Hi,
I'm in the process of trying various ROMs to see which will give me the best battery life. But no matter which ROM I use, I've noticed that the battery drains really fast as soon as I set an alarm clock. I've even tried a few alternative alarm apps to see if they were any better, but I still get a massive battery drain. Is this normal? On my old phone (Motorola Flipout running CM7), using the alarm clock caused no noticeable drain at all. Does everybody else get this, and if not, can they recommend a ROM / alarm clock that doesn't massively drain the battery?
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Hi experts here,
I am new i9000 user coming from G2.
I flashed XXJPK for days, found that my battery drops very fast.
I stop all data access at night and the battery still drops...
I found that the 'Display' uses > 80% !! (even when I slept for 8 hours)
Attached is the screen cap of my battery stats..
Do anyone has the same issue?
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What have you installed after JPK? Task killer? Lag fix?
Mine is not doing that. I did a hard-reset yesterday, installed my apps (no task killer, no root, no lag fix) and disabled everything (WiFi, bluetooth, GPS, 3G, autosync). Battery did not drop even 1% in 6 hours.
Display should not take any battery if it's off. Maybe you have something that awakes the phone constantly. Check autorefresh on weather, e-mail, twitter, news feeds... I usally have that disabled or set to 8 hours minimum.
got the same problem here.. i do got the docrom (custom rom) ,auto killer installed and lagfix (OCLF v2+) it goes from 100% to about 60% in 9 houres.. without doing a thing.. on top of that i got juicedefender ultimate installed.. but it doesnt seem to help at all..
The problem is why the 'Display' uses > 80% while I off the screen for hours?
Got the same problem here. I just reverted back to jm8 (eclair 2.1) with takayuma Rom.. I think all froyo versions have battery draining issue
I think, you guys must make this and maybe fix battery issue:
Refreshing battery stats after Odin or flashing (important)
or me personal, for my Galaxy very helpfull was this HTC Desire methode:
[HOW TO] Calibrate Desire Battery
Regards
I'm having exactly same problem with you. My brightness is 75% even in sleep mode and it drains the battery. I guess thats the main culprit to solve my battery draining issue. I wonder why it happens to certain people, because some users only have 48% for brightness and their battery can last more than a day
** apparently using Eclair 2.1 doesn't solve the issue as my brightness is still 70% ... I've tried the batterystats.bin fix and same thing happens. Damn !
pcboyy said:
I'm having exactly same problem with you. My brightness is 75% even in sleep mode and it drains the battery. I guess thats the main culprit to solve my battery draining issue. I wonder why it happens to certain people, because some users only have 48% for brightness and their battery can last more than a day
** apparently using Eclair 2.1 doesn't solve the issue as my brightness is still 70% ... I've tried the batterystats.bin fix and same thing happens. Damn !
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It's true. JM8 and the battery fix doesn't help.
But I found that when I turn my connection from 3G mode to Wifi mode, my battery drops only 10% overnight.
I think there is some problem in the 3G connection.
Do you think this is kernel related?
One way to keep the drain down is getting a black theme such as the Transparent theme and setting a black background. Because of the AMOLED screen black is basically 'pixel off'. It helps just a bit.
I have similar experiences with WiFi vs. 3G, 3G drains battery awfully fast whereas WiFi seems to be consuming significantly less power.
Hi all
My non-rooted N1 is now suffering from poor battery life (hopefully will get to time it today but basically every morning it's dead) since upgrading to 2.2.1 OTA via O2 (UK).
Has anyone else seen this behaviour, or perhaps have a suggestion to diagnose/resolve? (not just standard battery optimisation stuff please).
Thanks
Mine seems about the same really.
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Hi all
My non-rooted N1 is now suffering from poor battery life (hopefully will get to time it today but basically every morning it's dead) since upgrading to 2.2.1 OTA via O2 (UK).
Has anyone else seen this behaviour, or perhaps have a suggestion to diagnose/resolve? (not just standard battery optimisation stuff please).
Thanks
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Could be one of the apps you commonly use is having some issues with the new update and destroying your battery life.
You could try uninstalling a bunch of commonly run apps and see if that helps battery life.
Mine seems the same. Maybe your battery is old?
