Please reply with your own real experiences.
Q. Does rooted Greenify really improve battery life?
I use it, but I can't say it makes a huge difference.
Q. Does Package Disabler Pro really improve battery life?
I use it, but my co-worker doesn't, and his Note 5 lasts basically as long as mine.
Experiment:
Maybe what would be the most useful is using Tasker to really deal with battery life. I'm thinking about shutting off wifi and data when not needed, etc.
Has anyone tested something like this?
Thanks!:good:
Hey gaston. So I haven't rooted my note 5 just yet but I spent a year and a half with my opo trying all the permutations you mention.
Rooted greenify I feel works a lot like doze on marshmallow. If you are gaming you tubing etc constantly you won't really feel a difference.
Tasker is awesome and you will notice a difference in battery life to an extent but it goes way way beyond in terms of automation. If you end up using tasker profiles based on location and wifi you may just end up using more juice.
Package disabler using the profiles I have tried so far marginally improves battery life but nothing sizeable. I feel it makes the phone snappy by freeing some ram but that might just be a placebo.
Ergo I run the phone in full beast mode now and make use of the fast charge once in the evening for a half hour and that's good to get me through the day.
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swarup.siddharth said:
Hey gaston. So I haven't rooted my note 5 just yet but I spent a year and a half with my opo trying all the permutations you mention.
Rooted greenify I feel works a lot like doze on marshmallow. If you are gaming you tubing etc constantly you won't really feel a difference.
Tasker is awesome and you will notice a difference in battery life to an extent but it goes way way beyond in terms of automation. If you end up using tasker profiles based on location and wifi you may just end up using more juice.
Package disabler using the profiles I have tried so far marginally improves battery life but nothing sizeable. I feel it makes the phone snappy by freeing some ram but that might just be a placebo.
Ergo I run the phone in full beast mode now and make use of the fast charge once in the evening for a half hour and that's good to get me through the day.
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Thanks!
I appreciate your honest reply. Many people here in the forums seem to lie a lot about performance and battery life.
Maybe keeping the phone charged is the best and simple solution.
That being said you are rooted so go ahead and try the custom roms out there. That is the one sure fire way to see a difference in performance and battery life.
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I've been using Greenify (unrooted), Package Disabler Pro, and dark themes to maximize my battery life. But I think Tasker does the most to help me conserve battery power.
When I am at work, Tasker turns off WiFi, Bluetooth, all sounds, and drops screen brightness to about 20%. I only turn on GPS when I am using an app that requires it. Tasker turns my brightness and volumes down when I am connected to WiFi at home.
I think these simple actions with Tasker help my battery life more than just about anything else. I average about 6.5 hours of SOT, and I still have 30%+ left on my battery when I get home.
But it all depends on how you use your phone. YouTube and video games consume more juice than TapaTalk and light Internet browsing.
Just try to uninstall or disable facebook app via settings, and feel the difference. I read on Internet that Facebook app known as battery eater. Just try it and give some response here. Hope that help.
It depends. Some people want the extreme battery savings and are willing to sacrifice a lot of performance on the phone, dim screen, no GPS, etc.
I prefer my phone to operate at its full potential all the time. I don't want to mess with settings if something came up and someone wanted to see a picture and I have to worry about setting brightnesses and whatnot.
For the most part, most of those apps are only getting a marginal amount of better battery. Maybe 20 or 30 minutes more charge over the day.
During work, I rarely use my phone because I'm actually working lol. Sometimes I use it for work but the quick charge takes care of whatever I lose during my lunch hour
I use GSAM the monitor was actually using the most battery in just address what's needed. The only feature that I usually do turn off and keep up for the most part is my Wi-Fi. In the areas I use my phone the most, my average download speeds over cellular are over a gigabit
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greeify - yes, only if you know greenified app was a battery drainer.
package disabler - yes, only if you know those services were battery drainers.
I use betterbatterystats app to find out what is draining the battery.
biggest culprit for me was phone not going into Deep Sleep. If you can remedy deep sleep issue, your battery will last much longer. I currently get around 1 percent drain every 2 hours when my phone's screen is off. that's with wifi on all the time.
Best way for me was installing a custom rom. most custom roms will have battery issues fixed. I use dr ketan's rom. it's awesome.
Another way without rooting that I found out, is disable google services. google play services and all google services. if you do that, watch your battery last forever.
I forget which app, but you could make profiles so you could enable or disable all google services, and google play services. I mean, you don't download new apps all the time, right?
So only enable google play services when you want to download apps and turn it off for the rest of time.
and of course deal with bloatware.
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Thanks!
I appreciate your honest reply. Many people here in the forums seem to lie a lot about performance and battery life.
Maybe keeping the phone charged is the best and simple solution.
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I'm glad you asked, i've been using greenify amplify and powernap as of recently, and no it does not improve battery life automatically but it helps to keep your running services in check.
I've had couple of times that chrome was running in background, despite i closed it, means it drains battery when your screen is off, greenify prevents that from happening which result in battery improvement or more precisely, helps you manage the services right.
However to my surprise, calibrating the battery via batterycalibaration app or L Speed tweaks apk(both need root), it stabilized my battery after couple of cycles, i did a test charge the phone to 100 then using performance governor, i put Angry birds 2 till the battery reached 5% so i could see the SOT, before this step i had 2h 45m but AFTER calibration i had 4h 30m, that a LOT for performance non stop ab2 gaming.
It helps with regular uses as well, i also used repair battery to make sure that battery health is in check, hope all that helps
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Just try to uninstall or disable facebook app via settings, and feel the difference. I read on Internet that Facebook app known as battery eater. Just try it and give some response here. Hope that help.
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I've tried this several times and over the last 3 weeks and honestly have never notice any difference to battery life. The less features of the web version to me doesn't warrant this as a worthwhile change.
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Best way for me was installing a custom rom. most custom roms will have battery issues fixed. I use dr ketan's rom. it's awesome.
Another way without rooting that I found out said:
Re dr ketans rom assume this requires root? Does it take away features of the standard rom or is it closely linked to the OE Rom?
Interesting re profiles - I will look this up thanks
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Derpling said:
However to my surprise, calibrating the battery via batterycalibaration app or L Speed tweaks apk(both need root), it stabilized my battery after couple of cycles, i did a test charge the phone to 100 then using performance governor, i put Angry birds 2 till the battery reached 5% so i could see the SOT, before this step i had 2h 45m but AFTER calibration i had 4h 30m, that a LOT for performance non stop ab2 gaming.
