Just went back to Bamf 1.6.3 after the gb issue came to light. My battery life is horrendous. Yes I did calibrate battery. Mobile data was shut off for a good 70% of the time these screenshots were taken.
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Check my posts on this thread, I've been trying to figure this out as I run the same ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096204&page=2
Update: 4 hrs. 33 min. The down to 13%
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I got 24 hours and 46% left on my battery on 1.6.3 with CF 2.0 kernel. I havnt used my phone much though. Little web surfing, couple downloads, some phone calls and texts.
You guys overclocking?
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Nope 1000mhz at 1000mV
I had to go back to 1.6.1 from 1.6.3 because of that reason. On 161 Im fine. Actually have amazing batt life on 161 an 2.5.1 lean kernel
My was horrible as well until I switched to imoseyon (normal) kernel. Not sure why the kernel that comes with the Rom worked so poorly. It on conservative governor, no overlooking and still drained battery much more than stock.
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Maybe I will flash a different kernel. Any suggestions.
Not overclocked. 1024mhz running smartass gov also.
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I dunno folks, 1.6.3, cf 2.0 adryn kernel. 1024mhz at 1000mV, stock is 1100mV.
Ondemand and screen off 368/245 and those volts are 800/875... no other tweaks..
You guys with bad life in a 4G area? try switching to 3G. Even though data is off it makes a difference.
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You guys with bad life in a 4G area? try switching to 3G. Even though data is off it makes a difference.
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I'm in 100% 4G and switching to 3G kind of negates the whole purpose of having the TBolt in the first place.
That being said with the Imoseyon SE Kernal and the adjustments I've made my battery is much, much better.
Bear in mind, I don't expect to get 4 days of battery life like the old school flip phones. It's a smart phone and one of the trade offs is having to charge frequently.
I updated to Ziggy 471's 4/10/11 kernel w/ voltage tables and my battery life substantially improved.
7 hours up time and I've gone from 52% ish to 46%. Much improved.
Note: This is on the extened 2750mah battery.
BurnOne77 said:
I dunno folks, 1.6.3, cf 2.0 adryn kernel. 1024mhz at 1000mV, stock is 1100mV.
Ondemand and screen off 368/245 and those volts are 800/875... no other tweaks..
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Where's the setting to undervolt to 1000mV? I don't see it in my BAMF 1.6.3.
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I updated to Ziggy 471's 4/10/11 kernel w/ voltage tables and my battery life substantially improved.
7 hours up time and I've gone from 52% ish to 46%. Much improved.
Note: This is on the extened 2750mah battery.
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To follow up... it's been 23 hours and I've gone from 52% to 37%. Sweet.
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Where's the setting to undervolt to 1000mV? I don't see it in my BAMF 1.6.3.
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The instructions are in adrynalynes kernel thread, you can do it via ADB or root explorer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024338
There's only so much you, as a user, can do before kicking and screaming about bugs, battery life and whatnot.
1) did you do a full wipe when flashing a new ROM?
2) are you using the right kernel for the ROM? Try switching around if u feel cheated.
3) did you check various setting and program to see if they are eating your battery away? E.g. screen brightness, rogue apps.
If you had done all those and still get bad battery life, maybe its time for someone else to look at your phone.
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Flashed imoseyons 2.5. 1 kernel. Battery life much improved.
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One thing that was nuking my battery life when I was running that version (now running Bamf 1.7 until the gingerbread thing gets figured out) was the HTC Sense Sync account.
For whatever reason this absolutely destroyed my battery life. Now I did setup the phone locator etc... to where you can remote access your phone via their website, but I'd say just idle I'd lose 30% of my charge in an hour.
On an average work day, just checking my email accounts (I have 4 that sync using the exchange connector), facebook, twitter and weather also background syncing and with say one or two 10-20min calls during my work day, and checking my calendar for my agenda I'd say in that 9 hour work day I only burn about 35-40% of my battery life.
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There's only so much you, as a user, can do before kicking and screaming about bugs, battery life and whatnot.
1) did you do a full wipe when flashing a new ROM?
2) are you using the right kernel for the ROM? Try switching around if u feel cheated.
3) did you check various setting and program to see if they are eating your battery away? E.g. screen brightness, rogue apps.
If you had done all those and still get bad battery life, maybe its time for someone else to look at your phone.
