[Q] Battery issue at work - AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So when im at work my battery drains extremely fast no matter what I do its goes to 20 present and when im at home a it only goes down to about 80 present. I have tried everthing wifi is off I have even put it in airplane mode but it still drains quicker at work. Any thoughts

How much are you on it at work vs at home?
Is it possible that the screen is staying on in your pocket and you don't know?
I can go 12 hours at work with about 2 hours screen on time and still be at 75% when I get home.
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Constant Wifi scanning

I've been running Cognition 3.02 for a few days now and just noticed that my phone scans for wifi networks every 2 to 3 seconds. Wifi status says "scanning" and the the status above the populated network list says "scanning" every few seconds. Is this normal? Is there anyway to change the interval or make it manual without disabling wifi?
I have the scanning for wifi words about every 3 seconds also, so Im guessing it's normal. What's bugging you about it?
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Just concerned about battery use. I have since changed the wifi sleep policy to "when screen is off" and it's a tad better although still not great. I also have gps off. I think it may have to do with my exchange account as my wife has the exact setup but without an exchange account and her battery life is significantly better. With the sleep policy set to when screen is off, I lost 8% batter over the last 2.5 hours with no activity at all. I was just sitting on my desk. Is that normal? I find that I get the best battery life when I'm connected to a wifi network like at home. I suspected it had something to do with scanning since it seems to do that very often when I'm not connected to a network.
If you have any custom ROM it drains your battery way more than stock. I am on pheonix 3.5 and I get roughly 12 hours while on stock I got roughly 30 hours. So yea, major decrease.
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If you are only getting 12 hours when you were getting 30, you should try a different kernel.
Edit..and the wifi scanning is normal behavior it is not the cause of battery drain.
Any suggestions?
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[Q] Battery Issues / Questions

I read through quite a few of the battery issue threads but would still appreciate specifc advice on the issue I am having with mine.
I already couple times did the stats wipe as per the tweak guide on OT site but do not seem to have any benefit from doing it.
I am encountering the following issues:
Charging
Charging is very finiky. If i am charging in operation or while turned of the tab will seem to stop charging at certain levels of charge between 70% and 95%. If it happens while charging turned off I need to disconnect and reconnect in order to coninue charging, sometimes a few times.
If it happens when in operation similar will happen but also when the charge is reported at 100% I tun off the tab only to find out that the charge level reported by the off battery icon is not 100%. On different occasions it displlayed anywhere from 80 to 95% (estimated). Dont remember ever seeing it at 100%.
Discharging
If I turn on flight mode overnight I will get almost no discharge all night 0%-1% which seems very cool but my normal use is really wireless thethering. I just started not even 10 minutes ago from 100% charge and already at down to 90%. Just playing a game or browsing or reading the forum using the XDA app can completely discharge the battery in less than 2-3 hours. All of this in spite of the fact that I am on Jupiter, UC and UV heavily. I also manualy been stopping running services like skype and yahoo messenger.
I am afraid this could be a a battery hardware issue but would appreciate a confirmation or a suggestion of what else I can try before restocking and going to the service center to get the battery replaced.
Maybe you could advise which system apps I can freeze with Titanium and still be able to maintain wireless tethering and phone functions. Maybe an advice on a task killer and what I can and can't kill to keep the mentioned functionality.
While writing this post I lost 8% charge!!!
Dont get any task killers they kill system process then the system has restart them which kill battery. Have you tried wiping batterystat.bin when below 10% and charging to 100% while powered off.
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Or try backing up data and restocking and installing the WIPE version of
Jupiter or of kratos.
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Or try backing up data and restocking and installing the WIPE version of
Jupiter or of kratos.
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thanks mate, I always restock and do the wipe version. currently on Jupiter and will soon be moving over to Kratos. Reading good stuff about it.
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Dont get any task killers they kill system process then the system has restart them which kill battery. Have you tried wiping batterystat.bin when below 10% and charging to 100% while powered off.
