Database Info

Battery life?

Is this normal battery usage? It seems a little low. How's yours compared to mine? I'm on Eaglesblood 2.3.5 with Faux's kernel. I cleared battery stats at 100% after I installed the ROM. Also any tips to decrease battery usage would be helpful. Besides the ordinary turn down the brightness crap haha. Im using autokiller memory optimizer, could that affect it much?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Im at 30% right now.

Is probably the nightly that this 2.3.5 is based on, i believe is one of the 90. The 100+ got some pretty good battery life.
Mister Hat said:
Is this normal battery usage? It seems a little low. How's yours compared to mine? I'm on Eaglesblood 2.3.5 with Faux's kernel. I cleared battery stats at 100% after I installed the ROM. Also any tips to decrease battery usage would be helpful. Besides the ordinary turn down the brightness crap haha. Im using autokiller memory optimizer, could that affect it much?
Im at 30% right now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sent From My G2x Running Miui

moshe22 said:
Is probably the nightly that this 2.3.5 is based on, i believe is one of the 90. The 100+ got some pretty good battery life.
Sent From My G2x Running Miui
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Alright thanks. I guess im just gonna go straight CM nightly then.

moshe I made your thanks bar really attractive (;

Mister Hat said:
Is this normal battery usage? It seems a little low. How's yours compared to mine? I'm on Eaglesblood 2.3.5 with Faux's kernel. I cleared battery stats at 100% after I installed the ROM. Also any tips to decrease battery usage would be helpful. Besides the ordinary turn down the brightness crap haha. Im using autokiller memory optimizer, could that affect it much?
Im at 30% right now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Everything I've ever read about Android says that those memory optimizer/task killers actually make your battery drain more quickly rather than making it last longer.
G2X CM7

It looks like you're using the phone for long periods of time every time the phone is on. Watching tv episodes or navigating w/ the GPS maybe (with high brightness)? If so, your battery life is probably just fine.
It's easier to gauge battery life when nothing is going on, eg screen off. That way you could use Betterbatterystats to monitor wakelocks to see which things are keeping your phone awake when the screen is off.
I know one big battery gobbler is latitude.

Well mem optimizer is different. Except its hard to set up for yourself correctly, so not worth the minimal gaain BC chances are you're doing it wrong. No offense. I tried it for a few days and couldn't get it right
And ya, I'd say that's pretty bad. Check mine out, ESP the screen on time and percentage
Wont let me upload.. whatever. Ive hhad 10hrs of data on and 5 of wifi, 2.5 of screen ON and I'm sitting around 66%, So multiply that by three for a complete drain.
Sent from my googol fone

I went back to CM7 after nightly 104 came out, and ever since then, I've been getting 15+ hours, and I was using my phone way more then you. I use SetCPU with profiles, and I wiped Battery Stats.

I'm running nightly 104 with Miui and battery life is just amazing
I'm at 13hrs and still have 20% to go
FatalityBoyZahy said:
I went back to CM7 after nightly 104 came out, and ever since then, I've been getting 15+ hours, and I was using my phone way more then you. I use SetCPU with profiles, and I wiped Battery Stats.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sent From My G2x Running Miui

Thanks everyone! I just decided to go with the latest nightly. I set up memory optimizer up right i think it was worked fairly well actually (usually i had more than 200mb of free RAM) I also hit the auto task killer widget alot cause im like ocd about things running. Will hitting that alot drain battery? Also Im thinking about starting a thread where you charge up your phone for exactly 30 minutes while the screen is off and take a screenshot. It might be interesting to check out charge up times on different ROMs/kernels but I'm not sure if they would differ or not? You guys think I should do it?

Every time you kill tasks they re just starting up again
Sent from my googol fone

andrewxu said:
Every time you kill tasks they re just starting up again
Sent from my googol fone
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Correct. Task killers waste more battery because your phone ends up running more CPU cycles to restart the tasks you killed that didn't need to be.
G2X CM7

If i kill all the tasks and wait a second and go back into advanced task killer and uncheck all the ones that started back up again would that be more productive?

