Battery life with auto sync - HTC Inspire 4G

I've had my inspire for a few weeks now and am very happy with it after I rooted and installed afr003. However, my battery life is terrible. From reading other forums it seems this is a common issue. If I disable background data and turn off auto sync the battery life is acceptable. But in that configuration I don't seem to get emails, the weather doesn't update, and the Facebook app doesn't update (the main things I look at regularly). When auto sync is on the refresh symbol is constantly present in the upper tool bar, which I'm not sure is common or not. With background data and auto sync enabled I seem to lose 1% of battery every 2-4 minutes. If anyone can help me make my battery last at least 10 hrs while still being able to get email and weather updates I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
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Are you syncing friend streams, Facebook or news? And how often are they set to sync. This would have a huge impact on battery life. If the phone has to keep going to the network to sync,it's bound to use up the battery faster.

As of now I'm only syncing my Google account and the weather. I disable the HTC sense sync and that seems to have helped the battery life some. Exactly what does HTC sense sync anyway?
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It appears that your text messages, wallpapers and a slew of other things not clearly defined. It really soaks up the battery during the sync process, but seems to settle down once it's completed. I removed the account and don't have any further issues with the battery.

dgrooman said:
As of now I'm only syncing my Google account and the weather. I disable the HTC sense sync and that seems to have helped the battery life some. Exactly what does HTC sense sync anyway?
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Sense lets you ring your phone remotely from the site and locate it. It also allows you to lock it remotely or forward calls. The sense site is very buggy and those features only work some of the times. I decided to remove my sense account from my phone.
By the way, are you guys heavy users? My battery life seems pretty good and I'm rooted and OCed at 1.229Ghz. I went to bed with my phone around 70% battery and when I went to bed the next day with normal usage, it was around 26%. I can do heavy usage and still get through the day without charging.
I only have my gmail, calendar, and contacts being auto synced. I have weather synced every 3 hours as well via a widget.

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Battery

How do you find you very the best battery life out of your cappy??
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Your question is too generic. There are so many factors. Are you on stock or a custom rom?
What kernel/modem are you using?
What apps/widgets do you use?
There are tons of questions, what are you running, and how long does your battery last currently?
I'm running the new phoenix rising 4.0.3 using fancy and beautiful widgets facebook widget and score center.
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Off hand I am not sure what the stock kernel is with that rom, but the build you are on is relatively new. Have you calibrated your battery and done a full charge cycle? 100% to dead
Things I do
Turn off auto rotate
Wifi policy set to off when screen is off
Limit how frequently I allow my apps to sync
Turn off mobile data when on wifi
how do you limit the syncing? in 'accounts and sync'? or each app?
Each app should have options for how frequent they sync
Can you explain how to do that? I've tried searching for that option in menu and nothing...
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For example fancy widget, click on app in draw, refresh settings, I refresh every 6hrs.
The sports widget probably refreshes allot. I use sports center but I stoped using the widget
I turn of background synching for.my accounts that are on my phone like email and the like.
I always keep the brightness down on my phone and when I.really need to go for a while I will underclock the phone.
Low Screen brightness, No widgets, don't allow applications to "phone home". Gmail is the only thing I keep "sync" on for. Everything else I manually refresh. I also find that weather apps tend to keep refreshing data even after you think you've closed it. I have to keep an eye on Weather Bug (not the widget). I haven't put my captivate on the charger since Friday afternoon and it's now 5 am Sunday and it's still at 35%
Wow. I think I might have damaged my battery. I've tried calibrating my battery a few times and no change. A full charge still only lasts a few hours. I miss the way my battery used to be when I first got it.
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Low Screen brightness, No widgets, don't allow applications to "phone home". Gmail is the only thing I keep "sync" on for. Everything else I manually refresh. I also find that weather apps tend to keep refreshing data even after you think you've closed it. I have to keep an eye on Weather Bug (not the widget). I haven't put my captivate on the charger since Friday afternoon and it's now 5 am Sunday and it's still at 35%
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Nexus S battery only 10 hours?

I just got my Nexus S on April 12th, don't have many applications installed. My battery only lasts about 10 to 12 hours and I haven't been able to figure out why. I've noticed other people have much longer battery life than this. I have 3G and mobile data disabled and use only WiFi and that too only when I'm home. From the "About > Battery use" place I discovered that Display uses around 50%. I had my brightness settings set to auto always. Today I fully charged it and after an hour or so it was on 83%! I didn't even touch it. It sucks to have an awesome phone and to not be able to use its features because of fast battery drain! please help.
