours?
Ya have that problem too whenever I get hope it drained less suddenly it's deepen the graph ...you guys really lucky having 2 days standby that's seriously great
galaxyfitankit said:
Guys any idea why my phone. Sucking. Battery even. No app instaled. Bare. Rom still. Drain. On standby no wifi. No data. No phone. Call same drain?
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Don't. Know. Really.
Just got a second LGP990 that I am testing now .. all stock LG GB, have 69% left after 2d 1 hour, sim with only 2G no data.
vanmarek said:
Pics or it didn't happen. Or maybe it was a battery reading bug, what happened after those 4 hours? Did it still not drain anything or started overcompensating for not draining in the first 4 hours?
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It actually did happen and it wasn't a battery reading bug. After a few minutes of usage my battery percentage sunk by 1%. As usual. No clue how that happened but the room was seriously cold (around 2-3 degrees Celsius.) and I haven't touched the phone at all. Also the processor was clocked at 216mhz the entire time.
Unfortunately that was back in June and I have no way to prove it. This did really happen though. I was pretty shocked too when I saw the ridiculously low drain.
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[Q] Battery life

Hello everyone,
I wonder how much battery life you have on i9000 with stock battery (1500mHa) on cm 10.1 with semaphore kernel?
Asking, just because I can only get max. 12h of battery life with cm 10.1 20130218 rom and semaphore 2.9.10, smartassv2 and row. Wondering is this normal or my battery needs to be changed. Any suggestions to max battery life on i9000 would be appreciated too
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The battery can last between 3hours and a week, depending on how you use your phone, so that's not a good question to ask.
If you feel that the battery is running out too quickly then download betterbatterystats and look for any apps using unusually high partial wakelocks or alarms and get rid of them. It only takes 1 rogue app to screw up your battery life.
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I think he knows that.
12 hours uptime is not uncommon, especially when on 3g a lot. On wifi you should be able to get at least 20 h in my experience. If the battery is as old as your phone I suppose its capacity is not what it used to be, and you might consider replacing it with a sgs+ one f.i. - they come cheap nowaways!
L0kiii said:
I think he knows that. On wifi you should be able to get at least 20 h in my experience.
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That's in your experience, the way you use your phone.
Try playing NFS MW or something. You'll get about 2 hours on a gti9000. It varies far too much to try and tell people how many hours battery life they should be getting. Totally depends.
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I use my phone for 3h wifi browsing, 30 min. music and 30 min gaming, but nothing intense. And with this usage I get 12h battery life. Flashed 2.3.5 stock rom. Still getting 18h max. So I think this comes to conclusion that my battery is old enough. That's why I asked for the battery life you get, because I didnt knew this is usual or not
My last for 2 days more or less depending on usage.
AW: [Q] Battery life
Guys i think its wrong to measure the battery life with how long your phone is working. i personally look at the screen on time it says more than just how long our device is working. I get always stats around 3h its unimportant if my Phone works 6h or 18h.
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Rokostar said:
Guys i think its wrong to measure the battery life with how long your phone is working.
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Not just wrong, its completely impossible for someone else to be telling you what you should or shouldn't be getting...
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knuckles1978 said:
Not just wrong, its completely impossible for someone else to be telling you what you should or shouldn't be getting...
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As i say it screen on time can be a good reference.
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Battery problems

Hi guys,
I haven't noticed it before, but my SGS has very high battery drain when wifi hotspot is on. Without doing anything on the phone, it went from 80% to 15% in less than an hour. Is it normally like that? This was my first time using the hotspot, so I was quite shocked.
I'm on CM 10.1 NIGHTLY with Semaphore 2.9.13 and 114% live OC, but max CPU freq is set to 960 MHz.
OC can drain battery... try changing modem...kernel
Or simply battery calibration
EwOkie said:
OC can drain battery... try changing modem...kernel
Or simply battery calibration
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Or maybe a busted battery. Changing the battery to a new one will also solve the problem.
Thanks for the answers, calibrated the battery and waiting for an improvement. If it won't show, well, there comes the new one
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Any tweak that balances out active CPU cores?

Is it anyone that can share and care with me some kind of modifying / tweaks that shuts down how many CPU cores that is active at the same moment? My problem is that battery life is suffering thanks to the CPU is working at an high level even when using simple tasks like browsing the web thru the built in web browser.
Help me please..
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Destroyedbeauty said:
Is it anyone that can share and care with me some kind of modifying / tweaks that shuts down how many CPU cores that is active at the same moment? My problem is that battery life is suffering thanks to the CPU is working at an high level even when using simple tasks like browsing the web thru the built in web browser.
Help me please..
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Download system tuner or get this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamkang.fauxclock
And then just look at your cores. 97% of the time there is just 1 core working (on my phone).
Faux's app is about the same as CPU Spy, but Faux123 Kernel Enhancement Pro can also tell/show you the amount of time that all 4 cores were being used. Which is really barely never. If it's different in your case then you could do some tweaks, but I really doubt that it will be different then my phone. In the end it also depends what you use your phone for of course.
Dsteppa said:
Download system tuner or get this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamkang.fauxclock
And then just look at your cores. 97% of the time there is just 1 core working (on my phone).
Faux's app is about the same as CPU Spy, but Faux123 Kernel Enhancement Pro can also tell/show you the amount of time that all 4 cores were being used. Which is really barely never. If it's different in your case then you could do some tweaks, but I really doubt that it will be different then my phone. In the end it also depends what you use your phone for of course.
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If 1 one core is used - why is my battery draining like crazy? I am greenifying every known battery eating app that is installed on my phone but even then, I got bad battery life on my Xperia Z it is two days old though..
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Destroyedbeauty said:
If 1 one core is used - why is my battery draining like crazy? I am greenifying every known battery eating app that is installed on my phone but even then, I got bad battery life on my Xperia Z it is two days old though..
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Yeah well... if anything... The least you should worry about are you cores.
Have you installed BBS/CPU Spy to see if your phone is going into sleep mode correctly?
Dsteppa said:
Yeah well... if anything... The least you should worry about are you cores.
Have you installed BBS/CPU Spy to see if your phone is going into sleep mode correctly?
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My phone enter Deep sleep pretty quickly so it is nothing wrong with Deep sleep and sleep mode.
Maybe undervolting of stock kernel frequencies can help me with the fast battery drainage? I mean, my battery life is good but undervolting can make it better?
Turn off gps,google now,every vibration and unnecesary keyboard,dial sound.
The battery life will be better.
◇C6603
beni8978 said:
Turn off gps,google now,every vibration and unnecesary keyboard,dial sound.
The battery life will be better.
◇C6603
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Already fixed.
Destroyedbeauty said:
My phone enter Deep sleep pretty quickly so it is nothing wrong with Deep sleep and sleep mode.
Maybe undervolting of stock kernel frequencies can help me with the fast battery drainage? I mean, my battery life is good but undervolting can make it better?
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I guess UV helps to improve the battery life, but I don't know how much. The great thing of UV is that the phone also doesn't become too hot.
Destroyedbeauty said:
If 1 one core is used - why is my battery draining like crazy? I am greenifying every known battery eating app that is installed on my phone but even then, I got bad battery life on my Xperia Z it is two days old though..
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Hey don't forget to let your phone settle down 2 days isn't enough. It needs around one week
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brightness is what taking the battery, I dont know what phone u came from but battery is pretty much a disappointment on this phone. I came from an S3 with a 7000mah battery, so yea it sucks.

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