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So, i managed to get 21 hours out of my battery and that was with quite a bit of usage and with the WiFi turned on all day.
I'll share what i'm running.
I'm no expert so i'm only posting what is working for me to help new people out.
Juice Defender
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender.beta&feature=more_from_developer
Ditch your charger - increasing battery life has never been so easy!
Always carrying your charger around? You don't need to!
JuiceDefender intelligently and transparently manages for you mobile connectivity and other battery-sensitive components, greatly improving battery life.
I have this set to aggressive.
Android Booster
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.netqin.mobileguard&feature=search_result
Android Optimizer. Make your droid faster. Save battery power. Monitor traffic
Android Booster FREE is one of the most powerful apps that can improve your Android’s performance!
You will find all the following productivity/utility solutions in this app:
Task Killer + Battery Saver + Memory Booster + Uninstaller + File Manager + Settings + Network Manager + Process Manager
These can optimize your android phone via task managers, battery manager, one-click turn on/off wifi, mobile network manager, Bluetooth manager and so on.
The Coolest thing is the Android booster Widget. It’s totally one-click optimization to manage WiFi, Bluetooth, mobile network & power display.
I placed the widget on the screen and after every use of the phone, i always click the optimize button.
APNDroid
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.code.apndroid&feature=search_result
Control your phone's internet connection. Pay less for data. Save battery life.
Prevents your phone from connecting to the internet over the mobile connection - 3G/EDGE/GPRS. Saves money for the data plan and also improves the battery life. Adds suffix to APN names and types to disable them.
I use this because i noticed that even though i connect through Wifi quite a lot, my phone is still using my data plan also. To make sure i don't use my data plan when i don't want to, i've placed the widget on the screen.
Other
Screen Brightness set to Auto
Bluetooth off unless i need it (AndroidBooster can sort this also)
Same applies to Wifi.
As i said, this is what works for me and i'm just sharing in case it helps anyone here.
Thanks
o0o Wiggy o0o
I'm not a power user.. but I'm getting ~2 days use simply by using Timeriffic with a schedule such as
11pm - turn on Airplane mode (ie. shut off all radios).. I'm in bed and dont want to hear from you
6am - remove Airplane mode
7am - enable Bluetooth while I drive to work
8am - disable Bluetooth, set ringer to vibrate
5pm - turn ringer back on, enable Bluetooth for drive home
6pm - turn Bluetooth off
rinse, wash, repeat (the 7am,8am,5pm events are only on weekdays).
There are multiple apps which support this kind of thing.
I've gone through this with every Android phone I've owned. Juice defender etc just isn't for me. In my opinion it just takes away one of the main features of having an Android phone in the first place.
With a few battery cycles, the battery life will improve. Once we have custom roms it will be even better.
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zim2dive said:
I'm not a power user.. but I'm getting ~2 days use simply by using Timeriffic with a schedule such as
11pm - turn on Airplane mode (ie. shut off all radios).. I'm in bed and dont want to hear from you
6am - remove Airplane mode
7am - enable Bluetooth while I drive to work
8am - disable Bluetooth, set ringer to vibrate
5pm - turn ringer back on, enable Bluetooth for drive home
6pm - turn Bluetooth off
rinse, wash, repeat (the 7am,8am,5pm events are only on weekdays).
There are multiple apps which support this kind of thing.
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Thanks, never heard of this app
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i found this here on xda. im gonna try it later tonight.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712990
One thing that many people forget about is how often email syncs, how often you have your weather syncing, and any other apps that sync.
Menu / settings / about phone / tell HTC / remove V on both settings and i dropped down to 38ma with wifi on in standby.
5 minutes later i got 6ma.
If this is what was taking all power from the phone i will have a super phone with the best battery
NoModE said:
Menu / settings / about phone / tell HTC / remove V on both settings and i dropped down to 38ma with wifi on in standby.
5 minutes later i got 6ma.
