Wifi drain fix - Captivate General

So I've been flashing a bunch of different roms and have found a combo that I love... But have noticed that my battery life decreases much more with wifi on...
If I turn off wifi..the phone can last 30+ hours of use..if I have wifi turned on...maybe 8 hours
I seem to remember in the post people talking about a wifi drain fix.. I can't find anything on it though...
does anybody know of such a thing?
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i beleive you need a newer wpa_supplicant file...

Any chance there is one hanging out on these boards anywhere?
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i think yes, or just grab it from another rom... for example Andromeda

Right on! Cool
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is my phone or battery broken?

This is my second captivate that I got to replace my other one. The other one had amazing battery life and now that I have the new one, it" sucks".
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Yes definitely broken, burn it
Right. Someone who owns half a brain please respond.
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Guy, how about some details? Your sig says gti900 so your not on stock. How can any one help you with what you posted. Are you using the exact same configuration that you had on your last phone?
oh.... You hurt my feelings by the way
Same setup, actually with out the iverclock too. Im running phoenix now percison.
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You are killing me
When did you flash
Have you calibrated your battery
Are you using the same kernel, modem
what have you tried to improve battery
How long does your phone last on full charge
Some details
mcord11758 said:
You are killing me
When did you flash
Have you calibrated your battery
Are you using the same kernel, modem
what have you tried to improve battery
How long does your phone last on full charge
Some details
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Yes. Same everything. Tried calibrating battery. Everything that drains is off. Is it a faulty unit?
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There its always a chance
If your phone last 8-10 hrs then no you can improve by playing around. If it last like 5 hrs and you have calibrated and have gone through a couple bat cycles then maybe there is an issue.
Chances are, you need to play around
mcord11758 said:
There its always a chance
If your phone last 8-10 hrs then no you can improve by playing around. If it last like 5 hrs and you have calibrated and have gone through a couple bat cycles then maybe there is an issue.
Chances are, you need to play around
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I know, im working on it, but I don't think it will do anythong
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Battery life is garbage.

I need help my battery life is terrible and I don't know how to fix. I have a battery information app and the battery chart drops.
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We're going to need more information than that to help you out.
ROM?
Kernel?
Name of "Battery Monitoring" App?
Current Data use?
Signal strength in your area?
All of these will be very helpful in figuring out what your issue is.
Try to be patient, I'm a little new. But here's what I know.
Froyo 2.2
Kernel 2.6.32.9
Battery Monitor Widget App
Data usage isn't high.
I don't know how to find ROM
My display takes 93% but my brightness is all the way down and my signal is always pretty strong.
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Im guessing your one the stock at&t froyo. Think about going into the captivate android development section and flash a custom rom. They seem to provide better battery life and are much better than what came with this phone.
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You can also disable wifi, bluetooth, and GPS when not in use - that should help.
In my experience the fastest way to better battery life is flash a new kernel. speedmod-kernel-i897-k13e is very stable. Also turn off auto-rotate and auto brightness.
A big battery killer for me is background data and auto sync, I leave it all off, along with the stuff every one else said.
Also, try calibrating your battery.
The only thing I've done to my phone is root. And I've turned off all the auto stuff, I have no idea how to "flash the rom" or anything else.
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If your display takes up 93% of battery that's usually a good sign, it means that there's probably nothing in the background sucking up all the juice. Have you tried "bump charging" or replacing the battery? They do tend to go bad or lose calibration if you've overheated them one too many times.
Whenever I charge my phone it seems to get extremely hot. The battery app said like 115° to 120°
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color0 said:
If your display takes up 93% of battery that's usually a good sign, it means that there's probably nothing in the background sucking up all the juice. Have you tried "bump charging" or replacing the battery? They do tend to go bad or lose calibration if you've overheated them one too many times.
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What exactly is bump charging?
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Is that f or c? My battery temp is 33 degrees c.
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In my experience, the jk4 modem has the best battery life.
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Try Juice Defender in the Android Market, made a big different for me.
In my experience Froyo roms have all been garbage battery life *first leak, stock, Perception, Cognition, SuperNova, Phoenix Unleashed* I could never get more then 10 hours on the battery and less with wifi on. Now with GB *perception 2 beta 3*, I get 18 hours with Bluetooth on, Background Sync On, under H *3G*, and the original battery that came with the phone. I am putting up with some of the issues that 2.3.3 has but to me I cannot go back to froyo as my battery life has never been this good Including with jf6 2.1 that originally shipped with my phone.
HTH,
Charlie
I put it on the charger. Only went up to 35c (95f)
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Is that f or c? My battery temp is 33 degrees c.
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For F.
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ameedi600 said:
In my experience, the jk4 modem has the best battery life.
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While that may be the case, it doesn't always provide for the best signal. You have to test each one and see what works best for your area/situation.
Your battery temp seems very high. You may want to swap the battery before trying other things. Is the phone new? If so, At&t store should agree to swap it out for you.
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R3velation issue