It helps with regular uses as well, i also used repair battery to make sure that battery health is in check, hope all that helps
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Interesting. I've never tried calibrating a battery.
Honestly, I feel fine with my Note 5. But I always imagine what I want from a ROM or device:
Better battery is always good
Fast performance is good
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Best way for me was installing a custom rom. most custom roms will have battery issues fixed. I use dr ketan's rom. it's awesome.
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I've thought about installing and trying Dr. Ketan's Rom.
Has it been great for you? What's been the thing you like the most about it?
Thanks for your answer.:good:
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I've been using Greenify (unrooted), Package Disabler Pro, and dark themes to maximize my battery life. But I think Tasker does the most to help me conserve battery power.
When I am at work, Tasker turns off WiFi, Bluetooth, all sounds, and drops screen brightness to about 20%. I only turn on GPS when I am using an app that requires it. Tasker turns my brightness and volumes down when I am connected to WiFi at home.
I think these simple actions with Tasker help my battery life more than just about anything else. I average about 6.5 hours of SOT, and I still have 30%+ left on my battery when I get home.
But it all depends on how you use your phone. YouTube and video games consume more juice than TapaTalk and light Internet browsing.
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Hey..
I was interested when you mention using Tasker app, so I tried to use it.
When I was setting the app I try to set WiFi on when at home and set off when I'm not, does this need root? could you share the tutorial setup to me?
One more thing, I tried set GPS on when using the allowed app, I find this set must be rooted, If you could, would you share the tutorial setup too?
thanks
Seriously? Swipe down and toggle wifi and mobile data on/off!
Less than 2 seconds plus you can see your beautiful notification drawer if you using a theme you like!
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Re dr ketans rom assume this requires root? Does it take away features of the standard rom or is it closely linked to the OE Rom?
Interesting re profiles - I will look this up thanks
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yea, any rom install requires root. I thought about not rooting my note5 for a while. damn knox count that disables samsung pay + much harder to sell and lowers the resale value. HATE samsung for doing that. I mean, if I flash a stock rom, everything should be back to normal. ONLY company that makes the resale value of phone drop forever, if you root!
sorry, i digress.
dr ketan's rom is very clean and snappy. he only removed knox and carrier apps, and left everything stock. didn't take away any functions, but added "actually useful" features. insane amount of features without slowing down the phone. it feels like stock rom without the bloat and the usual "limited" feeling of stock. battery life is improved also. especially the deep sleep. what i noticed was that, when i was on stock, deep sleep was pretty good already, then I rooted and deep sleep was out of wack. I tried everything for the deep sleep to be better, but didn't work well. so i flashed dr ketan's rom, and deep sleep is now actually better than stock.
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I've thought about installing and trying Dr. Ketan's Rom.
Has it been great for you? What's been the thing you like the most about it?
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- nonstop update/support. he actually replies to everyone. only developer i've seen who does that.
- very good features. they are actually very useful and powerful.
- very stable.
- an of course, great battery life.
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Hey..
I was interested when you mention using Tasker app, so I tried to use it.
When I was setting the app I try to set WiFi on when at home and set off when I'm not, does this need root? could you share the tutorial setup to me?
One more thing, I tried set GPS on when using the allowed app, I find this set must be rooted, If you could, would you share the tutorial setup too?
thanks
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Yeah, there is a pretty steep learning curve when it comes to Tasker. On the bottom right hand corner in the Tasker app, click on the question-mark icon. From there you can click on "Guides" for user tips and tutorials. Click on "Userguide" for the manual.
GPS cannot be set without root, since Gingerbread OS I believe. I manually turn it on and off when I need it. I leave WiFi on during the time frame I am at work. Tasker turns it back on at quitting time. When I get home and connect to my home WiFi, Tasker sets my brightness, sound levels, etc.
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Here are five ways to extend the battery life of Nexus5. I know that many nexus5 users face the problem with battery life.
1. At first, turn off the auto brightness of your Nexus5. Cause it's the main reason for battery drain. Set your brightness always in medium or low.
2. 2nd step is, Turn off WiFi Scanning. You need to uncheck the "Scanning Always Available" option.
3. 3rd step is, Turn off your GPS location settings and Bluetooth. It draws a lot of battery power. Only use these when you need to use this features.
4. 4rth Step is, always use standard wallpaper, Any kind of animated wallpaper can be the reason for drain battery of your Nexus 5.
5. The final step is , Turn off automatic updates of Applications. But keep them up-to-date.
You forgot "Turn OFF Google Now if you don't use it"
That seems more like a general android guide than one specific to the N5... Just saying.
You forgot about custom kernals and under clocking GPU and CPU and undervolting
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omg i would have never thought of this. you saved my life
Step 1. Install Franco kernel and tweak settings for battery (undervolt, reduce touch_boost)
Step 2. Install Xposed with GravityBox and tweak auto brightness settings
even though these ideas are a bit obvious to the experienced user, i thank the op for trying to help out
With gravity box I get massive battery drain, I know for many it's not an issue but I'm not alone in finding it drains significantly quicker. I still have the xposed framework but using the less feature rich wanam without issue.
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Step 7
I find I get GREAT battery life when I don't turn the screen on. It lasts, like, 10 days!!
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Here are five ways to extend the battery life of Nexus5. I know that many nexus5 users face the problem with battery life.
1. At first, turn off the auto brightness of your Nexus5. Cause it's the main reason for battery drain. Set your brightness always in medium or low.
2. 2nd step is, Turn off WiFi Scanning. You need to uncheck the "Scanning Always Available" option.
3. 3rd step is, Turn off your GPS location settings and Bluetooth. It draws a lot of battery power. Only use these when you need to use this features.
4. 4rth Step is, always use standard wallpaper, Any kind of animated wallpaper can be the reason for drain battery of your Nexus 5.
5. The final step is , Turn off automatic updates of Applications. But keep them up-to-date.
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Not true, usually what drains the battery is your apps misusing GPS or you enabled Location reporting. Location reporting really kills battery. As for Bluetooth, I have nothing to comment on that.
