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[REQ] [Apps] that increase battery life?

Any recommended apps that increase battery life?
So far I only have setCPU.

Locale Beta saves much 12hrs of the day.

pickles said:
Locale Beta saves much 12hrs of the day.
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What??

what does setcpu do? lower cpu clock?

Screebl, Advanced Task Manager, and SecCPU are an awesome battery-saving combination.

zok-star said:
what does setcpu do? lower cpu clock?
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Yes, but the best part is, you can set it to only lower the cpu clock when the phone is asleep (i.e., when the screen is off). Theoretically you could also overclock it when the screen is on, but not yet on the N1. On the G1/Dream, it was awesome--I overclocked when the screen was on, and underclocked when it was off. It saved battery AND made the phone faster at the same time. Here, it does nothing but save battery--a LOT of battery.

I don't have any problems with the battery.... it lasts me an entire day with pretty liberal use.

I just started using juice defender.. but it seems to slow the phone down at times... does anyone know of a similar app that is maybe more efficient
http://www.appbrain.com/app/juicedefender-battery-saver/com.latedroid.juicedefender

Here's a good software:
It's called Turn Off your Phone. Saves as much as up to 1 month worth of battery!!

chowlala said:
Here's a good software:
It's called Turn Off your Phone. Saves as much as up to 1 month worth of battery!!
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is it a free app?! OMG!
<3

Power manager and set cpu work for me. Power manager hasn't been updated in a while, but its still works and its pretty easy to use. Alternately, you can use Tasker, it has a high learning curve but once you get it, you'll get an entirely different level of performance from your phone.

carnegie0107 said:
Yes, but the best part is, you can set it to only lower the cpu clock when the phone is asleep (i.e., when the screen is off). Theoretically you could also overclock it when the screen is on, but not yet on the N1. On the G1/Dream, it was awesome--I overclocked when the screen was on, and underclocked when it was off. It saved battery AND made the phone faster at the same time. Here, it does nothing but save battery--a LOT of battery.
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Actually you can overclock n1 when screen is on, it is set at 998 stock, but it can go higher 1113 is stable. But it depends on your kernel. I use 245/652 when screen is off, 384/1036 when on.
N1

chowlala said:
Here's a good software:
It's called Turn Off your Phone. Saves as much as up to 1 month worth of battery!!
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ROFL hilarious,

Due to juice defender slowing down my phone, i am going to try green power for a week then juice defender beta for a week and see how they work

juice defender beta seems to work the best

chowlala said:
Here's a good software:
It's called Turn Off your Phone. Saves as much as up to 1 month worth of battery!!
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Nice, it's more like a function to do than a app to utilize, fail.

What apps are you using? Juice Defender? Set CPU?

I am coming over from the sd version of android on my HD2. I had to download all sorts of stuff to get it working correctly. I already found Set CPU does not work correctly. Has anyone tried SD Card Increase or Juice Defender. Are these things needed?
I read the speed up apps thread but was wondering about these apps in particular.
Is there a way to regulate the CPU to save battery?
Edit:The latest version of SetCPU seems to work fine. I think I had an old version.
I am also using Antek App Manager to freeze battery hogs like wifi calling.
Where's my Droid Power is another helpful app to isolate what is killing the battery.

Anyone try a screen off profile with setcpu yet?
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Setcpu wont work until kernel allows it.
G2X

SetCPU works at the driver lvl. The Nvidia tegra 2 option is there to pick when you 1st load the app. You can set profiles as well. you just can not control the scaling yet. You can control how the cpu runs

Running SetCPU and it works fine for setting profiles and helping to give ya a bit better battery life.
I'm also using juice defender and power manager. With them and my profiles set up similar to what I had on my Nexus One I am getting really good battery life.
I got over 24hrs (closer to 36 actually) on my last charge, but my usage wasnt too heavy, but close to average for me.

