I've checked around and haven't really found a great answer.
I've had my Z1 for a week and a half. Always have stamina activated with WiFi by location on with advanced selection. Also running battery guru with WiFi management off (since the stamina has the option to be selective as to only activate if WiFi networks are present in area and battery guru does not). Have seen a little improvement with battery guru.
I'll grab screenshots tonight. First half of the week I was lasting half a day. I've had improvement but really not sure where I should be at since I've seen a lot of 1 day results seen here on XDA. Still amazed how I'll wake up silence my alarms and my phone loses 1% of battery in 5 minutes.my drain is incredible still and have screen settings as battery friendly as possible.
My settings are screen brightness as low as it can be. I have LTE in my area and LTE is usually always what my signal is. My GPS only activates when an app needs it and my auto refresh is set to being very selective usually once every 4 hours for calendar weather etc. I keep an eye on my WiFi just in case the auto turns it on and Im at work and can't connect to the secured county network etc. I'm doing my best just wanna see if I can squeeze every bit of the phone I can.
I'm not rooted running stock c6903 with current firmware and 4.3. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I know this is a common topic but really just wanted to ask and see what input I can get. So far though very pleased with the phone. I'm coming from a droid maxx on T-Mobile so I know I'll never get as good as that phone had but this camera is far worth the trade off.
Thanks everyone!!
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Do not use the folowing:
Battery savers
Ram Cleaners
avoid the folowing:
apps that prevents sleep (find this in the battery info in your settings)
to extend battery life and avoid wear:
do not use when batter is 60 or above
try not to disturb charging (unplugging before it hits 90)
avoid heat, can cause battery to die quicker
some other things:
greenify is an app known to actualy work
try crystalizing apps, (from android tuner)
debloat your system (not recomended unless you know what your doing)
install a custom kernel (not recomended either)
hmm there is some ive missed but most of this i do , get 3/4 days with my xperia s and 6/7 with my Z1
if i remember anything ill add to this
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Thanks I'm not rooted but I am rather proficient with advanced android operation. So your recommendation is to not use battery guru from qualcom? And I'm in the process of removing bloatware
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Thanks I'm not rooted but I am rather proficient with advanced android operation. So your recommendation is to not use battery guru from qualcom? And I'm in the process of removing bloatware
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im not too sure about battery guru
if it keeps your Z1 from sleeping dont use it
the majourity of ram cleaners and battery savers usualy dont work.
Ram Cleaners for some reason just make your device feel boggy and generaly ugh
battery savers usualy keep your device from sleeping or make your android feel sluggish
I don't believe battery guru keeps the phone from sleeping since its an app directly from Qualcomm designed for devices specifically with snapdragon processors due to the strong processor battery correlation. But as far as today goes this is where I'm at for bed time.
I had moderate use today considering I was in class from 830-430. I'm in the field tomorrow so I will post after my shift tomorrow. Here is today.
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I'm using a mix of BatteryGuru, Lux Lite(for adaptive brightness), and Greenify.
IMO Greenify actually works by not exactly 'freezing' the app but letting it not run in the background.
As for Lux, it's handy mostly because it can adjust accordingly to where you are as the default adaptive brightness is clunky
just because its proprietary doesn't mean it has to work
without any battery saving techniques i come over 2days with: wifi always on, gps always on (for myxperia), mid screen brightness, auto sync, push mail from sony stock email on average usage.
with those energy saving techniques sony put in our device, i'll be far better. sending data in interval comes in really handy. personally i really don't like stamina mode (whatsapp + pushmail and gmail won't notify me as long as the screen is turned off) but will safe a huge amount of battery.
location based wifi annoys me too much.
ive bought this device just because of the large battery and wasn't disappointed. even heavy users should easily come over one day without charging
what's your biggest energy drain? 1% in 5 minutes is way to much. something seems to be fishy
Haha that's true. Wouldn't be the first time proprietary apps have steered me wrong. It says screen is my big energy eater which I'm perplexed by since I have brightness as low as possible. Do you have LTE in your area? Those are amazing numbers for not using stamina. Maybe I should start messing around with turning stamina off and switching things up.
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Haha that's true. Wouldn't be the first time proprietary apps have steered me wrong. It says screen is my big energy eater which I'm perplexed by since I have brightness as low as possible. Do you have LTE in your area? Those are amazing numbers for not using stamina. Maybe I should start messing around with turning stamina off and switching things up.
