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Does anyone use this app? I am using it and there seems to be a noticeable increase in my battery life. Is anyone else using it? How are your results?
No one has tried this? I notice a significant difference. I hope someone else tries this since it has added 30%ish to my battery life.
It works
I have used this app for some time and it works well. It consictanly lets me get over 20 hours of real use where i used to get 8-9. Now it disables data and then then only turns it on once every 15 min, but that is fine for me. Text and phone calls still work all the time.
Up until recently, this app was incompatible with CDMA phones running 2.1. Glad to know they've corrected that... gonna check it out.
I love this app, it also includes a widget that tell how much it is increasing your battery life, mine says it is increasing my life by x2.31, which is awesome! Goes great with Juice Blotter also!
I HIGHLY recommend this, and buy the upgrade also, UltimateJuice.
My 2 Cents,
Tee Jay
im up to 4.20x but thats not saying too much with darchdroid for me. i was getting like 6hrs without putting it on the charger and i get about 12 now. so i unno where they get the 4.20x but it works.
i use it. its awesome.
http://groups.google.com/group/juicedefender
that's the google group you can get the newest .apk there. 177beta i believe. works on fresh 2.1.2 and darchdroid, about to try it on froyo
it seems to lag me pretty bad on DC... I think it is increasing my battery life... but it definitely slowed down my phone. Any tips?
agentpower said:
it seems to lag me pretty bad on DC... I think it is increasing my battery life... but it definitely slowed down my phone. Any tips?
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Yes try darchdroid 2.7. It doesnt seem to lag my phone.
Using it on fresh. It's good. Can someone tell me their settings? I'm a bit lost..
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i just recently started using it and it says im getting 1.48x more battery life... thats good i guess... wish it were higher but I guess it might increase over time. What does ultimatejuice and juiceblotter do?
ultimate juice tweaks the settings so that you can change when you want data/wifi enabled and for either 1 or 3 minutes at a time. For those who are rooted and overclocked, it allows you to tweak the cpu so you can save more battery power, also releives you from the need of set cpu or any oc app.
On my settings, I usually consume 1% battery every 2 to 3 hours when I am not using my phone So far I have had 12 hours of battery life on heavy use.. But every hero and rom is different so it is best to adjust each setting according to one's preferences.
Here are the settings I'm running on CM7 to get amazingly bananas battery life (with the display being on for about 5 hours!)..
1. Conservative governor: 245mhz - 1017mhz in CM7 settings
2. Install the 'BatteryCalibration' app from the market. This app caused the single biggest improvement for me after having flashed so many roms and never calibrating the battery. If you've calibrated it before though, I don't think it'll be very useful for you.
3. Install 'NoBars' from the market to automatically turn on airplane mode when you have no service. (This might be useless to some of you if you always have a signal; Very useful in NYC subway though)
4. Use a 2G toggle widget to have the phone only use the Edge connection when you only need it to receive calls/ texts and don't need the high speeds. I use the toggle widget in the CM7 notification bar. HUGE battery saver.
Give these a shot and let us know how they work for you
I've reached the end of my day and here are my final stats..
Mmy display has been on on over 5 hours now and I have 5% of the battery left. Seems more than good enough for me. Hopefully it will be for some of you too
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As you can see by my display being on over 3 hours, I used my phone a heck of a lot today and still have over a third of my battery left. Seems more than good enough for me. Hopefully it will be for some of you too
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Question: It's cool that your display was on for 3 hours, but what did you do as far as app usage??
If you did use your phone "a heck of a lot" wouldn't some apps like "internet" "maps" or something show up on the battery use %'s???
For example, currently, other than phone idle, cell standby, voice calls and android, there's also internet, mail, maps, and other apps that I used today alot.
Good observation. I have no idea how android chooses which apps to show on there, but I think it depends on the ROM? I remember on Iced Glacier cell standby would barely use 5% of the battery and on CM7 it uses >40% consistently. Idk.
Maybe what those apps used up here was nothing compared to the display, wifi and phone idle time.. Just a guess.. But I did use the browser and xda app and listened to music via the Rdio app running in the background several times throughout the day, and sent multiple texts and have had my wifi on for about 5 hours now. I can't really find a menu that would show these statistics except in the Spare Parts app, and here you go..
