--- This poll is for battery drain reduction in IDLE only (when screen is off) ---
I read in one of the forums that google maps was taking up battery, even when idle.
To test out the theory, I froze it in Tibu.
Earlier I used to have battery consumption around 7-8% per 8 hours. Last night, after I froze GMaps, I saw my battery come down from 99% to 96% after ~6.5 hours standby. In short, I saw my idle drain reduce by half.
Posting this as a separate thread so people may try it out and post their experience on their ROMs so maybe rest of the folks may make use of it.
This is especially useful for guys like me who hardly use maps.
For people who opt into poll: Could u pls list what OS u r using, and if u had updated to the latest version of google maps.
diablo009 said:
I read in one of the forums that google maps was taking up battery, even when idle.
To test out the theory, I froze it in Tibu.
Earlier I used to have battery consumption around 7-8% per 8 hours. Last night, after I froze GMaps, I saw my battery come down from 99% to 96% after ~6.5 hours standby. In short, I saw my idle drain reduce by half.
Posting this as a separate thread so people may try it out and post their experience on their ROMs so maybe rest of the folks may make use of it.
This is especially useful for guys like me who hardly use maps.
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Lemme add a bit of info to this.
The GMaps isn't a problem until you update it to its latest version. Once updated, the app will prompt restart before closing = actually never closes which drains your battery.
For those who don't use the GMaps much, you can either disable every GPS connection with it or simply freeze/unistall it. Then again, this is just IF you updated it by mistake.
In the case where you updated it and actually use/need it. You might need to reflash the ROM you're on as you can't downgrade (from my experience) even if you unistall and restore with TiBu.
~Just a little clarification
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Lemme add a bit of info to this.
The GMaps isn't a problem until you update it to its latest version. Once updated, the app will prompt restart before closing = actually never closes which drains your battery.
For those who don't use the GMaps much, you can either disable every GPS connection with it or simply freeze/unistall it. Then again, this is just IF you updated it by mistake.
In the case where you updated it and actually use/need it. You might need to reflash the ROM you're on as you can't downgrade (from my experience) even if you unistall and restore with TiBu.
~Just a little clarification
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This is interesting BWolf.
I can't remember when I updated maps last time. But 1% per 2 hours standby, well, is something I never got even on 2.2 ROMs. But well, I'd be observing this for atleast a couple more days.
Also, it could be interesting to note if guys who are on older versions of maps are noticing any improvement in standby battery life.
BWolf56 said:
Lemme add a bit of info to this.
The GMaps isn't a problem until you update it to its latest version. Once updated, the app will prompt restart before closing = actually never closes which drains your battery.
For those who don't use the GMaps much, you can either disable every GPS connection with it or simply freeze/unistall it. Then again, this is just IF you updated it by mistake.
In the case where you updated it and actually use/need it. You might need to reflash the ROM you're on as you can't downgrade (from my experience) even if you unistall and restore with TiBu.
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You can uninstall updates by going to market, open google maps and there should be an uninstall updates button. Got me back to 5.2.1.
Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.
cappysw10 said:
You can uninstall updates by going to market, open google maps and there should be an uninstall updates button. Got me back to 5.2.1.
Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.
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Thanks for info. Are you able to stop it in running services after doing that?
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Thanks for info. Are you able to stop it in running services after doing that?
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Looks like it stops after that, yes.
Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.
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Looks like it stops after that, yes.
Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.
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Can't seem to find maps anymore in OS monitor.
I have updated maps and haven't had any battery issues at all. Still enjoying the vast improvement of GB. Thanks Devs!
Maps never shuts off on the newest version. I froze it with TiBu and noticed a dramatic different in the battery life. Specs are in the sig.
I want to add that I just removedmaps .and my battery is soooo much better.54% @ 11 hours
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Buh-bye maps, you will not be missed.
Hello free ram and much better battery life.
I experienced battery drain with google maps, too. I saw it running on background and killed half of my battery just after one night. So I uninstalled it this morning when my battery was 20% and it stayed for 12hrs more (mostly on idle) =)) what a miraculous battery compared to those cooked rom
cappysw10 said:
You can uninstall updates by going to market, open google maps and there should be an uninstall updates button. Got me back to 5.2.1.
Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.