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Ive left stamina mode on, helps quite alot, i dont realy mess with the settings, no need to realy
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I now have one week to the Nexus One bought secondhand. It suits me perfectly stand alone I have a little trouble with the battery life of the phone. Morning when the phone is 100% and I come out of school (14:30 hours) the battery is still around 20%. I find this a bit short. Ok, I'll use him at school (bit Internet, twitter refreshes every 9 minutes)
There is an automatic task killer, and that helps a bit but I think there are about 80% after 8 hours battery life is a bit much. Me internet is also constantly and I really like to keep.
The battery is probably not because I've got 2 batteries and they both give the same result.
Anyone have any idea what I can do?
I've been a bit inet searched but not really found anything. I did see somewhere a separate battery behind the phone, but I'm not waiting because that makes him a bit heavier and uglier.
10% per hour is pretty poor battery life. Are you running stock Android? 3rd party firmwares can give you much better battery life (the latest versions of CyanogenMod are using less than 1% per hour when fully idle).
But there are things you can check. Have you looked in Settings -> About phone -> Battery usage? If you are using Gingerbread and you look at the graph, if there is a solid line (or mostly solid) next to the "awake" portion, it means that your phone isn't properly entering its low powered state. Download spare parts from the market and check out partial wake usage under the battery history section of that app.
Please post your screen on time value from the battery menu so we can see how long your screen is on.
I would say to go and disable background data. Disabling this will definitely improve your battery life. Of course, you aren't going to get you twitter updates but aside from that, the battery life should improve.
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I would say to go and disable background data. Disabling this will definitely improve your battery life. Of course, you aren't going to get you twitter updates but aside from that, the battery life should improve.
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While it is true that battery life would improve if Background Data was disabled (or limited via a program like Juice Defender), it doesn't take into account his actual problem. Unless it is a ton of apps constantly downloading that is keeping his battery usage in the toilet, this will only yield a slight improvement. I believe the cause is is an app (or apps) that prevent his phone from entering the low powered sleep state.
I don't know what stock Android gets from completely idle use (haven't run it since July last year), but a basic CyanogenMod install would sip between 1-2% per hour with the latest stable and the latest nightlies, some are reporting 1% every 2-3 hours when the phone is left alone (due to a fix that lets the microphones go into a deep sleep state).
Twitter refreshing every 9 minutes can not be helping, that said I doubt that's your entire issue but reducing the refresh rate should help quite a bit.
If you bought it used, it could be a bum battery. Not sure i know what apps work best to find out that info. Anybody?
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If you bought it used, it could be a bum battery. Not sure i know what apps work best to find out that info. Anybody?
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The battery app in my sig is the only one that reads the chip inside your battery to tell if it's legit or not, what the battery age is, etc. Needs root to work though.
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If you bought it used, it could be a bum battery. Not sure i know what apps work best to find out that info. Anybody?
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You can also get Battery Left from the Marketplace and when it gets calibrated it gives you a time until death number and some other features.
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Start by getting rid of the task killer.
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Anyone using JuiceDefender with your galaxy note? is it worth it to buy this application?
Thanks
Sam
Save your money and skip it like anti virus apps. Many people recommended it so i bought it but i didn't like it at all. Experienced sluggish performance, connections not stable and sometimes connection doesn't even come back on unless i manually turn it back on. Also push mail doesn't work since juicedefender turns off data when not in use and checks every 15, 30 etc intervals (however u set it to check), i don't like that at all. I rather have 100% reliable fast performance connectivity than app that saves few % of battery. Just my 2cents
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hmm i heard alot of people telling it saves alot of battery power.. jus wanted to know about the pro version..
Yeah it does save quite an amount. You can configure it to on off Wi-Fi necessarily or learn specific network when you are on the particular area of interest.
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hmm i heard alot of people telling it saves alot of battery power.. jus wanted to know about the pro version..
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My experience was with juicedefender ultimate.
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My experience was with juicedefender ultimate.
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How was it? any real battery improvement? any lagging issues?
Sam
My previous phone was pretty crappy and I had pretty crappy service, so I had to make sure I turned wifi, mobile data, etc. off when not using them. On my Note, I don't even bother turning them off because they drain so little. I don't think bothering with Juicedefender is worth the trouble.
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Had an old Xperia Arc and Juice Defender worked quite well to last me the day.