Check email sync ...
Check always sync ...
Check weather sync ...
Check facebook sync ...
Check all syncs
Mine can last up to 2 days
But I don't sync like crazy ...
ifreaker said:
I just got my Nexus S on April 12th, don't have many applications installed. My battery only lasts about 10 to 12 hours and I haven't been able to figure out why. I've noticed other people have much longer battery life than this. I have 3G and mobile data disabled and use only WiFi and that too only when I'm home. From the "About > Battery use" place I discovered that Display uses around 50%. I had my brightness settings set to auto always. Today I fully charged it and after an hour or so it was on 83%! I didn't even touch it. It sucks to have an awesome phone and to not be able to use its features because of fast battery drain! please help.
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my brightness is on 0% are you using any white wallpapers?
set everything to black if you can.
what about apps that auto sync? set the interval for sync to be longer
Whatever you're doing, you're doing it wrong.
Provide as much detail about apps and running services and someone can help you.
The battery will last longer if you don't use it...just saying.
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The battery will last longer if you don't use it...just saying.
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then that would defeat the purpose of the phone... just saying encore?
zephiK said:
then that would defeat the purpose of the phone... just saying encore?
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I thought you would be happy I'm spreading your message, or your quote without calling anyone's phone a whore.
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I thought you would be happy I'm spreading your message, or your quote without calling anyone's phone a whore.
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the quote had nothing to do about not using the phone. its just saying treat it well and it'll treat u back well but apparently that message is too hard to get to your head.
zephiK said:
the quote had nothing to do about not using the phone. its just saying treat it well and it'll treat u back well but apparently that message is too hard to get to your head.
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It is about using your phone, clearly you can't get that through your head. I'm not going to keep defending arguments against someone who can't understand simple concepts. Consider yourself blocked, so it doesn't happen again.
Enough hi-jacking. Let the OP feel comfortable enough to post info that will lead to help.
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j0hnZ said:
It is about using your phone, clearly you can't get that through your head. I'm not going to keep defending arguments against someone who can't understand simple concepts. Consider yourself blocked, so it doesn't happen again.
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Cool, you're just doing me a favor because I'm getting sick of you mocking me in every way possible.
Agreed with ScooterG. Pretty much johnz had a thing against me because of a previous battery thread yesterday.
How do I change sync settings? I thought all syncing was disabled when I turn it off on the widget (the one with wifi, bluetooth, etc.). I have sync turned off from there always and enable it when I'm in a WiFi range.
@zephiK I have a dark wallpaper, I'll try setting brightness to zero.
I unplugged around 8am and now its 12am here and the phone is down to 86%. only 4 hours later. And I didnt use much during those 4 hours. No texts, no calls and just 1 email after I turned sync thing on and used WiFi to browse this thread. Thats all I did. Battery use shows Display using 69%! This is not normal right?
Here are the apps I have installed.:
Adobe AIR
Adobe Flash player 10.2
Advanced Task Killer Free
Angry Birds Rio
AppBrain App Market
Barcode Scanner
BattStatt
Camera360
CamScanner
Cover Art Downloader
DanteInferno
Dropbox
ES File Explorer
Facebook
FatBooth
FlashLight
Foursquare
Fruit Slice
Goggles
gReader
HDR Camera
Live Holdem pro
Lyrics App
Mango
Market
mig33
Music (this is the leaked 3.0 version)
NinJump
Opera Mini
photoshop Express
pulse
Quick Settings
Raging Thunder 2 Lite
Sketchbook Express
Simple Calendar Widget
SMS pop
Songbird
Twitter
Wapedia
WebSharing Lite
Wifi Manager
And here are the running services.:
Settings
Twitter
BattStatt
Camera360
Songbird
Simple Calendar Widget
Google Services
Music
Maps
Android Keyboard
I read somewhere about battery training or something?
ifreaker said:
How do I change sync settings? I thought all syncing was disabled when I turn it off on the widget (the one with wifi, bluetooth, etc.). I have sync turned off from there always and enable it when I'm in a WiFi range.
@zephiK I have a dark wallpaper, I'll try setting brightness to zero.
I unplugged around 8am and now its 12am here and the phone is down to 86%. only 4 hours later. And I didnt use much during those 4 hours. No texts, no calls and just 1 email after I turned sync thing on and used WiFi to browse this thread. Thats all I did. Battery use shows Display using 69%! This is not normal right?
