How is battery life using the Android on the Topaz? Does it suffer from the same power drain and heating problems as the other WinMo conversions (Diamond 1, Blackstone, etc)?
just tested running android on my touch diamond 2. Battery life is definitely an issue, though not as serious as the case for android on iphone 3G
I've had Incubus26Jc's Super FroYo 2.2.1 RLS16 on my Vogue for a while, and there's been times when my phone battery died out quickly when I really needed to use it the most. My phone seems to use up a lot of battery while it's sleeping too, so I don't know what the problem is. I barely have any widgets installed, but I do leave my phone in my pocket a lot. Are there any methods I can try out that will boost battery life even just a little bit?
turn off background data, auto-sync and GPS.
This way my touch's battery seems similar to WM 6.5.
GPS especially. Also, if you are using a task killer, uninstall it. I also uninstalled the battery meter that came with superfroyo, it is to inexact. The default android one seems more accurate.
Getting rid of a task manager? Don't they free up memory and kill unneeded processes?
Spalla said:
Getting rid of a task manager? Don't they free up memory and kill unneeded processes?
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No. They spend resources shutting things down that Android then re-opens. Read more here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6426198
Android is not WinMo. And from personal experience, uninstalling Advanced Task Killer was the single best thing I ever did for increasing battery life and making Froyo run faster. Just try it for a week and you'll see.
The best way to boost battery life, imho, is to not use the phone to charge your battery.
I've recently gotten my hands on HTC ELF0160 battery charger and used it to charge my battery. After using this particular charger my STANDARD (stock) battery is now reading ...
78% after 8 hours and 16 minutes on battery
57% on Display
28% on Standby
15% on Phone Idle
2% on Voice Calls
As you can see its been pretty idle. All I've been running is Google Talk 1.3 and Facebook, and the random admiration of the new found battery life.
Note I'm using scoots latest rom, without any modifications other than installing a couple of apps.
So if you could get an external charger I'd suspect you'd get much better battery life. Prior to this I'd be lucky to get 8 hours of battery. I suspect that the phone isn't fully charging the battery for whatever reason.
Regards,
EDIT...
After 21 hours my readings are
47% display
33% standby
18% idle
4% voice calls
Again my usage I'd categorize as very low. Currently my battery level is reading 27%. note this is the same battery as above, the standard 1100 mah one.
eepyaj said:
I've recently gotten my hands on HTC ELF0160 battery charger and used it to charge my battery.
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The vogue battery works with an Elf charger? Thought they weren't compatible.
That's what the charger is called. I have a couple at work that I'm using. My batteries have yet to explode.
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Hi!!! I've tried lot of Android versions and the onlyone that doesen't freezes is FRX07 ( System Build ) by XDAndroid but my X1 start warming up and the battery discharges quickly.
battery usage says that the phone's standby drains the most of the battery charge.
anyone nows how to increase battery life with android?
And the the battery is even displayed as full...but with winmo I can see the real level of the battery, so it isn't a problem of the battery.
Now I've tryed to install JuiceDefender and the phone is a little less hot.
(I'm sorry for my bad English )
It seems to be a problem with all android builds, from my experience with Android, the overclocking of the processors is the culprit, (733+ MHz, from stock 528MHz) coupled with some of those ROMS being run off the memory card, switched to NAND version, and the major problem is battery calibration now, trying to figure out how to fix that,
It seems like my HTC One is experience faster than normal battery drain when it is asleep since installing Android Revolution HD 7.3. I downloaded the better battery stats app, and would like to know which info I should post so you guys can help me pinpoint what is causing the unnecessary wakelocks.
Hey guys,
I have the latest nightly build of CM11on my Xperia Z. I updated as 4.3 stock was draining my battery within 3-5 hours with limited used normally by Google Play Services. I put up with it for so long I have forgot what the battery was like on it before!
At 15:23 I was at 95% Battery. At 18:02 with light use I was at 74%. It Is now 22:47 and I'm at 26% with using some games, internet browsing and downloading a few apps over 3G as well as texting a bit. Is this normal battery life for CM11? If it is are there any other ROMS which have a good battery life but also offer as much if not more features?
On Battery stats the screen is using 35% of my battery, Android system 11, Android OS 6, Google Play services 6. I installed at 18:00 Battery Reborn and it says I'm losing 1% every 4 minutes.
I tried using the conservative Governor but it seemed too choppy and don't know where to set the minimum clock to cirucmvent that, so I'm using interactive at the moment.
all help appreciated!