Now with the Note, I tried with and without it and I find no significant difference actually.
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I agree...
Being new to the android and rooting scene. I downloaded all the recommended apps and one by one uninstalled them including juicedefender...
Whats the point of it stopping data when screen is off? It defeats the purpose of push notifications.
Also I didn't notice any real extension of battery life either
I think it depends how you set up juice defender ultimate. For example on weekdays and working hours I use the "peek" option, letting jd enable connection every 5 minutes. Of course I have than battery drain. With different settings on different times and/or days (up to flight mode at night) I have significant less battery consumption.
It is also important when you use your phone a lot with the screen on, not to let jd automatically turn data on, because then there is obviously no difference at all, with or with out jd running.
There is no use of such apps, I have tried used many such apps from my S2 days and I never felt any difference in performance or battery life..just let it go. Ur using an Android device, and if u use it as a smartphone should be used, u will need to charge in at least once a day.
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AutoStarts is doing everything for me.
I had used JuiceDefender for a short spell when on GB. However, BetterBatteryStats soon showed what a battery hog JD was, so I made it disappear from my phone. Forever.
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I had used JuiceDefender for a short spell when on GB. However, BetterBatteryStats soon showed what a battery hog JD was, so I made it disappear from my phone. And never again.
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Exactly. Juice defender is crap. Its just for lazy people who can't maintain their settings on their own. and juice defender is obviously always running in the background, using up cpu power and draining battery on its own
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How was it? any real battery improvement? any lagging issues?
Sam
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It does save little battery and drains at the same time. Huge down side of using this kind of app is no push and data connection is glitchy, sometimes takes awhile to connect back to network or wifi and slower performance. I can still use gnote all day with single charge so I don't find this kind of app useful to me at all. It's really not hard to turn off and on data or wifi on android unlike ios crap where you have to dig in settings.
Save few % battery vs slow performance, hit or miss connection.. I think answer is simple
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I used to use it, ultimate version. But I quit using it and still have great battery because of my own setting changes. Juicedefender might be okay for people that don't use their phone much. But, if you are constantly on it, like I am, it is just a memory and battery hog.
Its not worth it, and possibly wastes battery juice rather than saving it.
I've been using it for several weeks now, when i go to sleep my usual percentage is from 70 to 85 % i always turn wifi off as i don't charge it at night. With the app running in the background, when i wake up it goes down to 45% when i do not use it as in its not running in the background I'm the morning the battery percentage only hours down by 5% max to 80%.
Pcworld made an intensiv3 comparison on the effect this apps do. The verdict: keep your money.
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battery saver is better
Don't bother. I used it on my HTC Flyer and I saw no difference. Migrated it to the SGN and I saw a huge difference after I uninstalled.
The features are limited and just stupid if you ask me. I believe the best battery app would regulste connectivity on demand (ie when I open Dolphin or refresh Facebook it would connect automatically and disconnect immediately afterwards).
If you are looking to extend battery life I suggest self regulating your connectivity (ie use the toggles) and screen brightness.
For even better battery life try and avoid apps that constantly run (eg ones that monitor other apos and processes).
You should get very decent life out of the SGN, and if you don't do what I did and get a spare battery. They are cheaper than you might think and they are an absolute life saver in emergencies or times with heavy usage.
Hope that helped
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Guys is your battery life like mine? I'm impressed
Please note I disabled nfc and location services.
that doesn't look very good. your screen only use 23%. you're barely using the phone.
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that doesn't look very good. your screen only use 23%. you're barely using the phone.
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I got 2 hours of screen... I've sync active on gmail, twitter, facebook and other apps. In general I can handle 4/4.5 hours of screen. I couldn't with my previous phone (galaxy s3)
Its fine on WiFi. Mobile data destroys battery though.
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Its fine on WiFi. Mobile data destroys battery though.
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Next time I'll try disabilng wifi
anyway I noticed a big improvement in battery life disabling location services. I got less than 1% per hour in stand-by.
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Next time I'll try disabilng wifi
anyway I noticed a big improvement in battery life disabling location services. I got less than 1% per hour in stand-by.
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Must admit I found a huge leap in battery life by disabling location services.
For instance Facebook app instantly tries to find a GPS signal even if it's disabled in the apps settings. GPS just gets overly used in my opinion by a lot of apps.
I feel I lose too much functionality by disabling GPS with things such as Google Now so I keep mine on.