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I read somewhere about battery training or something?
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Well 86% after 4 hours is a great battery life! 96-86=10% It gives you (4/0.1) a theoretical battery life of 40 hours !!!
On the battery manager click on the graph to see what causes your battery life to decrease very fast: GPS, Wifi, Awake or Screen on.
I also noticed the battery meter app used quite a bit of energy you should remove it, remove also the task killer it may drain you battery as well.
I'm trying out the suggestions in this thread right now. They seem reasonable. It might be useful for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937080
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Well 86% after 4 hours is a great battery life! 96-86=10% It gives you (4/0.1) a theoretical battery life of 40 hours !!!
On the battery manager click on the graph to see what causes your battery life to decrease very fast: GPS, Wifi, Awake or Screen on.
I also noticed the battery meter app used quite a bit of energy you should remove it, remove also the task killer it may drain you battery as well.
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Yes! Thats great battery life! You see, after I made my first post I read somewhere that you should drain the battery completely and then do a full charge. So I kept on playing with it until the phone shut down and then plugged it in before I went to bed. I made the second post after I woke up and didn't realize that at that time the battery life has increased. I havent charged since that post and been using it, the battery is now at exactly 30%. Been running for 17 hours and 45 minutes.
I guess my problem is solved

How To Extend Battery Life

So, i managed to get 21 hours out of my battery and that was with quite a bit of usage and with the WiFi turned on all day.
I'll share what i'm running.
I'm no expert so i'm only posting what is working for me to help new people out.
Juice Defender
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender.beta&feature=more_from_developer
Ditch your charger - increasing battery life has never been so easy!
Always carrying your charger around? You don't need to!
JuiceDefender intelligently and transparently manages for you mobile connectivity and other battery-sensitive components, greatly improving battery life.
I have this set to aggressive.
Android Booster
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.netqin.mobileguard&feature=search_result
Android Optimizer. Make your droid faster. Save battery power. Monitor traffic
Android Booster FREE is one of the most powerful apps that can improve your Android’s performance!
You will find all the following productivity/utility solutions in this app:
Task Killer + Battery Saver + Memory Booster + Uninstaller + File Manager + Settings + Network Manager + Process Manager
These can optimize your android phone via task managers, battery manager, one-click turn on/off wifi, mobile network manager, Bluetooth manager and so on.
The Coolest thing is the Android booster Widget. It’s totally one-click optimization to manage WiFi, Bluetooth, mobile network & power display.
I placed the widget on the screen and after every use of the phone, i always click the optimize button.
APNDroid
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.code.apndroid&feature=search_result
Control your phone's internet connection. Pay less for data. Save battery life.
Prevents your phone from connecting to the internet over the mobile connection - 3G/EDGE/GPRS. Saves money for the data plan and also improves the battery life. Adds suffix to APN names and types to disable them.
I use this because i noticed that even though i connect through Wifi quite a lot, my phone is still using my data plan also. To make sure i don't use my data plan when i don't want to, i've placed the widget on the screen.
Other
Screen Brightness set to Auto
Bluetooth off unless i need it (AndroidBooster can sort this also)
Same applies to Wifi.
As i said, this is what works for me and i'm just sharing in case it helps anyone here.
Thanks
o0o Wiggy o0o
I'm not a power user.. but I'm getting ~2 days use simply by using Timeriffic with a schedule such as
11pm - turn on Airplane mode (ie. shut off all radios).. I'm in bed and dont want to hear from you
6am - remove Airplane mode
7am - enable Bluetooth while I drive to work
8am - disable Bluetooth, set ringer to vibrate
5pm - turn ringer back on, enable Bluetooth for drive home
6pm - turn Bluetooth off
rinse, wash, repeat (the 7am,8am,5pm events are only on weekdays).
There are multiple apps which support this kind of thing.
I've gone through this with every Android phone I've owned. Juice defender etc just isn't for me. In my opinion it just takes away one of the main features of having an Android phone in the first place.
With a few battery cycles, the battery life will improve. Once we have custom roms it will be even better.