I will say as much as we perceive most of these to be common sense I learned a bit. Also I never have since I've owned android phones ever turned off GPS. It only uses it when it needs to. Such as browsing Facebook, maps etc. I also have Google now turned off so it shouldn't be pulling location data in the background now. I never use Bluetooth. My wife has it on all the time on her note 2 and she still gets the through the day with a good enough percentage.
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You forgot about custom kernals and under clocking GPU and CPU and undervolting
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undervolting has minimal impact on battery life
Enddo said:
undervolting has minimal impact on battery life
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Exactly. Plus you can get yourself into bootloops if your phone can't handle certain low values. Only time I messed with voltage was with my sgs1 and 2.
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I know it's not the point of this thread but I have chargers in almost every room in my house, in my cars, and at my desk at work. I leave everything on all the time. I want to use the hell out of this thing. I don't care if the battery degrades faster this way (which I don't think it does) because for the short time I own this phone I want to use every feature of it.
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I know it's not the point of this thread but I have chargers in almost every room in my house, in my cars, and at my desk at work. I leave everything on all the time. I want to use the hell out of this thing. I don't care if the battery degrades faster this way (which I don't think it does) because for the short time I own this phone I want to use every feature of it.
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Exactly. I have a charger at home next to my bed. I have one at work and a car charger. I'd rather be charging as I need then be pushing hard to get stats and be in a jam where I need to make an emergency call or my wife will be trying to call and my phone is dead. I might just be easy to please but as long as I can use my phone and still have some juice left before I go to bed I'm okay. I don't need it to last me without charge more than a day. I've owned a lot of different devices and never once complained about battery life or asked in any forum about battery life. Now I will say there are those people that can't or don't have access to chargers all the time and it can be an inconvenience to not have good battery life.
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you forgot "dont use phone"
ManMOuntain said:
With gravity box I get massive battery drain, I know for many it's not an issue but I'm not alone in finding it drains significantly quicker. I still have the xposed framework but using the less feature rich wanam without issue.
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I have no such issues.
Install a custom launcher like nova launcher and delete the original launcher
Even if google now is turned off in the default launcher 1 accidental swipe to the left will turn on google now. Works for me anyway
i've done NONE of those things, yet my battery lasts about 28-30 hours...
battery savings has more to do with how you use your phone, and with what apps, than little tweaks to the core functionality of the Android OS.
Extended Battery life
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even though these ideas are a bit obvious to the experienced user, i thank the op for trying to help out
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Yes.I am agree with you, these ideas are even quite obvious for new one month old user as well.:laugh:
So the poor battery life on my Note 4 might have more to do with screen brightness than I would have expected. Unfortunately, most people posting their SOT's aren't doing it in a very scientific way, so it's hard to know what we should expect from these devices.
Here are my battery test results using PCMark for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.futuremark.pcmark.android.benchmark
In one test, I put the screen brightness to 100% and the results were pretty dismal. In the second test, I ran it at 50% brightness, which is brighter than the Note 2 at full and the results were much better.
I use Auto brightness during the day, which might explain my poor battery life, but I'd love to know what others score on PCMark are (it does run for 5+ hours!). I do keep my background BLACK, as well as using black themes on everything I can - for apps that only have white backgrounds, I use AutomateIt to invert the colors automatically. I would have thought these black backgrounds would do more, but it really comes down to brightness it seems.
I'm using an Exynos N910U model and left wifi connected while doing this test - 3 google accounts are synced on my device.
EP2008 said:
So the poor battery life on my Note 4 might have more to do with screen brightness than I would have expected. Unfortunately, most people posting their SOT's aren't doing it in a very scientific way, so it's hard to know what we should expect from these devices.
Here are my battery test results using PCMark for Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.futuremark.pcmark.android.benchmark
In one test, I put the screen brightness to 100% and the results were pretty dismal. In the second test, I ran it at 50% brightness, which is brighter than the Note 2 at full and the results were much better.
I use Auto brightness during the day, which might explain my poor battery life, but I'd love to know what others score on PCMark are (it does run for 5+ hours!). I do keep my background BLACK, as well as using black themes on everything I can - for apps that only have white backgrounds, I use AutomateIt to invert the colors automatically. I would have thought these black backgrounds would do more, but it really comes down to brightness it seems.
I'm using an Exynos N910U model and left wifi connected while doing this test - 3 google accounts are synced on my device.
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thanks for tests im using my exynos version on auto brightness and generally get 6 hours SOT. i saw on alot of people s stats and people who has problems generally has google play services on their battery usage list and it definetly shouldnt be at there... its probably about location reports to google every1 should disable it from location settings it doesnt break anything.
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thanks for tests im using my exynos version on auto brightness and generally get 6 hours SOT. i saw on alot of people s stats and people who has problems generally has google play services on their battery usage list and it definetly shouldnt be at there... its probably about location reports to google every1 should disable it from location settings it doesnt break anything.
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Yes, location can be an issue, but I think that impacts standby time more than SOT. Currently I've done the following to help with location-related issues:
- used lion tamer (soon to be called amplify) to slow down NLP wakelocks.
- set my location settings to powersave mode
- setup AutomateIt to turn on GPS when I'm in Google Maps (I'm usually plugged into the car outlet, so battery isn't a concern while navigating.
- Greenify stuff like Google search, Maps and several others.
I like and use Location Reporting, so disabling it outright isn't an option. My standby usage is very good at usually less than 1% an hour and my wakelocks keep my device awake usually less than 6%, but I'm still working to lower that number.
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Yes, location can be an issue, but I think that impacts standby time more than SOT. Currently I've done the following to help with location-related issues:
- used lion tamer (soon to be called amplify) to slow down NLP wakelocks.
- set my location settings to powersave mode
- setup AutomateIt to turn on GPS when I'm in Google Maps (I'm usually plugged into the car outlet, so battery isn't a concern while navigating.
- Greenify stuff like Google search, Maps and several others.
I like and use Location Reporting, so disabling it outright isn't an option. My standby usage is very good at usually less than 1% an hour and my wakelocks keep my device awake usually less than 6%, but I'm still working to lower that number.
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last night with 10 hours sleep time. with wifi connected sync was activated for 3 mails. i just lost 2% and i didnt do anything special like you did. no greenify no root nothing i couldnt even install wakelock detector cuz its broken on kitkat without root.
. i just disabled some useless stuff like samsung store etc.. everything else is working. and on my car i generally listen music over bluetooth
Lux could help
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last night with 10 hours sleep time. with wifi connected sync was activated for 3 mails. i just lost 2% and i didnt do anything special like you did. no greenify no root nothing i couldnt even install wakelock detector cuz its broken on kitkat without root.