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The only way I would install a task killer would be if I could get someone to tell me which tasks to ignore so I wouldnt get this issue. No have not tried the below 10% wipe but will do so since you mentioned it. In the Kratos thread somebody mentioned to let it completely discharge and then without connecting to boot into CWM and let it further discharge. Aparently a system full discharge is not a full discharge and there is another couple hours juice left in the battery to keep the CWM going. Would this be a good idea?
Thanks to the helpers and to all you readers I think I found the issue. It seems to be a hardware problem but not with the Tab. The problem was with the charger.
I accidentally came across a car charger, bought it, used it to partially top up a couple times in the car and right away the Tab seemed a bit different. So I went back and bought a mains charger plugged it in last night and for the first time in quite a while it charged to 100% and it happened within expected time. Put it on charge at 1.30am and it was at 100% at 5.30am when I woke up.
Dont think it will effect the drain much but it is definitely giving me more juice to start with.
Oops!
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After running Kratos for quite a while with my new chargers and recalibrating by the book I am getting the expected level of battery juice. The tab charges efficiently to100% every time.
Drain is still an issue for me though. If i set airplane mode overnight (8hours) it will loose 1% charge but 9%-10% without airplane mode. On standby and in use the drain is consistant and fast. Not even UC and agressive UV helps.
I did a lot of app freezing and it realy doesn't make a major difference. Normaly I have only 4 services running. Settings, Google Services, AnySoftKeyboard and Google Maps.
I don't think I had the same drain on Hermes even though i didnt UC, UV and had at least a dozen services running. Think my battery life was better while others were complaining about wifi reconnection issues. ASAP I will try going back to Hermes to either confirm the issue with Jupiter/Kratos or to just accept this as normal and shut up.
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I finaly narrowed down the battery issue.
When on wi-fi i will get up to 3 days of battery life but only up to 16 hours on 3G.
It has been suggested to change the modem. I am curently on JPZ. My GT-P1000 was originaly purchased in Saudi and currently, until my next contract who knows where in the world, using it in Croatia.
A suggestion on the most battery efficient modem that works globaly would be appreciated.
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MutantWizard said:
I finaly narrowed down the battery issue.
When on wi-fi i will get up to 3 days of battery life but only up to 16 hours on 3G.
It has been suggested to change the modem. I am curently on JPZ. My GT-P1000 was originaly purchased in Saudi and currently, until my next contract who knows where in the world, using it in Croatia.
A suggestion on the most battery efficient modem that works globaly would be appreciated.
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FYI - Kratos Overcome ROM has(or had, there's a new one out today and it might fix this?) a bug with wifi where that if you leave the network and then reenter it without manually turning off then on the wifi, it will constantly reconnect(or something) and burn battery like mad.
For now I just flip the wifi off/on again when i connect to a new wifi since i didn't want to leave Overcome. Hopefully the new one fixes it.
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and by leave/reenter network, i mean physically walking outside the network range until it disconnects, not disconnect/reconnect through the tab settings.
It may only happen moving from one network to another (i go from home wifi to work wifi to home wifi each day).
Mate thanks for the reply but think you misunderstood. I dont have an issue with wifi. My issue is with 3G/mobile network over SIM card. That one burns the battery.
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FYI - Kratos Overcome ROM has(or had, there's a new one out today and it might fix this?) a bug with wifi where that if you leave the network and then reenter it without manually turning off then on the wifi, it will constantly reconnect(or something) and burn battery like mad.
For now I just flip the wifi off/on again when i connect to a new wifi since i didn't want to leave Overcome. Hopefully the new one fixes it.
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and by leave/reenter network, i mean physically walking outside the network range until it disconnects, not disconnect/reconnect through the tab settings.
It may only happen moving from one network to another (i go from home wifi to work wifi to home wifi each day).
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So to understand what you are saying explicitly.
At home I connect to WIFI -- XXZ.. Its already a remembered network. I drive away from home and come to office here WIFI is YYZ (Already remembered network). So it automatically connects. THIS CAUSES the batt drain????
If yes, I am extremely happy. Coz I dont turn off WIFI it connects at home n office automatically. Please corroborate!