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I am in the same boat as OP: just horrible horrible battery life on my TB. My setup is:
- DAS BAMF 1.6.3
- Imoseyon LeanKernel 2.5.1
- CPU mod using the LeanKernel script with InteractiveX governor
- Cache and Dalvik wipe for EACH ROM and Kernel install
I have checked any background processing / data / GPS and disabled or reduced such usage for NORMAL SMARTPHONE USAGE, as follow:
- Weather checking every 6 hours
- 3 GMail check every 15 minutes during peak time, every 1 hour during off-peak
- Exchange sync (Calendar, Email, Task, Notes)
- Light browsing and checking news (can't do much during work)
- Total phone calls of less than 30 minutes (I use office phone mostly)
- Brightness at 25% (Indoor) and AUTO (outdoor), but mostly I am indoor.
- NO GAMES - NO VIDEOS WATCHING (again, can't do that at work)
There are some background app that I simply cannot disable, like TapaTalk or TripIt, because I need it. Unless anyone can tell me TapaTalk is causing SIGNIFICANT battery drain.... I do have System Panel and Battery Monitor Widget and it seems that the ones that use the most CPU is "Android System"...
Additionally, I REPLACED the battery with Verizon store TWICE.
Given the above, I am only getting 5.5 hours of battery life. So what do you think causing it?
PS: Before the TB, I had an iPhone 3GS and then iPhone 4 (jailbroken, running bunch of background apps) and with the same usage, I got far better battery life.
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Is this normal battery usage? It seems a little low. How's yours compared to mine? I'm on Eaglesblood 2.3.5 with Faux's kernel. I cleared battery stats at 100% after I installed the ROM. Also any tips to decrease battery usage would be helpful. Besides the ordinary turn down the brightness crap haha. Im using autokiller memory optimizer, could that affect it much?
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Im at 30% right now.
Is probably the nightly that this 2.3.5 is based on, i believe is one of the 90. The 100+ got some pretty good battery life.
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Is this normal battery usage? It seems a little low. How's yours compared to mine? I'm on Eaglesblood 2.3.5 with Faux's kernel. I cleared battery stats at 100% after I installed the ROM. Also any tips to decrease battery usage would be helpful. Besides the ordinary turn down the brightness crap haha. Im using autokiller memory optimizer, could that affect it much?
Im at 30% right now.
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moshe22 said:
Is probably the nightly that this 2.3.5 is based on, i believe is one of the 90. The 100+ got some pretty good battery life.
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Alright thanks. I guess im just gonna go straight CM nightly then.
moshe I made your thanks bar really attractive (;
Mister Hat said:
Is this normal battery usage? It seems a little low. How's yours compared to mine? I'm on Eaglesblood 2.3.5 with Faux's kernel. I cleared battery stats at 100% after I installed the ROM. Also any tips to decrease battery usage would be helpful. Besides the ordinary turn down the brightness crap haha. Im using autokiller memory optimizer, could that affect it much?
Im at 30% right now.
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Everything I've ever read about Android says that those memory optimizer/task killers actually make your battery drain more quickly rather than making it last longer.
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It looks like you're using the phone for long periods of time every time the phone is on. Watching tv episodes or navigating w/ the GPS maybe (with high brightness)? If so, your battery life is probably just fine.
It's easier to gauge battery life when nothing is going on, eg screen off. That way you could use Betterbatterystats to monitor wakelocks to see which things are keeping your phone awake when the screen is off.
I know one big battery gobbler is latitude.
Well mem optimizer is different. Except its hard to set up for yourself correctly, so not worth the minimal gaain BC chances are you're doing it wrong. No offense. I tried it for a few days and couldn't get it right
And ya, I'd say that's pretty bad. Check mine out, ESP the screen on time and percentage
Wont let me upload.. whatever. Ive hhad 10hrs of data on and 5 of wifi, 2.5 of screen ON and I'm sitting around 66%, So multiply that by three for a complete drain.
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I went back to CM7 after nightly 104 came out, and ever since then, I've been getting 15+ hours, and I was using my phone way more then you. I use SetCPU with profiles, and I wiped Battery Stats.
I'm running nightly 104 with Miui and battery life is just amazing
I'm at 13hrs and still have 20% to go
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I went back to CM7 after nightly 104 came out, and ever since then, I've been getting 15+ hours, and I was using my phone way more then you. I use SetCPU with profiles, and I wiped Battery Stats.
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Thanks everyone! I just decided to go with the latest nightly. I set up memory optimizer up right i think it was worked fairly well actually (usually i had more than 200mb of free RAM) I also hit the auto task killer widget alot cause im like ocd about things running. Will hitting that alot drain battery? Also Im thinking about starting a thread where you charge up your phone for exactly 30 minutes while the screen is off and take a screenshot. It might be interesting to check out charge up times on different ROMs/kernels but I'm not sure if they would differ or not? You guys think I should do it?