. i just disabled some useless stuff like samsung store etc.. everything else is working. and on my car i generally listen music over bluetooth
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Before I started tweaking, I was getting around 6%-9% drain PER HOUR! Disabling stuff without root only got me so far, then the xposed tweaks and Titanium Backup had to be used.
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Before I started tweaking, I was getting around 6%-9% drain PER HOUR! Disabling stuff without root only got me so far, then the xposed tweaks and Titanium Backup had to be used.
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like i said i dont know whats wrong for some people its probably something you installed(skype maybe) or mostly about location reporting. even last night i left my phone at 90% when i get it this morning after like 10 hours it was on 88% like i said earlier wifi was connected no power saving etc just normal idle time nothing special.
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like i said i dont know whats wrong for some people its probably something you installed(skype maybe) or mostly about location reporting. even last night i left my phone at 90% when i get it this morning after like 10 hours it was on 88% like i said earlier wifi was connected no power saving etc just normal idle time nothing special.
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I was testing without any apps installed (just whatever I used to record battery consumption) and it was crazy high. Then I started adding accounts and apps, tweaking and I got my standby time to be much lower, but SOT leaves much to be desired. I'm going to try using the manual brightness and see if there are any differences - I often find auto brightness to be too bright or too dim! No "sweet spot" found! LOL
Greeny can also help but may need root
I'd suggest changing the settings for your Battery Monitor Widget app. AFAICS it polls every 10 minutes so a wakelock occurs every ten minutes to save the data. Use something like an hour and see what happens. Also would highly recommend BetterBatteryStats, a free version is available here for members.
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I'd suggest changing the settings for your Battery Monitor Widget app. AFAICS it polls every 10 minutes so a wakelock occurs every ten minutes to save the data. Use something like an hour and see what happens. Also would highly recommend BetterBatteryStats, a free version is available here for members.
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I'll try that, although that might only improve wakelocks, not screen on time.
BBS never worked right for me. Always complaining that it couldn't retrieve the stats or falling back on something else.
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I was getting around 6%-9% drain PER HOUR!
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Wait, with the screen off? Then you have something horribly wrong with your device. Mine did a few % over a night. With nothing done to the phone to conserve battery at all. Snapdragon, though. With the update.
I loose only 2% for 7h of standby last night.
We are seeing a trend I think, I noticed that it's mainly us 910U users or exnyos users complaining about battery life. So it must be something in the 910U rom?
I've got a 910F and I get 6 hours screen on time maximum :/
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Wait, with the screen off? Then you have something horribly wrong with your device. Mine did a few % over a night. With nothing done to the phone to conserve battery at all. Snapdragon, though. With the update.
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Doesn't happen now that I've rooted and applied my standard tweaks, but I tried a factory reset to see if I could correct the high standby drain and was not successful without these tweaks.
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I have 910f and i got same issues with my batt.
i've tried clean system, root, custom rom. Battery is always draining higher than some people.
As i said in other thread: some people have an issue, some have great battery life. And nobody knows why
Maybe it's the guys who keep it stock and don't root, custom rom and "tweak" that get the good battery life.
Delete it pls.
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Maybe it's the guys who keep it stock and don't root, custom rom and "tweak" that get the good battery life.
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I'm on stock, but without tweaks I can't even go the day on standby. [emoji31]
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So I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4, I got it back in October so yes I have "broken in" the battery. I have checked out several other posts and tried pretty much everything. I've turned off bluetooth, NFC, any and pretty much all useless Samsung features (smart stay, turn over to mute, multi-window), I've got a black wallpaper on for both my home and lock screens, I have greenify AND DU Battery Saver, I ONLY ever use data as I have unlimited data and my building has a shared wifi network which I don't trust, I have tweaked Sync in the settings menu to only sync crucial info from all my accounts (google, facebook, email, whatsapp, etc.). So far the BIGGEST battery drainer is Android System. It is always number one. I've had days where I've decided to push the screen-on time to its limits and have used it nonstop. Screen consumption only ever gets close even if I use my phone nonstop Android System is the biggest offender. I've tried keeping power saving mode on 24/7 but that has not seemed to help at all. I've disabled S Health, S Voice, and several other apps I never use like Google Play Newsstand. I am at the end of my rope I despise this phone for its claim to great battery life but its absolute GARBAGE real world performance. I consider myself lucky to get over 3.5 hours SOT. At this rate I might as well have an iPhone 5. I have no idea what to do.
Here's a list summarizing the things I've done to improve battery life:
Bluetooth off
NFC off
Multi-Window off
All email sync set to Manual
Sync for every account adjusted to isync only crucial info
Pitch Black Wallpaper
Power Saving Mode (Not Ultra Power Saving) switched on about 90% of the time
Using Greenify on all Power-Hungry apps
Closing most apps upon finishing using them
Using DU Battery Saver in order to monitor battery activity
Never use Wifi
No Multi-Window
No Touch Sensitivity
No Side Key Panel
Wifi Calling feature disabled (I never use wifi anyway)
No Download Booster
No Smart Stay
Animations switched off via the Developer Options
Tried using another battery (similar if not identical results)
I'm still getting at the very best if I'm somehow on a miraculous streak of good luck that day: 4 hours of Screen-On Time. It is ALWAYS Android System usually followed by Android OS and then an app or two before Screen (because my SOT is so pathetically terrible)
I love this phone, the display is beautiful, the camera is fantastic, it runs seamlessly (on Nova Launcher that is), BUT I despise the battery life. It has made me resent this phone and I'm seriously considering switching to the iPhone 6 Plus as that has comparable battery life and with it running iOS I doubt the OS would destroy my battery the way Android has been lately. What do you guys do to get such good battery life from this phone? I've tried everything I know!! Please can you help guys?
I'm also attaching screenshots from one of the BETTER days.
I would consider rooting and installing a custom rom, poprock I would recommend for keeping touchwiz.
I don't know.. maybe your battery is the problem.. When I was on stock I had the same issue, but i varied in a weird way. With poprock, battery life has been amazing.
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I would consider rooting and installing a custom rom, poprock I would recommend for keeping touchwiz.
I don't know.. maybe your battery is the problem.. When I was on stock I had the same issue, but i varied in a weird way. With poprock, battery life has been amazing.