I got 17 hours just yesterday with 9% left with moderate to heavy use (texting, web browsing and ps1 emulation).
I didn't do anything besides use faux's kernel with the smartass govenor. I have the max speed overclocked to 1.8 as well...
Nice. I just got over flashing new kernels for a while since the stock CM7 one has everything functioning perfectly and new kernels would improve on something but mess up something else in my experience.
I can't seem to find a 2g toggle widget that works with Royal Glacier. (one touch, I've found a few that take you to settings) When I was running Royal Ginger I would always use the one that came in the notification bar.
Wifi status is also a good app to remind the forgetful to turn off wifi when they leave the Area.
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I've reached the end of my day and here are my final stats..
Mmy display has been on on over 5 hours now and I have 5% of the battery left. Seems more than good enough for me. Hopefully it will be for some of you too
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This is GREAT battery life... i wonder what word i'd use to describe mine.
i Pulled my Phone off the Charger this morning @ 7:20pm EST. Now it is 3:13 EST. and i've got ~50% left. So thats what like. 7 hours
neidlinger tap that 'screen on' tab and lets see how long your screen was actually on for?
Either way congrats, and it's good to see ppl are over the battery issues.
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neidlinger tap that 'screen on' tab and lets see how long your screen was actually on for?
Either way congrats, and it's good to see ppl are over the battery issues.
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since my last boot. 8:10AM when i loaded the new CM7. 1h 1m 59s.
Unless I'm missing something, the 'BatteryCalibration' app won't increase your battery life. It will just help to get a more accurate reading of your battery level.
I've played around with different roms and kernels. And yes, they do have a small effect on battery life, but not all that much.
Here's my tip for battery life. Get on ebay and buy one the of the cheap packages from Hong Kong with 3 batteries and a standalone charger. Like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/3x-New-1500mAh-Battery-Charger-HTC-Mytouch-4G-Merge-/290556738794?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item43a687fcea
I bought a similar package a few months ago and now I never have battery problems. Nor do I have to take a chance on wearing out my micro-usb jack like I've seen happen on a lot of other phones.
Maybe. All I know is my battery increased dramatically after running that app once.
I measure battery life by how many hours I am able to keep my display on before it dies rather than how long after it comes off the charger (like nedilinger does). My battery used to die after about 3 hours of the display being on. Now it consistently lasts 5 hours.
Anyway, I was just trying to let others know what I did to get a really good battery life on my phone thinking it might be helpful. Apparently that's not appreciated. Thanks tho.
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Unless I'm missing something, the 'BatteryCalibration' app won't increase your battery life. It will just help to get a more accurate reading of your battery level.
I've played around with different roms and kernels. And yes, they do have a small effect on battery life, but not all that much.
Here's my tip for battery life. Get on ebay and buy one the of the cheap packages from Hong Kong with 3 batteries and a standalone charger. Like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/3x-New-1500mAh-...738794?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item43a687fcea
I bought a similar package a few months ago and now I never have battery problems. Nor do I have to take a chance on wearing out my micro-usb jack like I've seen happen on a lot of other phones.
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How long does 1 of those batteries last?
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simple way to get awesome battery life without any extra steps is to install RoyalGlacier 1.6, that's all. A couple days ago I ran my phone for one and a half days before charging it again, and it still had 14% battery left. RG is pretty much a polished version of CM7, runs blazing fast and smooth.
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simple way to get awesome battery life without any extra steps is to install RoyalGlacier 1.6, that's all. A couple days ago I ran my phone for one and a half days before charging it again, and it still had 14% battery left. RG is pretty much a polished version of CM7, runs blazing fast and smooth.
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does the royal ginger gets the same battery result?
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does the royal ginger gets the same battery result?
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Better than what's reported under CM7. The battery life I posted above was on RG.
you say you don't sacrifice 4g but you admit you have a 2g/edge widget?