If this is what was taking all power from the phone i will have a super phone with the best battery
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Remove V on both options? huh? I see: Report Errors to HTC checked and two dropdowns.
See if just don't get you people. If your just using your phone for bluetooth vibrate rinse not repeat etc? Wtf why do you have a Sensation 4G? It's a powerhouse phone so if your attempting to get 48 hours of battery life(which basically means your phones screen is never on) Why waste 250 on a phone. Get a dumbphone with bluetooth and your battery can last you a week. Now if your a regular person with a smart phone you simply accept that your battery life will be shot your trade battery life for perfornance. If your emails aren't syncing, facebook, twitter, weather, google music, etc. Then a smart phone is pointless. I use my phone white a bit and i've been getting about 9 hours usage with my phone which is greatttt I play angry birds every thing syncs facebook twitter gmail aim Battleheart etc you name it and I get over 9 hours on a single charge that is great.
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If you are not killing your battery in four hours or less, you are not using your phone. Lol, in my opinion.
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See if just don't get you people. If your just using your phone for bluetooth vibrate rinse not repeat etc? Wtf why do you have a Sensation 4G? It's a powerhouse phone so if your attempting to get 48 hours of battery life(which basically means your phones screen is never on) Why waste 250 on a phone. Get a dumbphone with bluetooth and your battery can last you a week. Now if your a regular person with a smart phone you simply accept that your battery life will be shot your trade battery life for perfornance. If your emails aren't syncing, facebook, twitter, weather, google music, etc. Then a smart phone is pointless. I use my phone white a bit and i've been getting about 9 hours usage with my phone which is greatttt I play angry birds every thing syncs facebook twitter gmail aim Battleheart etc you name it and I get over 9 hours on a single charge that is great.
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Haahaa....very true!!!!
People get Obsessed with battery usage.
What is the point of having this or any superphone if your gonna cut it's balls off from day one.
If you condition the battery properly from day one, you can use it heavily and still get easily a full day....and that's more than anyone should ever ask for from a device this powerful AND beautiful
rawr4dj said:
See if just don't get you people. If your just using your phone for bluetooth vibrate rinse not repeat etc? Wtf why do you have a Sensation 4G? It's a powerhouse phone so if your attempting to get 48 hours of battery life(which basically means your phones screen is never on) Why waste 250 on a phone. Get a dumbphone with bluetooth and your battery can last you a week. Now if your a regular person with a smart phone you simply accept that your battery life will be shot your trade battery life for perfornance. If your emails aren't syncing, facebook, twitter, weather, google music, etc. Then a smart phone is pointless. I use my phone white a bit and i've been getting about 9 hours usage with my phone which is greatttt I play angry birds every thing syncs facebook twitter gmail aim Battleheart etc you name it and I get over 9 hours on a single charge that is great.
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Sorry maybe you missed the point of the thread..........
There's no such thing as a regular user as you state, everyone does things differently. The point of this thread is to contribute methods that extend maxing out our perfomance, game playing, and all productivity on our devices. If you have nothing to add besides rants and flames, I suggest you just hush, watch and learn.
Right now we can't access/disable some programs that really drain juice. So every little bit helps til we get root.
NoModE said:
Menu / settings / about phone / tell HTC / remove V on both settings and i dropped down to 38ma with wifi on in standby.
5 minutes later i got 6ma.
If this is what was taking all power from the phone i will have a super phone with the best battery
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I'm sorry, but this solution was not working.
It was down to 6ma for a while, but after some minutes it was back to draining my battery with up to 200ma in standby.
[KillaHurtz]
If your post had a like button, I would click it.
NoModE said:
I'm sorry, but this solution was not working.
It was down to 6ma for a while, but after some minutes it was back to draining my battery with up to 200ma in standby.
[KillaHurtz]
If your post had a like button, I would click it.
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What are you using to check your battery MA? I use battery monitor widget and it never shows less than 200ma and I know those numbers have to be off a bit...my battery went down 4% overnight but the widget showed 200ma the whole time! Anyone know a battery ma widget that actually works?