My best experience in saving battery has been done by:
1. Turn the lights off when you're not using them!
(GSP, WiFi, & Data control via power control widget)
2. Underclock CPU when phone is on standby or below 30-50%
(Using faux123 & SetCPU profiles)
3. Turn off any sync that isn't needed. Avoid Push. If you ever do need syncs (for mail or social media) tell it to update at selected intervals, I usually have mine between 1-4 hours.
As for killing apps, I usually use the "long-press to kill app" option in CM7 ROMS to close out of apps when I'm done using them. Otherwise a quick visit to the "running processes" to make sure nothing to battery/data intensive is running will usually do the trick.
But you shouldn't want to kill every running task, most don't take up a noticeable amount of battery life. Just be mindful of FB, Games, Cameras, or data intensive apps.
On a normal day I will use WiFi to download a few apps or files, use GPS for directions, and Data network for MMS or other and still get through a full day with 60-70% battery life on my G2x.

[Q] What is your Current Flow to battery?

when u r free, Install Current Widget from market and turn on log in it and update after 60 secs... let phone for 30 mins in standby...
in standby I get 150-200mAh with WiFi, Data and all applications closed... I saw one forum, they said it should be 3 - 10 mAh... how is that so?
that looks like a battery drainer to me...I m suprised its a newly flashed Rom, nothing jnstdlled... whate causing battery drain?
Tell me whats your average current flow values in standby mode with everything off...?

I get 120-200 on stock room with wifi on and syncing.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G

why do I get this?? nothing on... but poor signal...

Well there is your issue. At my job and school where I have bad signal
my battery drains rapidly because my phone is constantly trying to connect to a tower
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G

Try alternative radio settings:
*#*#4636#*#*
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Sent from my Bricked Energy ROM Sensation.

My current widget kicks mA at 120-250... Fully wipe, newly flashed custom rom.. how could they get 3-10 mA??? maybe its only a guide to a single core... not really specify that it is for sensation mA values....
click thanks if i able to help

whymewho said:
My current widget kicks mA at 120-250... Fully wipe, newly flashed custom rom.. how could they get 3-10 mA??? maybe its only a guide to a single core... not really specify that it is for sensation mA values....
click thanks if i able to help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I got 2 mA last night.
Sent from my Bricked Energy ROM Sensation.

current widget is not going to show you the correct drain. use battery monitor widget. many more settings to mess with

So I've been reviewing over the logs shown by Current Widget, I was wondering curiously to myself, is having negative mAH (-xxx mAH) a good or bad thing compared to a positive mAH (xxx mAH) reading? Because I get mixed readings from time to time.

Current widget doesn't work on the htc sensation and battery monitor widget isn't very accurate,
Where did you find people getting less than 10mA? Gimmue a link,
I'm sure in the future we will be able to idle at

If Current Widget doesn't work with the Sensation and the Battery Monitor isn't accurate, are you using any battery monitoring apps that works with Sensation? I've used Juice Defender and it really works great to increase battery life.

SlwDrvr said:
If Current Widget doesn't work with the Sensation and the Battery Monitor isn't accurate, are you using any battery monitoring apps that works with Sensation? I've used Juice Defender and it really works great to increase battery life.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
None of them are 100% accurate its a htc problem.
In bmw check mA corrections in settings.
Underclock cpu using system tweaks also set screen of profile in settings, ive lowered voltage to cpu -100mA aswell
Use watchdog to keep an eye on apps that are using to much power.
Juice defender to manage connections when screen of. Don't use auto brightness just manage it your self.
Sent from my CM7 Sensation XE using xda premium

whynot66 said:
Current widget doesn't work on the htc sensation and battery monitor widget isn't very accurate,
Where did you find people getting less than 10mA? Gimmue a link,
I'm sure in the future we will be able to idle at
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i check the automatic way of mA retrieval and get anywhere form 3-5 mA idle drain overnight. i'm using insertcoin 3.3.1 build and the battery life is amazing. 2 days with light-moderate usage on a regular basis.

RussianBear said:
i check the automatic way of mA retrieval and get anywhere form 3-5 mA idle drain overnight. i'm using insertcoin 3.3.1 build and the battery life is amazing. 2 days with light-moderate usage on a regular basis.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you remember what battery drain did you have with original rom?
My phone shows me that I have -150...-170mA/minute in standby and -130 in plane mode.

decebal12345 said:
Did you remember what battery drain did you have with original rom?
My phone shows me that I have -150...-170mA/minute in standby and -130 in plane mode.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i didn't have widget installed then. mess with the settings a little more.