Just to be clear, battery was fine just before the update and now is awful. I've just taken it off charge to see how quickly it dies and i'll keep an eye on what's using the battery (if the about phone > battery stuff is accurate). Thanks
Okay so.. can't seem to do a screen shot (not rooted?) but here's what i've found so far..
From fully charged.. to 10% battery..
While last unplugged for 16h 3m 51s
Cell standby - 26%
Phone idle 24%
Display - 17%
Weather forecast - 7%
BatteryTime - 6%
wpa_supplicant - 6%
Wi-Fi - 6%
Android System - 5%
Android OS - 3%
Gmail - 2%
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Does this look unusual to anyone? I'm sure in the past when i've checked this report the display was always the highest. I'm wondering if 2.2.1 update or an app is stopping the phone from sleeping or something?
Any advice welcome
Thanks
My favorite part is that the app Battery Time is responsible for 6% of your battery usage. Irony?
Also, your weather app is setup to sync too often if it's using 7%, IMHO.
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You can check if any apps are keeping the phone up, get into the testing app (dial *#*#4636#*#* and go to Battery history.
In there, change other usage to Partial wage usage.
Thanks Rusty. Had a look under partial wake usage and the only thing showing up anything really is 'android system', with about 20% on the bar graph.
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You can check if any apps are keeping the phone up, get into the testing app (dial *#*#4636#*#* and go to Battery history.
In there, change other usage to Partial wage usage.
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Guys.
Am Getting Battery Drain for the Past 2days cos of flashing Ultra Smooth Rosie.
I flashed Sense 4.0 Clock and i found that the Rosie was not smooth as stock.
So i flashed Ultra Smooth Rosie and the Performance was Really a lot better than wat i expected.
Then from yesterday i found that my Battery drains 50% faster than it use it.
Before i get 40% when i go to bed but yesterday it was only 14%.
Also Auto Sync always keep on showing every few sec.
Dono what is causing the Battery drain.
Got it fixed by installing deodexed roise and wiping cache and dalvik..
Still i get Sync icon at the top sometime when the phone is idle..
I just sideloaded 5.1 and I use Battery widget pro.
After 5.1 when I unplug my device this widget tells me I have 8 hours of battery left.
Even on 5.0 my battery seemed pretty poor but at least it would be at 12 to 14. I just don't get how it can be that bad.
Sometimes after turning it off then back on the battery level will adjust to something higher.
Is this possibly an app issue draining my battery? Anyone have any tips suggestions?
Best,
Ryan
Obeyryan said:
I just sideloaded 5.1 and I use Battery widget pro.
After 5.1 when I unplug my device this widget tells me I have 8 hours of battery left.
Even on 5.0 my battery seemed pretty poor but at least it would be at 12 to 14. I just don't get how it can be that bad.
Sometimes after turning it off then back on the battery level will adjust to something higher.
Is this possibly an app issue draining my battery? Anyone have any tips suggestions?
Best,
Ryan
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Let it run for a day and see how much battery life you actually get. Maybe let it drain all the way out once and recharge it to 100%. I know when I ran custom ROMs on my Nexus devices, it would take a couple of days before the battery stats adjusted and displayed correct info. I once had a battery meter say 1% for about an hour before my phone died after switching to a new ROM.
How did it go? I noticed massive battery draining wakelocks on 5.1, related to phone and location. Without Xposed I don't know how to control them.
Cheers!
i'm facing this problem that battery of my droid turbo draining to fast as it is having 3900mAh battery but draining really too fast tell me solution so that i can recover my battery life
im Having Adroid version Lollipop 5.1
Humza Arain said:
i'm facing this problem that battery of my droid turbo draining to fast as it is having 3900mAh battery but draining really too fast tell me solution so that i can recover my battery life
im Having Adroid version Lollipop 5.1
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Are you using the version that came with your phone, or are you using something custom (i.e. CyanogenMod or Resurrection Remix)? Did you see what "supposedly" is the highest percent drainer under Settings->Battery?
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Are you using the version that came with your phone, or are you using something custom (i.e. CyanogenMod or Resurrection Remix)? Did you see what "supposedly" is the highest percent drainer under Settings->Battery?