Al
> I finaly narrowed down the battery issue. When on wi-fi i will get up to 3 days of battery life but only up to 16 hours on 3G.
I think that is normal standard consumption. 3G is known battery hog and you cannot compare its runtime vs. wifi. Is 3G on all the time, or maybe you attempted to use interval disconnectors (ie. battery saver apps) like JuiceDefender, Green Power, the likes?
Thanks jtdc!
I move around the world a lot and rarely set up wifi so most of the time I am full time on 3G. I dont use any power saving tools like you mentioned. Insted I use Titanium to freeze any apps that unnecessarily show up in running services.
I only noticed the differwnce with wifi due to an exteded visit with a relative who has wifi in his house. It wont be long and I will again be full time on 3G and would realy like to extend the battery life by minimum 4 hours. Are you aware if there is a known difference in power consumption between different modems or if any of the tools you mentioned can deliver this kind of savings purely by managing the 3G operation?
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if any difference of modems that would be minimal to negligible. what always comes as the factor is the strength of signal and of course the tab which always scans for it whenever you're on the move. what you experience is typical, and in best case good because 16 hours on 3G always on? your battery and tab must have been setup really well.
if you can bear with interval disconnector apps like i mentioned, it would increase your runtime. for instance you can have the app connect every 15 minutes to 3G then be online for at least a minute to have all your internet dependent apps sync (email, messages, news, etc) and have traffic threshold detection in case in a minute some transfer still ongoing, then maybe 2 minutes is long enough. then for the next 15 mins 3G is off, then it will repeat the cycle. in that manner there's quite a lot of power to be saved and will definitely extend your runtime.
if really no other choice, i suppose you need to buy an external battery solution, the likes of energizer xpal, so you won't have to worry about battery life.
Great, thanks, that solution is acceptable for apps that require data services. Can you recomend an app to use for setting it up.
I expect it would prevent me from using inbound calls via Skype but how would using such an app impact incoming sms service and voce calls? Would they come through and would voice call quality be impacted.
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"Green Power" in android market does the job and its free, that takes care of data connections (wifi or 3G) and will not tinker with the GSM radio, therefore sms and voice calls are untouched. The other app "Juice Defender" you can customize even to turn off the GSM radio, even downlclock the cpu, etc. which will result more savings but is a paid app.
Let us know how that helped to increase your runtime

[Q]Battery Life on LG O2x, how to make it last long?

Hey guys, just got my O2x a week ago and its great. It was flashed with 2.3 and at some point I tested updating using LG Suite and I went to 2.2.2
Anyway, just asking if how long do your batteries (stock) last? Tested mine about 3 days ago and within a day it got drained. Just using browser and played some music and that's it, no Youtube or heavy games or whatsoever. Already rooted my phone and removed everything that LG has there except for the keyboard, Suite, Mobile Support, and Home Launcher. Still, same results. Please help!!
I have been using the free version of juice defender and that has help my battery a little so I now cab get a good couple of days out of it. The free version only really stops data when the phone is locked but it seems to work quite well. I also installed juice plotter to see when my battery gets eaten.
Thanks will do that. So basically battery drains more if mobile data is on? Haven't really experience that on my old phone (which is not Android OS).
mags014 said:
Thanks will do that. So basically battery drains more if mobile data is on? Haven't really experience that on my old phone (which is not Android OS).
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I had to charge mine every night and sometimes 2 times a day.
Now, on a GB ROM, and with mobile data OFF, it last for at least a day (24h). This is with WiFi on (when awake of course).
Install a widget to quickly turn on/off mobile data, and only use it when you need. Then your battery will not drain that quickly.
Sorry for my bad english
My battery "record" is over 2 days Well, actually allmost 4 days, but then I didn't have WiFi on neither..
Mobile data is the killer only for badly done apps. Things like fb and twitter that sync every hour etc. Make sure when you install every app you check its sync status. Make them as infrequent as possible
Also try see how low you can get the brightness. Mine stays at 30% until out in the sun (have a widget to up it).
