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Battery Drain fix for WM6?

I remember seeing a cab that fixes the battery drain problem for WM6. Ive been searching and searching but couldn't find it. The search tool on the forum is useless at finding what i want. can anyone link me to that cab? I just want to try it on my T-mobile Wing cause the battery drains like crazy.

I think the only fix that was posted was the SD card power managment disable thing - the .CAB was called 'sd-battery-save.cab' and contained the registry settings:
Code:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Class\SDMemory_Class]
"DisablePowerManagement" = dword : 00000000
I could be (and usually am) wrong.....
HTH
Andy

thanks for the quick reply. really helpful. im going to try it to see how it goes. thanks again.

another thing is some apps that you might have may cause your battery to drain also. I.e. batterystatus, push mail, some weather apps. pretty much anything that keeps you wizard busy by connectin to gprs or updating constanly things like that. so play with your apps do a little test. I actually have that power saving cab. ill upload for you when I get home, but in the mean time try some of those things I meantioned.

from my experience:
1. 318 OS ver is the best for power
2. push mail (exchange or live) and constant weather update using gprs will very fast drain battery. For example: i just use exch mail with push my battery will last 1-2 days if i change from push to check every 5 min i get o extra day...
3. batterystatus: using it i get around 10-15% faster drain but a lot of improvement in speed
there are 2 cabs out there one is something like HTC power management and another is the above SD battery fix.

here's the 2 fixes, SD batt. save improved the rom NBD 7.4 im using, enjoy
View attachment 43096
View attachment sd-battery-save.cab

lsnizzle said:
I remember seeing a cab that fixes the battery drain problem for WM6. Ive been searching and searching but couldn't find it. The search tool on the forum is useless at finding what i want. can anyone link me to that cab? I just want to try it on my T-mobile Wing cause the battery drains like crazy.
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you better check EXTrom, if its empty/broken.

mikaarce said:
here's the 2 fixes, SD batt. save improved the rom NBD 7.4 im using, enjoy
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Thanks these fixes should help. But please can these cabs be run on hermes-100. Please cnfm

mikaarce said:
here's the 2 fixes, SD batt. save improved the rom NBD 7.4 im using, enjoy
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Thanks these fixes should help. But please can these cabs be run on hermes-100. Please cnfm

I am running wm6.1 ajc2003s build....5.2.19521. The battery life is stupendous!! I have my device steady overclocked at 286 running a bluetooth WMP stream for a good 3hrs in the morning w/ calls. My gprs is always connected. I run spb mobile shell, pocketCm, opera mini, ms voice command 1.6 w/ bluetooth support, my battery has been about 65-70 % remaining after being off the charger for a good 9 hrs with good use on it. Ask me about a batt fix.....this ROM is the ultimate batt fix!! Oh yeah i forgot to mention this ish is FAST.....windows directory in explorer, fully loaded and skinned....FAST!!

Look up " HTC Power Management cab" it usualy sets up everything to save power.
However I agree about AJC rom. I'm using it right now. the battery does not go down to 50% since I installed it. I was on an 8hr bus ride from NY to PGH and used GPRS most of the time only then it went down to 51% with very heavy usage.

i will accept S.V.I a hundred percent.i am running same rom.ajc windows mobile 6.1 rom battery life is almost perfect.i have another suggestion for you.you should install Advanced Config version 2.there are some adjustments for power savings.apply all off them.also under the today theme change menu unmarked desktop timeout 4hours.i hope that will help.

nothin said:
you better check EXTrom, if its empty/broken.
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What is meant by this? If it's missing will it cause your battery to drain down quicker?
I installed this XM6R5 and my battery is draining quickly. My ExtRom is empty - I deleted it thinking I would free up more memory. Did I mess up?
If I install an OEM rom again and then my XM6R5 rom and preserve the ExtRom would this fix the battery drain or should I just apply the two can files listed earlier on?

sunseaker said:
What is meant by this? If it's missing will it cause your battery to drain down quicker?
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look for an empty ext rom and flash it, that clears out your extended rom which can cause battery drain issues.

I had a huge battery drain issue after a ROM upgrade a few months ago. I bought a new battery but it was the same.
I applied all the registry fixes but didn't notise any big difference.
The thing that increased(restored) my battery life to normal was to fully drain & fully recharge the phone 2-3 times.

ndn715 said:
look for an empty ext rom and flash it, that clears out your extended rom which can cause battery drain issues.
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Does any have a blank Ext Rom or know a link to one? All the links I have found point to the ftp server but no longer exist.

