Does anyone know of a program that'll pick up GPS speed and time how long it takes you to get from 0 to 60?
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i dont think you will be able to do this with any accuracy. gps reported speed is very accurate when you are travelling at a constant speed but when you are accelarating there is always a lag.
regards
The Pilgrim
the_pilgrim said:
i dont think you will be able to do this with any accuracy. gps reported speed is very accurate when you are travelling at a constant speed but when you are accelarating there is always a lag.
regards
The Pilgrim
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I understand the issue with lag and am happy I can mathmatically compensate for it...I'd just like a way for the device to automatically time.
you could try one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GTech-G-Tech-...063306602QQcategoryZ43120QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Not my auction but i couldnt find their website. my mate had one and it was excellent!
Tom
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We have so many wonderful roms and cooks in this forum. I would like to start testing with some help from others in this group all the current roms and their respective radios for battery life and performance. Since there are so many roms and many radios, I request the help of other users. Some testing has already been done thanks to Alltheway, and I would like to continue with his great work. I would like to use BattBench .Net for battery testing, and Spb Benchmark for performance testing. The links for each are available here-
BattBench .Net
http://classic.pocketgear.com/download.asp?product_id=14741
Spb Benchmark - free personal use (must submit email for link from Spb)
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/benchmark/download.php?en#personal
For testing with .BattBench this guideline should be followed by all who help testing please
Airplane Mode - On(thanks for advice guys)
Bluetooth - Off
Wifi - Off
Exchange or Windows Live Syncing - Off
Brightness - Default Setting
Power - Default Setting
BattBench .Net requires you uncheck the Turn Off Backlight in Start, Settings, Backlight
There will be one test for each set for now with each compatible radio:
I am using a 1600mah battery for testing (I will calculate results for 1350 also)
Each test result will be an average of three tests of 3% battery consumption.
For Testing with Spb Benchmark this guideline should be followed for accurate testing please
All tests performed with default rom settings
Benchmark test using MAIN test group with default test settings(Follow SPB Caution Instructions)
Testing Begins TONIGHT!
You must set the phone to airplane mode to get numbers w/ battbench that will be the same numbers other users will get. W/o setting a standard, all numbers will fluctuate. By setting the phone to airplane mode, this does not disable the radio completely. It just disables reception. By doing so, you make it standardized because some users have 3G, some HSPDA, some Edge and others just standard signal. If you dont standardized the test will be location dependant which will tell noone anything.
Battery Test for Dutty's Official WM6.1 5.2.19199 UC RTM (3-19-08)
Seidio Battery(1600mah) Test with Radio 1.64.08.21:
***CURRENTLY TESTING***
WILL POST RESULTS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE
Performance Test for Dutty's Official WM6.1 5.2.19199 UC RTM
Saved for future Spb Benchmark test results
I personally think that changes the variables to ungodly proportions.
Testing variables
Well i guess youre right but it still sucks. So here are my testing variable possibilities:
Flight mode - Always on for radio reception reasons above
Bluetooth - Always off for same reasons as radio
Wifi - Always off for same reasons
What about these?
Beam - ?
Volume - ?
Brightness/Power settings - ?
Am I missing anything else anyone? I want to start first test A.S.A.P
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Well i guess youre right but it still sucks. So here are my testing variable possibilities:
Flight mode - Always on for radio reception reasons above
Bluetooth - Always off for same reasons as radio
Wifi - Always off for same reasons
What about these?
Beam - ?
Volume - ?
Brightness/Power settings - ?
Am I missing anything else anyone? I want to start first test A.S.A.P
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Beam is usually disabled from start, so I usually leave it.
VOlume I leave at the default settings as well.
Brightness/Power, same as above.
Gettin somewhere
Unless stated otherwise I am just going to use the default performance test with Spb Benchmark unless someone states otherwise. Should same standards set as above be used for this performance test also? Also what perecentage tests should be used for .battbench? 100%-75%, 100%-50% 100% - dead battery, any ideas for standardizing?
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Unless stated otherwise I am just going to use the default performance test with Spb Benchmark unless someone states otherwise. Should same standards set as above be used for this performance test also? Also what perecentage tests should be used for .battbench? 100%-75%, 100%-50% 100% - dead battery, any ideas for standardizing?