To me "not sacrificing 4g" means not ever turning it off, maybe i'm mistaken
I had battery issues, I'd have to charge it mid day else it would die. Juicedefender helped a bit (claimed to do 1.7x battery life) but I uninstalled it, rooted the phone, and uninstalled a bunch of stock apps
For some reason now my battery lasts a very very long time, don't know how or why that is. I also admit I don't use it as heavily as some people, but my habits have not changed and I did have to charge it mid day (like i said) even with little usage
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How long does 1 of those batteries last?
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Obviously, it's hard to say without describing how I use my phone, but I get probably 10-15 hours of medium-high usage. I probably get about 4-5 hours of talk time. I'd say the Chinese ebay batteries probably last 80-90% as long as the OEM battery. Quite decent considering the price.
My earlier thoughts about the BatteryCalibration app could be wrong. I don't really know all the details about how Android battery calibration works. I just assumed that it simply learns about all the bad spots in your battery so that your phone doesn't instantly jump from 80% to 30%. I also assumed that the phone would die when the battery had no power left, as opposed to when it says 0%, but maybe that's not the case. Regardless, if it helps you, more power to you and I appreciate you sharing the app. I didn't mean to come off as an unappreciative ****. If I did, sorry bout that.
I really hate creating these threads because it makes me look likr a complete noob but I can' figire this out for the life of me. I bought the charge thinking I could use it for a day and change but I have yet to experience this awesome battery life. Even when I got my first day, the battery life was horrible and even after its first charge, it wasnt any better. Do I just have a bad battery or something?
Heres what I remember doing:
-Flash gummycharge day 2 of owning phone (1.8.5) novoodoo kernal
-An issue came up where I couldnt press my power button without the phone freezing
-so at this point I reverted back to a stock ee2 rom
-i then flashed gummycharged once again (same as above)
-after flashing, I charged my battey up, shutdown, wait for 100%, repeat 3x to wipe battery stats/calibrate my battery
So I unplugged my phone at 5:00pm and it is now 7:07pm. In two hours with about an hour of browsing, my phone is at 73%. I have nothing on any of my homescreens just to be sure it wasnt consuming the battery, cdma automatic instead of 4g lte since my area does not support it yet and manual brightness at 15%.
What is it I'm doing wrong?
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I really hate creating these threads because it makes me look likr a complete noob but I can' figire this out for the life of me. I bought the charge thinking I could use it for a day and change but I have yet to experience this awesome battery life. Even when I got my first day, the battery life was horrible and even after its first charge, it wasnt any better. Do I just have a bad battery or something?
Heres what I remember doing:
-Flash gummycharge day 2 of owning phone (1.8.5) novoodoo kernal
-An issue came up where I couldnt press my power button without the phone freezing
-so at this point I reverted back to a stock ee2 rom
-i then flashed gummycharged once again (same as above)
-after flashing, I charged my battey up, shutdown, wait for 100%, repeat 3x to wipe battery stats/calibrate my battery
So I unplugged my phone at 5:00pm and it is now 7:07pm. In two hours with about an hour of browsing, my phone is at 73%. I have nothing on any of my homescreens just to be sure it wasnt consuming the battery, cdma automatic instead of 4g lte since my area does not support it yet and manual brightness at 15%.
What is it I'm doing wrong?
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Download humble 1.25 and your battery woes will be no more my son....
Will take you suggestion and try it out tonight. I dont mean to derail my own thread but is it possible that when I flashed back to stock ee2, it caused my signal to decrease even though I put gummycharged over it later? Ever since I had to reflash because of the power button issue, I noticed a decrease in signal strength (from mid 80s to high 90s). Sorry for all the questions!
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Download humble 1.25 and your battery woes will be no more my son....
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Hi,
I saw your Humble ROM and was considering installing it to try to improve battery life as we'll.
What about your ROM conserves battery over the stock rom?
Now that p3droid released 2.3.4 I will certainly have to try it, do you plan to make a version of Humble using this new base?
Thanks for your work, I really am loving this new phone!
Ken
(Former DX afficianado)
An hour has passed with another 45 minutes of browsing. My battery is down to 40%. Really now?
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An hour has passed with another 45 minutes of browsing. My battery is down to 40%. Really now?
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If you are getting that bad of battery life, go to EE4 Debloated . Flash P&J OC Kernel. and Undervolt your phone.
Whay would be causing this kind of battery life though?