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zim2dive said:
I'm not a power user.. but I'm getting ~2 days use simply by using Timeriffic with a schedule such as
11pm - turn on Airplane mode (ie. shut off all radios).. I'm in bed and dont want to hear from you
6am - remove Airplane mode
7am - enable Bluetooth while I drive to work
8am - disable Bluetooth, set ringer to vibrate
5pm - turn ringer back on, enable Bluetooth for drive home
6pm - turn Bluetooth off
rinse, wash, repeat (the 7am,8am,5pm events are only on weekdays).
There are multiple apps which support this kind of thing.
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Thanks, never heard of this app
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i found this here on xda. im gonna try it later tonight.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712990
One thing that many people forget about is how often email syncs, how often you have your weather syncing, and any other apps that sync.
Menu / settings / about phone / tell HTC / remove V on both settings and i dropped down to 38ma with wifi on in standby.
5 minutes later i got 6ma.
If this is what was taking all power from the phone i will have a super phone with the best battery
NoModE said:
Menu / settings / about phone / tell HTC / remove V on both settings and i dropped down to 38ma with wifi on in standby.
5 minutes later i got 6ma.
If this is what was taking all power from the phone i will have a super phone with the best battery
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Remove V on both options? huh? I see: Report Errors to HTC checked and two dropdowns.
See if just don't get you people. If your just using your phone for bluetooth vibrate rinse not repeat etc? Wtf why do you have a Sensation 4G? It's a powerhouse phone so if your attempting to get 48 hours of battery life(which basically means your phones screen is never on) Why waste 250 on a phone. Get a dumbphone with bluetooth and your battery can last you a week. Now if your a regular person with a smart phone you simply accept that your battery life will be shot your trade battery life for perfornance. If your emails aren't syncing, facebook, twitter, weather, google music, etc. Then a smart phone is pointless. I use my phone white a bit and i've been getting about 9 hours usage with my phone which is greatttt I play angry birds every thing syncs facebook twitter gmail aim Battleheart etc you name it and I get over 9 hours on a single charge that is great.
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If you are not killing your battery in four hours or less, you are not using your phone. Lol, in my opinion.
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See if just don't get you people. If your just using your phone for bluetooth vibrate rinse not repeat etc? Wtf why do you have a Sensation 4G? It's a powerhouse phone so if your attempting to get 48 hours of battery life(which basically means your phones screen is never on) Why waste 250 on a phone. Get a dumbphone with bluetooth and your battery can last you a week. Now if your a regular person with a smart phone you simply accept that your battery life will be shot your trade battery life for perfornance. If your emails aren't syncing, facebook, twitter, weather, google music, etc. Then a smart phone is pointless. I use my phone white a bit and i've been getting about 9 hours usage with my phone which is greatttt I play angry birds every thing syncs facebook twitter gmail aim Battleheart etc you name it and I get over 9 hours on a single charge that is great.
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Haahaa....very true!!!!
People get Obsessed with battery usage.
What is the point of having this or any superphone if your gonna cut it's balls off from day one.
If you condition the battery properly from day one, you can use it heavily and still get easily a full day....and that's more than anyone should ever ask for from a device this powerful AND beautiful
rawr4dj said:
See if just don't get you people. If your just using your phone for bluetooth vibrate rinse not repeat etc? Wtf why do you have a Sensation 4G? It's a powerhouse phone so if your attempting to get 48 hours of battery life(which basically means your phones screen is never on) Why waste 250 on a phone. Get a dumbphone with bluetooth and your battery can last you a week. Now if your a regular person with a smart phone you simply accept that your battery life will be shot your trade battery life for perfornance. If your emails aren't syncing, facebook, twitter, weather, google music, etc. Then a smart phone is pointless. I use my phone white a bit and i've been getting about 9 hours usage with my phone which is greatttt I play angry birds every thing syncs facebook twitter gmail aim Battleheart etc you name it and I get over 9 hours on a single charge that is great.
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Sorry maybe you missed the point of the thread..........
There's no such thing as a regular user as you state, everyone does things differently. The point of this thread is to contribute methods that extend maxing out our perfomance, game playing, and all productivity on our devices. If you have nothing to add besides rants and flames, I suggest you just hush, watch and learn.
Right now we can't access/disable some programs that really drain juice. So every little bit helps til we get root.
NoModE said:
Menu / settings / about phone / tell HTC / remove V on both settings and i dropped down to 38ma with wifi on in standby.
5 minutes later i got 6ma.
If this is what was taking all power from the phone i will have a super phone with the best battery
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I'm sorry, but this solution was not working.