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im using orignal software of verison and it is draining battery so fast
high percent of battery drainer is my display and cell stand by
Humza Arain said:
im using orignal software of verison and it is draining battery so fast
high percent of battery drainer is my display and cell stand by
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Based on that, the only thing that I can think of is to turn down your display brightness (even try setting to auto if you haven't already) and if your cell service is often weak/non existent, then put it in airplane mode temporarily to turn off your cell radio (which will also kill calling and texting though). It also depends on just how fast your battery is draining. How much time are you getting with it on? How quickly is it draining (percentage wise per hour for example)?
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Based on that, the only thing that I can think of is to turn down your display brightness (even try setting to auto if you haven't already) and if your cell service is often weak/non existent, then put it in airplane mode temporarily to turn off your cell radio (which will also kill calling and texting though). It also depends on just how fast your battery is draining. How much time are you getting with it on? How quickly is it draining (percentage wise per hour for example)?
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i think its about 10% per hour when i use wifi internet on my phone .. and except this while i play game draining battery also fast i not getting its my battery issue or my software issue my 11% of battery consumed by my screen and cell standby consume 5% of battery as per my battery monitor in my phone
Humza Arain said:
i think its about 10% per hour when i use wifi internet on my phone .. and except this while i play game draining battery also fast i not getting its my battery issue or my software issue my 11% of battery consumed by my screen and cell standby consume 5% of battery as per my battery monitor in my phone
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It sounds like some of that is just the software then as well. Before I unlocked the bootloader and installed CyanogenMod on mine, I used to see it drain quite a bit faster (especially during standby when the screen was off). A big part of that was being able to change the CPU clock speeds (which I lowered on mine) and adjusting it to where many apps couldn't wake up the phone anymore. When doing heavy gaming though, it's pretty much always guaranteed to drain quickly.
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It sounds like some of that is just the software then as well. Before I unlocked the bootloader and installed CyanogenMod on mine, I used to see it drain quite a bit faster (especially during standby when the screen was off). A big part of that was being able to change the CPU clock speeds (which I lowered on mine) and adjusting it to where many apps couldn't wake up the phone anymore. When doing heavy gaming though, it's pretty much always guaranteed to drain quickly.
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but im having lillipop 5.1 orignal with latest update but my battery draining bit fast
Humza Arain said:
but im having lillipop 5.1 orignal with latest update but my battery draining bit fast
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I'm not saying the version you are using, but the actual stock software in general. It's definitely not optimized as well for battery life as it can be in a custom ROM and the bloatware doesn't help either. Using the phone for gaming will also take a hefty toll, regardless of what you are running.
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I'm not saying the version you are using, but the actual stock software in general. It's definitely not optimized as well for battery life as it can be in a custom ROM and the bloatware doesn't help either. Using the phone for gaming will also take a hefty toll, regardless of what you are running.
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so which thing i do to get more battery life? guide me
Humza Arain said:
i think its about 10% per hour when i use wifi internet on my phone .. and except this while i play game draining battery also fast i not getting its my battery issue or my software issue my 11% of battery consumed by my screen and cell standby consume 5% of battery as per my battery monitor in my phone
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Do you mean 10% per hour of screen on time or screen off time? If you lose only 10% for an hour of screen on, you probably get 8-10 hours of screen on time per charge. I only get less than 5.
battery draining MM droid turbo
Hi Friends; after updating to MM, my droid turbo seems to have a 2000mah battery...done wipe cache partition before and after the new MM, an hard rest but in stanby or in aiplane mode the battery sucks 10 points and more in a few hours...could you help me? Please...
p.s. idle 22% standby 22%...no gps, no bluetooth, no notification, just a few applications...
Hi Friends; since updating to MM, my droid turbo seems to have a 2000mah battery...done wipe cache partition before and after the new MM, an hard rest but in stanby or in aiplane mode the battery sucks 10 points and more in a few hours without doing anything...could you help me? Please...
p.s. idle 22% standby 22%...no gps, no bluetooth, no notification, just a few applications...I tried, after charging to 100%, leaving the phone for some days without doing anything (no wifi, no connection, no signal) and I was surprised to read such draining as in the screenshot.
Anyone can reply and help me? What's the difference between idle and standby? The phone has a stock firmware, never rooted