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ghettozilla said:
So I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4, I got it back in October so yes I have "broken in" the battery. I have checked out several other posts and tried pretty much everything. I've turned off bluetooth, NFC, any and pretty much all useless Samsung features (smart stay, turn over to mute, multi-window), I've got a black wallpaper on for both my home and lock screens, I have greenify AND DU Battery Saver, I ONLY ever use data as I have unlimited data and my building has a shared wifi network which I don't trust, I have tweaked Sync in the settings menu to only sync crucial info from all my accounts (google, facebook, email, whatsapp, etc.). So far the BIGGEST battery drainer is Android System. It is always number one. I've had days where I've decided to push the screen-on time to its limits and have used it nonstop. Screen consumption only ever gets close even if I use my phone nonstop Android System is the biggest offender. I've tried keeping power saving mode on 24/7 but that has not seemed to help at all. I've disabled S Health, S Voice, and several other apps I never use like Google Play Newsstand. I am at the end of my rope I despise this phone for its claim to great battery life but its absolute GARBAGE real world performance. I consider myself lucky to get over 3.5 hours SOT. At this rate I might as well have an iPhone 5. I have no idea what to do.
Here's a list summarizing the things I've done to improve battery life:
Bluetooth off
NFC off
Multi-Window off
All email sync set to Manual
Sync for every account adjusted to isync only crucial info
Pitch Black Wallpaper
Power Saving Mode (Not Ultra Power Saving) switched on about 90% of the time
Using Greenify on all Power-Hungry apps
Closing most apps upon finishing using them
Using DU Battery Saver in order to monitor battery activity
Never use Wifi
No Multi-Window
No Touch Sensitivity
No Side Key Panel
Wifi Calling feature disabled (I never use wifi anyway)
No Download Booster
No Smart Stay
Animations switched off via the Developer Options
Tried using another battery (similar if not identical results)
I'm still getting at the very best if I'm somehow on a miraculous streak of good luck that day: 4 hours of Screen-On Time. It is ALWAYS Android System usually followed by Android OS and then an app or two before Screen (because my SOT is so pathetically terrible)
I love this phone, the display is beautiful, the camera is fantastic, it runs seamlessly (on Nova Launcher that is), BUT I despise the battery life. It has made me resent this phone and I'm seriously considering switching to the iPhone 6 Plus as that has comparable battery life and with it running iOS I doubt the OS would destroy my battery the way Android has been lately. What do you guys do to get such good battery life from this phone? I've tried everything I know!! Please can you help guys?
I'm also attaching screenshots from one of the BETTER days.
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A few people have this issue. I really think it has to do with a corrupt file that was flashed. Maybe no fix but a new phone. If part of the pit file got damaged no fix but samsung.
@ghettozilla
This is known as battery rape. Please view my thread about it posted yesterday lol
Are you still on KK or LP?
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You said you varied in a weird way? Mind telling me how?
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Like sometimes I would get like a day's worth of battery some half a day.. it happened with stock touchwiz and cyanogenmod. more on cyanogenmod.
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masri1987 said:
@ghettozilla
This is known as battery rape. Please view my thread about it posted yesterday lol
Are you still on KK or LP?
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look like lp based on the theme. lol
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the battery distribution and the SOT is what I usually get too.. but the usage of 7 hours is too little. I always get over a day..
masri1987 said:
@ghettozilla
This is known as battery rape. Please view my thread about it posted yesterday lol
Are you still on KK or LP?
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I'd already seen your thread. It wasn't too helpful for me unfortunately because I'm not rooted. Half the terms you guys were using "Odin'd, pit file, etc." I don't understand at all. I'm running Nova Launcher on this phone. Just typing this comment my battery has dipped from 78% to 74% this is ****ing ridiculous I'm sick of this **** phone I might just switch to iPhone. I'm done with battery raping Android.
I'm in the process of fixing this. I think I may have figured something out. I have been slowly working through freezing applications to figure out what is causing the battery drain. I've made some progress. I really think it is an issue with lollipop system apps.
I am now having a slight dragon from cell standby, but the Android System drain is getting capped. Been in this single charge for 17 hrs and Android system is only 7%
Once I get a bit more firm information I will post my findings.
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Some suggestions: check out your Google settings first. Disable Google Now and uncheck their location monitoring settings. Also freeze Facebook (use the website instead). Finally ou can disable sync altogether for a while in case other apps are hammering away through it. Test your battery under each of those conditions. Good luck, be patient, take your time. If your battery is good eventually you'll get to the bottom of it. Use Better Battery Stats to monitor. Most people get fantastic battery life. I rarely use 40% in a day. Over night (8 hours) I lose 2% - that's also a really good thing to watch. If you are draining badly at night, you have major wake locks occurring.
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Dumbo53 said:
Some suggestions: check out your Google settings first. Disable Google Now and uncheck their location monitoring settings. Also freeze Facebook (use the website instead). Finally ou can disable sync altogether for a while in case other apps are hammering away through it. Test your battery under each of those conditions. Good luck, be patient, take your time. If your battery is good eventually you'll get to the bottom of it. Use Better Battery Stats to monitor. Most people get fantastic battery life. I rarely use 40% in a day. Over night (8 hours) I lose 2% - that's also a really good thing to watch. If you are draining badly at night, you have major wake locks occurring.
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Err. i literally had facebook, tinder, syncing my accounts manually using toggle, and was still getting 7hrs of SOT.
This is something else altogether.
Dumbo53 said:
Some suggestions: check out your Google settings first. Disable Google Now and uncheck their location monitoring settings. Also freeze Facebook (use the website instead). Finally ou can disable sync altogether for a while in case other apps are hammering away through it. Test your battery under each of those conditions. Good luck, be patient, take your time. If your battery is good eventually you'll get to the bottom of it. Use Better Battery Stats to monitor. Most people get fantastic battery life. I rarely use 40% in a day. Over night (8 hours) I lose 2% - that's also a really good thing to watch. If you are draining badly at night, you have major wake locks occurring.