It was down to 6ma for a while, but after some minutes it was back to draining my battery with up to 200ma in standby.
[KillaHurtz]
If your post had a like button, I would click it.
NoModE said:
I'm sorry, but this solution was not working.
It was down to 6ma for a while, but after some minutes it was back to draining my battery with up to 200ma in standby.
[KillaHurtz]
If your post had a like button, I would click it.
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What are you using to check your battery MA? I use battery monitor widget and it never shows less than 200ma and I know those numbers have to be off a bit...my battery went down 4% overnight but the widget showed 200ma the whole time! Anyone know a battery ma widget that actually works?
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What are you using to check your battery MA? I use battery monitor widget and it never shows less than 200ma and I know those numbers have to be off a bit...my battery went down 4% overnight but the widget showed 200ma the whole time! Anyone know a battery ma widget that actually works?
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Yes, that's the one I'm using.
But i'm not sure if it's working 100% or not.
Anyone else know?
NoModE said:
Yes, that's the one I'm using.
But i'm not sure if it's working 100% or not.
Anyone else know?
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ok i emailed the developer for battery monitor widget and he sent me an updated apk. but i think it was a simple option that he added that has seemed to fix the problem. Now im getting regular readings like 2ma and so on. i would email the developer and tell him your having the same problem as jahmezis45 and see if he can help. Hope this helps!
i have same problem with battery monitor, it is allways over 200mA
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i have same problem with battery monitor, it is allways over 200mA
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yea its reading the information from the device wrong. email the developer, email address is in his program on the android market
I dont know why I bother having a smartphone, it spends so much time in the charger, I might as well call it landline
First thing, I stopped using all battery and current monitoring apps when I realized they were a part of the problem and not part of a solution. They are simply drawing power and keeping the phone awake and are not really accurate anyways. Only actual usage time matters. Can you use it throughout the whole day with "normal" (for you!) usage patterns?
If you have something draining your battery over time, it is likely to be an app keeping the phone awake so it doesn't go into deep sleep mode.
Connect the USB cable to the phone and PC and run this command:
Code:
adb shell dumpsys alarm > AlarmDump.txt
Then have a look at the file, towards the bottom you get Stats. In here is the breakdown of what's causing the device to wake up. (h/t catnap)
The screen may be the single biggest drawer of power, so I usually suggest disabling auto-brightness and setting the brightness to a level you can work with, for me around 25% works. I also edit my build.prop and change the supplicant timer from 120 to 900 to prevent WiFi from pinging my remembered networks as often, turn off open network notification, and run the mobile network on 3G instead of 4G since it uses less power.
Some other things to do include turning off pocket mode under the sounds settings (turns off proximity detector) and disable vibrate feedback.

I have made a discovery regarding battery life...

I haven't completely figured this out yet so you'll need to be patient with me.
Basically there was a new update for Es Task Manager which made it a whole lot more advanced, giving you control over not just running tasks but what tasks autostart at startup etc.
Anyway, i was playing around with it and decided to kill everything that i dont use and prevent it all from restarting for a laugh. The one thing i added to the "ignored list" - a list of apps that it never kills - is adw launcher.
Now im not sure which particular task it is but there must be some piece of LG software which is seriously eating up the battery because with all the ancillary background crap killed and just usual phone use (calls, texts, emails, some browsing, one or two photos and a pair of short 1080p 2D videos) and then a whole nights sleep with 3g on the whole time i have mamanged to retain 71% of the battery after 16 hours, 56 minites abd 30 odd seconds.
Im gonna investigate it more to find out what i did but so far this looks promising in helping fix this horrible battery life some of you have been getting.
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Most LG apps are blockable, latest update however made com.lge.omadclient (the update checker) semi unblockable but blocking that breaks settings app so have to live with it until that's fixed.
But yeah, seems weird that the phone uses 2/3 of the power that the screen requires for Phone idle (% used divided by time) guessing there are a lot of things that currently are using too much juice from the battery for no reason, hopefully this will change with CM7
Third party apps can still access the setting even when the settings app itself force closes. I had to find a way around that previously when i removed the fonts app and discovered that display settings no longer worked. Most of the "battery optimization" apps allow you to change most of the settings you might need to if any part of the menu becomes innaccessible.
I noticed that omadclient seemed to be running forever and not achieving anything. Also com.lge.hiddenmenu is a suspect for using a bunch of battery.
Im hoping that some serious efficiencies can be discovered with the wifi adapter too cuz it seems to absolutely ruin the battery life even when just idle.