Here is one, It has IPL/SPL 308 and Radio 2.19.11 and a nice windows startup screen. I use it all the time.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3mfo98

S.V.I said:
Look up " HTC Power Management cab" it usualy sets up everything to save power.
However I agree about AJC rom. I'm using it right now. the battery does not go down to 50% since I installed it. I was on an 8hr bus ride from NY to PGH and used GPRS most of the time only then it went down to 51% with very heavy usage.
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Can anyone suggest a similar rom for HERMES-100 or TYTN or Imate Jasjam

hey cn u please send me the link to AJC rom.. coz im new to this and i dont no wat AJC AJC windows mobile rom stands for. cnt find the link. thnks

had found this tweak and I must say it gave my battery new life... also noticed this tweak is already in the advanced configuration but set to disabled...
enabled this tweak and found my wizard to be doing an excellent job of extending the battery life to as much as 3days standby now... hehe!

Battery Status Fails after WM6 Flash - Cingular 8125

I am new to this and have now flashed my device several times with a lot of success. BD 3.1 seems to lock up occasionally and I am now trying TNT. Because of trouble with missed calls I flashed to Radio ROM 2.19.21 which solved that problem however after flashing with that ROM the battery indicator always shows the electrical plug when the device is on battery and the flashing light always remains blinking when the device is plugged in. Nevertheless it seems that it is charging as the device hasn't powered down and I've been able to continue flashing/testing etc. When I flash back to the WM5 T Mobile ROM the battery indicator works properly. Anyone have any ideas on how to correct this?
Thanks - Fred

Update - I flased the 2.71.11 Radio ROM and batter status is back.

question for all universal experts

I bought a used universal three months agn universal was wm6.1 rom but universal freezes and i have about a 10 resets per day,i tray to change rom and radio rom to some of wm6 but still device work very unstable,universal just freezes and when i reset he works normaly even i tray to flash wm2005 rom but i have same problem,i begining to think that problem on my universal is hardware is that posible,do anybody have eny solution or opinion on my problem,maybe i have to install some fabrick rom or somethung like that please help i just want to my universal work properly and i want to dont have a 10 even a 20 resets per day,help!!!

It seems hardware problems maybe the battery, try another bat...

i already buy a new battery and he works good for 2days without crash but then same story,freeze

Could Be Hardware Or Software.
Could Be A Software Issue.
What Rom Are You Using And What Software?
HTC Home Is Known To Cause Lagging/Freezing On The Universal I Believe.
Also OverClocking G3 Devices Can Prove Unstable, Some Roms Enable Overclocking By Default.
Regards,
OllieD

krle92 said:
i alerady buy a new battery and he works good for 2days without crash but then same story,freeze
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What rom are you trying? Are you installing something else in it? what's your cpu speed 624 or 520?

i tray ranju,Jwrightmcps,PDAViet,Beasty & Laurentius now i am testing KDSkamal WM5 Ultimate edition,on some there was option to overlock but i try dont to use them and when i am test i dont use htc home or same programs but phone freeze

when i buy new battery i use that and old battery sometimes, maybe its have something because i use that old battery

krle92 said:
when i buy new battery i use that and old battery sometimes, maybe its have something because i use that old battery
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I don't think so. Just one question your Uni freezes no matter what, or only when you power on? (turn on the screen)

uni works normaly during the work on it but when i put backlight of or stand by and try to turn on he freeze,or do not come back from stand by and have to reset.Or sometime when i do not turn backlight of ,he just stay turned on for 10min and when i tap screen he freeze,i also have a few freeze during the work on it

but that freeze during work are rare i can sey that they are normaly but real problem is from stand by

That happens to me, but it was the HTC Home plugin.
Try again Ranju's - v7.6, remove SD card, and don't put anything (contact's, etc) or install anything on it!! Sim card only and test it for a while...

thanks i will try later because i nom test some wm2005 rom and it seems that work good but i will see in a few days also i will try ranju,i can see on forum that he is one of the best

IE problem
how to not make any ie(internet Explorer) page pooling in my program memory

loiz said:
That happens to me, but it was the HTC Home plugin.
Try again Ranju's - v7.6, remove SD card, and don't put anything (contact's, etc) or install anything on it!! Sim card only and test it for a while...
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Many roms are settings "Performance applet" in 624MHZ. This is my problem in all roms, but setting "Performance applet" in 520MHZ solve my problem and not random freeezes and never reboots!
My english is very bad!