Thank you very much.

[Q] Freezing / battery charging

My Nexus S constantly freezes on battery. It's very slow, and unresponsive, it rarely stays alive fore more than 5 minutes. It's completely unusable on battery. Oddly, if it's charging it might work (still pretty slow and unresponsive after booting but it eventually sorts itself and works.) Another thing is the battery has *never* held a charge above 95%. Every-so-often it will charge to 96 or 97 but left connected to the charger it will start discharging and settle back to 95%.
It's running CM nightly. the battery charge problem happened even on the stock ROM. The freezing is probably a recent problem, I don't use this phone often enough to know.
Does anyone know about either of these problems? Is it related to CM? I don't want to switch to the stock ROM if I don't have to. The only reason I'm trying to use this phone is my DHD gets abysmal battery life. The other day, barely using the DHD, I went from 100% battery to 10% in just 6 hours.

what do you mean by "freeze on battery" ? i know single word , but when these 3 words combined a sentence , i have no idea
by what you say 95% , that's normal , if you are using kernel that does not indicate it can makes battery charge to 100% , then you won't be charge to 100% , mostly 95% tops , sometimes get pass 95% due to overcharge protection.
i assume your problem is your phone running pretty slow ?
you may wanna check your CPU usage because some applications may be running background and has high CPU usage
also you need check your battery's voltage , low voltage output will make CPU run slow due to not enough power ...
anyway , personal suggestion , first of all , back up your personal data and then flash stock ROM see if it is ROM problem , and then we could think of something else
good luck

Newest cm7 kernel charges to 100, older ones 95 is the norm.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

corythug said:
Newest cm7 kernel charges to 100, older ones 95 is the norm.
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
its not a real 100%, its a cosmetic change. its actually charging to the same place it was before, just the number was altered to say 100%. if you look at the mV you will see. 4195-96 is a real 100% charge

simms22 said:
its not a real 100%, its a cosmetic change. its actually charging to the same place it was before, just the number was altered to say 100%. if you look at the mV you will see. 4195-96 is a real 100% charge
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hold on a second
mV or we are looking for mA ?
mV = output
mA = capacity

qtwrk said:
hold on a second
mV or we are looking for mA ?
mV = output
mA = capacity
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
with bump charging..
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

qtwrk said:
what do you mean by "freeze on battery" ? i know single word , but when these 3 words combined a sentence , i have no idea
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
"freeze on battery" means that it only freezes when the power source is the battery. Plugged in to my computer or a charger and it doesn't happen.

try use another battery , i think it may be freeze due to low power output that makes CPU and other hardware do not have enough juice to function properly

Solved
I've solved the problem... I removed 120 apps from the phone and have had no problems since. I don't know if it was one particular app causing a problem or just that I had so many installed.

i think it's some of them , becuase i have also that much applications as well ...

dibarnu said:
My Nexus S constantly freezes on battery. It's very slow, and unresponsive, it rarely stays alive fore more than 5 minutes. It's completely unusable on battery. Oddly, if it's charging it might work (still pretty slow and unresponsive after booting but it eventually sorts itself and works.) Another thing is the battery has *never* held a charge above 95%. Every-so-often it will charge to 96 or 97 but left connected to the charger it will start discharging and settle back to 95%.
It's running CM nightly. the battery charge problem happened even on the stock ROM. The freezing is probably a recent problem, I don't use this phone often enough to know.
Does anyone know about either of these problems? Is it related to CM? I don't want to switch to the stock ROM if I don't have to. The only reason I'm trying to use this phone is my DHD gets abysmal battery life. The other day, barely using the DHD, I went from 100% battery to 10% in just 6 hours.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
try reflashing ur rom if u havent already...i had the same issue n reflashing work for me...i used a back up
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using XDA Premium App

Android OS battery use in ICS

I've tried just about every ICS ROM out there and every time I notice that Android OS tops the battery use graph. It's reporting more than screen use!
Is there a reason for this, and does anyone know a solution?
Sent from my SNES

*points at Google* its a known bug, hence they stopped roll out of ics.
Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S

Good to know, hopefully our awesome devs will be able to put it to bed.
Sent from my SNES

concur!
well i'm using onecosmic's ics rom and it's fantastic, but i found it weird that my Android OS process was almost doubling my display usage.

