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Looking for proven and tested higher capacity battery for HTC Desire

As above, anyone using higher capacity battery for their HTC Desire and it is tested and proven to last longer than the original batter? Can post the link to purchase the battery?
Thanks!

Before you buy another battery, have you read this thread about calibrating your battery?

And have you installed a rom that allows underclocking? It makes a massive difference.
I am now getting 20+ hours from my phone where as before underclocking I was getting 8 hours.
Same amount of usage, just underclocking when screen is off.

Erm.. I will go read about it, but because I want to retain as it is now, thats why I'm looking for an extended battery.
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bryant_16 said:
Erm.. I will go read about it, but because I want to retain as it is now, thats why I'm looking for an extended battery.
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What kind of battery life do you currently get? Before (accidentally) calibrating my battery I was getting around 10-12 hours, now I'm getting around 36-42 hours.

I'm looking for one that can last me more than 1 day.

Lennyuk said:
And have you installed a rom that allows underclocking? It makes a massive difference.
I am now getting 20+ hours from my phone where as before underclocking I was getting 8 hours.
Same amount of usage, just underclocking when screen is off.
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Hey buddy, which app do you use for underclocking? Cheers,

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I'm looking for one that can last me more than 1 day.
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Well, I'm using the standard battery and have 26% remaining with "1d 10h" since unplugged (admittedly I haven't used the phone for that much in that time, just some internet usage, a couple of calls, but it's been constantly on WiFi or 3G to sync GMail).

Use SetCPU for underclocking, and use JuiceDefender to automatically turn off your data connection while the screen's off/locked.
It will still reconnect every 15 minutes to sync, and will remain connected as long as there's any continuing 3G traffic while the screen's off. Basically what it means is you're running one of the most power-consuming parts of your device only 1/15th of the time, which make a big difference. Text messages and voice calls come through instantly still - only things requiring a data connection like facebook, weather, twitter, etc will have any delay, and even then it'll only be 15 minutes at the most.
You can also try setting your phone to WCDMA-only, which means it won't be constantly trying to connect and maintain two radios simultaneously. GSM-only would be even better but depending on your carrier it might not work at all or might only work for voice.
With SetCPU try making a profile to automatically go into "powersave" mode when the screen's off, which will ensure the CPU never clocks up past its minimum speed during that time. It's still over 200 mhz, more than enough for anything you might want to do in the background. For normal operation, between 499 and 768 mhz as the maximum clock, depending on your preference, should be adequate and will save you a little bit of battery life as well all the time.
Also, download a widget to allow you to manually set screen brightness when you're indoors and the auto setting is useless. I have my screen brightness set to 15% while indoors and it's still plenty bright. I have the SLCD model, I don't know if that makes any difference.
My phone has been off the charger for 17 hours and 10 minutes. During that time, the screen was on for 2 hours and 29 minutes. I'm at 79% battery life with the standard battery.

Mugen 3200mah. Mine lasts a day with ease and heavy use.

paprkut said:
Mugen 3200mah. Mine lasts a day with ease and heavy use.
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Yours able to charge it properly?