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I can't find a button or option for uninstalling updates. Where is it located.
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Rhiannon224 said:
I can't find a button or option for uninstalling updates. Where is it located.
sent from my Gingerbread Cappy using Tapatalk from somewhere on AT&T's ****ty network.
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If you choose My Apps, find Google Maps, click it, you should see an update button (if available) and below that a uninstall updates button. That will bring you back to some base, I find 5.2.1 to be the most recent that will allow you to kill and stay killed.
Would force closing the Maps in the Settings menu also do the trick? Or do you have to freeze using TiBu
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Would force closing the Maps in the Settings menu also do the trick? Or do you have to freeze using TiBu
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There within lies the problem, you can't stop it. It always runs.
Tibu freeze is the only way (I believe)
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I recently uninstalled google maps completely from my phone with root uninstaller and installed the free version of Telenav that someone posted under the applications forum. It seems to work really well, and I don't have to worry with the Maps battery drain anymore at all. All I really needed maps for was the GPS anyway.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986035
Post #8 should take you to the link. The Vibrant 4g is the one I am using and it works great on my cappy with Apex 8.2 and the latest Dark Core JVQ Kernel.
I use Serendipity 7 and see no noticeable change.
I've got the latest Google Maps 5.8.0 and don't seem to have any major issue with battery life anymore. I think it was as of version 5.6 that the battery life issue came about.
I'm on stock Froyo right now with a replacement Captivate phone and can leave my phone on standby for 8-10 hours without any battery drain at all.
I have always updated maps and have never seen it show up unless I have actually used it. I am running CM7 so not sure if it does something to correct this blatant overuse I have seen MANY others talk about. I use it at least every couple days.
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anyone else having problems with the most recent update of Juice defender?
Running Kings kernel #6 and #8 (that i've tried, and its causing extreme lag)
seems like this started after last update to it if I recall.
anyone have a rolled back version of Ultimate juice?
Can you give any more info on what exactly is going wrong? Is the touchscreen just not responding quickly, or is the whole phone that's chugging along? Juice defender on my phone always takes a second or so to re-enable everything after I unlock the screen, and I had an issue for a while where that would take 10+ seconds for it to do this.
Wiping the cache and Dalvik seemed to fix the issue, but I haven't the slightest idea why. That's what worked for me, but if you've tried different kernels and wiped in between flashes and you're still having the issue, your guess is as good as mine.
i had to uninstall juice defender... it was causing everything to go so slow.. even the KB would lag that it would input the secondary fuctions like if i would long press... it kinda ruined the BFS kernel if you ask me
Both hardware unresponsive and chugging during scrolling and selection.
Terribly bad.
Its either SetCPU or Juice defender doing it.
I installed SETCPU and did my thing for 2 hours and it was fine.
installed Juice defender, problems arose.
uninstalled Juice defender, Problem persisted.
Uninstalled SETCPU problems went away.
so tried to opposite the cycle and install Juice defender first.
Phone is now problematic again.
So my guess is not only is Juice defender the problem but its causing an issue with SETCPU as well
(I am not using the CPU option in Juice defender before anyone asks)
yeah, like I said multiple roms, using Amon Ra recovery (since I don't feel clockwork wipes well) and have wiped dalvik/cache , problem still persists.
I've noticed that SetCPU has been updated recently, and maybe they just arent playing well together, But even with SetCPU uninstalled JuiceDefender is wreaking havoc, phone is completely unusable, I can barely uninstall the application after its been installed, have to reboot phone and get to it within 30 seconds before it bogs down and lags phone.
Edit: so its not just me? also running kings and last few days with JD installed its killing me, Which sucks because it really did double my battery life.
Literally didn't lose 1% battery when screen was off all night unplugged haha.
I had just installed Juice Defender 4 days ago and I gotta admit, I was kinda hesitant to do so. I have read quite a few posts regarding the slow downs and sluggishness related to juice defender. As of today, I couldn't be happier with it. My battery life has definitely improved (I'm getting at least 5+ hours more a day with JD running). And i haven't experienced and slow downs or delays with any of my evos functions. I'm running cm 6 nightly (forget which one) with snap 7.11 kernel, and setcpu.
dschoenike
I was stupid enough to actually buy this crapplication. it slows down my system every time I think "let's give it one more try". It slows it down to the point that it is completely unresponsive and doesn't do anything at all but sits there until I kill the application.