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If you guys have background **** that wants to sync the whole time on the web....doesnt juice defender ultimate help? Its supposed to only grant internet access to all apps on a user definced time frame? (every 30mins for example)
I figured that default email app consumes too much battery and data with activesync. I deleted my corporate account and battery improved at least three times
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I normally turn off 3G unless im actually using it, i fire it on selectively to check mail and google something. Old habits. Recently i have been leaving it on but the only things i have running that update are facey and gmail. Im convincee there is some other background process running that doesnt need to be.
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Amazingly BAD
I charged my O3D last night and went to bed with 82pct batery. 8 hours later when i woke up it is on 4pct...
Data and wifi turned off
screen turned off
auto sync turned off
how is this possible ?
4700pedersen said:
I charged my O3D last night and went to bed with 82pct batery. 8 hours later when i woke up it is on 4pct...
Data and wifi turned off
screen turned off
auto sync turned off
how is this possible ?
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Like im saying, theres something in the system eating battery behind the scenes.
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Parhaps the o3d does not sleep like the evo3d also had that problem?
Should be fixable somehow.
Wll lets hope so.... Im about to sell it just because of the damn battery drain....
And october is so far away if it will be fixed in gingerbread
I am on V10F today. I got the update yesterday night.
I have unplugged my phone at 07:20 this morning. I have made some calls, recived and sent a couple of texts. 3G data was always on, FB, Google+, Twitter, Gmail, Market, Weather App were always syncing. I have played a couple of games. Some surfing etc. It was a very ordinary day for my phone.. It is 22:44 now and I have 61% battery left. I think it is doing quite good.
I am using Automatic Task Killer and deleted my corporate e-mail account from the phone. E-Mail app of LG is a true disaster. Havent tried Touchdown yet, probably it will solve the case.
exceleth said:
I am on V10F today. I got the update yesterday night.
I have unplugged my phone at 07:20 this morning. I have made some calls, recived and sent a couple of texts. 3G data was always on, FB, Google+, Twitter, Gmail, Market, Weather App were always syncing. I have played a couple of games. Some surfing etc. It was a very ordinary day for my phone.. It is 22:44 now and I have 61% battery left. I think it is doing quite good.
I am using Automatic Task Killer and deleted my corporate e-mail account from the phone. E-Mail app of LG is a true disaster. Havent tried Touchdown yet, probably it will solve the case.
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thats the life im looking for. il probaly use 3g browsing about one hour per day and also leave syncing of everything on the whole day.
then play games for an hour...wondering how much il have left?
screen brightness medium or did you had it lowered all the way?
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thats the life im looking for. il probaly use 3g browsing about one hour per day and also leave syncing of everything on the whole day.
then play games for an hour...wondering how much il have left?
screen brightness medium or did you had it lowered all the way?
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Screen brightness is always automatic.
Today, I have 77% battery left and it has been 7 hours after unplugging.
Data, 3G and Sync was always on. I havent played any games yet but used 3D camera which also consumes a lot.
I've got something incredible for me:
2 days, 2 hours, and 44 minutes. And I still have 8% remaining:
Details:
- Default launcher.
- 3G always off.
- Wireless is one when needed, first day it was on for about 4 hours of usage, and the second day for about two hours. During that time Sync is on, checking emails, using twitter app, reading Whatsapp messages, surfing by Tapatalk, youtube 3D, and downlading some videos.
- Taking some 3D pictures and some 2D/3D videos.
- Showing off 3D videos for friends.
- Playing a little bit 2D games before sleeping, about half an hour.
- Using TwinPic app and viewing 3D pictures.
- Receiving and making some calls.
Note that I have 14 3D app,42 default app, and 120 downloaded apps.
What helped me is Advanced task killer app, I used this configuration:
- Auto kill level: Aggressive.
- Auto kill frequency: When screen is off.
abo_mara7 said:
I've got something incredible for me:
2 days, 2 hours, and 44 minutes. And I still have 8% remaining:
Details:
- Default launcher.
- 3G always off.
- Wireless is one when needed, first day it was on for about 4 hours of usage, and the second day for about two hours. During that time Sync is on, checking emails, using twitter app, reading Whatsapp messages, surfing by Tapatalk, youtube 3D, and downlading some videos.
- Taking some 3D pictures and some 2D/3D videos.
- Showing off 3D videos for friends.