Remember even if not using your phone at home etc to switch tho wifi on as its much better
On good days can get 30/40 hours between charges when low use
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Worth to mention is that to get the less battery drain from turning on the wifi you have to turn of the data. Some people forget that and leave both on making it a double drain.
My only tip that I have that I know works is use it as little as possible. Turn off every thing that's not needed in the matter of syncing.
I'm no expert but is that right? All of the data goes through the wifi when on and connected so data connection is irrelevant surely?
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Thanks for the input and somehow, I can feel the effects now. Also put LBE Security and turned off most mobile data permission on my apps and even if my Wifi is on, not much of a battery drain but at least it has less loss.
i think that 1day is the real time of this battery with 1charge...intense use...
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I'm no expert but is that right? All of the data goes through the wifi when on and connected so data connection is irrelevant surely?
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Yes when wifi is on data is automatically off.... You cannot have both on...
Wifi is no very power consuming when it's connected idle to a network, but think to turn it off if no hotspot is there because network scan drains a lot.
O2X withTopogigi ROM 1.3/NeoBlaze kernel
Want to make it last long? Dont use it!!!
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Want to make it last long? Dont use it!!!
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LOL.. anyways, i use juice defender. It does help somehow.
I have a same problem. Using my Optimus with MIUI ROM (Gingerbread 2.3.5) i only have 7 hours.
In my opinion,turning off all data connection to improving battery life, it's not a good idea when we choose Android phone.
So?
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Try to install djdroid 0.9.1 !!!! With 3g data always on, 2 email with push, some phone and sms, and whatsapp always on i'm on 24h!!!!!!
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arifbsantoso said:
I have a same problem. Using my Optimus with MIUI ROM (Gingerbread 2.3.5) i only have 7 hours.
In my opinion,turning off all data connection to improving battery life, it's not a good idea when we choose Android phone.
So?
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O_O My phone came with v20c 2.2.2 and had no issues, ran 3days per charge. Wish I had backups of original ril and BB for they were 100% on any I've tried since going through a bunch of custom roms.
I get 10 hours of *idle* time with 3g enabled. With Juicedefender things are okay, I almost always make it through the day and sometimes even 2 days when I'm not doing anything, but the battery just goes nuts if you use it. Sometimes I browse the web for a minute and bam 5% is gone, and I'm thinking to myself "what the hell just happened?".
You have to be very careful with apps that do not close properly. I discovered that Spotify was draining my phone like crazy and causing it to become very hot (draining it even faster, heat = dead battery in no-time) with no way to prevent this other than uninstalling the app. Then I installed a beta version of Spotify from their website and all is well. AccuWeather also goes nuts sometimes but that's resolved by deleting the widget on my home screen.
I run the latest nightly of CM7. Battery life seems to be about the same as the stock ROM for me. What's interesting is that active 3g data use drains the battery more than playing a game. I can play emulated PSX games for about 5 hours straight on a full battery with data controlled by JD.
Everyone should try the latest rom v20e (or the derivated version topogigi's rom). For me, it improves battery a lot! I don't even use Juice defender (and some people said it worsens battery).
v20e
yes Im on V20e and my battery is preety good !
Almost 2 days and I write almost 100 messanger/day and always wifi on checking emails,fb and more !
Hey guys, haven't posted since testing for about week, I guess...
Anyway, battery seems to be ok now. Juice Defender and Plotter works great, plus now on sleep, it just drain 1% per 2-3hrs or sometimes nothing at all, and its not SOD thats for sure.
Also tried Battery Calibration, it worked somehow also so with lots of messaging, wifi, FB, Tap Sonic, plus downloading torrents, lasted 24hrs in full charge with constant use.
2g + Wi-Fi drains the battery much faster than 3G + Wi-Fi for me. Both have a good signal strength.
Anyone know why this is?

[Q] Does wifi turn off during sleeping mode?

Hi to everyone. I forgat to turn my wifi off during my working hours. In the nd of my shift, i check my battery and it was proximately %5 left and even i didnt use the phone during my shift. it was %50 or something before starting. Does wifi still work even on the sleeping mode?