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Thanks I'll try some of that but my problem is that I shouldn't have to do all of this crap! God it seems like we HAVE to revert these superphones back to pre 2000 dumb phones in order to get any kind of a decent battery performance from them. Samsung just haaaaaad to make the screen 2K. If they'd kept 1080p it might've been better! I might as well just switch to the iPhone 6 plus if I want ZERO functionality from my big screen phone. God I hate this Note 4 and I'm so jealous of people who don't do anything like this and still get 5-7 hours of SOT with their Note 4's. I'm beginning to think they're full of it honestly.
masri1987 said:
Err. i literally had facebook, tinder, syncing my accounts manually using toggle, and was still getting 7hrs of SOT.
This is something else altogether.
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Thanks for your input. Didn't help me at all but thanks for your input.
BACARDILIMON said:
A few people have this issue. I really think it has to do with a corrupt file that was flashed. Maybe no fix but a new phone. If part of the pit file got damaged no fix but samsung.
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Is there any way to find out if I have a corrupted pit file?
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Is there any way to find out if I have a corrupted pit file?
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Nope. Either replace the phone or wipe and start over since u not rooted very little help.
If you're not rooted do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2903733
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If you are scared of root just stay stock rooted. Not a slight at Bacardi. He answers the questions better than us.
I am have the same issue with battery drain from Android System. I have see that issues is there when WiFi is enable the battery drains faster. When WiFi is off and using mobile data it drains normal.
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I will be watching this carefully. I have the same issue. Always Android system and Android OS in the top 3 battery drainer. Only, issue I have is I have to use WiFi at home. T-mobile service drops to Edge about a half mile before reaching my neighborhood.
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If you click on the Android Systems within the Battery usuage section. It will give you more detail, and show you what services, or packages are using it. The. You can take it from there.
This is what I have right now.
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I see u play a lot of games I am assuming. How much? Games eat a lot of battery.
I have tried many applications, including Amplify and a lot of battery saving apps and a lot other tips and tricks on XDA forums and other internet resources, but for some reason just could not get enough battery life on my note 5. The phone is great but for some reason 14-16 hours of battery life was always frustrating.
Not getting anywhere only frustrated me more. however i kept testing and testing different things and different combitnations. I also tried custom roms, kernals however still the battery life was almost same. It might be a possibility that I might not have been able to fully utilise the potential of certain apps due to lack of time and patience and understanding of the app functions.
Anyway, finally I have managed 2 days battery life on my phone and standytime is about .5 % per hour which is great.
things I have used:
1) Greenify - donate version (I have greenified system apps as well barring a few obvious ones - I went about it in a very simple manner, I almost greenified everything and then i observed apps that kept showing at the top under the column which says "apps not hibertaing automatically", so i removed those ones, since i feel that some system apps/processes might not hibernate and the fact that greenify might keep trying to hibernate them and apps keep fighting not to get hibernated, so i de-greenifed those one.s I might be wrong but this is exactly how i have configured greenify.)
2) Juice defender (free version) - I have installed juice defender and mind you just the free version. and it compliments greenify sooooooo well. i just enabled it and forgot about it, no configuration required.
3) Lux Auto Brightness - I installed this app and my phone started to handle brightness in a much effective manner. I configured (linked) some ambiances like office, home, and when i am outside, cloudy, sunny and thats it. The application can take brightness below zero as well if required as per the environment brightness, for example in a dark room. It handles brightness so much better.
Thats pretty much it, hardly any work, and voila! magic happened, now when i leave my phone at night around 10 pm and wake up in the morning, it only eats about 2-3 % battery, earlier it used to take an easy 10%. moreover even during the day when i am using the phone, it dont look for the charger.
I am a battery junkie, but finally when i have power, i find it boring that i not charge my phone everyday ....weird isnt it! human nature.....its like i am at peace now.
2 days is awesome. i dont need more then that, that is happy enought for me.
Please try and see if this helps someone. and do leave a feedback or if you have any questions at all.
this is my first post. Enjoy
The best way to get 2days bat is get ex-bat bro.
1234dino said:
I have tried many applications, including Amplify and a lot of battery saving apps and a lot other tips and tricks on XDA forums and other internet resources, but for some reason just could not get enough battery life on my note 5. The phone is great but for some reason 14-16 hours of battery life was always frustrating.
Not getting anywhere only frustrated me more. however i kept testing and testing different things and different combitnations. I also tried custom roms, kernals however still the battery life was almost same. It might be a possibility that I might not have been able to fully utilise the potential of certain apps due to lack of time and patience and understanding of the app functions.
Anyway, finally I have managed 2 days battery life on my phone and standytime is about .5 % per hour which is great.
things I have used:
1) Greenify - donate version (I have greenified system apps as well barring a few obvious ones - I went about it in a very simple manner, I almost greenified everything and then i observed apps that kept showing at the top under the column which says "apps not hibertaing automatically", so i removed those ones, since i feel that some system apps/processes might not hibernate and the fact that greenify might keep trying to hibernate them and apps keep fighting not to get hibernated, so i de-greenifed those one.s I might be wrong but this is exactly how i have configured greenify.)
2) Juice defender (free version) - I have installed juice defender and mind you just the free version. and it compliments greenify sooooooo well. i just enabled it and forgot about it, no configuration required.
3) Lux Auto Brightness - I installed this app and my phone started to handle brightness in a much effective manner. I configured (linked) some ambiances like office, home, and when i am outside, cloudy, sunny and thats it. The application can take brightness below zero as well if required as per the environment brightness, for example in a dark room. It handles brightness so much better.
Thats pretty much it, hardly any work, and voila! magic happened, now when i leave my phone at night around 10 pm and wake up in the morning, it only eats about 2-3 % battery, earlier it used to take an easy 10%. moreover even during the day when i am using the phone, it dont look for the charger.
I am a battery junkie, but finally when i have power, i find it boring that i not charge my phone everyday ....weird isnt it! human nature.....its like i am at peace now.
2 days is awesome. i dont need more then that, that is happy enought for me.
Please try and see if this helps someone. and do leave a feedback or if you have any questions at all.
this is my first post. Enjoy
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you dont explain how you use phone..........so all the above means nothing...
minhcoi said:
The best way to get 2days bat is get ex-bat bro.
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What's an ex-bat ?
MohamedRaafat said:
What's an ex-bat ?
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external battery
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edwardob said:
you dont explain how you use phone..........so all the above means nothing...
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I am a power user, i am always playing with my phone, however i keep location and sync off and turn them on as and when required. My typical day is a lot of twitter, a few youtube videos, social media browsing, chrome usage and just random playing around. currently my usage since last full charge is:
1d 1h 30m 21s on battery
and 47% is still remaining.