- Playing a little bit 2D games before sleeping, about half an hour.
- Using TwinPic app and viewing 3D pictures.
- Receiving and making some calls.
Note that I have 14 3D app,42 default app, and 120 downloaded apps.
What helped me is Advanced task killer app, I used this configuration:
- Auto kill level: Aggressive.
- Auto kill frequency: When screen is off.
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What rom?
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Stock rom, V10f.
hey guys,
i made the experience, that the LG battery widget is one of the major problems for me. I just deactivated that and couldn't believe that this helps so much.
would be nice if you could test it for you and share your experiences.
check if there is a battery widget running. usually they drain battery. have optimus 3d and with everything off (wifi, bt, gps, no sync, no email, no skype, default task manager shows 0 apps running) from durning 8 hours of standby mode got from 90% to 6%. charged till 97% unplugged from socket in 20mins lost 3% battery. after 2 hours 50 was left.
removed LG battery widget from the desktop. charged back to 100%, unplugged. 2 hours passed: 99%.
seems that was the issue. hope it helps someone
I'm running V10D. Normal calls, text, browsing a bit... Here is my battery usage:
hefonthefjords said:
I haven't completely figured this out yet so you'll need to be patient with me. Basically there was a new update for Es Task Manager which made it a whole lot more advanced, giving you control over not just running tasks but what tasks autostart at startup etc. Anyway, i was playing around with it and decided to kill everything that i dont use and prevent it all from restarting for a laugh. The one thing i added to the "ignored list" -a list of apps that it never kills -is adw launcher. Now im not sure which particular task it is but there must be some piece of LG software which is seriously eating up the battery because with all the ancillary background crap killed and just usual phone use (calls, texts, emails, some browsing, one or two photos and a pair of short 1080p 2D videos) and then a whole nights sleep with 3g on the whole time i have mamanged to retain 71% of the battery after 16 hours, 56 minites abd 30 odd seconds. Im gonna investigate it more to find out what i did but so far this looks promising in helping fix this horrible battery life some of you have been getting.
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did you turn on your O3d or just let it standby,hefonthefjords?
I use juice defender, advanced task killer... it didn"t help me at all... or maybe my setting was wrong...
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Third party apps can still access the setting even when the settings app itself force closes. I had to find a way around that previously when i removed the fonts app and discovered that display settings no longer worked. Most of the "battery optimization" apps allow you to change most of the settings you might need to if any part of the menu becomes innaccessible. I noticed that omadclient seemed to be running forever and not achieving anything. Also com.lge.hiddenmenu is a suspect for using a bunch of battery. Im hoping that some serious efficiencies can be discovered with the wifi adapter too cuz it seems to absolutely ruin the battery life even when just idle.
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i uninstalled the com.lge.hiddenmenu and then i can't access setting... so be carefull.... about this O3D battery.... i carry another battery with me everytime...
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[Solved?][Q] Gmail Battery Killer?

Hey all,
Been using my phone and I love it, but just yesterday my phone died faster than normal. Usually I can get a full day and then some, but yesterday my battery made it down to 4% by eleven pm (usually in like the twenties by this time for me, had a couple days where I made it into the 40's). I would wake up at 6am and my battery would be at 80% by 8am (usually it's been in the 90's still). I looked at my power consumption and Gmail was eating up 51% of my battery with screen at something like 10%, that's when you know Gmail is taking a lot.
I was wondering if any of you had a similar problem and a fixer for that. I've tried changing my sync settings today so we'll see how that affects it but I really want to know what the problem could be. Like I said, I was getting great battery life before buy now it's dropping considerably faster.
i had the same problem T_T and had to switch over to Inbox by google... now all is well(no wakelocks-constant attachment downloads in statusbar) and this things really needs getting used to.
Why not try using the sony email apk for gmail? You can control how often it synchronizes.
Well it seems as if I solved the problem on my own. I changed a bunch of settings yesterday to reduce battery drain just all around, but as for Gmail I changed my syncing from every 15 minutes to every hour and my battery life seems to be back to normal today.
Had this problem and was even worse; at 8 hours I had only 10% battery life and Gmail usage was at 51% while screen was only 22%, which is abysmal. I cleared Gmail, stopped using it and used inbox with the stock email client.
The biggest thing I think helped though was going into storage and clearing the cache (somehow it had used 3GB of storage!) and now I'm back to good battery life. Thanks for the tips everyone!
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