Thanks guys
no it stays on unless you set up the power saving mode i use custom settings so that wifi etc will turn off at 40% battery
wi-fi is a big battery drainer. Always have it off if you don't need it. Same with gps, data, and auto-sync for various accounts
Try using juice defender. I think the free version always you to enable wifi control (after your phone goes into sleep mode it should turn off the wifi until you wake it up)
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juice defender is in itself a battery drainer. don't use those "battery saver" apps. they're all bs. just get in a habit of turning off connections manually when you don't need them.
Are you aware of the setting: wifi settings/advanced/wifi sleep policy and set it to sleep when screen turns off?
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Are you aware of the setting: wifi settings/advanced/wifi sleep policy and set it to sleep when screen turns off?
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Thanks I didn't know about that setting, but my question is once wifi turns off mobile data kicks in. Which drains battery more? Wifi or mobile data?
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They both drain battery equally as much. Mobile data shouldn't kick in unless you have it toggled on.
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Use Green Power to automatically disable wifi and data when the phone goes into stand by. There are lots of settings like enabling wifi at certain intervals to sync email/whatsapp/other push services.
On GB for me it's the difference between losing 25% battery overnight without it and losing only 3% when it's enabled and that's with sync every hour.
It seems that on any ICS rom wifi doesn't use any juice even when enabled in standby. Because of the kernel bug in the leaks I'm now on the official CM9 rom and after almost 9 hours with wifi turned on I only lost 4%, on every other ICS rom I tried I get the same results.
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Thanks I didn't know about that setting, but my question is once wifi turns off mobile data kicks in. Which drains battery more? Wifi or mobile data?
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install battery saver or juice defender , i recommend the second one
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install battery saver or juice defender , i recommend the second one
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I tried juice defender ultimate but connection was on and off and time to time it took ridiculous amount of time to get the connection back :/ also I don't know why with juice defender I noticed sluggish performance phone, after uninstalling everything was much more snappy.
I have wifi on all the time and I only lose about 2-3% over night on stock, I guess it's fine the way it is for me without using all those battery "saver" apps.
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juice defender is in itself a battery drainer. don't use those "battery saver" apps. they're all bs. just get in a habit of turning off connections manually when you don't need them.
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I disagree. I definitely get power savings with JD compared to without it. Auto-disabling WiFi saved loads of power for a start, and my overnight drain has gone from 3-5%, to approx 1% with JD running. I'm not saying all batt saver apps are worth using, but JD works for me.
Its a lot easier to have a well-behaved app that DOESN'T use a lot of power itself manage your connection toggling rather than having to remember to do it yourself.
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They both drain battery equally as much. Mobile data shouldn't kick in unless you have it toggled on.
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Wrong. WiFi uses more power. Its a separate transmitter being driven by the battery, whereas as mobile data will use the existing transmitter (phone) that's already on, but obviously drive it a little harder than if it was all off.

[Tutorial] Battery saving techniques

So yes this Phone's battery unfortuanatly is not well at all.. but here is how i managed mine to last a day without charging. Let me also say im a heavy user also. I text A LOT and always pull out my phone in class play a few games to pass the time or just browse my phone. So this does work for heavy / light users.
Go to Wifi/ menu / advanced and click never on Keep wifi on during sleep.
Go to settings/ Location access - Switch to off
For your brightness it will be on Auto switch that off and put it almost to the lowest as you dont really need it high just kills the battery.
- Go to the App store and download Easy Battery savor. When you access the app choose intiligent mode. It really helps !
-Dont ever use live wallpaper it just drains it so fast.
- DOwnload Faux App It really helps (Faux kernel Enhancement Project) Once downloaded go to CPU and set max clock to 1.35 instead of 1.5. it will still be buttery smooth and it will drain the battery less.
Also I am using the Franco Kernel - nightly #53 which in my opinion really helps !
- Try to turn off the WiFi usage as much as possible and you will see a huge difference.