If you're experiencing this as well. just uninstall it, best thing you'll do for yourself.
something ruined the App in the most recent update thats for sure, I'll have to report and watch for further development because it truly is great when it works.
The recent update messed everything up, I actually stopped using it after the update because its not helping anything at all. Hopefully the developer gets the kinks worked out.
Jfree3000 said:
The recent update messed everything up, I actually stopped using it after the update because its not helping anything at all. Hopefully the developer gets the kinks worked out.
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did you hav the "Stable" or BETA version" the BETA is much much better than the "stable".
Ultimate Juice always caused lag for me when I used it. It is a completely useless app, in my opinion, since SetCPU + the natural battery life is fantastic.
JD
Im running Juicedefender ultimate, 1.8.8 Fresh 3, netarchy 4.1.9 and everything is awesome. batt x 2.46 and no lag
i don't know what version is in the market, but when i'm on sense roms i use 2.1.7 i will attach it for you guys. this one works well on the evo. like really well.
uninstall whatever version is in the market and try this one out
on CM6 i normally just turn data off from the power control widget, this nets awesome battery life.
brock1909 said:
did you hav the "Stable" or BETA version" the BETA is much much better than the "stable".
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I used the stable version, once I updated it ran like crap.
thedudejdog said:
i don't know what version is in the market, but when i'm on sense roms i use 2.1.7 i will attach it for you guys. this one works well on the evo. like really well.
uninstall whatever version is in the market and try this one out
on CM6 i normally just turn data off from the power control widget, this nets awesome battery life.
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Thx man, that seemed to have done the job.
does juice defender cut off 4G ?
sanjsrik said:
I was stupid enough to actually buy this crapplication. it slows down my system every time I think "let's give it one more try". It slows it down to the point that it is completely unresponsive and doesn't do anything at all but sits there until I kill the application.
If you're experiencing this as well. just uninstall it, best thing you'll do for yourself.
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Most people don't have any issues with this app. Maybe you should check to make sure it isn't something else entirely, or maybe just another app like setCPU conflicting.
thedudejdog said:
i don't know what version is in the market, but when i'm on sense roms i use 2.1.7 i will attach it for you guys. this one works well on the evo. like really well.
uninstall whatever version is in the market and try this one out
on CM6 i normally just turn data off from the power control widget, this nets awesome battery life.
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whats the difference from the apk you posted to the one in the market?
The one in the market is the latest stable (v1.8.8) - while thedudejdog attached the latest beta available that time. You could also check http:/latedroid.com/beta/latest/ (sorry, as a new user I cannot post this as working link) for the always latest beta (currently v2.2.0).
But as I'm just here: I currently have installed the latest stable (1.8.8), and have some severe problems with it. What is the best way to switch to the beta (to give JD another chance) without losing the settings - if that's possible at all?
My probs with 1.8.8:
As soon as JD is running and the screen switches off, my IRC client (AndChat) loses the connection
I cannot "configure apps" - JD won't save the changes. With a little trick I can do changes here - but settings are always saved for 1 app only, i.e. if I enable/disable app b with this trick, settings of app b are saved - but those of app a (configured previously) are lost. That means there can only be 1 app configured at a given time.
If JD disabled data completely, they sometimes can be enabled only by a phone reboot (yes, I heard this may also be Android-2.1 specific).
With those problems persisting, the app would be quite useless to me: what does it help if I gain 2..5 hours (or even a day) of battery when I'm not able to use the phone as I require? Without JD, it currently lasts for about 3 full days. Gaining more would be nice - but compared to any trouble I'd prefer staying with my 3 days
After downloading the newest version of Google maps the other day my battery took a nose dive. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? I also flashed a new ROM right around that time (CM7 base) and so I dont know where the issue might be. One thing I will point out is that Google Maps is showing as taking about 50% of my battery life even when its not being used, and even if I turn the phone off and then back on. I am pulling my hair out over this since my phone gets very hot and dies within 3 or 4 hours now...
Did you calibrate your battery after flashing CM7? It should be more accurate after 2 full cycles.