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Everything I have stated is purely for battery testing. I also like to use 100%-75%.
I don't know .battbench that well, is 100%-75% enough to determine the whole batteries lifespan to 0 or dead?
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I don't know .battbench that well, is 100%-75% enough to determine the whole batteries lifespan to 0 or dead?
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You never want to take these ion batteries to 0%. Its not good for them. This is per GSLEON3.
Anyone feel free to test using GSM(Edge network). I will start another thread for that once results start coming in since I have around 20-30 tests to do on 3G first and Im doing this solo so far so each test takes 5-8 hours depending on results. I think there are other network types for this phone that I don't have access to in North America so thats as far as my testing can go so anyone can participate on that part.
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You never want to take these ion batteries to 0%. Its not good for them. This is per GSLEON3.
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actually, for the batteries 0 is just as bad as 100.
Optimum range for them is 40-60
Humor
It may be true but its still funny. So its bad to use your battery to its maximum potential meaning all the way, and 40-60% is the best testing range you think? How is the average joe supposed to determine how long his battery is gonna last from full to dead than? Im still a little confused about how testing from 100%-75%, and from 75%-50% is gonna tell me the whole battery life. I guess we will have to pick the one with the highest overall score in each testing class. Any further ideas/suggestions woud be great
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It may be true but its still funny. So its bad to use your battery to its maximum potential meaning all the way, and 40-60% is the best testing range you think? How is the average joe supposed to determine how long his battery is gonna last from full to dead than? Im still a little confused about how testing from 100%-75%, and from 75%-50% is gonna tell me the whole battery life. I guess we will have to pick the one with the highest overall score in each testing class. Any further ideas/suggestions woud be great
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When I did my battery life testing, I tested it at the default 3% five times in a row. This way I got the average instead of just performing one test. I felt this would give me better results instead of testing it once at 25%.
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I was waitin for you to jump in here good to see you. You are the reason I have decided to do this and any further advice is greatly appreciated. I will do the 3% tests as you recommend. Since this will be alot quicker I can do both 3G and GSM testing back to back and get more results that everyone will be happy with
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I was waitin for you to jump in here good to see you. You are the reason I have decided to do this and any further advice is greatly appreciated. I will do the 3% tests as you recommend. Since this will be alot quicker I can do both 3G and GSM testing back to back and get more results that everyone will be happy with
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I also agree with P1Tater that you should actually do the testing w/ Flight Mode on. Each radio will respond different to various Wireless carriers around the world. I also think that to do some serious battery testing you would have to flash to the semi-official WM6.1 or WM6 ROM's. This way no bias is going to made on using a custom ROM. I wouldn't change the PagePool or anything to that nature.
Just some ideas that might make the testing better.
So far just from using various ROM's around the forum the ones based on the 5.2.19199 builds have the best battery life hands down.
Testing
Well now that I am taking your average of the 3% test run five times advice it will be alot quicker than before. Now that testing will be shorter I can go through all the compatible radios (7 so far) for the 6.1 series. Im starting with the newest rom obviously dutty's and working my way back to the HTC factory rom within the next few weeks. In regards to the Airplane mode can't I just run one set of tests with for example with only 3G data, and then run a second set for GSM(Edge where I am). I know it won't be as accurate as everyone wants but I am encouraging others around the world to test with me. I would gladly do all the North America testing, and I could get help from the European community to test in their own locations to get better accuracy. To me it means better results for each type of user in their own geographical area. For example I always use 3G while I travel up and down the East Coast of U.S and try to avoid GSM at all cost because of the speeds since I stream A/V alot. If I am still way off course with the whole Airplane Mode thing I apologize, I guess I need another explanation, I'm kinda slow today . I just want the tests to be as accurate as possible given everyones different situations. Thanks in advance for the great advice
signal strength greatly affects battery as does carriers and data coverage. this is why they want airplane mode. Many things can affect signal strength, and thus affect your test.
Airplane mode cuts out all of those variables.