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jahmezis45 said:
What are you using to check your battery MA? I use battery monitor widget and it never shows less than 200ma and I know those numbers have to be off a bit...my battery went down 4% overnight but the widget showed 200ma the whole time! Anyone know a battery ma widget that actually works?
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Yes, that's the one I'm using.
But i'm not sure if it's working 100% or not.
Anyone else know?
NoModE said:
Yes, that's the one I'm using.
But i'm not sure if it's working 100% or not.
Anyone else know?
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ok i emailed the developer for battery monitor widget and he sent me an updated apk. but i think it was a simple option that he added that has seemed to fix the problem. Now im getting regular readings like 2ma and so on. i would email the developer and tell him your having the same problem as jahmezis45 and see if he can help. Hope this helps!
i have same problem with battery monitor, it is allways over 200mA
Spirit81 said:
i have same problem with battery monitor, it is allways over 200mA
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yea its reading the information from the device wrong. email the developer, email address is in his program on the android market
I dont know why I bother having a smartphone, it spends so much time in the charger, I might as well call it landline
First thing, I stopped using all battery and current monitoring apps when I realized they were a part of the problem and not part of a solution. They are simply drawing power and keeping the phone awake and are not really accurate anyways. Only actual usage time matters. Can you use it throughout the whole day with "normal" (for you!) usage patterns?
If you have something draining your battery over time, it is likely to be an app keeping the phone awake so it doesn't go into deep sleep mode.
Connect the USB cable to the phone and PC and run this command:
Code:
adb shell dumpsys alarm > AlarmDump.txt
Then have a look at the file, towards the bottom you get Stats. In here is the breakdown of what's causing the device to wake up. (h/t catnap)
The screen may be the single biggest drawer of power, so I usually suggest disabling auto-brightness and setting the brightness to a level you can work with, for me around 25% works. I also edit my build.prop and change the supplicant timer from 120 to 900 to prevent WiFi from pinging my remembered networks as often, turn off open network notification, and run the mobile network on 3G instead of 4G since it uses less power.
Some other things to do include turning off pocket mode under the sounds settings (turns off proximity detector) and disable vibrate feedback.
I have to charge my phone 2 or 3 times a day any recommendations on how to make my battery life longer that are simple and easy
Jawdude said:
I have to charge my phone 2 or 3 times a day any recommendations on how to make my battery life longer that are simple and easy
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I'm a truck driver and I'm a heavy user.
I did too before I made the changes below. These all work with the Stock Rom.
1. Installed No Lock (so that I don't have to swipe the screen to unlock, just push the power button)
2. Set screen to turn off in 30 seconds.
3. Installed Brightness Widget (allows changing the brightness from the home screen
4. Installed Screen Filter (lets me really darken my screen at night.
Try those and see how you do.
5. I then flashed the Infused Rom (I now get up to 10-14 hours)
Jawdude said:
I have to charge my phone 2 or 3 times a day any recommendations on how to make my battery life longer that are simple and easy
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Custom kernal and rom
Running refused and infusion 1.8 rom and I get 14 hours with heavy data use
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Also, Turn off GPS and Wifi when you're not using them.
Battery
After much experimenting and monitoring of battery use I find that the biggest drain is the screen display, so go to settings-->display-->brightness and lower the screen brightness as low as you comfortably can. Also when you you are not using the phone make sure the screen is off, I have trained myself to automatically hit the power button every time I put down the phone. If you listen to music through your phone make sure the settings on your music players allow the phone to play when the screen is off and turn the screen off while it plays.
GPS also drains the battery, so I keep it turned off when I don't use the Nav. When I use the Nav I know the battery will drain at a rapid pace, nothing you can do there, even if I have the phone plugged in to car power while using Nav it still drains the battery! Drains slower than unplugged navigating but still drains.
If your watching videos then your S.O.L. there's really nothing you can do that will increase battery life enough to make a difference during video playback.