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nrvnqsrxk said:
Did you calibrate your battery after flashing CM7? It should be more accurate after 2 full cycles.
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Yes. The issue is/was that from fully charged to phone shutting down is less than four hours when I am experiencing the problem. I just tried switching to another battery and I am getting the same poor battery draw. Interestingly, I had this problem two days ago but not yesterday. The only difference is each time the battery starts to suffer I see Google maps at the top of the list. Even stranger, the day before I switched over to CM7 (the same day I downloaded the newest version of Google maps) I also got horrible battery life. So basically I have determined that the issue is either CM7 or Google Maps. I would like to try deleting Google maps 5.11.0 and installing the older version to see if that helps, any idea where I can get it and if its possible to install over a newer version?
Try going into Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>All>Maps and see if it gives you the option of uninstalling updates. If it doesn't, you can try pulling the maps apk from an older ROM and see if you can install that.
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nrvnqsrxk said:
Try going into Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>All>Maps and see if it gives you the option of uninstalling updates. If it doesn't, you can try pulling the maps apk from an older ROM and see if you can install that.
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Unfortunately I only have the option of uninstalling the whole program, not individual updates. I did just flash a version of the newest CM7 (HyperSensation), and Titanium automatically loaded up a (slightly) older version of Maps for me (5.10.1) and so far I haven't yet seen Google maps show up on the list. However, the battery drain is still pretty bad so I will see how it works out the rest of the day and then try an even older version of Maps to see if that helps. I should point out that I first noticed this issue just before flashing CM7 when I was still stock and I had just upgraded to the newest maps, so I am hopeful that a simple fix (downgrading to an older maps version) will fix the problem.
Hi,
Has anyone else had problems with the battery draining with the new 4.0.4 ? My GF Nexus S was still on 2.3.6 so I got the factory version of 4.0.4 and installed it. I obviously wiped the data/cache/etc. Also I rooted it with the latest superuser.
I'm running the latest nighly of CM9 and everything is perfect, so I thought it was time to give her the sweetness of ICS.
So with all that useless information, has anyone found a fix for the battery drain in 4.0.4?
Thank you,
WarpedMonkeys
Since I installed 4.0.4 my battery lasts up to 20 hours, no problem at all.
I'd suggest manual full wipe with fresh 4.0.3 stock rom and then manual ota update to 4.0.4.
I'm also using matr1x kernel, it's just awesome
Hope it helps
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Yeah, me too! Try another ROM. I am currently using CyberGR-MOD|NS.NGN ICS v10 HYBRID and getting superb battery life (and performance, mind you ).
Poriotis said:
Yeah, me too! Try another ROM. I am currently using CyberGR-MOD|NS.NGN ICS v10 HYBRID and getting superb battery life (and performance, mind you ).
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Stock rom is ok, but updating with ota from 2.3.6 to 4.0.4 may lead to bad battery behaviour. Someone says that battery stats wipe could lead to better battery performances, but I think fresh install could do the trick
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I used this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445621 and installed:
Android 4.0.4/IMM76D/UCKJ1 Radio/KL1 Bootloader
Official factory fastboot images, must be flashed using fastboot on an unlocked bootloader. Contains recovery, radio, and bootloader.
THESE IMAGES MUST BE FLASHED USING BOOTLOADER VERSION I9020XXKA3
I can't really be more fresh than this. I'll try messing around with her settings, but if it doesn't get better, I'll just flash her the latest CM9 nightly
Check your battery usage, if Android OS is using more than 8-9% after some regular usage, then that's the cause.
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Lazer Bear said:
Check your battery usage, if Android OS is using more than 8-9% after some regular usage, then that's the cause.
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Ehhhmmmm... My Android OS usage is always around ~20%, but my battery still lasts ~15 hours. Heavy usage. Are you telling me that it should last even longer?
Anyway, AMOLED screen or sLCD?
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Amoled
Her Android OS is normal...I really don't understand why it's that bad. I'll try doing a full battery cycle.
Updated form 2.3.6 stock to 4.0.4
OTA and battery usage is still OK. Lasts about 1-1.5 days. Permanent Wifi or 3g, internetusage and some gaming-No probs!!!