I will probably have to charge my phone again in another 24 hours.
So that's pretty good.
as far as external battery is concerned, that could be a solution however I like my phone slim, without a case and not a big fan of external batteries.
Screen on time is the most important variable,as that is when the phone is using max power.
Sure I can get two days+ battery easily if I only have 2 hours SOT...
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For starters, awesome battery life .
Please can u provide us with the screen on time u r getting ?
Im on official marshmallow (N920c), power user with facebook, whatsapp, chrome, some online games .. I get about 23hrs of usage with 5:45 - 6:30 SOT
If the SOT with greenify is much better then I will consider rooting
The SOT is 2 hours 11 minutes at 47 minutes.
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2 hours 11 minutes at 47 percent
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1234dino said:
2 hours 11 minutes at 47 percent
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nothing special there that's only 4.5hrs screen time!
Anyone can get 48+ hours with only 4 hours SOT...
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screen on time of almost 3 hours and 2 full days of battery time with 17% left.... MM is pretty nice =D
Hey guys don't mean to trespass this thread but I'm trying to use greenify unrooted. Worked fine for a while but now everytime I use the auto hibernate shortcut I have to individually press ok on the force close warning of each app. Any ideas on how to automate it?
And how is lux different from auto brightness setting on the phone itself.
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swarup.siddharth said:
Hey guys don't mean to trespass this thread but I'm trying to use greenify unrooted. Worked fine for a while but now everytime I use the auto hibernate shortcut I have to individually press ok on the force close warning of each app. Any ideas on how to automate it?
And how is lux different from auto brightness setting on the phone itself.
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you might wanna reinstall greenify and start from scratch to see if it fixes it since troubleshooting will take up a lot of time for you, LUX can take brightness level in below zero as well, for example in a absolutely dark room even level 0 might be too much brightness, phone auto brightness is ok but it keeps the screen comparitively more bright than required, LUX is smarter and handles brightness better and only lights up the screen enough for good and comfortable viewing, therby saves a lot fo battery
ars0n said:
screen on time of almost 3 hours and 2 full days of battery time with 17% left.... MM is pretty nice =D
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I havn't yet disabled facebook, instagram and facebook messenger (system installed in samsung), if i do that the battery just produces even more juice, so people who can live without them, it will be a good idea to just get rid of them and make the phone last longer. Also you might wanna look into lighter alternatives if you absolutely have to have these apps.
@ 1234dino
great battery life bro'. i will try it and report back!
cheers!
1234dino said:
you might wanna reinstall greenify and start from scratch to see if it fixes it since troubleshooting will take up a lot of time for you, LUX can take brightness level in below zero as well, for example in a absolutely dark room even level 0 might be too much brightness, phone auto brightness is ok but it keeps the screen comparitively more bright than required, LUX is smarter and handles brightness better and only lights up the screen enough for good and comfortable viewing, therby saves a lot fo battery
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Thank you. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling already. Still the same issue with greenify. Will give lux a go.
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Just an update people, i used titanium pro to add free version of juice defender as a system app, and set it up on aggressive, and now the screen SOT has jumped up to 7 hours as per GSAM battery monitor and battery life has gone over 2 days. I unplugged the phone this morning at 6.00 at 100 %, i am at 93 % so far, only percent in 7 hours, that pretty amazing.
1234dino said:
I have tried many applications, including Amplify and a lot of battery saving apps and a lot other tips and tricks on XDA forums and other internet resources, but for some reason just could not get enough battery life on my note 5. The phone is great but for some reason 14-16 hours of battery life was always frustrating.
Not getting anywhere only frustrated me more. however i kept testing and testing different things and different combitnations. I also tried custom roms, kernals however still the battery life was almost same. It might be a possibility that I might not have been able to fully utilise the potential of certain apps due to lack of time and patience and understanding of the app functions.
Anyway, finally I have managed 2 days battery life on my phone and standytime is about .5 % per hour which is great.
things I have used:
1) Greenify - donate version (I have greenified system apps as well barring a few obvious ones - I went about it in a very simple manner, I almost greenified everything and then i observed apps that kept showing at the top under the column which says "apps not hibertaing automatically", so i removed those ones, since i feel that some system apps/processes might not hibernate and the fact that greenify might keep trying to hibernate them and apps keep fighting not to get hibernated, so i de-greenifed those one.s I might be wrong but this is exactly how i have configured greenify.)
2) Juice defender (free version) - I have installed juice defender and mind you just the free version. and it compliments greenify sooooooo well. i just enabled it and forgot about it, no configuration required.
3) Lux Auto Brightness - I installed this app and my phone started to handle brightness in a much effective manner. I configured (linked) some ambiances like office, home, and when i am outside, cloudy, sunny and thats it. The application can take brightness below zero as well if required as per the environment brightness, for example in a dark room. It handles brightness so much better.
Thats pretty much it, hardly any work, and voila! magic happened, now when i leave my phone at night around 10 pm and wake up in the morning, it only eats about 2-3 % battery, earlier it used to take an easy 10%. moreover even during the day when i am using the phone, it dont look for the charger.
I am a battery junkie, but finally when i have power, i find it boring that i not charge my phone everyday ....weird isnt it! human nature.....its like i am at peace now.
2 days is awesome. i dont need more then that, that is happy enought for me.
Please try and see if this helps someone. and do leave a feedback or if you have any questions at all.
this is my first post. Enjoy
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these apps are outdated... 2011 and 2012. Do you think it's a good idea to support something that is not being developed anymore?
Hey there,
I've had my 3T ever since it was released, and compared to my previous phone, Samsung S6, I'm definitely getting a better battery life, but it's been hit or miss for me the last month or so, and I'm wondering how I can try and increase the battery life and whether rooting my phone would help.
I've literally never rooted a phone before, so I don't know if this is advisable for someone so new to all this - is it easy to do so?
I've included a few screenshots of my battery life currently, I used to get around 7 hours SOT total, now I'd say I get around 5-6 depending on what I do? I don't constantly have wifi on, I'm not using greenify or any other battery saving apps, I have doze on in the developer settings but not aggressive dose.
I've seen others with 10 hours SOT so I know this phone is certainly capable of it, and I know I don't have the most terrible battery life but the drain is fairly noticeable imo when it's idle.
Would it be worthwhile to factory reset the phone first and see if it improves anything first?