First, sorry for the new thread & odd spot. I looked for 30 minutes to see if I was duplicating a question, but the search function on this app seems to do absolutely nothing. I also can't post in dev, yet; so I hope The Collective checks this forum.
R3velation works great, and looks even better; I'm very happy I gave it a look.
That said, I have 2 issues:
1. The battery drains FAST. Sitting idle with WiFi & Bluetooth turned off, I lose 50% of the charge in 6 hours. I'm still researching how to operate things like the voltage app that came with the ROM, but if anyone has tips I'd love to hear them.
2. The main reason for this post; sometimes when the screen is off, it just won't come back on. The only thing I can find that works is to remove the battery. Any ideas what this might be!?
Thanks to The Collective for this awesome ROM!
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Question 2 is a sod which they are working figuring out what is causing it. add for battery drain there is an app on the forums called better battery stats you may have to search for it on a computer to find it because i agree the search on this xda app sucks. But that app will help find the cause of the battery drain
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Awesome, thanks! I'll look it up when I get home.
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I'm having a major issue with R3V v2 and I need help fixing this ASAP because it is the best ROM I have flashed to date!!!! Everything works like clockwork except data. I can send text messages but any other app that requires a data connection does not work (no network connection). Does this sound like a modem flash error? X- I downloaded the ROM from your sig.
Have you tried re-flashing? I had a similar issue with a different ROM on my tablet. Re-flashing the ROM fixed it.
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Have you tried re-flashing? I had a similar issue with a different ROM on my tablet. Re-flashing the ROM fixed it.
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Yes, I had tried re-flashing the original ROM I had downloaded for Experiments signature. That file might have been faulty? idk. Last night after posting about my issue and not wanting to wait another moment to enjoy this awesome ROM I did some research on XDA and found a post where Nun had a link to download R3V v2 but the file had the letter "F" at the end so I figured it to be a different file. Long story short, a little late for that huh? IT WORKED!! Thanks to the Collective, especially Experiment for this splendid ROM.
I know, right? This ROM is the nicest I've seen for Android, yet. Run R3velation OTA, and look at some of the further mods you can get for it. Under "Themes", there's one called "Mongo Toggles (blue)" by X and Mongo41. It looks VERY sweet. The light amounts of blue mixed with the beautiful toggles for the quick panel are awesome. I need to get in touch with them and ask them to make one that has purple in place of the blue. I'd never need another theme if I had that, heh.
Glad you were able to get up and running.
Did you battery life ever smooth out? There is a typically a period of three days or so where you need to wait for a rom to, "settle" before the battery will calm down. Then it should start acting much better.
The SOD issue is one that has been driven to the point of extinction. I ran R3V for a long time, and had no issues. I am now running another rom, and I am having issues. It's all what your phone likes and doesn't like I think. Good luck figuring it out man.
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It's still draining fairly quickly. I didn't get that battery stats app, because it's a pay app, and I don't have the money until payday.
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It's still draining fairly quickly. I didn't get that battery stats app, because it's a pay app, and I don't have the money until payday.
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Hint: you can find a free one on XDA. and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1510745
[Tips & Tricks] Battery Power Saving on Samsung Infuse
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I had the same battery trouble as you. I flashed the KL2 modem over the LB3, and now my batty life is hundreds of times better.
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I had the same battery trouble as you. I flashed the KL2 modem over the LB3, and now my batty life is hundreds of times better.
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Thanks for the heads up. I just put the KL2 on the phone, we'll see how that does me.
Maybe it's my imagination, but this modem seems awesome. Battery life seems to have tripled, and I'm not dropping calls at the dead spots in town. What all does the modem cover, just phone & AT&T data? It doesn't handle Bluetooth or WiFi, does it?
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As far as I understand, a modem is only responsible for pulling the voice and data connections from your provider. The best explanation I've found on it is from this thread here:http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22913686&postcount=1
That's what I thought (I had originally misunderstood, and thought there was a modem for voice, for data, for WiFi, for Bluetooth...found out a couple weeks ago that was wrong).
Anyway, that KL2 modem is great. I've only lost 13% of my battery in the last 9 hours with WiFi, Data, GPS, and auto-rotation all turned on. This is as opposed to 50% in 8 hours with WiFi only turned on. (Idling both times, as I was asleep.) It also seems to not be affected by the same dead spots the other modem had, as I didn't drop calls while driving past them like I used to.
I keep getting a FC when trying to open play store help please
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Answered my own question thank you
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L2 modem
has anybody flashed this modem over a stock setup (rooted of course)