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Amoled
Her Android OS is normal...I really don't understand why it's that bad. I'll try doing a full battery cycle.
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A full battery cycle could do the trick. Don't let it die, anyway, because it can cause battery wear... Just take it to 10% and recharge it nighttime... You may also wipe battery data before, if you wish...
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Check apps like news and weather too. My news and weather app really acted up after my ics update and wouldn't stop pulling data. I had to shut off any automatic updating with that app and it fixed my issue. It might have been temporary but just check your apps.
Evo_Shift said:
Check apps like news and weather too. My news and weather app really acted up after my ics update and wouldn't stop pulling data. I had to shut off any automatic updating with that app and it fixed my issue. It might have been temporary but just check your apps.
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Alright thank you I'll check those out.
Try Badass Battery monitor . it will give you some good info on whats using your battery. Gives you a % of app usage
Look in play store
Evo_Shift said:
Check apps like news and weather too. My news and weather app really acted up after my ics update and wouldn't stop pulling data. I had to shut off any automatic updating with that app and it fixed my issue. It might have been temporary but just check your apps.
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OMG thank you, I didn't notice that. Maybe I can get even better battery performance now it was set to update every 1 hour, so it may be not much, but even 1% is good for me!
Heavy battery drain ??? i don't have any issues with it, infact i have not touched my phone for 1 day 6 hours and 25 minutes and my battery dropped from 95% to 82%. My phone was fully charged (didn't go higher then 95%). I am very impressed by the results.
I changed 2 settings:
1. Automatic screen brightness.
2. Turn screen off after 30 seconds.
MichelN said:
Heavy battery drain ??? i don't have any issues with it, infact i have not touched my phone for 1 day 6 hours and 25 minutes and my battery dropped from 95% to 82%. My phone was fully charged (didn't go higher then 95%). I am very impressed by the results.
I changed 2 settings:
1. Automatic screen brightness.
2. Turn screen off after 30 seconds.
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Wait a sec... that's not normal for me
Do you use 3G to connect to the internet? Never got more than 20 hours on 3G/HSDPA... without even using the phone!
Hello,
my Nexus S was updated automatically to version 4.0.4. I will tell you. My problem is with data. Now I can not open any WWW page in default viewer,Opera sometimes opens some pages but quite rare. I can not get any email in K9 Mail. Update of Google maps took several hours, unfinished, eaten all my battery! Sometimes I am without signal or with bad signal.
It is for sure problem with 4.0.4 because I have unlimited data. So, no FUP in this case.
I was satisfied with 2.3.6. How can I do downgrade without rooting etc. my phone ?
vaclavpe said:
Hello,
my Nexus S was updated automatically to version 4.0.4. I will tell you. My problem is with data. Now I can not open any WWW page in default viewer,Opera sometimes opens some pages but quite rare. I can not get any email in K9 Mail. Update of Google maps took several hours, unfinished, eaten all my battery! Sometimes I am without signal or with bad signal.
It is for sure problem with 4.0.4 because I have unlimited data. So, no FUP in this case.
I was satisfied with 2.3.6. How can I do downgrade without rooting etc. my phone ?
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Check your APNs. But they should have come off the simcard when you updated.
rockdudecam2 said:
Check your APNs. But they should have come off the simcard when you updated.
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This is correct, in my case...
vaclavpe said:
This is correct, in my case...
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Try find out what is hogging your battery/cpu. Download os monitor.
Or just flash a new rom to see if that helps. make a backup first
Is it just me, or do the JB ROMs, custom, official, just rooted, etc, get less battery life than the ICS counterparts?
I first had a HOX back in July/August, and used only ICS ROMs. So I have a pretty good deal of experience with it, got about 5.5-6 hours of screen on time every single time.
Now, I noticed a drop in battery life on JB when I had an S3, and just hated the drain. I thought maybe it was just ROM related, and moved onto an iPhone.
Now back onto another One X, and it seems like I still get less battery life than when I had ICS, and I use it the same way.
Has anyone else noticed it?
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I dunno, I got 6 hours onscreen last night. Just gotta tune it right. And make maps hibernate. That was eating half the battery.
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Your battery is probably depreciating and loosing its full capacity.
Probably not JUST you, but from what I've read and experienced you're in the minority. My battery is definitely better on JB.