I've got a profile set-up for "screen off" through SetCPU along with using Juice Defender running all the time. I also used Bloat Freeze to stop the random stuff from even starting to cause drain.

cbsummers said:
Running SetCPU and it works fine for setting profiles and helping to give ya a bit better battery life.
I'm also using juice defender and power manager. With them and my profiles set up similar to what I had on my Nexus One I am getting really good battery life.
I got over 24hrs (closer to 36 actually) on my last charge, but my usage wasnt too heavy, but close to average for me.
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I was curious about what kind of profiles/set up you had for these 3 applications: Setcpu + juice defender + power manager. Perhaps you can prepare a guide for us. It would be greatly appreciated =)
My device gets me 10 hours, I am very interested on how you are getting 24+ hours.

slickerxcuh said:
My device gets me 10 hours, I am very interested on how you are getting 24+ hours.
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Last cycle I did, I got 25 hours on a single charge. This is exactly what I'm doing. First, root. Next, set up sync so that it only syncs apps when you are using them, as there is a problem with the 4g handoff to Wi-fi that seriously messes with battery life. Set Wi-fi sleep policy to never, so 4g doesn't interfere with it. Set device to use 2g network only, you might get better reception. If you need a fast connection, just enable it real quick. There are widgets you can use to switch it back and forth quickly. When rooted, use root explorer or bloat freezer to get rid of/freeze ALL T-mobile apps. These things always use data, even when Wi-Fi is available. Since they start on their own, you will always have 4g on, sucking your battery dry (and your wallet if you don't have unlimited data). I've also heard updating the apps works, if you are planning on keeping stock ROM. Keep brightness to its lowest setting unless you need it higher for whatever reason. This setup might seem extreme, but i've been on the internet since 6 am, playing need for speed shift, watching youtube, listening to music and I'm at 65%.
Factory reset and do the google setup immediately. For whatever reason, this is important. Let the battery run dry for the first week or so, and then charge it all night.
Above all, remember that the battery stats on this device are ALL CRAP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13182735
Read this post, beautifully explained.
Good luck!

Though far less sophisticated, I like Superpower the best. It very simply and efficiently disables data/wifi when the screen is off, which is all I need.

Thank you for taking the time to write that up. Definitely will give this a shot soon enough.

slickerxcuh said:
I was curious about what kind of profiles/set up you had for these 3 applications: Setcpu + juice defender + power manager. Perhaps you can prepare a guide for us. It would be greatly appreciated =)
My device gets me 10 hours, I am very interested on how you are getting 24+ hours.
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Sorry for the slow reply, had a deadline beating down on me.
For the most part I just set up several profiles in set CPU and also profiles on power manager, and I just use the basic settings on juice defender.
SetCPU profiles I have are:
Screen Off 760max/216min
Battery<25% 816/456
Battery<15% 608/312
Hope that help some. Mine seems to be averaging about 18-20 hrs per charge now, but I find myself messing with it quite a bit I think once I get back to my normal usage, like my usage on my N1, it will easily make it 24hrs with a charge.

preview versions of Riptide GP, Pinball HD, and of course some Angry Birds or another - gotta catch em all!
That reminds me - why hasn't nintendo released PokeMon for any system other than their little nintendo handhelds? Seems like an untapped market.

My Thread
Well actually i just got done typing up a new thread on how i get 20+ hours on my G2x. Here is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13279194

Cant get setcpu to work. Force closes on me. What did you guys do?
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SetCPU

I've always read in the past that the app doesnt actually help with battery life because its purpose was for OCing and Android regulates the cpu clocks already.
So I'm wondering, for those currently using it, have you noticed any difference in battery life (without underclocking while in use)? and if so what profiles are you using?

regP said:
I've always read in the past that the app doesnt actually help with battery life because its purpose was for OCing and Android regulates the cpu clocks already.
So I'm wondering, for those currently using it, have you noticed any difference in battery life (without underclocking while in use)? and if so what profiles are you using?
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I have just one profile, screen off= 216/216. I'm now on 14 hours with 30% left. Much better than before, when I was getting 11 hours at the most.
I also use the battery calibration app. But that's all I've done.
Just want to add I use wifi calling, and I run everything else, gps and syncing gmail and facebook is on. Screen is set to auto brightness. The only thing I have off is bluetooth.

Profondo_Rosso said:
I have just one profile, screen off= 216/216. I'm now on 14 hours with 30% left. Much better than before, when I was getting 11 hours at the most.
I also use the battery calibration app. But that's all I've done.
Just want to add I use wifi calling, and I run everything else, gps and syncing gmail and facebook is on. Screen is set to auto brightness. The only thing I have off is bluetooth.
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I do the same.. just 1 screen off profile to underclock it to 216/216 when the screen is off

regP said:
I've always read in the past that the app doesnt actually help with battery life because its purpose was for OCing and Android regulates the cpu clocks already.
So I'm wondering, for those currently using it, have you noticed any difference in battery life (without underclocking while in use)? and if so what profiles are you using?
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Android does regulate the cpu, but I don't think it will take advantage of more conservative governor modes unless you tell it to. That's only relevant if the kernel supports more conservative governor modes. And, as the other responses have pointed out, you can force Android to be more conservative by capping the max clock speed.