I get 10-12 hours with regular use and stock rom. Worst was 8 hours best was 24.
Thanks for all the advice this has really helped my battery
Truckerglenn said:
I'm a truck driver and I'm a heavy user.
3. Installed Brightness Widget (allows changing the brightness from the home screen
There was a recent post that showed a shortcut for changing the screen brightness from the homescreen without any additional software. First, turn off auto brightness. Second, tap and hold the menu bar at the top. Third, slide left to reduce the screen brightness and right to increase screen brightness.
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menzoom said:
After much experimenting and monitoring of battery use I find that the biggest drain is the screen display, so go to settings-->display-->brightness and lower the screen brightness as low as you comfortably can. Also when you you are not using the phone make sure the screen is off, I have trained myself to automatically hit the power button every time I put down the phone. If you listen to music through your phone make sure the settings on your music players allow the phone to play when the screen is off and turn the screen off while it plays.
GPS also drains the battery, so I keep it turned off when I don't use the Nav. When I use the Nav I know the battery will drain at a rapid pace, nothing you can do there, even if I have the phone plugged in to car power while using Nav it still drains the battery! Drains slower than unplugged navigating but still drains.
If your watching videos then your S.O.L. there's really nothing you can do that will increase battery life enough to make a difference during video playback.
I get 10-12 hours with regular use and stock rom. Worst was 8 hours best was 24.
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How does it drain your battery when its plugged into the car? I have never seen that on any cell phone. That my friend is messed up if true.
reissy said:
How does it drain your battery when its plugged into the car? I have never seen that on any cell phone. That my friend is messed up if true.
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It seems that Samsung ****ed up and included phone CPU/screen/etc usage when measuring battery charge current.
This means that the 600 mA stock battery charge current limit isn't just going to the battery, it's split between battery/screen/CPU. If screen/CPU/etc go above 600 mA (Navigation at full brightness seems to be the most common way), battery starts draining.
It also means that unless there's something I'm missing (which I could be since the MAX8998 datasheet is super-ultra-secret), our phone isn't going to be able to do proper charge termination - if the screen is on/CPU is running, it will cause a falsely high battery charge current reading, which will cause charging to fail to terminate.
Juice defender
I found that juice defender helped my battery and i just use the free version it's a great app
I used Iphone 3g 3gs 4. None of them drain battery like this one. First time use Android phone and getting a bit disappointed of this phone. It's draining 2% every 5 mins and im using stock Rom.
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Install a ROM. Infused v2 nearly doubled my screen-on battery life and tripled my screen-off battery life.
sweetboy02125 said:
I used Iphone 3g 3gs 4. None of them drain battery like this one. First time use Android phone and getting a bit disappointed of this phone. It's draining 2% every 5 mins and im using stock Rom.
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That's excessive... Rogue app maybe?
ptgptg said:
Truckerglenn said:
I'm a truck driver and I'm a heavy user.
3. Installed Brightness Widget (allows changing the brightness from the home screen
There was a recent post that showed a shortcut for changing the screen brightness from the homescreen without any additional software. First, turn off auto brightness. Second, tap and hold the menu bar at the top. Third, slide left to reduce the screen brightness and right to increase screen brightness.
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Thanks I never new that
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look in about phone battery use to identify the biggest battery user, it should be the screen. anything else and there is a problem.
the cell standby may go high on froyo rom, turning on flight mode and turning it off will correct that, it's an android bug.
on gingerbread the android os or android system may hog battery occasionally. some think it is the wifi sleep policy but it pops up on me without setting the sleep policy. the fix for that is to pull the battery for a couple minutes and put it back in and restart the phone.
next manage the screen brightness
install a custom rom, there are issues with certain firmware keeping sensors active wen they shouldn't be.
turn off unneeded sync options (i find that auto fetching my email uses a lot especially with my gmail already set to sync),
use wifi when you use the internet if possible, turn it off when out and about.
