I just got my Droid X yesterday i am runing Android Version 2.2.1 and im running system verison 2.3.20 with rubiX focused 1.8.6 and a Kernel Version of 2.6.32.9 and my battery is getting drained fast like 7hrs fast any one know how i can fix this rather them be free aps and whats the best app killing ap thanks for the help in Advance
Use an app called Juice Defender, it helped me alot
yeah i will have to look into that when its charged, i just flashed it to a newer OS mine was about a year old...bought it on Craigslist
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I flashed the HoneySenseHD 5.0 with EXT4 and noticed that the battery life is poor. im really happy with the ROM. Its really good. Slick. but maybe someone can help me if its a common problem.??
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2.1
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try clearing the battery stats using recovery mode. that fixed my battery drainage problem.
Also, if you haven't already, take a look into getting SetCPU. It's really been a huge help with battery life for me.
I had the same problem with honeysense. Loved the rom but battery would drain 5 percent in idle. Searched the forums and someone else had the same issue, the solution posed to that poster was simply to try a different rom.
I moved on to rcmixhd and have been very happy. Just be sure to flash the percent battery mod on top if you like that sort of thing.
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Hi all, newly Rooted and flashed das bamf with sense 3 today and have probably learned more about android phones in a day than I have since I had the tbolt.
Question is my battery seems to be even worse now than it was pre root. Pre root, after disabling blockbuster, I was getting around 12 hrs battery life but I'm pushing maybe 6 hrs with the das bamf rom.
I am using the mr 2.5 radio even though they recommended mr2. The rom comes with the dreamkernjel so I didn't download any other kernels and am over clocked to 1.4 with smart ass governor on. My phone gets pretty hot from doing just about anything and I know from experience once your phone gets hot it's game over for the battery life. I read somewhere it is good to get rid of setcpu since that might conflict with das bamf but I am having no luck trying to uninstall this'd app.
Would really appreciate if anyone had any input or suggestions on this! Thx
why dont you do what the op said and give the mr2 radio a shot and see what that does. cause im pulling about 12 or so hours with moderate use on bamf sense 3.0 rc4
New radio update is available now in the development thread, give that a shot. I was pulling about 16 hours before sense 3.0 and now I'm pulling 10 tops no matter what radio and kernel I use. Hopefully new radio will help a little but it is well known that gingerbread is a battery hog. I'd go back to froyo but sense 3.0 is just so damn sexy
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I'm pulling about 12 hours with mine with continuous IM usage, running MR2. I first installed MR 2.5 and it worked ok so I used it a while. Tried MR2 just for kicks, and OMG it was sooo much better for me, like a whole new phone almost.
Congratulations on the root! I'm right with you, I learned so much so fast, just by reading and learning what I could when I started rooting.
I'm currently running 1.6 clock with interactiveX governor. I like smart, this was just a test but its been stable and had much better battery life than stock for me.
Hang in there, you'll find the sweet spot. Also, I try not to use GPS when i don't need it, just to keep in mind when considering my specs.
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Sense 3.0 RC 4 with MR2 radio and latest dreamKernel.
Aha, so it appears I'm not the only one and seems like sense 3.0 might be the culprit.
I just flashed the mr2 ota update that was release a few hrs ago and it seems to be working a littl ebtter than mr2.5. Not significantly so but the phone doesn't overheat as quickly. As much as I like the new features of sense 3 i might have to go back to 2.1 if the battery gets owned so quickly.
Charles, you overclocking with dasbamf toolkit or using the terminal emulator?
Try disabling mobile data when you aren't using it. It's easy as pie with the quick settings and your battery will last forever. Just turn it on when you want to check email or use the net. It's the price we pay for the carousel
Would be a good idea but I use google voice for my texts and chat using liveprofile with most of my friends so wouldn't get any lives updates
Hello, recently switched from my epic 4g to an evo and now to a nexus s 4g. I am currently running cyanogenmod7 with the netarchy 1.3.9 cfs kernal. I rooted the instance i got the phone so i never found out how stock rom battery life is. Anyhow what do you think the best combination of rom/kernal for battery life is?
Try them all and see what works for you. Just like the Evo, the Nexus has finicky hardware and all the different Rom Kernel combos work differently with different phones. For example, I can't use Matr1x at all. Phone has areas that stop working and gets real laggy but others love it.
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I've been running the NS4G stock since the day I got it and the battery is AMAZING! But I'm comparing it to my previous Android phones, Hero (battery life was OK) and EVO (battery life was horrendous!)
I'm ready to root the Nexus and I'm hoping that none of these custom ROMs mess w/ my current battery life..
Stock the battery is awesome I've had this phone for a month and still can't mimmick it.. but on my rooted Evo still had better battery life than this phone I stretched it to 37h 49m but.. and using matrix I get dead spots on the center of the screen every now and then.