Hmm... Guess its worth a shot. Good lookin out guys.

when i go into setcpu there are alot of options to choose there is no auto detect like on my mytouch 4g. how did you guys get it to work. i picked the last option which was custom and it forced close on me.

charlieb620 said:
when i go into setcpu there are alot of options to choose there is no auto detect like on my mytouch 4g. how did you guys get it to work. i picked the last option which was custom and it forced close on me.
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Yeah.. When I hit the tegra 2 option it wont let me change the governor.

You need to be rooted so that you can let set CPU have super user access. Are you rooted yet?

regP said:
Yeah.. When I hit the tegra 2 option it wont let me change the governor.
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I think that that means that the kernel is not supported for the "automatic" governors. However, you can still create profiles to regulate the CPU based on perameters that you set, i.e. Screen off 216/216

jayohwhy said:
I think that that means that the kernel is not supported for the "automatic" governors. However, you can still create profiles to regulate the CPU based on perameters that you set, i.e. Screen off 216/216
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So all G2x see the same in setcpu - no autodetect and only governor available is "driver"?
Will custom ROMs like CM7 change this?

SetCPU improved my battery life tremendously! Before I was losing about 15-30% and hour, since 8:30 this morning my battery only dropped to 73%. I set my active profile between 457mhz and 816mhz depending on remaining battery and it's still fast as hell.

rhinology said:
So all G2x see the same in setcpu - no autodetect and only governor available is "driver"?
Will custom ROMs like CM7 change this?
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From what I've heard, yes, that is what every g2x setcpu user sees. I don't know whether CM7 will fix this, or maybe later versions of setcpu

jayohwhy said:
From what I've heard, yes, that is what every g2x setcpu user sees. I don't know whether CM7 will fix this, or maybe later versions of setcpu
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Once we get some custom kernels, we should be able to change the governors in setCPU, dependent upon on what the kernel supports.

SetCPU Custom Frequencies for G2X
I got SetCPU today and was playing around with it and it looked like it was limiting my CPU all the time due to lack of profile, not just when I had the screen off per my profile so I looked into making a text file for custom frequencies and am posting it here since there doesn't seem to be any help for g2x with it.
This is a really simple file, tell me if you guys have any better ideas, I just put in:
216000,528000,712400,1000000
I'm attaching it. I put the file in my dropbox, grabbed it via the app and then moved it to /sdcard/setcpu.txt via astro file manager then loaded custom profile from within setcpu. Hopefully this saves someone some time or you can tell me if I'm going about this the wrong way
I'm sure it could be fine tuned more but I was getting irritated at how much of a pain it was to unlock the phone with it set too low, so for screen off I have it set to 216->528. You could add 254000 in or something. The phone seems to be as usable as before now with setcpu enabled like this while it should be limiting the cpu when the screen is off. It sucked (well not the battery) without a custom profile.

socalTNT said:
You need to be rooted so that you can let set CPU have super user access. Are you rooted yet?
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rooted?????? what is that?

TheMightiest1981 said:
SetCPU improved my battery life tremendously! Before I was losing about 15-30% and hour, since 8:30 this morning my battery only dropped to 73%. I set my active profile between 457mhz and 816mhz depending on remaining battery and it's still fast as hell.
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Yep, I agree. My phone has been off the charger for almost 9 hours, and I'm at 70%.
I have everything on, including wifi calling, and one profile in Setcpu for screen off 216/216.
Also used the battery calibration app.

Profondo_Rosso said:
Yep, I agree. My phone has been off the charger for almost 9 hours, and I'm at 70%.
I have everything on, including wifi calling, and one profile in Setcpu for screen off 216/216.
Also used the battery calibration app.
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Im assuming u did little to no use. I did moderate use and im down to 52% after 4hrs
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I tried that 216/216 profile and got the sleep of death followed by reboot loop every few minutes after the phone booted. wouldn't stop till I manually powered the phone down then back on. oh well... my phone idles fine anyway. wonder what clock speed android idles at by default.