That's all from me guys. By doing all this my battery significantly improved and lasts about a day now.
Anyways if you have better solutionson how you manage your battery and how you extend its life.
- post pictures
- post the apps you use
- post everything !
Thank you !
I use harsh. Whenever I don't game, I lower the max freq to just 810mhz, ondemand, row, mpdecision on (as harsh recommended) and it's still buttery smooth, and of course battery life is incredible, and I also do check the Disable HW Overlays and Force GPU in 2d rendering. And since no kernel controlling apps are needed, my phone feels cleaner too I can't upload battery stats yet as I'm in an area with only edge connectiom and I hate using slow internet connections
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Hi.
I think that autobrigthness it's very hard in all phones. It would be an app Download the brightness.
Bye.
In my testing having wifi connected(like ay home and not going saves more battery, this been texted in several android devices including gs3,note 2 and iOS like 4S and iPads, just giving some info
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Why dont you buy an old nokia since you almost get rid of all the cool stuff this phone offers? Brightness to lowest level...that cracked me up lol
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A couple of things I noticed with this. The first thing I notice is, in two of your screenshots, you appear to have mobile data disabled completely. The second thing I noticed is that your final screenshot shows 24hr 52 min on battery, yet according to your clock, a it should really be a total of 33hr 6 min since unplugged. Your first screenshot shows 88% battery remaining with it already having been unplugged for 7hr 35 min. With that screenshot showing a time of 3:11pm, that would mean your phone was unplugged at 7:36am. If the phone was unplugged at 7:36am, then how is it only showing a total of 24hr 52min at 4:42pm the next day? It should be showing 33hr 6min. That's an odd inconsistency there. All in all, even with the data that is showed in your screenshot, it shows very little use as phone idle and cell standby are both in your top 5. Your screen was your highest drain, yet there isn't anything else there accompanying it. I could be wrong, but it seems to me that all you did was keep the data turned off on your phone, and connect to wifi where available. You turned your screen on, but didn't really do anything with the phone besides having the screen just on. That said, even stock with no changes, a person can get 24 hours on a charge if they're disabling their phone and not using it.
Interesting tips however I have a few points:
Your first tip suggests having WiFi to Never stay connected during sleep. I am part of another Android forum which deals with tablets. We tested this feature as with a tablet, you are likely to leave it for hours on end before using it again. It was excellent if the tablet was not touched, however we noticed that it significantly increased the battery drain if you were regularly switching between sleep and using it.
Agree with the second but don't throw away practicality, use Location settings when they need to be use, not just turn them off and don't use them.
Leave it on auto-brightness dude, why ruin the nice visuals of a fantastic screen by having it so dark you can't see it? I only ever use lowest brightness when its dark or the battery is nearly dead.
No idea about the battery saver.
I definitely disagree with this. If you use 3G permanently, like I do, then turning on WiFi definitely reduces battery drain. I don't turn off data ever, so switching WiFi where possible is quite a useful battery saving technique.
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Interesting tips however I have a few points:
Your first tip suggests having WiFi to Never stay connected during sleep. I am part of another Android forum which deals with tablets. We tested this feature as with a tablet, you are likely to leave it for hours on end before using it again. It was excellent if the tablet was not touched, however we noticed that it significantly increased the battery drain if you were regularly switching between sleep and using it.
Agree with the second but don't throw away practicality, use Location settings when they need to be use, not just turn them off and don't use them.
Leave it on auto-brightness dude, why ruin the nice visuals of a fantastic screen by having it so dark you can't see it? I only ever use lowest brightness when its dark or the battery is nearly dead.
No idea about the battery saver.
I definitely disagree with this. If you use 3G permanently, like I do, then turning on WiFi definitely reduces battery drain. I don't turn off data ever, so switching WiFi where possible is quite a useful battery saving technique.
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His solution is to turn off connectivity and functionality on the phone. That defeats the purpose of even having the phone at all.