Every time you kill tasks they re just starting up again
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Every time you kill tasks they re just starting up again
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Correct. Task killers waste more battery because your phone ends up running more CPU cycles to restart the tasks you killed that didn't need to be.
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If i kill all the tasks and wait a second and go back into advanced task killer and uncheck all the ones that started back up again would that be more productive?
My best experience in saving battery has been done by:
1. Turn the lights off when you're not using them!
(GSP, WiFi, & Data control via power control widget)
2. Underclock CPU when phone is on standby or below 30-50%
(Using faux123 & SetCPU profiles)
3. Turn off any sync that isn't needed. Avoid Push. If you ever do need syncs (for mail or social media) tell it to update at selected intervals, I usually have mine between 1-4 hours.
As for killing apps, I usually use the "long-press to kill app" option in CM7 ROMS to close out of apps when I'm done using them. Otherwise a quick visit to the "running processes" to make sure nothing to battery/data intensive is running will usually do the trick.
But you shouldn't want to kill every running task, most don't take up a noticeable amount of battery life. Just be mindful of FB, Games, Cameras, or data intensive apps.
On a normal day I will use WiFi to download a few apps or files, use GPS for directions, and Data network for MMS or other and still get through a full day with 60-70% battery life on my G2x.
Amazing battery life with stock nightly 201!!
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Amazing battery life with stock nightly 201!!
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What was your screen display time?
Not to sure didn't check but phone was used moderately. Texting, some voice calls, internet browsing, etc etc, WiFi was on the entire time too set to never sleep.
pettigrew95 said:
Not to sure didn't check but phone was used moderately. Texting, some voice calls, internet browsing, etc etc, WiFi was on the entire time too set to never sleep.
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Nice battery life! Is it consistent? (Even though the nightly hasn't been out to long) Have you any bugs?
They ever fix the low microphone bug? I'm on 190 and it runs like a champ. Really have no need to update unless something dramatic happens.
The mic bug isn't cool. I'd upgrade if everything worked and included long battery.
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
The battery life has been pretty consistent since nightly 199. I had the mic issue but I don't know if I still have it my girlfriend (who I talk to on a daily basis) hasn't said I sounded low lately so either she's used to it or it stopped...I'm going with the latter lol.
Well I just took the plunge and flashed 201. We'll see how battery lasts after a few days. I flashed it right over 190 so I hope I don't have any crazy SoD's that was reported in Rom Manager.
Luckily tomorrow is Sunday.
player911 said:
Well I just took the plunge and flashed 201. We'll see how battery lasts after a few days. I flashed it right over 190 so I hope I don't have any crazy SoD's that was reported in Rom Manager.
Luckily tomorrow is Sunday.
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Cm7 stock kernel is what causes the S.o.d., so u need to flash either dragon or fauxs kernel and the problem is gone
Simer03 said:
Cm7 stock kernel is what causes the S.o.d., so u need to flash either dragon or fauxs kernel and the problem is gone
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that is definetly not true. its the complete opposite for me. stock is fine. any other kernel gives me SODs
every phone is different I've only had reboots in the past and on both stock or custom kernel... any way is there more people out there getting this great of battery life?
I get sods very seldom on cm7 stock and faux kernel...never tried dragon...
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With morfic T15 15112011 (1.54GHz Fun Edition) kernel , 1.2ghz OC , still last 13hrs heavy use , and 16 to 18hrs minimal use.
Edit : No issues whatsoever .
No problems thus far after 24 hours.
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
For those of you who are using a KANG build based of changes made post-nightly 201, I'm getting even better battery life then from nightly builds 199-201.
I need to do more testing, but I predicting over 24 hrs of battery life with moderate usage (My "moderate" usage = 1/4 time on Wi-Fi, 1/4 time on data, 1/2 time with neither [no internet, like in class or important meeting], 20-40 minutes talk time, <20 min. gaming, texting throughout the day)
jamadio said:
For those of you who are using a KANG build based of changes made post-nightly 201, I'm getting even better battery life then from nightly builds 199-201.
I need to do more testing, but I predicting over 24 hrs of battery life with moderate usage (My "moderate" usage = 1/4 time on Wi-Fi, 1/4 time on data, 1/2 time with neither [no internet, like in class or important meeting], 20-40 minutes talk time, <20 min. gaming, texting throughout the day)
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That seems less then moderate to me any time you have data off I call less then moderate lol... but either way you sound like you are getting more then 12 so I'd be good with that.