I've had much better life on JB, at least since I updated the whole phone (not just a JB rom). I can go almost two days without a full charge.
Hmmm, I'll try a different ROM then. And a JB radio.
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I've had much better life on JB, at least since I updated the whole phone (not just a JB rom). I can go almost two days without a full charge.
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What do you mean "update your whole phone" ?
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Misterowl said:
What do you mean "update your whole phone" ?
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I think he means updated via the stock AT&T ROM, which would include the latest radio.
Misterowl said:
What do you mean "update your whole phone" ?
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I ran the 2.20 ruu then flashed the 3.18 ota. Once on that base, I've been super stable with CleanROM and Elemental kernel.
My work phone (my HOX) is running completely stock (has to, effing government policies...) and has had terrible battery life since updating to JB. It seems to mostly be due to maps sucking me dry, which I presume is from Google Now. Maps is constantly waking my device and using whatever data connection it can get, which is why i presume the Now stuff. not sure, seems to be fine when i turn off WiFi, so it seems that the wifi use on google now is problematic. I factory reset the device but seems to still be running the same. I've been losing almost 10% battery an hour when I leave my wifi on with barely any use of the phone . this was never the case when the phone was on ICS. it's clearly some sort of data connection as it relates to Maps usage as i've been seeing high CPU usage by the app and, at times, nearly 50% of my battery life going to the maps process.
Also, just noticed on BBS that the android OS and maps high battery usage may be due to alarm manager...I'm seeing many long awake times for a number of apps. hadn't noticed it as much before because i had booted the device multiple times today. any thoughts here? i know what this app is for and there's lots of info and complaints out there about this process on other phones in the past, but not much for stock JB on the HOX...
I have had TERRIBLE battery life while running Sense JB ROMs, (seriously, incredibly bad), versus ICS ROMs. Tried nearly every Sense JB ROM that's out there and countless different radios. No idea why I'm having this problem. I'm not having problems with wakelocks BTW
It's maps. I don't have Google now and maps still ate half my battery on JB. Only way to get around it is make maps hibernate I've found, but this requires rooting.
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Try Greenify. You need root, but it allows you to stop apps from running in the background. It's not a task killer, which are worse than nothing because they run constantly shutting down apps that keep restarting; rather, it uses system settings to prevent them from starting background at all. You can use it on stuff like Maps if you use another app to convert them to user apps. I've been using it a couple of weeks, and it's worked just great.
ECEXCURSION said:
It's maps. I don't have Google now and maps still ate half my battery on JB. Only way to get around it is make maps hibernate I've found, but this requires rooting.
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iElvis said:
Try Greenify. You need root, but it allows you to stop apps from running in the background. It's not a task killer, which are worse than nothing because they run constantly shutting down apps that keep restarting; rather, it uses system settings to prevent them from starting background at all. You can use it on stuff like Maps if you use another app to convert them to user apps. I've been using it a couple of weeks, and it's worked just great.
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Thanks. It definitely seems like Maps is the problem for me. BBS shows a number of maps-based apps with long wake times. I charged up to about 95% before bed last night, and am going to let it run down all the way today to see what happens. Will post some screenshots later, if anyone cares.
EDIT: Nevermind, will probably post this in the BBS thread, unless anyone here really wants it.
Hydromea said:
I have had TERRIBLE battery life while running Sense JB ROMs, (seriously, incredibly bad), versus ICS ROMs. Tried nearly every Sense JB ROM that's out there and countless different radios. No idea why I'm having this problem. I'm not having problems with wakelocks BTW
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Serially doubt you've tried viper xl
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Hydromea said:
I have had TERRIBLE battery life while running Sense JB ROMs, (seriously, incredibly bad), versus ICS ROMs. Tried nearly every Sense JB ROM that's out there and countless different radios. No idea why I'm having this problem. I'm not having problems with wakelocks BTW
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Same. 2.5 hrs of screen time vs 3.5 for ICS. Same usage.
Viper JB vs Cleanrom ICS.