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Whay would be causing this kind of battery life though?
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No telling, depends on how you use your phone and what apps are running.
Thats the thing. I haven't been doing anything other than browsing. I only went to class and browsed for maybe 2 hours max. Everything else is 2% ish other than the dolphin hd browser. If I look at the battery stats, the display is the only thing thats depleting the battery really. I'm starting to think its because I have weak coverage in my area.
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Thats the thing. I haven't been doing anything other than browsing. I only went to class and browsed for maybe 2 hours max. Everything else is 2% ish other than the dolphin hd browser. If I look at the battery stats, the display is the only thing thats depleting the battery really. I'm starting to think its because I have weak coverage in my area.
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I've had similar battery issues with two different Charge units running each ROM/Kernel (except GB). I also live in a weak coverage area where I average 1 to 2 bars, sometimes dropping to 0 and i'm convinced this has to be it. I had written this idea off initially because I previously had ATT and the same weak coverage with them, but nowhere near the same abnormal battery drain...so I guess there must be a difference between the way CDMA and GSM operate in this respect? I'm in a 3G only area and keep the phone locked to CDMA/Auto also.
danalo1979 said:
Download humble 1.25 and your battery woes will be no more my son....
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I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.
Coming from the fascinate I honestly think the battery life is better. Although I turned lte off since we don't have any coverage for it yet. My mind will probably change when we get it. Running stock ee4 rooted with voodoo kernel. My father is running the same thing and also came from the fascinate, he completely agrees.
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brian1972ct said:
I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.
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I had really bad battery life on my phone running the stock rom and gummycharged. With the phone sleeping and only data on, I was losing at least 5% an hour.
I switched to Humble a week ago and my battery life is exceptional. I am ususally looking at 24 hrs with 4g on and longer with it off.
If you do a lot of browsing and keeping your screen on, your battery is going to burn quickly. No matter what ROM you are using. If it's draining a lot of battery in sleep, flash Humble.
danalo1979 said:
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Dude, this isn't the fix. I'll flash Humble 1.25 right now and prove to you that it doesn't fix battery issues. Yes, it's less of a battery hog than the other available ROMs, but flashing Humble 1.25 will not fix your battery gremlin.
I wish Danalo, imnuts and the other gurus would spend more time figuring out this battery gremlin. Charging your battery to 100% then wiping battery stats through CWR doesn't work either. I've tried it countless times.
OP, here's another thread regarding the battery issues many people are experiencing - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145161
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I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.
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Don't give up so soon. The battery life on the Charge can be amazing and I know from experience. My experience also shows that there are funky battery issues that pop up when flashing various crap. Flashing an Odin bundle has not worked for me, at all. Wiping battery stats has not worked.
I was running GummyCharged 1.5 with the PBJT kernel and voodoo enabled and got 17+ hours of medium-hard use EASILY. Since then, I flashed the original GB leak, Gummy, Humble, Stock... I cannot figure out what the heck is going on, my battery life is still crap.
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So I unplugged my phone at 5:00pm and it is now 7:07pm. In two hours with about an hour of browsing, my phone is at 73%. I have nothing on any of my homescreens just to be sure it wasnt consuming the battery, cdma automatic instead of 4g lte since my area does not support it yet and manual brightness at 15%.
What is it I'm doing wrong?
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It really sounds like signal issues to me. My Charge handles weak mobile signals better than my Thunderbolt, but any cell phone will really crank up the juice draw looking for a tower if it can't find one. In my north county office, my Thunderbolt will drain 25% per hour if I don't keep it near the window where it can get a better signal.
You need to post a lot more details.
Are you on wifi or mobile data? Are you 3G or 4G area? How strong is your 3G/4G signal?
Have you dug into the battery use screens to see what's up?
Grab Spare Parts from the Market if your ROM doesn't have it and look into it's battery statistics...things like wake-locks will really kill the phone.
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I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.
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Humble isnt going to make a difference, what he should have said was to flash the PBJ OTB kernel. Not sure if he just wants more downloads for Humble or what lol.
If all you are concerned with is battery life on a phone then buy an iphone.... sheesh.
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Humble isnt going to make a difference, what he should have said was to flash the PBJ OTB kernel. Not sure if he just wants more downloads for Humble or what lol.