monitor cpu useage of apps that are cached in the task manager
kill apps that use cpu
if needed turn the max cpu clock down to 800mhz
set "use wireless networks" for location when possible for general location (limited to city level at times)
Dani897 said:
look in about phone battery use to identify the biggest battery user, it should be the screen. anything else and there is a problem.
the cell standby may go high on froyo rom, turning on flight mode and turning it off will correct that, it's an android bug.
on gingerbread the android os or android system may hog battery occasionally. some think it is the wifi sleep policy but it pops up on me without setting the sleep policy. the fix for that is to pull the battery for a couple minutes and put it back in and restart the phone.
next manage the screen brightness
install a custom rom, there are issues with certain firmware keeping sensors active wen they shouldn't be.
turn off unneeded sync options (i find that auto fetching my email uses a lot especially with my gmail already set to sync),
use wifi when you use the internet if possible, turn it off when out and about.
monitor cpu useage of apps that are cached in the task manager
kill apps that use cpu
if needed turn the max cpu clock down to 800mhz
set "use wireless networks" for location when possible for general location (limited to city level at times)
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Actually, high cell standby is OK if the phone is screen-off often.
Cell standby is always my top user - but my phone is sitting on my desk with the screen off frequently, in a location with weak signal. Weak signal makes cell standby usage go WAY up.
Syncwifi application is awesome for extending sync settings to gain more battery
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Using titanium backup I froze drm content 2.2.1 and this significantly increased my battery life.
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JuiceDefender!!
I agree JuiceDefender works!! I had to charge in the middle of the day. Now with moderate use it will last all day Im on stock Rom.
I easily get 2 days out of my Infuse, no idea how some of you are managing to only get 8 hours. After rooting my phone and freezing the bloat i easily get twice the battery life of my prior iPhone 3GS.
Battery Drain Solution.
Travis Antonio Solutions.
Hello my Friends.
Normally my Pre Plus on Idle mode from 12.00 AM to 3.00PM consumes 10%, Really I don't know how much I consume using it for play and calls, but I charge it every 3/4 day (6+6+6 Hours=18 Hours) Of use till my Battery drains completely. I have the next installed:
Patches: 38
App Installed: 34
Linux App: 13
Web Server running over 3G.
AV Harrier II: at Power Up Over-voltage 1.005Ghz
Bright solution:
This is most of the drain of the Battery sol. you should put this less than 40%, The Pre-/+/2 /Veer has Better bright than other Devices even in 20% tested by myself.
IM Solution:
Do not use the Stock IM because is like bugged or something like that, makes the battery drain 7% than normal drain.
Email Solution:
Receiving a mail every time you get it is not so good for the battery because is always attempting to the server, the solution for this is get Mail manually or every day.
Bluetooth and GPS:
Really I don't see much use for Bluetooth since on WebOS can not do File Transfer, but WebOS 2.x made a change and now we can use Keyboards, avoid turn the Bluetooth if you're not using it, and GPS turn it off, is other core of Battery Drain, just turn it off if you're using it and when you're done, OFF.
WiFi and 3G
Really I haven't see difference between two of this because really the 3G consumes more than WiFi but only if you're using the things I said before
Airplane mode, I never tested this but some people says that Battery drain less if you use this mode when you're going to sleep.
Hope this was helpfully,
Thanks and have a good day
Hello everyone!
I was just wondering between these two apps...
Which one works better for you and if will be great if you can share your configuration!!
Also, does anyone knows is any of these two disable whatsapp and gmail notifications?
Many thanks for sharing!
Cheers!
IMHO
I can answer about Green Power Premium:
It doesn't have such option like disable notifications. He does such thing like disables data connection for amount of time you chose (for me it is 15min) and then enables data connection for amount of time you choose (for me it is 2min)
Now my Galaxy Note works 2 times longer (from 10h to 20h)
katinsh said:
I can answer about Green Power Premium:
It doesn't have such option like disable notifications. He does such thing like disables data connection for amount of time you chose (for me it is 15min) and then enables data connection for amount of time you choose (for me it is 2min)
Now my Galaxy Note works 2 times longer (from 10h to 20h)
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WOW! double time!!
thanks for sharing!