I´m using AOSP+ Rom with Speedy-3 Kernel. It´s the same that Android OS alwaly stands on top of the "usage-List" but battery life is normally about 1,5 - 2 days with normal use.

Yeah, I've started to realise it's a problem with the graph, not the actual usage. Battery lasts just as long as on ginger bread.
Sent from my SNES

bedalus said:
Yeah, I've started to realise it's a problem with the graph, not the actual usage. Battery lasts just as long as on ginger bread.
Sent from my SNES
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh really? I'm getting slightly less battery now than I ever have on any ohter custom ROM, and I don't think it's because ICS is less efficient.
I don't think my phone is sleeping properly, as I'm losing about 3% an hour with my phone off, nothing going on except for the usual google syncs, which i've always had on on any rom.
Total I'm getting about 12-13 hours, and it's not my display topping off usage, but android OS. My keep awake times seem pretty ridiculous given that they're always greater than the culmunative time spent out of deepsleep (according to cpu spy)
which kernel are you guys using?

bedalus said:
Yeah, I've started to realise it's a problem with the graph, not the actual usage. Battery lasts just as long as on ginger bread.
Sent from my SNES
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I doubt it, the battery life is a good 5-7 hours less than GB with the same usage. the android OS is definitely preventing it from sleeping properly. GB would barely loose 5-7% during an idle of about 7-8 hours, now i loose close to 20%+

I've been using oICS v43 and Steve's Awesome Sauce kernel (aosp linked it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...64221&page=503). I was able to get 17hrs of battery with medium-heavy use (Netflix, Droid TV Prime Time, Browsing, File Downloading, Texting, Couple Calls, and Wifi Always On). If I let it run without using it, I'm looking at 60+ hrs of battery life.
I'm trying Matrix v14 right now. Will let you know results.

Tested it with cpu spy, cleared all timers and left my phone 10 hours over night. On settings the os was on top but cpu spy said my phone was in deep idle 9.5h of 10. I got updates for weather every hour and a bad wireless signal so that COULD take 30 min of awake considering it also have to get my location.
Im soooo trusting cpu spy over the standard battery history so I also belive it could be a log problem instead of a real awake bug.
I got aosp+2.2 and speedy3
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

andrei.voinea93 said:
Tested it with cpu spy, cleared all timers and left my phone 10 hours over night. On settings the os was on top but cpu spy said my phone was in deep idle 9.5h of 10. I got updates for weather every hour and a bad wireless signal so that COULD take 30 min of awake considering it also have to get my location.
Im soooo trusting cpu spy over the standard battery history so I also belive it could be a log problem instead of a real awake bug.
I got aosp+2.2 and speedy3
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I do agree with you. Similar behaviour with my NS. That Android OS consumption even higher than my Screen, yet I still manage to clocked 24-30h with my moderate usage.
* I use full ROM instead of Update one.

I'm not sure if people are not using their phones, but I'm already at half battery life and I just unplugged less than 5 hours ago. I'm on eugene's kernel and tried Matrix's as well, both haven't help along with the oICSv43. I've been closing out my programs after I opened them too. I just bought the phone/battery off ebay, the battery is a samsung and it was in a sealed plastic bag, so it should be brand new, but I could be wrong.
I'm almost ready to go back to stock.

You dont have to be a genious to seal a plastic bag. If the seller was ebay trusted then it should be good and you should look somewhere else. For me for ex, low brightness using loggraph improves battery more than any kernel.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

I'll try that as well. Should I try a different rom before I go back to stock?

Peter alfonso or aosp+ with deepidle kernel. Thats the advice you hear everywhere
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

andrei.voinea93 said:
Peter alfonso or aosp+ with deepidle kernel. Thats the advice you hear everywhere
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I never heard of these roms, I'm on Sprint.