A small update to my previous post... I'm now at 32 hours, 38 minutes uptime, 4 hours 44 minutes awake time (screen on). Battery just reached 60 percent. Stock battery.
Remember when you made the choice to buy an Android, you were in effect saying you wanted to have a highly customizable miniature computer. Just like when you customize [insert your desktop OS of choice] to suit your taste, you need to configure your phone in order to get what you want out of it - namely, better battery life than with the standard settings.
HTC's goal with the Desire was to have a showpiece, it runs very fast and it looks good doing it. But they designed it with frequent charging in mind. Since most of us here, I imagine, would prefer to charge less often, we just need to configure the phone appropriately.
If you want a guaranteed solution, try this:
- Install NextSense rom (it's free, latest version right now is 5.3 AFAIK, I'm currently using 5.2 still)
- Install JuiceDefender - it's free on the market and its default settings are, for a change, very intelligent and effective.
- Install SetCPU - You can get it free on this forum. Set it to "interactive" mode with a bottom speed of 245 and a top speed of 806 to start with. The default is 998 at the top, but 200 mhz doesn't make a big difference in this case except to help battery life a bit. Once installed, add a profile for "screen off" which sets the phone to "powersave" mode. This will keep it running at the minimum clock any time you're not using it. Nothing running in the background while you're not even using the phone requires more than the minimum CPU speed.
- Install the Brightness Widget by Curvefish. It's free on the market. Put its widget on your desktop and keep your screen brightness at 25% while you're indoors. 15% is what I use, but 25% is one of the presets so it's a bit easier. I have an SLCD display so the brightness I get on auto might just be different from what OLED gets on auto, I don't know, but in any case for me it's way brighter than it needs to be.
- Set your screen timeout to no more than 2 minutes
- Make sure any apps that sync data do so in a reasonable interval. +/- 15 minutes won't ruin your day for most things.
- Under Wireless & Networks, set your phone's connection to WCDMA-only (3G-only). For many people this results in an increase to both signal quality and battery life, since it allows your phone to only run one radio at a time, making a significant difference. If it doesn't work for you, it's as simple as turning it back to the default setting.
- Disable haptic feedback and see if you mind the difference. Making all those little vibrations takes power too.
- Finally (obviously) don't run a live background, but you probably already know that.
Doing all of the above takes an hour or maybe two at most to set up and the difference in battery life is tremendous. It's simple to do, I worked out all of the above on my own and I've literally only had the phone for 4 days now I think, never touched a smartphone before in my life let alone an Android.
Give it a try, you have nothing to lose, and it will probably save you needing to buy a battery. Or, if you still buy a double-capacity battery, it'll mean you can run for like a week on a charge.
edit: also make sure to get the latest version of the radio driver, I don't have a frame of reference for comparison since I updated mine right away, but apparently it makes a fair bit of difference and probably gives you a more reliable cell signal in the process.
In case you think I'm exaggerating, here are some pics I just took.

What's the ideal settings for juice defender? Cos my phone is not rooted so I'm not going to use the SetCPU application.

What do you mean charge properly ??

Is it able to charge?

bryant_16 said:
What's the ideal settings for juice defender? Cos my phone is not rooted so I'm not going to use the SetCPU application.
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"Ideal" settings are basically the way it's configured by default. You can't improve upon them much even by getting the "premium" upgrade unless your phone is rooted... but SetCPU is a better choice in that case anyway.
Just install it, hit "enable" after it's done auto-detecting your phone's capabilities, and you're done. It's really that simple.
Be sure to add it to your task killer exclusion list if you use one.

You saying the default option is for SetCPU or Juicedefender?
So just download the free juicedefender is good enough for me already since the pro version is more for rooted phones? (mine is not rooted)

Can somebody pls. post the link to SetCPU?

cyron_at said:
Can somebody pls. post the link to SetCPU?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505419

bryant_16 said:
So just download the free juicedefender is good enough for me already since the pro version is more for rooted phones? (mine is not rooted)
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Yes exactly. The pro version unlocks some more customization but ultimately won't add a whole lot to your battery life no matter how it's set up. I mean, beyond what the "regular" version does.

does anyone else use setcpu on the g2x

in the pursuit of an everlasting battery, i installed setcpu on my phone yesterday-- i set it to a max of 400 when the screen is off, 800 when overheating, 700 when at 75% of battery, 500 when at 50%, normal when ac charing and 70% when usb charging (so i can hopefully charge faster in the car).
i havent been an android user for awhile and dont know if setcpu is one of those programs that use more battery than it saves i.e. "bloated". also, i know it sort of defeats the purpose of the dual core to underclock, but i'm going to be honest, i'm an iming, texting, browsing, sync two emails, words with friends, shopkick kind of gal...

ewww Words with Friends. WordFeud FTW!
I have never messed with SetCPU aside on my Android tablet because it had a problem sleeping. I can say that it did wonders for my tablet, I can't see why it wouldn't be the same in this case.
I don't know if I would set it to vary the speeds based on the battery readings. My tablet I had the CPU set to like "72mhz" when the screen was off and On Demand when the screen was on.
I also used Advanced Task Killer to kill all tasks when the screen was shut off because my son was launching games and leaving them run in the background. Between the two, the unit was like a whole other unit. That might be overkill but if you are worried about saving battery, might as well kill all those background apps too. Wouldn't hurt to test it. My biggest concern would be your Email Sync and IMing.
So in Advanced Task Killer, just have it ignore said apps and kill everything else.

yes i have am using it on my G2X i only have a screen off profile which is set at 216-312. I dont really want to lose speed just because my battery is low and while charging the phone doesn't heat up like my N1 did so i don't see a need for a profile there. It does work and it does work well.