Understood
I guess I finally get the whole airplane mode thing now, thanks. First set of results should be in by breakfast. Ill correct first post now
I just moved from an HTC Desire to the Nexus S. Running CM7.
The best GPS accuracy I've ever seen for the Nexus S is 5m. On my Desire, I routinely had accuracy of 1-3m. The average accuracy on the Nexus S is 15m (!!!).
Yes, I know there are many threads about this.
But before I resell, I want to get a sense of the range of experiences. Is my accuracy about average for the Nexus S? What's the best that people are getting? On what ROMS/Android versions?
I appreciate the feedback.
I find that the GPS is affected greatly by differing Roms. My best success was actually on the stock pre-root setup. Would take on average 1-2 minutes. Switching to other roms increased it no matter which I have run. CM7 and MIUI seem to connect the quickest. Miui is often the quickest for me. Hope this helps.
Justin
JTECJ said:
I find that the GPS is affected greatly by differing Roms. My best success was actually on the stock pre-root setup. Would take on average 1-2 minutes. Switching to other roms increased it no matter which I have run. CM7 and MIUI seem to connect the quickest. Miui is often the quickest for me. Hope this helps.
Justin
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Thanks for your input.
I'm entirely concerned with accuracy, though, not time to first lock.
I get a lock very very quickly on my Nexus S.
But it never displays the level of accuracy I've been used to with other phones for years now -- 1 to 3 meters while driving.
Instead, the Nexus S I am using does no better than 10 meters while driving, and sometimes worse.
Pretty sure that the GPS receiver on this phone sucks. Takes forever to get a lock, sometimes never getting one at all. My POS moto spice would get a lock almost instantly. I assume the mediocre at best receiver is directly related to the inaccuracy mentioned above.
Anyone know how to improve the GPS accuracy on the Sensation XE?
So far its proved far worse than my HTC Desire. It takes longer to get a lock and the accuracy is all over the place. Whats going on?
Can't confirm that. On the contrary, compared to other phones I've had, like the Geeksphone Zero and the HTC Desire S, GPS on the Sensation XE absolutely rocks. It gets a fix in a few seconds, even indoors. Nothing to complain about the accuracy, either.
This FIX improved my gps a lot. After that i get a fix i a few seconds ;-)
The standard gps.config is based on a generall one that works for all countries. If you follow the fix and edit your gps.config to your contry, the gps fix gets much faster.
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This FIX improved my gps a lot. After that i get a fix i a few seconds ;-)
The standard gps.config is based on a generall one that works for all countries. If you follow the fix and edit your gps.config to your contry, the gps fix gets much faster.
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Does the accuracy improve though? I measure my cycle into work every day and on my desire the distance varied from 3.30 to 3.35 miles. On the XE it varies from 3.30 to 3.75 miles ... thats a significant error ...
Hi all,
Not seen a thread for this yet. Believe this is new to the 4.2 update as this option never existed previously.
In the Advanced Settings Menu for Wi-Fi you can see this box and it is checked on by default.
Can anyone with the ability verify what this does potentially? Might be useful in future development possibly?
Furthermore, I wondered that with all these TF700 Battery Usage threads there may be a potential error somewhere with the settings that having an adverse effect? This probably wouldn't be the first time something like this happend with ASUS.
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Side not noticed while trying to do some crude testing of this that there is a SIGNIFICANT improvement in battery life by turning brightness to SUPER IPS+ and then move the brightness down to a comfortable level,due the the extreme brightness the level can be very low 10-30 % and still easily bright enough
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Side not noticed while trying to do some crude testing of this that there is a SIGNIFICANT improvement in battery life by turning brightness to SUPER IPS+ and then move the brightness down to a comfortable level,due the the extreme brightness the level can be very low 10-30 % and still easily bright enough
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The battery drain is only proportional to the final brightness.
"IPS+ is nothing more than a fancy name for brightness." (dasunsrule32) - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39888516&postcount=1788
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The battery drain is only proportional to the final brightness.
"IPS+ is nothing more than a fancy name for brightness." (dasunsrule32) - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39888516&postcount=1788
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Ahh okay thanks for the link.
Does any one know what the Wi Fi optimisation actually impacts?
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Ahh okay thanks for the link.