With My Xoom, when I had honeycomb installed with Airplane Mode enabled I could easily leave the Xoom on my counter for a couple of weeks and I would still have a 20-30% of battery power.
Since I installed the EOS Nightly ICS build the tablet eats up 30% of battery power after only 4 hours even on Airplane mode.
Something is definitely amiss here.

technogravy said:
I doubt it, the battery life is a good 5-7 hours less than GB with the same usage. the android OS is definitely preventing it from sleeping properly. GB would barely loose 5-7% during an idle of about 7-8 hours, now i loose close to 20%+
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry, got to disagree with you there. With wifi never asleep, overnight my phone drained 5% in 10 hours. This is about double what i got with gingerbread. I never use deep idle, which is more for people who use their phones with the screen off, e.g. listening to music, downloading torrents.
See here for kernel benchmarks:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441905
Sent from my SNES

I've also posted this elsewhere, but AOKP m2, Steve Garon's latest kernel, extremely high android os:
24hrs, 4hrs screen on.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

If you don't have screen auto-rotation turned off already then give it a try.
It helps for me.

[Q] Problem with battery consumption with Team Venom's ViperS 5.1.0 rom

Hey,
because I have fewer than 10 posts so far I can't write in the rom development thread and need to post here although it is the wrong place.
So I installed ViperS 5.1.0 rom on my sensation two days ago and calibrated the battery after loading to 100%. Did two fully discharge/charge cycles after that
Now I let the mobile phone untouched from tonight ~0 am till morning ~6 am and checked the battery stats. It went from 95% to 78% in 6 hours of idle. Wifi and mobile data options were on but it gets automatically disabled over night, atleast it was when I woke up the phone at 6 am the first time.
That's almost 3%/h while at sleep and seems high for me. Anyone running the same rom and can check the consumption?
Thanks in advance.
tayfun369

I just searched the rom thread and found this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51020469&postcount=5994
His battery stays at the same level for over 6 hours over night and with wifi on.
I just made a screen of mine for comparison and I hope I can get some help.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

since you have done only two charges i suggest to wait a little more
for example 2-3 more circle charges
then battery will settle down and you will be able to see how it behaves

also how old is you battery and what battery you have?

rzr86 said:
wait a little more for example 2-3 more circle charges
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I will check it tonight again but do you really think it can make such a big difference?
jkolner from the link above has <1% drop in his screen over night, I have like ~17%...
Mile_zdr said:
also how old is you battery and what battery you have?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My battery is a german brand 1800mAh and exactly 1 year old. Battery Monitor is showing a capazity of ~1600 mAh.

tayfun369 said:
I will check it tonight again but do you really think it can make such a big difference?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
probably yes
i have seen difference into mine

Do you have a lot of sync to Facebook, Twitter, weather and mail?
You could try to undervolt a bit in tweaks.
Remember to run through a couple of complete charges befor you can see how your battery life is.
And last, perhaps your need a new battery.

jkolner said:
Do you have a lot of sync to Facebook, Twitter, weather and mail?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Weather once a day. Furthermore dropbox, google and whatsapp if they matter.
I will wait 2-3 more charge cycles then before trying something like UC/UV or even new battery. I hope it won't be needed.

whatsapp - Battery Killer

I saved up a lot of battery by uninstalling g+ and google now, not freezing them or hibernating

tayfun369 said:
Hey,
because I have fewer than 10 posts so far I can't write in the rom development thread and need to post here although it is the wrong place.
So I installed ViperS 5.1.0 rom on my sensation two days ago and calibrated the battery after loading to 100%. Did two fully discharge/charge cycles after that
Now I let the mobile phone untouched from tonight ~0 am till morning ~6 am and checked the battery stats. It went from 95% to 78% in 6 hours of idle. Wifi and mobile data options were on but it gets automatically disabled over night, atleast it was when I woke up the phone at 6 am the first time.
That's almost 3%/h while at sleep and seems high for me. Anyone running the same rom and can check the consumption?
Thanks in advance.
tayfun369
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Time to get a new battery. Team venoms rom are the best for a lot of reasons, best battery life being one of them.
Sent from my HTCSensation using xda app-developers app

stupid question ... which viper is the best? ...regarding to the battery life

fast battery drain ?!?!?
Why my battery fast drain.The battery is new ! Why cpu gpu ?? Thanks!

What is best alternate battery for Senny?

lhdxda said:
What is best alternate battery for Senny?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use the the Anker 1900mAh, easily gives me over a days use on ViperS 5.2.0

Try to buy later. Thanks.