Prod1702 said:
yes i have am using it on my G2X i only have a screen off profile which is set at 216-312. I dont really want to lose speed just because my battery is low and while charging the phone doesn't heat up like my N1 did so i don't see a need for a profile there. It does work and it does work well.
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I always set my screen off profile to 216/216 with the conservative or power save governor priority 100.
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graffixnyc said:
I always set my screen off profile to 216/216 with the conservative or power save governor priority 100.
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do you experience any lag when you turn the screen back on?
for some reason, when i select nvidia as my device, the governor drop down is greyed out-- how did you change the governor?

player911 said:
ewww Words with Friends. WordFeud FTW!
That might be overkill but if you are worried about saving battery, might as well kill all those background apps too. Wouldn't hurt to test it. My biggest concern would be your Email Sync and IMing.
So in Advanced Task Killer, just have it ignore said apps and kill everything else.
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hey! theres nothing wrong with wwf.. :]
i froze many bloat apps with titanium, and games too since i'm not much of a gamer :/ yeah, iw as thinking of taking off the syncing and iming, but i get very aggressive and could see myself dumbing down my smartphone for the sake of the battery.
with setcpu the way i described, i have noticed a loss of 5.5% an hour with normal use during the workday-- which is when i need to save my battery since i cant charge at work... i think i can live with 6% an hour... maybe.
but i did like underclocking for certain temperatures, because for some reason the phone is feeling hot in my pocket and has temps of about 91

Advanced task killer? Why am I hearing it's bad for your phone? Even when I installed it, I was losing a lot, even with Juice defender I'm losing a lot. I hardly have any apps, and I'm afraid to use my phone because of my battery.
Anyone know what I can do?

Once undervolted kernels start rolling out, battery life should improve marginally.

Mikeglongo said:
Advanced task killer? Why am I hearing it's bad for your phone? Even when I installed it, I was losing a lot, even with Juice defender I'm losing a lot. I hardly have any apps, and I'm afraid to use my phone because of my battery.
Anyone know what I can do?
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task killers POINTLESS
setcpu great for profiles
if u haven't looked at the factory reboot thread check it out
because it supposedly solves some battery issues
sent from my G2X with no regrets

Mikeglongo said:
Advanced task killer? Why am I hearing it's bad for your phone? Even when I installed it, I was losing a lot, even with Juice defender I'm losing a lot. I hardly have any apps, and I'm afraid to use my phone because of my battery.
Anyone know what I can do?
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I use both and they help. Only use task killer manually.
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[How-To]Getting Better Battery Life

This is what I've done to help my battery life.
Firstly you'll have to root your device, then follow the steps below.
1. Install SetCPU(from Market or where ever you can find it)
2. Run it, allowing root access when asked by superuser.
3. On the Main tab, set Max and Min to 1200000(1.2Ghz), or whatever you want general usage to be. Most users probably want it like this so it will stay at best performance during using, and will not slow down. Also, whatever speed you're using set Scaling to Performance. Even if you are not running at top speed, it is still good to use Performance for the settings you want while using the device.
4. Go to Profiles tab. and check Enable, and click Add Profile. Set it to Screen Off, and you can change the settings to whatever you want. I had it at 100000(.1Ghz) for Min and Max, but when you go to unlock your screen, it lags a lot for a second. I currently have Max and Min set to 400000(.4GHz), and it made it so it does not lag when I go to unlock, but it is still low enough to be very conservative on battery. Set Scaling to Powersave, and Priority does not matter unless you have more than one profile, so don't worry about it.
5. (Optional) Install JuicePlotter from the Market, for free, and it has a nice widget that collects your phone data and after a few days will become very accurate on phone battery life remaining. It will show it after a day or so, but it will tell you how accurate it is, and it might not be very high until a few days later.
And that's it. Whenever your screen is off, it will underclock the processor so it's not using as much battery when not necessary. If you want, you can add other profiles, such as for when charging, and when the battery is low. I originally had it set to 1.2 GHz Max and Min while charging, and set the priority higher than the Screen Off, so it didn't clock down if I turned the screen off while charging, but there is no reason, I'm still not using it when I turn off the screen, so I deleted that profile.
So if your only profile is the Screen Off, then once you turn the screen on, it will change to whatever settings you have on the Main tab.
I unplugged my phone at 6:30 AM, and it is now 5:30 PM here, and I still have 32% battery, with JuicePlotter telling me I have 4 hours and 49 min left, but it only has a 72% accuracy since I just got the app yesterday. That's great since yesterday my phone would have been dead over 2 hours ago. When I woke up JuicePlotter said I had around 15 hours, but it wasn't as accurate as it is now, and it so far is expected to last longer than that..