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And no.... im not pimping downloads. Lol
If you calibrate your batt stats and use my rom you will see what alot of people are seeing. Thanks
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If all you are concerned with is battery life on a phone then buy an iphone.... sheesh.
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Then what would we ***** about?
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If you calibrate your batt stats and use my rom you will see what alot of people are seeing. Thanks
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I've done this countless times to no avail. I'm going to flash Humble 1.25 again in a bit, but it definitely didn't fix the battery issue earlier today when I flashed it. Yes I wiped battery stats. Yes the battery was at 100%.
I'm going to try the ridiculous procedure laid out in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152088
So here's a screen grab of my phone's battery. I work 9-5. Started the day with fully charged battery, and end of work day it's almost dead. Honestly, I never thought it would be this bad. I don't play games or watch endless videos on youtube. I've sent about 15 texts messages max, used the phone to make about 4 calls for a max talk time of 6min. And browsed the net for no longer than 5min. I have wifi always off, GPS off, my screen is always set right down to absolute minimum all the time. I have never used live wallpaper, and have a black wallpaper. All I've done to this phone is root it and remove a lot of bloatware. Nothing else. I've read through the forum and came upon this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092249
So without running the Bali kernel or running any specific rom, Is this the expected battery life for the average person who just leaves the phone completely stock.
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JuiceDefender works!!! Battery now last much longer. Thanks goes to jager555 for the great suggestion.
Most high end ones are. because android runs things in the background and allows you to customize many settings, Battery life usually looks like that when you first get your phone. That said once you get familiar with your phone you will start to recognize things that run in the background that serve you no purpose and you can stop them or get rid of that app. You can also get custom roms that have great modifications to enhance your battery's life. It takes some experimentation but gone are the days of getting 4 days out of you Razr. Try searching "battery saver" in the market, too.
It could look like this...
Well I have to say that's quite shocking. The average person just has no clue on how to flash roms or anything like it. They just charge their phone and go. It really makes me wonder why Google or the phone manufacturers wouldn't think battery life to be a priority. The battery life isn't just bad, its unacceptably bad.
Thanks for the input though.
Yeah no thats not normal. When i first got this phone i could go up to twelve hours non stop with regular use text here and make some phone calls, watch one or two videos... And i still had battery left probably like 40% maybe less. Well at least for me i dont know if i was a special case or not.
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if you are on stock and do not use the bali kernel, get Juice Defender from the market. try it out for 2 days and get back to me on how it works. if you want the best battery life, especially since you take off gps and wifi, set it to aggressive. that should make the battery last MUCH longer with your type of usage. but once again, use it for 2-3 days for it to settle in properly
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if you are on stock and do not use the bali kernel, get Juice Defender from the market. try it out for 2 days and get back to me on how it works. if you want the best battery life, especially since you take off gps and wifi, set it to aggressive. that should make the battery last MUCH longer with your type of usage. but once again, use it for 2-3 days for it to settle in properly
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Will do. You got my hopes up.
its usually the screens, emails, and txts that kill my battery lol
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Will do. You got my hopes up.
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yea, my dad is on stock with this phone and it wouldnt last from 7am to 2pm. now it lasts from 7am to at least 8pm with the same type of usage. its a neat program. i hope it works well for you.
I'll second juice defender. Even the free beta version has helped my phone last a long time. but if you aren't using your phone much, you should really get a lot better battery life than that. if it's brand new, it can take the battery a couple of charges from a full drain to get up to snuff.
With light use, I can get well over 2 days, and have even gotten over 3. Here's a screenshot I took a couple of weeks ago.
mike-y was the one who introduced me to juice defender, btw. great find, man
Wow, Tempott, that's very short battery life. I actually had pretty decent battery life on stock. I lasted about 12 hours on moderate use. Then again, it's funny that I last 18 hours on very heavy use now with ICBINB with 4G on, first level brightness, and sync always on (no JuiceDefender, etc.).
i am using Audiophile ROM. i get 10-15h of battery life.
Im using black ice with bali 3.1uv dsexton's build.prop and im getting round 12-15 with heavy use(mobile AP, pandora, calls)
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Did you try juice defender? if so, what were the results?