While rooting itself wouldn't increase battery life, you can do some stuff like, flash a different kernel such as Franco kernel, that has improved my battery life immensely. Or you can install a rom which could help also.
And yes rooting your phone is very simple just follow the guides step by step. That's my battery life at 78%
sakumaxp said:
While rooting itself wouldn't increase battery life, you can do some stuff like, flash a different kernel such as Franco kernel, that has improved my battery life immensely. Or you can install a rom which could help also.
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Would you say it's easy to do for someone who's not done this kind of thing before?
microserfs said:
Would you say it's easy to do for someone who's not done this kind of thing before?
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Most definitely, I know it can be nerve-racking at first but just watch and read the tutorials a few times and understand the steps, then give it a try. Even if something does go wrong, we are all here to help you, it legit will only take you 15 mins tops to root your phone
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I think that was the video I followed
The battery life won't be affected significantly but u can use apps like greenify or install custom kernel like the Franco kernel to improve the battery life. They do really work
sakumaxp said:
Most definitely, I know it can be nerve-racking at first but just watch and read the tutorials a few times and understand the steps, then give it a try. Even if something does go wrong, we are all here to help you, it legit will only take you 15 mins tops to root your phone
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I think that was the video I followed
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Thank you! I have a Macbook so I don't know if the process is significantly different as I'm not used to all the terminal commands and using adb and stuff, but I'll definitely check out the video Am a bit cautious about doing it rn as I'm away for a few weeks haha, so I don't know whether I should wait until I get back but having a better battery life abroad would really be useful!
9891ishu said:
The battery life won't be affected significantly but u can use apps like greenify or install custom kernel like the Franco kernel to improve the battery life. They do really work
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Yeah, that's the main reason I was thinking of doing so, mainly for the apps like Greenify and to check out the wakelocks and stuff in more detail. Thanks, good to know it might actually help increase the battery life to do so
microserfs said:
Hey there,
I've had my 3T ever since it was released, and compared to my previous phone, Samsung S6, I'm definitely getting a better battery life, but it's been hit or miss for me the last month or so, and I'm wondering how I can try and increase the battery life and whether rooting my phone would help.
I've literally never rooted a phone before, so I don't know if this is advisable for someone so new to all this - is it easy to do so?
I've included a few screenshots of my battery life currently, I used to get around 7 hours SOT total, now I'd say I get around 5-6 depending on what I do? I don't constantly have wifi on, I'm not using greenify or any other battery saving apps, I have doze on in the developer settings but not aggressive dose.
I've seen others with 10 hours SOT so I know this phone is certainly capable of it, and I know I don't have the most terrible battery life but the drain is fairly noticeable imo when it's idle.
Would it be worthwhile to factory reset the phone first and see if it improves anything first?
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Would you say battery was better on Marshmallow or Nougat? Maybe try downgrading and see if battery life improves again.
954wrecker said:
Would you say battery was better on Marshmallow or Nougat? Maybe try downgrading and see if battery life improves again.
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I think it was fine for a while on Nougat, it's only been the past couple updates that have caused my battery life to decrease. I like Nougat a lot so I don't really want to downgrade, but if there's any other options I can take that would help, then I'd be willing to try... It's the standby time too that seems to be an issue, drain is 2% an hour even when it's idle (with wifi, bluetooth, LTE etc off)
microserfs said:
I think it was fine for a while on Nougat, it's only been the past couple updates that have caused my battery life to decrease. I like Nougat a lot so I don't really want to downgrade, but if there's any other options I can take that would help, then I'd be willing to try... It's the standby time too that seems to be an issue, drain is 2% an hour even when it's idle (with wifi, bluetooth, LTE etc off)
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Maybe its just our batteries degrading. I used to get 12-14 and now I only get 10-12. Same apps and settings and usage.
microserfs said:
I think it was fine for a while on Nougat, it's only been the past couple updates that have caused my battery life to decrease. I like Nougat a lot so I don't really want to downgrade, but if there's any other options I can take that would help, then I'd be willing to try... It's the standby time too that seems to be an issue, drain is 2% an hour even when it's idle (with wifi, bluetooth, LTE etc off)
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i fixed this by installing app ops and disabling keep phone awake, location, body sensors, and wake device permissions from google play services. Installing greenify and putting all my apps in there that i dont rely on notifications for. Setting up a tasker profile to greenify apps whenever my display is turned off (greenify doesn't do this straight away and some apps take forever). Installing naptime and turning on aggressive doze (for the apps that aren't greenified, works better than nougat's built in i think it doesn't kick in for 30 minutes on it's own).
I get 1% drain per 6-8 hours this way. The app ops part was the final step i took because i noticed 600 alarms from google play services overnight and now i dont get more than 30 so obviously thats completely ridiculous.
EuEra said:
i fixed this by installing app ops and disabling keep phone awake, location, body sensors, and wake device permissions from google play services. Installing greenify and putting all my apps in there that i dont rely on notifications for. Setting up a tasker profile to greenify apps whenever my display is turned off (greenify doesn't do this straight away and some apps take forever). Installing naptime and turning on aggressive doze (for the apps that aren't greenified, works better than nougat's built in i think it doesn't kick in for 30 minutes on it's own).
I get 1% drain per 6-8 hours this way. The app ops part was the final step i took because i noticed 600 alarms from google play services overnight and now i dont get more than 30 so obviously thats completely ridiculous.
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Are you rooted? I'm wondering how much of this I can do without rooting but I know apps like Greenify work better with root and Naptime requires root to work. I figured Greenify and Doze were doing similar things but I guess Greenify works differently? I'll probably find that rooting will get me better battery life in general if I can make use of all these apps by doing so. I don't know how to check wakelocks without rooting (don't think there's a way) but GSam tells me the Android System "Number of Times Waking Device" is 184. idk if this really says much tho.
microserfs said:
Are you rooted? I'm wondering how much of this I can do without rooting but I know apps like Greenify work better with root and Naptime requires root to work. I figured Greenify and Doze were doing similar things but I guess Greenify works differently? I'll probably find that rooting will get me better battery life in general if I can make use of all these apps by doing so. I don't know how to check wakelocks without rooting (don't think there's a way) but GSam tells me the Android System "Number of Times Waking Device" is 184. idk if this really says much tho.
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I don't a reason not to root any more, with magisk you get root and can still use things like android pay or banking apps etc.