I just use JuiceDefender free set to Agressive to obtain the best battery life. I got this little vendetta against SetCPU though.

I saw a button on there that said battery saver, what exactly does it do?

apwhitelaw said:
I saw a button on there that said battery saver, what exactly does it do?
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Not sure. I'm learning JD myself here so .... yeah

apwhitelaw said:
I saw a button on there that said battery saver, what exactly does it do?
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It takes you to a recommended battery saving app from the market. I haven't tried that app, but I imagine it is probably something similar to SetCPU.

I think this is wholly unnecessary, I'm sure samsung underclocks when not in use already, it's an obvious thing to do. I haven't done any of this and I can get ~40 hours of light-medium use

But try watching justin.tv streaming movie on hspa+ lets see if you even get 4hrs?
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[Q] Ways to save battery life LG optimus 3d

Hi there!
I'm using the Thiaiz ROM on my o3d with the v6 supercharger script enabled.
Still my battery life is just as bad as it was before i was using any sort of rom or root?
Any ideas why this is and/or how to improve this fact?
Many thanks in advance!

i tried custom roms,but finally i return 10b stock ROM,after root and i remove unused system apps with systemapp remover 4.22 (before backup),use taskkiller 2.0.4,i think best stable version 10b stock ROM,sorry for my bad English
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is your data always on?
do you have screen on all the time?
Did you callibrate your battery?
Did you flash the rom at 100% battery?
For me, I'm using a modified version of Thiaiz's rom. I got both his scripts running and the v6 supercharger script. Data is always on and when that's not on, Wifi will always be on. So basically I am always in someways connected to internet. Running a live wallpaper. Got a couple of services doing stuff in the background... with my amount of use I get an average of 9 hours maxed. My amount of use is pretty much google voice, calling, random game here and there, and picture taking. Screen is off most of the time.
What I do for battery life, well first I'm using Go Launcher Ex. Surprisingly, choice in launcher does affect battery life in some ways. SetCPU, main Profile is at Performance governor. This isn't good for battery, but I want it to run at max while screen is on. I did set profiles for it to go down to 600 max, 300 min for when screen is off. Hmm, a few tweaks here and there that I can't recall.
No apps related to anything like Juice Defender.
Absolutely NOTHING that even appears to be a task killer.
Personally, I carry a few portable chargers with me everywhere I go so battery life doesn't matter to me. Which is why I can afford to use live wallpapers and etc.

DevJackey said:
is your data always on?
do you have screen on all the time?
Did you callibrate your battery?
Did you flash the rom at 100% battery?
For me, I'm using a modified version of Thiaiz's rom. I got both his scripts running and the v6 supercharger script. Data is always on and when that's not on, Wifi will always be on. So basically I am always in someways connected to internet. Running a live wallpaper. Got a couple of services doing stuff in the background... with my amount of use I get an average of 9 hours maxed. My amount of use is pretty much google voice, calling, random game here and there, and picture taking. Screen is off most of the time.
What I do for battery life, well first I'm using Go Launcher Ex. Surprisingly, choice in launcher does affect battery life in some ways. SetCPU, main Profile is at Performance governor. This isn't good for battery, but I want it to run at max while screen is on. I did set profiles for it to go down to 600 max, 300 min for when screen is off. Hmm, a few tweaks here and there that I can't recall.
No apps related to anything like Juice Defender.
Absolutely NOTHING that even appears to be a task killer.
Personally, I carry a few portable chargers with me everywhere I go so battery life doesn't matter to me. Which is why I can afford to use live wallpapers and etc.
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I am on V10K now and the Data always on or wifi if am at home and got a
couple of services doing stuff in the background like my emails and Facebook
with my amount of use I get an average of 14 hours maxed .
1: if u where using Go Launcher u most use home manger app it let u kill lg
stock launcher that u don't use it .
2: startup cleaner app from the market.
3: fast reboot app from the market.
Today I received my new 1800 mAh battery from e-bay I will try it then I let u
Know is it worth it or not .
Sorry for my bad English it's not my native language .