ROM is one thing to look but Radio is also something you need consider. if your reception pure then universal may freeze

i try diferent radio roms,now i use ranju 7.7rom and 1.15 radio and still i have 2-3 freeze on day and also 3-4 restarts

krle92 said:
i try diferent radio roms,now i use ranju 7.7rom and 1.15 radio and still i have 2-3 freeze on day and also 3-4 restarts
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My advice would be to reset partitions, instructions are in the wiki.
After resetting with MTTY, flash the rom of your choice, but also flash the radio and a blank extended rom image, all at the same time.
If you still have problems after this, it could still be a battery issue, there are lots of bad batteries being sold on Ebay that do not provide enough power for all the devices functions, especially when using WM6 and Wm6.1 Roms.
Please reset with MMTY as above, and post back your results, if you are still having issues after this, charge the battery, and test with a full battery and powered device from the mains.
Cheers,
Beasty

can you give me link on wiki,or say how to reset partitions,does the reset do with commands like set 14 0,task 28 55aa and task 28 or with something other commands,please help sory if im borring,my english is bad can you explain how to test battery

can you please answer me the question

krle92 said:
can you give me link on wiki,or say how to reset partitions,does the reset do with commands like set 14 0,task 28 55aa and task 28 or with something other commands,please help sory if im borring,my english is bad can you explain how to test battery
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Yes - the commands "task 28 55aa" should reset the partitions (via the MTTY tool)
As for testing your battery - you should get a couple of days and it should drain to about 5-15% before dying, if not check the wiki

Rapid Battery Drain

Hi,
My wizard imate kjam, the battery drain is rapid. It drains 1% every 20 minutes. I don't know why it is happening. Following is the ROM and apps I have
MSD series wm6.5 build 23085
apps
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SPB mobile shell 3.5.1
advance configuration tool
Resco explorer
AE button plus
AutoA2DP
Exidler FingerKeyboard
WM5torage
SK Tools
Also Quick Menu in the windows\startup
Please help me ASAP.

Wich Radio do you use?

2.69.11 is the radio

AKU DRAIN
It may be related to battery lifetime. My Wizard worked as well for over a 2 Years, and now it starting to drain battery rapidly. If I turn on WiFi, battery can hold not longer than 1 (one) hour. I use TNT ROM, as i alwasy did. This battery problems cause an old battery which simply should be replaced with a new one.

Hi, This happened recently, only after I installed lot of things in the wizard. The history of it is as follows.
I nearly bricked the wizard, because of a computer crash, in the middle of a ROM upgrade. I could recover it and again flashed it with the RUU_TMobile_US_226102_22610105_022511_WWE_Ship.exe. After this I installed the MSD series of ROM. I had battery drain. I saw the radio rom is changed by RUU_TMobile_US_226102_22610105_022511_WWE_Ship.exe ROM. I flashed it again with 2.69.11 ROM. Still the battery drain is more. I don't know what changed. I used the wizard tool and saw lot of cabs in the EXT ROM. I formatted the EXT ROM using the tool and then upgraded again with MSD ROM. Still the battery drain is more.

Never mind. Just read your most recent post.

WM6.5 "No service"

I've recently upgraded my O2 xda ii mini from WM2003 to Cotulla's WM6.5, and Radio 1.13
Everything's OK but except:
Whenever my battery drop down below 60%, it will display no signal at all, no service... And when click con Phone, Phone Setting, Sim Manager... It'll pop up: "The phone is not ready, wait 15 sec" => Then wait all day long with no result... (If I plug the charge, everything'll be fine)
I bought a new battery, and still not works...
And I don't know why, now, even the battery indicator gone mad... Always 0%, charging, when the phone running smoothly...
Sorry for my bad English.
How can I solve those problems now?

Hi,
are you sure you have radio 1.13?
So long,
MrFX

can you post some screenshots of Device Information and Phone Settings.? so that we can diagnose properly. . .

I don't know how to take a screenshot on my PDA, but I'll write it down...
Device Infomation:
ROM version: 3.06.00 WWE
ROM date: 25/12/09
Radio version: 1.13.00
Protocol version:1337.43
ExtROM version: <Nothing>
And Phone Setting:
Well, my network, I set to auto, not work, then I set to manual, but still can't solve...