Still I find on the whole the Nexus 4 battery life is at least on par with the iPhone 5 in terms of my average daily activity.
you may also enable developer options then disable the animations ^_^
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One of many things that the Facebook app does poorly. Why does it want my location when I open the app. At least 50% of the time, I'm only looking at my news feed. If I want to post my location or check in, look for the location at that point. At the very least give me an option in the settings to turn this off!
I find battery life pretty good even with location services on. It'll go a full day without problems which is all I expect of a modern smartphone. I can do the things I want and unless I play a lot of games one day, I won't need to charge until night time.
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Hi guys,
Its been a while but meh.
I just need to know how to get the best out of my battery on szeszo's CyanVIVO 10.1. I am currently using the conservative governor... Any tips to save battery?
Cheers,
I'm no expert but when I was on a rom like yours, my battery life seemed to go down when my brightness was up.
Yeah but my brightness is as low as possible... I have put my Max voltage to 768, see if that helps
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How long of battery are you expecting out of your phone?
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Hopefully about 10-15 hours on full charge.. I think the voltage change has helped. The thing that annoys me is that my phone loses battery even in standby. This didn't happen when I was on sense
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LamboBull said:
Hopefully about 10-15 hours on full charge.. I think the voltage change has helped. The thing that annoys me is that my phone loses battery even in standby. This didn't happen when I was on sense
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10-15 hours is quite a lot. Try to buy an extra battery. :good:
I used different ROMs and collected a lot of tips-n-tricks for a better battery life.
1. The less home screens you have, the better. Each swipe action, though it sounds strange, requires up to 100% of your CPU which hits the battery life. If you fit most of your icons and widgets to 1-2 screens, it will save your battery, because you won't swipe back and forth.
2. No need to keep the brightness on the lowest level, if you are using the ROM which lets you calibrate the backlight levels. Spend 1-2 days on choosing a comfortable level of brightness for each level of outer light intensity.
3. Move all togglers for WiFi, GPS etc. to the main screen (Elixir 2 [Widget] is a good tool to create a control panel) or to the notification area. It will remind you that some functions are turned on, and you'll be able to disable them. I always disable WiFi in the office, because I have a decent amount of free Mbs to spend, and our WiFi access point is 'blinking' making my phone reconnect again and again... you know. Don't forget to turn off GPS if you don't use it frequently.
4. Don't let your widgets synchronize the data too often. It's better to use synchronization on demand.
My phone with CyanVivo 10.1 aboard is able to live for 15 hours without recharging which includes web browsing, books reading, calls making and a bit of gaming. I guess that's the time period you need...
If you want, I can tell more about the apps that I'm using.
Thanks for your replies guys, I can definately see an improvement in battery life, but how do i change backlight levels? I want to be able to game with a decent amount of battery left. I only have three home screens and my Bluetooth, GPS, and WiFi is off when unnecessary.
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LamboBull said:
Thanks for your replies guys, I can definately see an improvement in battery life, but how do i change backlight levels?
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If you're using CyanVivo 10.1, you have this feature.
Open Settings -> Screen, choose Brightness (I can be mistaken about the actual option names, because my system language is different, but I hope it won't mislead you), check 'Auto' box in the dialog box and touch the second button below (Customize or Calibrate or whatever -- again, I don't know how it's called in your case). You'll see a list of brightness levels which your device can distinguish according to its light sensor. Shift all runners to the left. Walk around with the device in your hands, look at its screen under bright daylight, in the room near the window, in the elevator etc. As soon as you see that some level is not comfortable to you (too bright or too dark), open this screen again, look at the current level (displayed at the top of the window with runners) and adjust the setting for the corresponding brightness range.
Remember that each next brightness level must be higher than the previous one (you won't be able to move the runner more to the left than the previous one.
Hi,
Can you tell on what level current you have while phone is in standby? Using for example CurrentWidget.
I have at about 60mA level. And I think that it is too high. Battery drain at about 2 or 3 percents per hour.
Thank you for your answer.
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Disable Google Now and Google Location History. They're draining the battery as hell.
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Hi,
Can you tell on what level current you have while phone is in standby? Using for example CurrentWidget.
I have at about 60mA level. And I think that it is too high. Battery drain at about 2 or 3 percents per hour.
Thank you for your answer.