MAX6500 said:
I am on V10K now and the Data always on or wifi if am at home and got a
couple of services doing stuff in the background like my emails and Facebook
with my amount of use I get an average of 14 hours maxed .
1: if u where using Go Launcher u most use home manger app it let u kill lg
stock launcher that u don't use it .
2: startup cleaner app from the market.
3: fast reboot app from the market.
Today I received my new 1800 mAh battery from e-bay I will try it then I let u
Know is it worth it or not .
Sorry for my bad English it's not my native language .
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Actually, I don't really recommend the Fast Reboot app.
I tried it out before and its basically just a Kill All Task Killer. After you use it, you get more space and speed for about a couple of minutes before all the apps you've killed with Fast Reboot restarts back.
That's bad for battery life because having the apps in memory doesn't affect your battery life the way apps starting up and restarting does. If you use fast reboot too much, your battery life will go down FAST. Might as well just reboot phone normally

I've just bought a spare battery so i can set my cpu at 800 min and 1008 max with the SetCPU app. When screen is off i still set it all to the minimum though.
Seems like battery just will not be a selling point for the o3d so buying an extra battery or anything like that will be the best option!

Help getting the best battery life

What rom should I use and also what tweaks/scripts should I install to get the best battery life
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Hard to answer without testing some roms for yourself....
Synergy Rom is a good start which eliminates bloat from the provider...and then optimize the rom. Add a better kernel over stock like Imo or Ziggy and that took controlling CPU power (depending on your setting) can help gain better battery life...mean over 8+ or 12+ hours of life

30+ hours with almost 4 hours of screen time : cm10
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This isn't really a tweak or script, but turning off mobile data and using wifi helps a ton. Constantly searching for 3G or 4G connection is what kills my phone's battery.

Here is what helps me..
-turn off any data that doesn't need to be running in the background while you are using it i.e...gps, 4g, bluetooth. (Use "phone info" from the market to switch from 3g to 4g.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771840
-make email manual push. when you have email set to constantly search for new incoming messages it can run down more than needed. if nothing else switch to every 15-30 min.
- turn off all notifications that you dont need to be notified about
-screen brightness will be a HUGE battery eater. I have mine set at 1% most of the day which really helps. this screen is bright enough to have it that low and still see well.
-download "widgetsoid x2" free. a fully customizable toggle bar which will allow for easy on off for items like bluetooth, gps, wifi and gives you a brightness option to customize 3 settings. I have mine set for 1, 25 and 45%
-use setcpu or another app alike to control cpu. create a profile for "screen off".I set my profile at 348x486. this drops the processor while screen is in sleep mode and will save battery life.
-I dont know how effective this is, but I heard it helps and makes sense. Choose a dark wallpaper. Having a bright, full white wallpaper takes more battery life to display.
As for ROM's, its hard to say. there are so many things to take into consideration when someone says they got 30 hours on a rom vs the next person who only gets 12 hours. how much are they using it, what do they have running inthe background...etc. I tried both bean and synergy and I prefer bean. He just released R6 yesterday and people seem to like it a lot. I personally prefer R2, his original release. It has been super solid and I have had better results from it over 3.1, V5 and his late R6. My buddy has had GREAT results with synergy, but I did not. I gave it a week and ended up restoring back to bean.

download BatterySaver app from market. My s3 runs 12-15 hours on "Intelligent Mode"

Honestly, you can only do so much with software tweaks. If you're a hardcore power user, I suggest getting an extra battery of a similar size (~2000mah) or getting an extended battery.
As for what you can do to save battery, the only thing I can think of that people haven't already mentioned is turning off animations. It can make things feel a bit choppy, but you'll get things done faster, which means less screen time.