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But to the point I've been using CM7 and Netarchy and it easily lasts through the day. Usually the phone leaves the charger around 8~AM and by 9PM-12AM when I plug it in for the night it's usually above 50 percent, sometimes down to 30-40 if I used it a lot.
Usage patterns will determine the battery life more then anything else. Don't Overclock or go crazy on background updates and the S will treat you right
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I've been running the NS4G stock since the day I got it and the battery is AMAZING! But I'm comparing it to my previous Android phones, Hero (battery life was OK) and EVO (battery life was horrendous!)
I'm ready to root the Nexus and I'm hoping that none of these custom ROMs mess w/ my current battery life..
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what did you do in that 37hour battery life of the evo? leave it on standby? lolll.. which rom/kernel were you using?
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what did you do in that 37hour battery life of the evo? leave it on standby? lolll.. which rom/kernel were you using?
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You quoted the wrong person lol.. Honestly I used it, just didn't sync anything and turned off the 3g by unchecking the enable always mobile. had Calkulins roms that undervolts, Netarcys beautiful 4.3.2 cfc suv no havs rom .. all results vary of course through person to person.. I'm not constantly on the phone and crying that it can't last more than 6 hours... the last hour of it i was playing street fighter on the snes emulator as well.
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You quoted the wrong person lol.. Honestly I used it, just didn't sync anything and turned off the 3g by unchecking the enable always mobile. had Calkulins roms that undervolts, Netarcys beautiful 4.3.2 cfc suv no havs rom .. all results vary of course through person to person.. I'm not constantly on the phone and crying that it can't last more than 6 hours... the last hour of it i was playing street fighter on the snes emulator as well.
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lmaoo whoa what a fail.. anyways.. so your 3g was turned off the whole time? don't really know that many roms about the evo cuz I have an epic and my bro has a nexus s 4g.. I love the epic and it has great roms/kernels/battery life but when i look at all the roms for evo i feel like im missing out.. cyanogen and miui man.. those are what i want.. the most i went with my epic with 3g on the whole time was about 27hours..
EDIT: actually running on 30+ hours now on the epic with 40% battery left..
Hello All,
I've got a Droid X with the handy and convenient one-click root method Z4root. However, my wife's Droid Charge is an entirely different story. So far I haven't rooted it because I'm hoping to use that as a last resort (I don't want to brick her phone).
She was having some trouble with battery life, so she bought a Samsung extended life battery. Instead of her phone dying within 4 hours of a full charge it could make it pretty much all day. But this week all of a sudden, even with that, she's back down to 6 hours, if that.
Early on when she got the phone I downloaded Advanced Task Killer for her and gave her some basic tips (low brightness, no mobile data, etc.), but I'm at a loss. I'm not sure if it's the GB update or what. I'm almost ready to root her phone and roll it back to Froyo because I think that's part of the problem, but I'm at a loss. Do you guys have any suggestions? Or is rooting, battery calibrating, and cleaning out bloatware my only option? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks Droid experts!!!
Don't use advanced task killer first of all. It will probably reduce battery life. GB update has made the battery better in all situations.
Whether or not to root is really up to you however if you do decide to root it is actually quite easy to root EP4D(the latest OTA update). Here is an easy to follow write up that I did:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434738
Personally I rooted my phone and I have loved it. When I was using stock rom debloating did help some with my battery life. The biggest difference I found however when when I flashed eclipse and imnuts pbj EP4D kernel on to my phone. Eclipse is an awesome rom that is already debloated and has been tweaked to run super smooth. Imnuts pbj kernel has lots of great performance and power saving features(for example the ability to undervolt). Running stock I would get about 8 hours of moderate use from my standard battery(1600mah) and 4 hours of heavy use. Running Eclipse with imnuts kernel I get 18-20 hours moderate use and 8-10 hours heavy use.
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Hello All,
I've got a Droid X with the handy and convenient one-click root method Z4root. However, my wife's Droid Charge is an entirely different story. So far I haven't rooted it because I'm hoping to use that as a last resort (I don't want to brick her phone).
She was having some trouble with battery life, so she bought a Samsung extended life battery. Instead of her phone dying within 4 hours of a full charge it could make it pretty much all day. But this week all of a sudden, even with that, she's back down to 6 hours, if that.
Early on when she got the phone I downloaded Advanced Task Killer for her and gave her some basic tips (low brightness, no mobile data, etc.), but I'm at a loss. I'm not sure if it's the GB update or what. I'm almost ready to root her phone and roll it back to Froyo because I think that's part of the problem, but I'm at a loss. Do you guys have any suggestions? Or is rooting, battery calibrating, and cleaning out bloatware my only option? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks Droid experts!!!