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Im assuming u did little to no use. I did moderate use and im down to 52% after 4hrs
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Actually, your assumption is wrong, as is often the case.
I'd quantify it more as normal use. Lots of texts, some games of Pro pool, a few phone calls, checking Pulse 3-4 times during the day for 10 minutes at a time, some mild web browsing and watching a few youtube videos.
I ended up at around 18-19 hours of of use.
Today, I'm off the charger for 8 hours, and I still have 45% left, and I would say that's with some moderate to heavy use.

regP said:
I tried that 216/216 profile and got the sleep of death followed by reboot loop every few minutes after the phone booted. wouldn't stop till I manually powered the phone down then back on. oh well... my phone idles fine anyway. wonder what clock speed android idles at by default.
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Try upping it to 216/312 or a tad higher and you should be fine.

[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!

Best battery Saver

Idk if this goes in Q/A or not I never had a Q/A section as I came from the amaze but anyway. What battery savers do you guys find best? I Use Batter Defender but doesn't seem to really extend it. Would i be better of not using one at all?

I use 3 programs to help me maximize my battery life.
1) Badass Battery Monitor to figure out what's sucking juice, how long I've left, and how long until I'm full.
2) 2x Battery to manage background data. This probably saves me the most battery by disabling that data transfer a lot of the time.
3) Lux Auto Brightness to tweak my screen brightness. It's pretty much on "dark" now all the time aside for when I'm in really bright light.

JuiceDefender
I use the free version and it's very good!

I think the most effective battery saver is to flash a kernel that has become voltage control features and undervolt the cpu.
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klin1344 said:
I think the most effective battery saver is to flash a kernel that has become voltage control features and undervolt the cpu.
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I'm not a fan of under volting the CPU. Mainly because if my understanding of Ohms Law is correct, it's pointless. And my personal experience with it seems to corroborate my feelings.
Under volting the CPU in my experience just introduces stability and reliability issues. I've personally never seen any battery savings from it, especially since the CPU should, theoretically, just draw more current (I) to compensate for the lower voltage (E). It's watts (P = ExI) that matter, and the CPU, if I understand correctly, is going to demand the necessary P for the frequency requested. So under volting either starves the CPU (it can't get enough P), or over currents it (it draws more I to compensate for less E). There are slight variations in each CPU, obviously, which may allow for a margin of under volting to be possible without issue, but the battery savings of this, I feel, are so small, any you notice are most likely a placebo effect. Your screen, and apps constantly polling the CPU or network are your biggest source of battery drain to worry about IMHO.
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I use Power Controls widget.
Unless I'm actively using internet, I make sure to turn 4G data to 2G. That alone saves so much battery. If I want further battery saved, I disable internet completely with a touch of a widget. Now my phone will last a week just by what phones do best: Making phonecalls and texting.

I'm on 2.1 GHz overclock processor and when battery goes below 30% it goes to 1ghz I can see the battery being saved
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k1llacanon said:
I'm on 2.1 GHz overclock processor and when battery goes below 30% it goes to 1ghz I can see the battery being saved
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With an higher frequency the phone will use more power, like a pc processor when you overclock it so this is natural, but overclocking/downclocking has nothing to do with undervolting, MadJoe is right.
With JuiceDefender for example you can set your 3g/4g to shut off when you don't use the phone, it activates 3g/4g when you use your phone and at regular intervals in backgroud so it can fetch emails etc.
All automatic so you don't have to switch off and back on network connection every time.
As network connection is one of the services that consumes the battery a lot this is really effective and really improves battery life!

I've read a lot of complaints about these PowerManagement Apps using more battery life then they safe.
I don't know if this is right.
At the moment I'm running CM9 with modified auto-brightness options, auto-sync and 2G/3G/WIFI always on.
I'm really happy with the battery life I get, so I don't see why you would need a Battery Saver app with this phone.

rickyoon.vegas said:
I use Power Controls widget.
Unless I'm actively using internet, I make sure to turn 4G data to 2G. That alone saves so much battery. If I want further battery saved, I disable internet completely with a touch of a widget. Now my phone will last a week just by what phones do best: Making phonecalls and texting.
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Heh, so why did you get a smart phone. Some older nokia's that can only talk and text can last for weeks on one charge, if you want a model # I can look it up 4 u.