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Did you try juice defender? if so, what were the results?
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Sorry for the late reply, but I just wanted to give the app a thorough usage. I'm happy to say it really makes a difference. I was so disappointed with the battery life that I had a serious bout of buyer's remorse. This App made a world of difference. Thanks for the suggestion! Glad to have this phone now. Check out the screen shot!
Nice!! that's great. I liked the beta app so much I went ahead and paid for the "plus" version. "Plus" gives JD control over wifi, and lets you set a "night mode" that turns off data/wifi/gps/bluetooth during the night when you sleep. There is also app control, which I played with, but ended up just disabling it (makes things a lot simpler).
Honestly, if the beta is working for you, there isn't much need for the paid versions. especially if you put your phone in airplane mode when you got to sleep (or just turn it off).
btw, current uptime = 40 hours, 45 mins, and I still have 70% battery left.
It seems to me Battery Calibration doesn't work...however, this phone lasts longer than the Sensation, which personally sucks.
battery calibration works fine. make sure your phone is charged to 100%. check spare parts amd make sure it is at 4200mV. sometimes, if it is not calibrated properly, it will show 100% and not 4200. unplug the phone and immediately plug it back in and you will notice a fluctuation in the numbers. usually, it is a big fluctuation. once you are as close to 4200 as you think you are going to get while the phone is plugged in, open the battery calibration app and click calibrate. then immediately unplug the phone. use it until it is completely dead (i do it until i shuts down). once this is done, charge the phone until it is 100%. do no unplug the phone until it is at 100%. then drain it again. and charge it to 100% again. after that, use it normally for 2 to 3 days and you will notice the difference in efficiency.
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battery calibration works fine. make sure your phone is charged to 100%. check spare parts amd make sure it is at 4200mV. sometimes, if it is not calibrated properly, it will show 100% and not 4200. unplug the phone and immediately plug it back in and you will notice a fluctuation in the numbers. usually, it is a big fluctuation. once you are as close to 4200 as you think you are going to get while the phone is plugged in, open the battery calibration app and click calibrate. then immediately unplug the phone. use it until it is completely dead (i do it until i shuts down). once this is done, charge the phone until it is 100%. do no unplug the phone until it is at 100%. then drain it again. and charge it to 100% again. after that, use it normally for 2 to 3 days and you will notice the difference in efficiency.
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I would like to add that the first charge drains amazingly fast. You can be idling your phone the whole day, and it'll still be gone.
After you go through a few charges, it'll be omgwtfbbqhax battery life.
Btw, I'm betting Bali 3.3UV + JD is pretty beast battery life compared to Bali 3.3 + JD, right?
Juice defender works great for me as well! Very noticeable difference
I am opening this thread to facilitate skyrocket users to share their experiences on getting most out of one charge.
I generally prefer something that shows percentage on top since the battery display does not provide detailed info.
I have tried few free aaps and finally found the best one. It is '2x battery' app. I used to loose 4 - 7% per hour in standby mode. With this app, It gives me 1-2% most in burn in hour. While writing this, I am 36% after 17 hours of regular use.
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WIZARDfan said:
I am opening this thread to facilitate skyrocket users to share their experiences on getting most out of one charge.
I generally prefer something that shows percentage on top since the battery display does not provide detailed info.
I have tried few free aaps and finally found the best one. It is '2x battery' app. I used to loose 4 - 7% per hour in standby mode. With this app, It gives me 1-2% most in burn in hour. While writing this, I am 36% after 17 hours of regular use.
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im at 11 hours and have 89% left using Juice Defender plus..
The only problem with JuiceDefender is that if you use messaging apps like Kik or WhatsApp, it will make it so that you don't receive the messages unless you have your phone active, making your phone pretty much useless.
I dont buy anything til I see proof of screen time and battery use screens.
Just got the phone yesterday, but I must say, coming from the epic 4g touch where I was getting 25 hours with 5 hours screen on time, it doesn't look promising.
But to be fair I haven't underclocked, undervolted and all the other tricks yet. Properly working sleep mode is essential.