I have been trying both, and while both of them seem to deliver a noticeable reduction in power draw (actually in my case a dramatic reduction), of the two I'd have to give my vote to GreenPower (I'm using the full version). The power reduction is at least as good as Juice Defender Ultimate, and the premium version is significantly cheaper.
Both work by turning various features (mainly Wi-fi/3g/BlueTooth) on and off automatically, but as result can cause delays in things like receiving push-mail and that kind of thing. With Juice-Defender I found this to be quite noticeable, but I'd have to say that with Green-Power I haven't really noticed it slowing down messaging or anything else.......
I've used them both - and deleted them both. I'd rather manage power myself.
i am using 2x Battery for me this is the best. simple and clean.
I usually use JuiceDefender but decided to try out Green Power. I really like it but I have a hard time getting my phone to sleep properly on GP.
i use widgetsoid and just enable my connection when i want it (wifi/3g)
i could never find the proper app that did exactly what i wanted- rather just have control.
going that was and using the phone an average amount my battery goes from 100 -> 75 from the time i wake up (7am) to the time i got to bed (12-1 am)
the 2500mah battery is pretty good!
With JuiceDefender I can get my phone to sleep 95%+ of the time but with GreenPower, my cpu is only sleep 40%+. Can anyone give me tips to get my cpu to sleep more to preserve battery?
katinsh said:
I can answer about Green Power Premium:
It doesn't have such option like disable notifications. He does such thing like disables data connection for amount of time you chose (for me it is 15min) and then enables data connection for amount of time you choose (for me it is 2min)
Now my Galaxy Note works 2 times longer (from 10h to 20h)
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Just out of interest, what happens when you browse the web and GreenPower has turned off the Data Connection?
Or you're watching a youtube video and it decides its time to turn off data?
Tried both versions and found green power premium to work better for me. (Price was a good point too.)
However the next day I found that if I left my phone for a while (Around 1 1/2 to 2 hours), the display would not turn on and If I called the phone it would not ring. Only way to fix this was to press the power button for 10 seconds to reset the phone.
Uninstalled green power to see if this was the cause and hasn't happened since.
Was wondering if something similar has happened to other people?
I had to go back to JuiceDefender since I couldn't get my phone to go into deep sleep with GreenPower.
Hi, i went for Green Power. I found it simpler to configure, more focused on the job. Juice Defender has to much possible settings and complexity, this makes it a great tool but might also lead to poor efficiency.
I have never used green power before but im on juice defender. I have experienced auto turn off by the note due to a set cpu settings that govern lower clock to cpu at a certain condition. Due to the big display on note i think lower cpu clock wont do it. Because of that the device turned off itself. Upon failure to operate. Hope this solves your problem
I have tried JuiceDefender but ultimately prefer to do everything manually. Some how I always feel the auto manage apps will have everything off precisely when you need it. I use the SwitchPro widget to quickly enable/disable the various radios from my home screen and it works great.
@ Aldragor
I have/had the same problem. In the beginning I thought that my launcher would be the cause for this problem, but after I disabled my Green Power Premium it hasn't happend since now.
Juice defender ultimate, the feature of switching 2g 3g on stock ROM alone was worth the price!
After figuring out how to config GreenPower properly, I went back to it.
I used JuiceDefender and thought it was great.... when it worked. However, I used it mostly as a scheduler with about 15% battery saving which I took as the icing on the cake.
I want all connections on during the day (peak) so I can take skype calls, etc.. When I'm home, I just want to periodically check for mails, etc (so have connection enable every 15min) and when I go to bed I don't want to be disturbed by emails, messages, etc but still want phone/sms on in case there is an emergency. And most of all, I didn't want to have to manually do that every day.