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Yea lol sorry for posting after a while. My battery is an alarming 334 mAh, and I have disabled Google now etc., lowered brightness and stuff. What do I do? It's really annoying having my battery strain so much. This morning, I lost 4% in 45 seconds.
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Yea lol sorry for posting after a while. My battery is an alarming 334 mAh, and I have disabled Google now etc., lowered brightness and stuff. What do I do? It's really annoying having my battery strain so much. This morning, I lost 4% in 45 seconds.
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Try to use BetterBatteryStats. Propably you will find the app responsible for that.
Think it's time for a new battery.
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Tell me about some apps that are helpful to save battery
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Think it's time for a new battery.
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I don't think so because on stock sense, battery is amazing. I am using greenify.
EDIT: Can those on CM10.1 tell me what their adjustments are to save battery? This includes voltage, governors, battery lux levels, APS which save battery etc. Thanks heaps guys.
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Never mind, battery is amazing now. Thanks for the help guys.
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Care to share which suggestions made the most difference to your battery performance?
I'm in a similar situation, but I have already tried a new battery which makes no difference
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Senor.Afro said:
Care to share which suggestions made the most difference to your battery performance?
I'm in a similar situation, but I have already tried a new battery which makes no difference
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Just adjust governors, use greenify, and adjust brightness.. Read through the different pages to see tips.
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I tried DS Battery Saver, it helps very significantly, when I lock the screen, it auto-cut the wifi and data, and only wake up for a 1 min every x hours, I can set the plan, it's an amazing tool. Now I can use my phone for 15 hours in average.
Hi everybody. I know that's another topic about battery life but I really need some advice. I have the canadian S5 model (Snapdragon). Since I got it, I never got good battery life. My usage is only net browsing, text messaging, facebook and a bit of game. And i'm always on 4g. I give you a picture of my battery life. Sometimes, I only got 2 hours screens on. For me it's not normal but it is?
Thank you very much
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Hi everybody. I know that's another topic about battery life but I really need some advice. I have the canadian S5 model (Snapdragon). Since I got it, I never got good battery life. My usage is only net browsing, text messaging, facebook and a bit of game. And i'm always on 4g. I give you a picture of my battery life. Sometimes, I only got 2 hours screens on. For me it's not normal but it is?
Thank you very much
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I went into applications manager and turned off all the extra stuff and bloat I dont use or need. Since we dont have root thats the best available option without uninstalling system apps you dont want. I also have ART turned on in General/Developer Options?Select runtime system. It makes the phone a bit more snappier and a bit more RAM effectiant friendly. Some say it doesnt do anything to battery life but since Ive had it on I do notice a small increase in battery life. I think it comes from the better RAM usage.
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In addition, I like to install a battery monitoring app such as GSam Battery Monitor. It gives you a better per-app breakdown of battery usage. My poor battery life was all Android System so turning off built-in apps helped me there.
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Hi everybody. I know that's another topic about battery life but I really need some advice. I have the canadian S5 model (Snapdragon). Since I got it, I never got good battery life. My usage is only net browsing, text messaging, facebook and a bit of game. And i'm always on 4g. I give you a picture of my battery life. Sometimes, I only got 2 hours screens on. For me it's not normal but it is?
Thank you very much
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Replace it under warranty ATT has always replaced my batteries for free under warranty. They even offer to replace the whole phone.
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I actually installed gsam apps. Yesterday, my battery life was a bit better. Last night, I've plug my phone and I unplug it when the battery has been full charge. I only use it for 1 hours and after I've go to sleep. And then check my battery after the night. Seriously I don't know what to do
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I only use it for 1 hours and after I've go to sleep. And then check my battery after the night. Seriously I don't know what to do
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do you have Location services enabled?
By disabling that i found a few apps that were using it that surprised me, while the phone was otherwise sleeping, reducing those apps significantly helped. Leaving location service disabled helped the most.
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I actually installed gsam apps. Yesterday, my battery life was a bit better. Last night, I've plug my phone and I unplug it when the battery has been full charge. I only use it for 1 hours and after I've go to sleep. And then check my battery after the night. Seriously I don't know what to do
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Click on the graph and it will show you more details.
I see, a constant blue line in your picture.
Is something keeping your phone awake?
What game is it? Have you compared a day without gaming or browsing to a day with it?
On the battery monitoring app advice, be careful. Stay away from ones that offer to control the phone. I've seen and read that those kind can make matters worse on the S5 and the one I tried made my battery got (weird, but true).
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