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ShensMobile said:
The only problem with JuiceDefender is that if you use messaging apps like Kik or WhatsApp, it will make it so that you don't receive the messages unless you have your phone active, making your phone pretty much useless.
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I will try the 2x battery,
I use JuiceDefenderPro; custom profile
After 7 hours on battery, I am at 90%.
light calls, 1-bar of signal on 4gLTE, apps grab data every 15 minutes.
Anyone see results w/ underclocking?
I am using Antutu's CPU Master (Free), but my results have been inconclusive (sometimes uses less, sometimes uses more.. can't tell). I am considering getting the paid version of the app (or SetCPU or Android Overclock) to try the screen off profiles.
I use set CPU to underclock when the screen is off and when battery is low. In my experiences the savings are noticeable but not major.
With set CPU, juice defender, and a de-bloated rom I usually go to bed with around 30% battery remaining. That's about on par with my nexus one running cm7.
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I haven't really had issues with the battery on my skyrocket. Then again, I'm not I'm an LTE area but you can pretty much expect bad battery life in an LTE area. Regardless, I have noticed something odd about the battery on my skyrocket, and maybe someone can confirm my observations here...my skyrocket tends to lose battery fairly constantly at first up to about the 80% mark then slows down the rate off loss of charge and I notice another huge slow down in drainage at the 30% mark. I've seen this repeatedly no matter what I do. In other words, screen on or off, I tend to see this happen. I'm not complaining as I think a 20 hour battery is great when using it heavily. And I kind of think of the slow drainage at the 30% as a nice perk. I'm running it stock so I can't chock it up to anythnng other than the phone. Any thoughts?
s3v3n777 said:
I haven't really had issues with the battery on my skyrocket. Then again, I'm not I'm an LTE area but you can pretty much expect bad battery life in an LTE area. Regardless, I have noticed something odd about the battery on my skyrocket, and maybe someone can confirm my observations here...my skyrocket tends to lose battery fairly constantly at first up to about the 80% mark then slows down the rate off loss of charge and I notice another huge slow down in drainage at the 30% mark. I've seen this repeatedly no matter what I do. In other words, screen on or off, I tend to see this happen. I'm not complaining as I think a 20 hour battery is great when using it heavily. And I kind of think of the slow drainage at the 30% as a nice perk. I'm running it stock so I can't chock it up to anythnng other than the phone. Any thoughts?
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Why does everyone say this about LTE? It is simply not true. All LTE does is give you higher bandwidth with less delay. Wan't good battery life, run a custom ROM. I am running the ICS v4.1 and I must say it is much better than anything else I have tried. I keep 4sq, FB, twitter and gmail all running in the background along with BeWeather updating every hour.
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Why does everyone say this about LTE? It is simply not true. All LTE does is give you higher bandwidth with less delay. Wan't good battery life, run a custom ROM. I am running the ICS v4.1 and I must say it is much better than anything else I have tried. I keep 4sq, FB, twitter and gmail all running in the background along with BeWeather updating every hour.
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Indeed I am on red sonja and I have no issues with battery life on this phone.
She is a sexy rom
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shansmi said:
Why does everyone say this about LTE? It is simply not true. All LTE does is give you higher bandwidth with less delay. Wan't good battery life, run a custom ROM. I am running the ICS v4.1 and I must say it is much better than anything else I have tried. I keep 4sq, FB, twitter and gmail all running in the background along with BeWeather updating every hour.
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Everyone says that about LTE because (from what I've read) running LTE requires more power due to several reasons. I did a quick search and sprint may be a great indication of proof of the power consumption of "4g" from what I've read their phones disengage wimax when not in use in order to conserve energy. If LTE is faster and operates at higher frequencies (if I'm not mistaken) then it should require more energy. I could go outside the box and come up with some equations that relate frequency to energy (they exist) but I will admit I don't know if they can be applied to the circuitry in phones though I don't see why it wouldn't as the theory is sound. In any case, yes running a custom rom will do wonders for battery but some of us haven't taken that plunge yet. As it is, my stock skyrocket is doing great for me lasting 20 hours. Im out of the house at 6am and usually don't get home till 8 at night. It makes it through that with ease. I'm happy with that. Bring on the LTE, I'll cross that battery consumption bridge when we get there.