Stock everything else (radio, kernal)
maybe not necessarily maps like originally thought, though it's one of the culprits. the mediascanner just happens to hit maps a lot, likely due to it's typically-large cache. check this thread, particularly post #42 and the Google response another 10 posts or so later. sounds like there is definitely an issue with the device indexing and it's the same thing that affected a number android devices. my guess is that some people just dont have a lot of media files (or wipe their phones often enough that they dont accumulate much) and dont see as much of the effect.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=37199
there's also a link at the end of that thread to another similar thread, found here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40370#58
i guess we really need to get that 4.2 source. also looks like someone built a sort of patch into CM10 on teh SGS3, but i dont know those forums well so i can't corroborate this. wow, i just ****ing said corroborate, time to go to bed.
Lol, corroborate.
Idk, I still think it's maps. I don't have very much media (2 albums) and disabling maps fixed my battery life (200% improvement, literally).
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ECEXCURSION said:
Lol, corroborate.
Idk, I still think it's maps. I don't have very much media (2 albums) and disabling maps fixed my battery life (200% improvement, literally).
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yeah, i'm back on this boat as well. maps still has a long wake time i'm seeing location scanner services running so i'm thinking it's a location-based thing. going to let my phone die today so i can get a good BBS log since i screwed that up yesterday. i'm noticing odd dips in battery life whenever the phone wakes up. it seems to stay awake for up to 10-20 mins, but with the screen off. really weird thing is that when i let it sit overnight, there's no spike (just greater than usual battery drain) but it's when the phone first wakes up that it seems to be really draining and staying awake.
Hello I am having heating issues. I'm not sure if this is normal or not and would like to know if there is anything I can do to reduce the heating issue?
I rooted my phone about 3 months ago. I installed the Liquid Smooth Rom. However I re-flashed TW because of some feature that I missed.
I have these apps on my phone: Rom Toolbox; Titanium Backup; EZ-Unlock; Root Checker Basic; Rom Management; Root Explorer; SD Booster; Trickster Mod & Supersu.
I've tried underclocking the phone by lowering the CPU max in both Trickster Mod and Rom Toolbox but both seem to revert back to the highest CPU settings.
My issue is that when I run my tethering app (pdanet/foxfi) my phone gets really hot and my battery drains like crazy.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I mean, I have those apps I listed above but really don't know how to set them up correctly to control my phone efficiently.
Thank you for any help you can offer.
prolonged tethering is going to stress the battery. Plus, pdanet and foxfi are not too reliable or efficient (my experience)
if you're on TW, I'd do a search for WifiTether_TrevE_Mod. I think it may be on google playstore as well.
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prolonged tethering is going to stress the battery. Plus, pdanet and foxfi are not too reliable or efficient (my experience)
if you're on TW, I'd do a search for WifiTether_TrevE_Mod. I think it may be on google playstore as well.
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Ok, thanks so much!
I'll look it up. I take it that it is more reliable and easier on the battery?
EDIT: I'm sorry, but I am a bit of a newb here. I did a search and came across this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988735
I'm sure this is the one that you were referring to. However I can't seem to find a download link. (Maybe I'm blind or just don't understand). I also did a search on the play store and came up empty. Can you point me in the right direction please.
Sithlyone said:
Ok, thanks so much!
I'll look it up. I take it that it is more reliable and easier on the battery?
EDIT: I'm sorry, but I am a bit of a newb here. I did a search and came across this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988735
I'm sure this is the one that you were referring to. However I can't seem to find a download link. (Maybe I'm blind or just don't understand). I also did a search on the play store and came up empty. Can you point me in the right direction please.
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Yes, wifitether by TrevE is excellent. If you follow his work...that guy is a programming genius.
I have copy, can update but wont be till after work tonight (midnight)
epagib said:
Yes, wifitether by TrevE is excellent. If you follow his work...that guy is a programming genius.
I have copy, can update but wont be till after work tonight (midnight)
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Ok, great.
Also, is there a optimization thread somewhere? I would like to know how to optimize my phone for top battery efficiency while not giving up to much on the usability side. I know about screen brightness and keeping my sync off and all of the basic things. I would like to know how to set up my system and such. I've froze many of the bloatware apps using TiBu but this hasn't resulted in the marked improvement I was hoping for. Maybe I didn't freeze the right ones.
One recommendation. Don't run 2 CPU management apps at once. Bad **** happens. Gerry rid of rom toolbox and keep trickster
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