Problem was that it never really stuck to the schedules. This was the ultimate version but it was a crack as they never offered the ultimate on a trial. I wanted to evaluate the ultimate and buy if it did the job. So, it might have been a bad crack which caused the problem, but I guess I'll never know as I don't want to risk wasting the money if the schedule problem persists.
I am a lover of juice, it keeps he juice in and right
I have my Tf700 rooted but locked. I have been trying to just put the tablet to sleep rather than shut off (long boot times). With the sreen off and using Auto Airplane Mode by Don, my tablet is draining by 15 percent overnight (9 hrs).:crying: I'm using Battery Stats Pro. It shows that 'Cell Standby' is using >90% battery. I'm at work right now and my tablet is at home charging so am unable to post a screenshot
jcp2 said:
I have my Tf700 rooted but locked. I have been trying to just put the tablet to sleep rather than shut off (long boot times). With the sreen off and using Auto Airplane Mode by Don, my tablet is draining by 15 percent overnight (9 hrs).:crying: I'm using Battery Stats Pro. It shows that 'Cell Standby' is using >90% battery. I'm at work right now and my tablet is at home charging so am unable to post a screenshot
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Where can I find this auto airplane mode app? Will it work on stock unrooted also? I have noticed "Maps" automatically gets turned on and used by WiFi after the jb update. Anyone know how to fix this? WiFi just stays on and drains the battery.
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winfan said:
Where can I find this auto airplane mode app? Will it work on stock unrooted also? I have noticed "Maps" automatically gets turned on and used by WiFi after the jb update. Anyone know how to fix this? WiFi just stays on and drains the battery.
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Play store: Auto Airplane Mode by Don
There's Battery Widget Reborn that will do this also. But then I'm using JuiceDefender Plus on my 3 devices. Works pretty well on my TF700, there's a "night mode"... My tab hardly loose any juice over night. Maybe try one of those...
acme99 said:
There's Battery Widget Reborn that will do this also. But then I'm using JuiceDefender Plus on my 3 devices. Works pretty well on my TF700, there's a "night mode"... My tab hardly loose any juice over night. Maybe try one of those...
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I have Juice defender Ultimate installed. The problem is that I want the tablet to deep sleep every time I put it in standby. I am still losing 90% of battery to 'cell standby" even with juice defender.
Anyone have an idea about the maps issue?
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"90%" Does not mean it drains 90% of your battery.
It means 90% of the current battery drainage belongs to that process. So 90% of the 15% battery drain comes from Cell Standby, the remaining 10% are other processes (usually Screen.). So something else is draining your processes.
Cell Standby is the same as Idle Processes on Windows: Nothing.
It should use about 1-3% per night even without 3rd party airplane mode. So, based on not using that, which of these do you have enabled:
WiFi (Especially the "Keep during sleep" setting. Even with WiFi toggled off, this keeps running undetected. Same goes for USB Ethernet.))"
GPS
Power saving, Balanced or Performance mode?
Power Saving in settings
Auto brightness
Location services (settings --> location services), any of the settings in this menu.
Ever used a USB Ethernet adapter?
Using any overlay apps? (handwriting, graphic effects, alarm etc?)
Does the tablet's location get very cold overnight? Lithium-Ion batteries hate the cold, drains them 10 times as fast.
ShadowLea said:
Cell Standby is the same as Idle Processes on Windows: Nothing.
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Idle is called "Tablet idle" on my TF700. "Cell Standby" sounds like the connection to a mobile network, which should not even run on a wifi-only device.
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Idle is called "Tablet idle" on my TF700. "Cell Standby" sounds like the connection to a mobile network, which should not even run on a wifi-only device.
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This was my first idea as well -- your 700 doesn't even have a cell connection, so this is a strange entry. Try using BetterBatteryStats or something alike, because the standard Android report of battery consumption is notoriously vague, and most of the times downright incorrect.
This harkens back to my SGS2 tweaking days in which loads of users were clamoring for tweaks to get the Android System consumption down from 99% -- "it is killing my battery" -- even when they had less than 2% overall consumption overnight. LOLOLOL!