losing battery very quickly

Hey guys for some reason no matter what from and especially on Zeus I lose alot of battery on standby even in the miui 2.3.9 which is supposed to use alot less battery usually i keep wifi on even on standby and in one hour i lost 8% I have flashed different Roms numerous times and still keep on losing alit of battery on standby and when I do use the internet on wifi it drains around 1% every 3 min or less
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Hey guys for some reason no matter what from and especially on Zeus I lose alot of battery on standby even in the miui 2.3.9 which is supposed to use alot less battery usually i keep wifi on even on standby and in one hour i lost 8% I have flashed different Roms numerous times and still keep on losing alit of battery on standby and when I do use the internet on wifi it drains around 1% every 3 min or less
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[Tips & Tricks] Battery Power Saving on Samsung Infuse
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I did look at that and I do what it says it still drains fairly quick
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I did look at that and I do what it says it still drains fairly quick
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Have you tried a different rom? That one should have pretty good battery life though. If you are doing EVERY single thing that, that thread suggests.. you should be able to have your battery last for a week.. He takes it to the extreme. VERY well done though.
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I did look at that and I do what it says it still drains fairly quick
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you may have a bad flash...occasionally a reflash may fix it if you haven't tried.
with zeus, i don't recommend any other external cwm flash tweaks if you tried them
Maybe you gotta bum battery.
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does the ics theme have anything to do with the bad battery life?
You seem to be the only one having this problem and if it's when you try other roms as well then it's probably a hardware issue.
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Flash other modem, sometimes it help a lot.

Battery life on LTE

Hey so I know I'll get crap for another battery post but I just wanted to post this because I'm amazed whenever someone on Any rom gets a full day or more of battery. It's ridiculous how much mobile data drains on ANY rom for me. I'm running aokp 9/9 right now but I've been through cm9, cm10, vincoms rom, sky ics, paranoid. No differences really it's just data that drains. Here is today's battery, and this is normal when it's mobile data the whole way through. Mostly H, H+, and 4g. As you can see, u have pretty good reception, and screen on for only 2 HOURS. that's why it amazes me when people get 5-7 hrs screen and like a day+ of battery.
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Also if anyone got the new aokp rom before R4ins got pissed, I'd love to get a link. Thanks!
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2 hours screen time sounds about right for me til the battery runs down. But I tend to only use that much in a whole day, so it lasts me to the next day... even on LTE. I'm using SkyICS.
You sure you don't have any funky wakelocks or anything? Your phone was awake for pretty much the whole time It should be sleeping most of the times that you're not using it.
there are days where i can get 16 hours with an hour or 2 of screen time, but i also have the Gnex extended batter (2100 mah) so that helps. But ive come to realize that on most days, i will never ever see the stellar results that some people get, becasue i use my phone... a lot... im talking twitter constantly, hundreds of texts every day, and the occasional phone call. But it is fine for me, ive never had my phone die on me while im out, and im almost always near a charger so it is never a problem. If i feel like i might be away from a charger for a while, i turn off sync, turn brightness down, etc to prolong my battery life and im good to go.
Download better battery stats and find out what is keeping your phone awake,it looks like its staying awake for long periods of time
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holeindalip said:
Download better battery stats and find out what is keeping your phone awake,it looks like its staying awake for long periods of time
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This. You have a truly massive wakelock.
kchen96 said:
Also if anyone got the new aokp rom before R4ins got pissed, I'd love to get a link. Thanks!
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R4INS is over on rootzwiki. You can grab his builds there or on his goo.im site. Check out boobah's post in the general section.
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holeindalip said:
Download better battery stats and find out what is keeping your phone awake,it looks like its staying awake for long periods of time
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I have the app.don't know how to use it literally the most confusing app ever
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Most def a wake lock. I can get upwards of 20 hours with regular usage. aokp cm10 and superlite cm 10. Sometimes less sometimes more. I also don't pick up lte here either. Just H+
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akwhite23 said:
Most def a wake lock. I can get upwards of 20 hours with regular usage. aokp cm10 and superlite cm 10. Sometimes less sometimes more. I also don't pick up lte here either. Just H+
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How...when I have data on and using it,it drains a percent every 2 minutes. Can anyone tell me what to loom for on better battery stats and where?
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Hwres an update. On this is with data off almost all day you can see the screen off and awake matches up pretty nicely.(at the end I'm listening to music so that's why its awake) is it possibly just straight up the data connection that keeps my phone awake?
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kchen96 said:
How...when I have data on and using it,it drains a percent every 2 minutes. Can anyone tell me what to loom for on better battery stats and where?
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There's an entire thread on it here maintained by TJ above. And several tutorials in other forums on xda. It's really not that hard. Just do some research.
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What I don't get is why WiFi causes a wake lock.
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What I don't get is why WiFi causes a wake lock.
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That image doesn't show wifi causing a wakelock? Unless you actually didn't have wifi turned on for the past 4 hours. I see it's not turned on in that image, but maybe you just turned if off. Which I'm betting you did about 2 minutes before taking that picture, and then turned data back on?
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