That said, I think a safe UC of maybe 200MHz can have a difference, but to me, it's all about enjoying the phone and the phone experience. No need to screw with it
Don't do the wifi feature. It will use more battery because it will constantly have to reconnect to the wifi connection every time your phone comes out of sleep mode and that will consume more battery.
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Don't do the wifi feature. It will use more battery because it will constantly have to reconnect to the wifi connection every time your phone comes out of sleep mode and that will consume more battery.
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Crisis, I pointed that out above...
Someone tell me how I can go all day AND listen to 8 hours of Bluetooth audio and I will be impressed.
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So yes this phone battery unfortunately is not well at all.
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Just curious, why did you buy it then? Personally, I'm leaving everything on because I bought the phone for the looks and usability.
And yes, the phone lasts me all day while using it for everything including emails, conference calls, web browsing etc.
I've set up profiles using the Smart Profiles app to quickly turn things on and off at will - hit CAR and bluetooth/GPS turn on, Wifi turns off. Hit HOME and the reverse happens, etc.
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I've set up profiles using the Smart Profiles app to quickly turn things on and off at will - hit CAR and bluetooth/GPS turn on, Wifi turns off. Hit HOME and the reverse happens, etc.
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Same thing here..but I use scripts When I'm in school and all I need my phone for is some tethering and music, I activate my script that sets the max freq to just 810mhz and I undervolt an extra -50mv from the stock undervoltages of harsh, but when I'm out and away, I enjoy the full 1.5ghz quadcore beast trapped inside my pocket
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Don't get me wrong, it's useful to have a decent battery life, but I really don't see the need to turn the device into an expensive brick. My suggestions, which may or may not be better than the ones in the OP, but they seem to work for me on every Android I've come across without screwing with undervolting etc:
1. Turn Auto-Sync off, or increase the duration between each sync. On my old phone, the phone would use Auto-Sync every hour or so which totally killed the battery over the course of day. I turned it off and would sync it manually (taking all of 15 seconds) on a Friday. Made a huge difference, although simply increasing the time between syncs is just as effective if not more so as you still save a bit of time (might opt for that myself :good
2. Use Inverted Apps on SAMOLED, Don't use Inverted Apps on IPS, white colour uses more battery on SAMOLED, but a lot less on IPS :fingers-crossed:
3. Get yourself a Toggle-based Notification bar, you will remember to switch off your WiFi when walking around in public. To that end, switch your WiFi off unless you are connected to a hotspot, the constant scanning will drain your battery and depending on the interval may take quite a large hit over the course of a day. If you rely on WiFi then maybe increase the scan interval time.
4. Turn off all mobile networking services when in a known signal blackspot. e.g. When work pays for us to go to a hotel on the Welsh border in Cheshire, there is absolutely no signal guaranteed unless you go to the end of the driveway, so I turn off all phone services unless I am there. Your phone will drink your battery very quickly otherwise, guaranteed. The easy solution is to use WhatsApp, switch your phone onto Airplane mode then turn on WiFi and connect to a hotspot (if they have one available, hotels usually do). This is surprisingly low on battery consumption.
So basically, just leave my phone in my pocket and not use it. Okay. Gotcha.
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chancy319 said:
So basically, just leave my phone in my pocket and not use it. Okay. Gotcha.
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My battery life is amazing. I guess it just depends on what you compare it to. I had an evo 3d before, and my 3d would be dead by noon without even turning on the screen. My work blackberry lasts 5 days with fairly heavy email usage.
My N4 though, I use it fairly often for browsing, occasional calls throughout the day, streaming audio, this and that. After 12 hours of use I am still at 60% usually. From 7am to 5:30 (typically when i get out of work) I will be at 70%+
Not sure why people are so bent out of shape about it...
On my 3d if I ran facebook app or any stupid **** like that it would kill my battery like i didnt even have one.
Here's another idea get a job or pay attention in school. That will save battery life as well. I have literally seen people stare at a screen without doing anything with the phone, just because they are so obsessed with it being in their hand
Oh and my Sig does not represent the nexus in the mail
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What about those external battery things? Does anyone know where I can find some decent ones online?

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