These are high-powered devices, people -- if you'd want two weeks of standby time, you should have hunted down an old Nokia Communicator.
I still find a 15% drop in 9h of stand by time a bit high. Mine is a lot less than that...
ShadowLea said:
"90%" Does not mean it drains 90% of your battery.
It means 90% of the current battery drainage belongs to that process. So 90% of the 15% battery drain comes from Cell Standby, the remaining 10% are other processes (usually Screen.). So something else is draining your processes.
Cell Standby is the same as Idle Processes on Windows: Nothing.
It should use about 1-3% per night even without 3rd party airplane mode. So, based on not using that, which of these do you have enabled:
WiFi (Especially the "Keep during sleep" setting. Even with WiFi toggled off, this keeps running undetected. Same goes for USB Ethernet.))"
GPS
Power saving, Balanced or Performance mode? - Power Saving
Power Saving in settings
Auto brightness - off brightness at <30%
Location services (settings --> location services), any of the settings in this menu. -all off
Ever used a USB Ethernet adapter?- yes
Using any overlay apps? (handwriting, graphic effects, alarm etc?)- no
Does the tablet's location get very cold overnight? Lithium-Ion batteries hate the cold, drains them 10 times as fast.- not below 68F
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I answered your questions in bold type face. thanks for your help
jcp2 said:
I answered your questions in bold type face. thanks for your help
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Hm. Regarding the USB Ethernet adapter: Did you ever set the option "Keep during sleep"?
Reason I ask is because the moment I turned this on, it started draining my tablet+dock in a day, even without the adapter. Turned keep during sleep off and it went back to 1% a day. Never showed up in any battery monitor.
jcp2, do you have the TF700KL model version??
I will plug the usb ethernet adapter back in when I get home and see if the option "keep during sleep" is checked.(I only used the usb adapter twice.) I have the TF700T model.
Update.... I docked the tablet and plugged in the usb ethernet adapter. "keep ethernet awake during sleep" was checked. I unchecked it. I will let it sleep overnight and check the battery usage in the morning.
jcp2 said:
I will plug the usb ethernet adapter back in when I get home and see if the option "keep during sleep" is checked.(I only used the usb adapter twice.) I have the TF700T model.
Update.... I docked the tablet and plugged in the usb ethernet adapter. "keep ethernet awake during sleep" was checked. I unchecked it. I will let it sleep overnight and check the battery usage in the morning.
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Fingers crossed, then.
Great news everyone! After following ShadowLea's advice about the unticking the USB Ethernet option for "Keep during sleep" (Which is only visible if you have the USB Ethernet adapter plugged in BTW) I am very happy to report that my tablet lost only 2-3% over a 9 hour period overnight. :victory: Thank you very much everyone, especially ShadowLea for the heads up! :highfive: :good:
Glad it's solved
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Same problem here, except even more extreme. My battery dropped from ~90% Tab + ~30% Dock to 24% Tab and a dead dock overnight. The culprit for me also appears to be cell standby at 90% of usage.
I do not have the KL model and so there is no cell radio, and have never used a USB to Ethernet adapter (didn't know that I could, I might try it out now that I know).
Keep WiFi on set to never
GPS Off
Power Mode in Balanced
Power Saver enabled after 30%
Location & Google Search the only location service enabled
No overlay apps.
Kept inside at a reasonable temperature.
I'll try turning off the Location & Google Search, but anyone have other ideas?
EDIT: See screenshot http://db.tt/ph1d0FVT
I keep Airplane mode checked
GPS off
location settings all unchecked
under ASUS customized settings: check "mobile dock battery saving mode" and also check " disconnect network during sleep" , Uncheck "enable smart backlightlighter adjustment"
These settings cured my battery drain problem. Good Luck!
There is a known bug with Location Services that causes battery drain, as it keeps checking for a signal, even with WiFi and the app off. Turn it off