Does any one know what the Wi Fi optimisation actually impacts?
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It gives your wifi adapter lets power, which in return, shortens your wifi range, but decreases battery consumption because I usually could walk around the house with full bars, but now its on optimization its quite a bit shorter, get 1-2 bars at most on porch(cheap router lol) but used to get almost full on 4.1.1 without the "optimization".
Tylor
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It gives your wifi adapter lets power, which in return, shortens your wifi range, but decreases battery consumption because I usually could walk around the house with full bars, but now its on optimization its quite a bit shorter, get 1-2 bars at most on porch(cheap router lol) but used to get almost full on 4.1.1 without the "optimization".
Ahh okay makes sense. I Wonder if this is alterable at all with Root tools. Or this likely to be CROM / KERNEL based
Tylor
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Ahh okay makes sense. I Wonder if this is alterable at all with Root tools. Or this likely to be CROM / KERNEL based
Only saying that for moments when you're not moving from the WiFi point and could potentially decrease power even further like now currently where I am in the same room as my rooter
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Ahh okay makes sense. I Wonder if this is alterable at all with Root tools. Or this likely to be CROM / KERNEL based
Only saying that for moments when you're not moving from the WiFi point and could potentially decrease power even further like now currently where I am in the same room as my rooter
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I truthfully dont know if you can decrease it, but there are apps to make your wifi range expands, which consumes more power but I would not tweak with the power, just either turn it on or off. It is there to help, Before there was no option so it can only help battery life.
Tylor
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Ahh okay makes sense. I Wonder if this is alterable at all with Root tools. Or this likely to be CROM / KERNEL based
Only saying that for moments when you're not moving from the WiFi point and could potentially decrease power even further like now currently where I am in the same room as my rooter
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try this. I worked with it a while back. got it working on phone, but noticed no difference on tablet. since system can now control it, perhaps it's scalable now.
http://jhanford.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/lowering-wi-fi-transmit-power-in-android/
may actually be worth a go!
This is exactly what I had in mind
Battery juice
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The battery drain is only proportional to the final brightness.
"IPS+ is nothing more than a fancy name for brightness." (dasunsrule32) - http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ps. L0L
Don't say "duh" - Hope it helps . . .
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doesn't work
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may actually be worth a go!
This is exactly what I had in mind
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just wanted to give you a heads up. this DOES NOT WORK with JB 4.2
the newest version of the OS DOESN'T utilize iwconfig anymore. i wasted 8 hours trying to get it working til i found that tidbit out.
just hoping i can save you time.
Hello,
I've got a great wifi strenght, copying big files from the wifi goes really fast, still, i've discover that browsing remain much much slower than 3G.
Multiple wifi has been tested, ping to their wifi is excellent (between 5-8ms).
It can take up to 4-5 seconds to charge a page no matter which browser i uses, if you have many little images, you see they loading peace per peace.
Reset has been done after Nougat update. I don't remember if it was the case before Nougat update.
gontie said:
Hello,
I've got a great wifi strenght, copying big files from the wifi goes really fast, still, i've discover that browsing remain much much slower than 3G.
Multiple wifi has been tested, ping to their wifi is excellent (between 5-8ms).
It can take up to 4-5 seconds to charge a page no matter which browser i uses, if you have many little images, you see they loading peace per peace.
Reset has been done after Nougat update. I don't remember if it was the case before Nougat update.
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Do you have apps installed that use wifi only?
I found the issue, it was on my wifi.
Reduced the beacon interval from 800 to 100. copying big files are slower but connection stability and speed on the 6x is much much faster.
gontie said:
I found the issue, it was on my wifi.
Reduced the beacon interval from 800 to 100. copying big files are slower but connection stability and speed on the 6x is much much faster.
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There you go. I'm glad that you solved it.
Sent from my Honor 8 using XDA Labs
That's good
gontie said:
I found the issue, it was on my wifi.
Reduced the beacon interval from 800 to 100. copying big files are slower but connection stability and speed on the 6x is much much faster.
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Can you explain more? You changed it from the router or from the phone?
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Can you explain more? You changed it from the router or from the phone?
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He meant the router