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calibrating the battery would probably help. id check to see whats running; gps, wifi, bt, etc. also it could be a rogue app that is sucking up all the juice. juice defender could help and if u have no use for location apps u can go into setting/location and turn off stand alone gps, google location, and vzw location. but def root the phone and put a custom kernel and rom on the phone, there will be a big difference.
I find that Facebook often runs rampant and needs to be told to stfu constantly. Also, a custom kernel with aggressive undervolting will help too.
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kvswim said:
I find that Facebook often runs rampant and needs to be told to stfu constantly. Also, a custom kernel with aggressive undervolting will help too.
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I agree, and you'd think with all that money they're worth and throwing around that they could make an app that doesn't GARGLE TESTICLES
blazing through on my Galaxy Nexus via XDA app
anoninja118 said:
I agree, and you'd think with all that money they're worth and throwing around that they could make an app that doesn't GARGLE TESTICLES
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Seriously. The IOS version has ZERO issues.
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So lately I've been working late and I am allowed to use my phone to listen to music at work. On days that I work late, I am forced to bring my phone charger to work because it doesn't last me all day, not even close. According to my battery page in settings, I've had a screen time of only 40 minutes today, and listened to roughly only 20 minutes of music with a few short texts sent here and there and I'm already down to 74% battery life. I am running the most recent official Liquidsmooth (2.3 release) and have my brightness turned way down, and the CPU turned down to a max of 1124Mhz. I am also running the kernel that comes with the ROM, which I'm almost positive is LeanKernel.
Is it normal to be draining my battery this fast with not even an hour of screen time and barely using it? I even turn off data usage when I don't use my phone because I'm concerned about battery life. Is there anything I can do to improve battery life? I don't even touch the Voltage Settings and Advanced Settings under the Performance section, because I don't want to touch anything I don't know what to do or what settings make the ROM unstable. Anyone who can suggest good settings for more stable battery life, even if it sacrifices performance would be a huge help too! Thank you in advanced
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Hear hear. Great rom but something is burning my battery in this rom.
I agree! I love it, I've tried so many ones and this is the only one I've been completely satisfied with basically every aspect! Except the only thing I can complain about is the battery life. Anyone have any suggestions?! I'm already down to 55% battery now
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Same here. I'm only getting about 10-12 hours of battery life. Read some suggestion about using the KT747 kernel but not sure which download to use. Touchwiz 4.1.2, AOSP Jellybean 4.2 Linux 3.0, AOSP Jellybean 4.2 Linux 3.2?
~One confused noob.
pestalilla said:
Same here. I'm only getting about 10-12 hours of battery life. Read some suggestion about using the KT747 kernel but not sure which download to use. Touchwiz 4.1.2, AOSP Jellybean 4.2 Linux 3.0, AOSP Jellybean 4.2 Linux 3.2?
~One confused noob.
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The correct kernel is the AOSP 3.4 Linux version. That being said I just flashed that kernel with 2.2 last night and it seized up my phone. Nandroid now. So that was a bad night.
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The correct kernel is the AOSP 3.4 Linux version. That being said I just flashed that kernel with 2.2 last night and it seized up my phone. Nandroid now. So that was a bad night.
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Thanks! I downloaded and flashed it. No problems here. Just need to find the correct tweaks for better battery life.
Let me know what you find. I'm still on the stock lean kernel for LS
I'm curious as well what these battery tweaks are. I installed liquidsmooth 2.4 over the weekend and have since moved back to my rooted stock primarily because of battery drain. I really like the aosp interface but can't afford to have it rape my battery. I was getting like 6 Hrs only on a charge. With my stock rooted rom I get about 19 Hrs on a full charge.
I am using liquidsmooth 2.4 and have been going for 17hrs today still got 20% left. I have the lean kernel that it flashes with and never had battery issues.
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I am using liquidsmooth 2.4 and have been going for 17hrs today still got 20% left. I have the lean kernel that it flashes with and never had battery issues.
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Wow that's impressive. Did you do a clean install of the rom or did you do a upgrade from a previous version? Did you have do any post install tweaks other than the usual (settting screen brightness to low and etc)?
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Wow that's impressive. Did you do a clean install of the rom or did you do a upgrade from a previous version? Did you have do any post install tweaks other than the usual (settting screen brightness to low and etc)?
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Clean install of the rom. I actually came from hyper drive. No other tweaks done. I leave anything off that I am not using. Don't leave nfc or bluetooth on. Don't use sync for very much.
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Today I took it off charge at 6 and I have used 92 minutes of talk time, 50 texts(kinda low), xda, email, Internet, YouTube, and some other forums and I still have 42 percent. Other than text messages I would say I have used the phone moderate to heavy.
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