Hi,
how the hell you've installed this rom with radio 1.13? If i tried this, there was a bad radio error...
Please try the radio 1.12 like described on cotullas site:
*You must have installed 1.12 or 3.00+ radio.
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Best wishes,
MrFX

I've installed radio 1.13 first... Then install that ROM, and they're still work OK if battery is over 60%...
How do I down grade to 1.12? The 1.12 installer always said that the cable is disconnect...

MisterEffiks said:
Hi,
how the hell you've installed this rom with radio 1.13? If i tried this, there was a bad radio error...
Please try the radio 1.12 like described on cotullas site:
Best wishes,
MrFX
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Well, I did downgrade to 1.12...
Still the same...

Hi,
is it an old or a new battery?
I had also some problems with my older bat, it shows always a good status, but i was not able (with full bat) to flash any new ROM to the Magician, and sometimes the Phone was going down.
After i replaced the battery with a new one, the Magician works very well.
So long,
MrFX

Sorry, both the old one and the new one brought no good result...

Hi,
do you have the same problem with WM 2003 (now)?
So long,
MrFX

MisterEffiks said:
Hi,
do you have the same problem with WM 2003 (now)?
So long,
MrFX
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Ah yes... I think that's hardware problem
And another problem is:
Now my O2 will not sound anything out when receive a message or a phone call if PDA is off (it still vibrate though). If it's on, it sounds normally...
I don't know what the heck is going on... Everythings works fine before I flash the WM6.5 in... Even now I flash back to WM2003... It still screwed up...

are you sure you have downgraded to 1.12 wm2003se.?
if you still have that same problem, try to change network provider or change SIM, maybe you have a network bandwidth problem.
check the antenna pads if it's tightly intact, if there still no luck, you better find a technician.

ohh i forgot, the last time you upgraded your device did you use and run this file.? MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe if yes, then you should not be having problems with your network cause that file helps fix country id error.

Yes I did...
I tried another SIM from a different Provider, but no hope.
I cleaned the antenna, still the same.
Try a different battery. Nothing happen (still below 60% and no services).
Now, if some one call me or SMS, it has no sound at all, unless the PDA is turned on (that means the screen still show Windows menu, not black).
The Cotulla's WM6.5, the virtual keyboard: Sometimes the Delete or the Backspace key doesn't work at all, and I have to reboot.
If I press a hard button, it will show a message box said the short cut is invalid.
If I flash WM2003, then, I can't turn off the device by the side button. I must set it auto turn off after 1 min.
My country have no such technician for me to ask. Just a bunch of liars... ^^
May be it's too old, and I have to buy a new one.

BabyRaptor said:
Yes I did...
I tried another SIM from a different Provider, but no hope.
I cleaned the antenna, still the same.
Try a different battery. Nothing happen (still below 60% and no services).
Now, if some one call me or SMS, it has no sound at all, unless the PDA is turned on (that means the screen still show Windows menu, not black).
The Cotulla's WM6.5, the virtual keyboard: Sometimes the Delete or the Backspace key doesn't work at all, and I have to reboot.
If I press a hard button, it will show a message box said the short cut is invalid.
If I flash WM2003, then, I can't turn off the device by the side button. I must set it auto turn off after 1 min.
My country have no such technician for me to ask. Just a bunch of liars... ^^
May be it's too old, and I have to buy a new one.
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before you buy a new one, do first an experiment so that we can corner the problem, you must downgrade to the original rom, just ignore the turn off button, i think it can be tweak in the registry.
follow this steps, this is my way of downgrading.
1.) download this rom http://files.pdamobiz.com/ROMs/XDA/Magician/MA_O2Asia_11200_920_11200_Ship.exe
2.) extract those files in a folder. (any folder name you like, use winrar.)
3.) run the file ROMUpgradeUt.exe
4.) download and save this file inside the folder where you extracted the files in step 1. http://files.pdamobiz.com/ROMs/XDA/Magician/MaUpgradeUt_noID.exe after you downloaded it, run it.
5.) follow the onscreen instruction until your done flashing.
observe your device if it still have the same problem.

I did try as you suggest...
The same problem... Nothing changed... And even still no sound when the PDA is "sleeping"...
I don't know what to do with this "thing" now...

BabyRaptor said:
I did try as you suggest...
The same problem... Nothing changed... And even still no sound when the PDA is "sleeping"...
I don't know what to do with this "thing" now...
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maybe you have a hardware problem. let them check by a technician. cotulla's rom works fine on my device. no problem encountered so far.