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mt3g said:
That seems less then moderate to me any time you have data off I call less then moderate lol... but either way you sound like you are getting more then 12 so I'd be good with that.
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This is true. I'm anything but a power user, ha ha.
I guess my ultimate take away is that on these newer builds, without a doubt my battery is draining slower throughout the day.
I'm on 201 and at 18% after 8.5 hours with Wifi on.
Just on my phone surfing XDA all day.
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
This is really weird, I'm getting only 12 hours MAX on CM7 with Fauxs Kernel. I'm using SetCPU profiles with screen off too Minimum too. I thought it was the battery, so I brought another one.. same problem...
Edit: I hardly uses my phone, my battery drains about 9% just sitting there... idle.. Do you think its the hardware?
kiddiosky said:
This is really weird, I'm getting only 12 hours MAX on CM7 with Fauxs Kernel. I'm using SetCPU profiles with screen off too Minimum too. I thought it was the battery, so I brought another one.. same problem...
Edit: I hardly uses my phone, my battery drains about 9% just sitting there... idle.. Do you think its the hardware?
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Hard to say, IMO it's doubtful that it's a hardware issue. The reality is there are too many factors. Is your battery calibrated correctly? Are a lot of apps running in the backgrounds eating up CPU cycles and using data constantly? Are you OC? Are you running an older version of CM7 that is not working well with faux123's kernel? You have to factor these all in and diagnose.
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Hard to say, IMO it's doubtful that it's a hardware issue. The reality is there are too many factors. Is your battery calibrated correctly? Are a lot of apps running in the backgrounds eating up CPU cycles and using data constantly? Are you OC? Are you running an older version of CM7 that is not working well with faux123's kernel? You have to factor these all in and diagnose.
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Running the Kang Nightly 7.2.0 11262011 with Faux 0.4.5 SV - OC to 1.1ghz
SetCPU Profile Screen off - 389 MIN 389 MAX
Installed Rom - Wipe Battery Stats in CW - Charged phone to 100% then installed the Battery Calibration and Calibrated it 3 days ago..
I'm not using any Task Killer, cause Faux stated that it does more harm then good...
For Data, its always on..
Just downloaded Juice Defender.. see if thats going to help...
I've tried just about every ICS ROM out there and every time I notice that Android OS tops the battery use graph. It's reporting more than screen use!
Is there a reason for this, and does anyone know a solution?
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*points at Google* its a known bug, hence they stopped roll out of ics.
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Good to know, hopefully our awesome devs will be able to put it to bed.
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concur!
well i'm using onecosmic's ics rom and it's fantastic, but i found it weird that my Android OS process was almost doubling my display usage.
I´m using AOSP+ Rom with Speedy-3 Kernel. It´s the same that Android OS alwaly stands on top of the "usage-List" but battery life is normally about 1,5 - 2 days with normal use.
Yeah, I've started to realise it's a problem with the graph, not the actual usage. Battery lasts just as long as on ginger bread.
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bedalus said:
Yeah, I've started to realise it's a problem with the graph, not the actual usage. Battery lasts just as long as on ginger bread.
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Oh really? I'm getting slightly less battery now than I ever have on any ohter custom ROM, and I don't think it's because ICS is less efficient.
I don't think my phone is sleeping properly, as I'm losing about 3% an hour with my phone off, nothing going on except for the usual google syncs, which i've always had on on any rom.
Total I'm getting about 12-13 hours, and it's not my display topping off usage, but android OS. My keep awake times seem pretty ridiculous given that they're always greater than the culmunative time spent out of deepsleep (according to cpu spy)
which kernel are you guys using?
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Yeah, I've started to realise it's a problem with the graph, not the actual usage. Battery lasts just as long as on ginger bread.
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I doubt it, the battery life is a good 5-7 hours less than GB with the same usage. the android OS is definitely preventing it from sleeping properly. GB would barely loose 5-7% during an idle of about 7-8 hours, now i loose close to 20%+
I've been using oICS v43 and Steve's Awesome Sauce kernel (aosp linked it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...64221&page=503). I was able to get 17hrs of battery with medium-heavy use (Netflix, Droid TV Prime Time, Browsing, File Downloading, Texting, Couple Calls, and Wifi Always On). If I let it run without using it, I'm looking at 60+ hrs of battery life.
I'm trying Matrix v14 right now. Will let you know results.
Tested it with cpu spy, cleared all timers and left my phone 10 hours over night. On settings the os was on top but cpu spy said my phone was in deep idle 9.5h of 10. I got updates for weather every hour and a bad wireless signal so that COULD take 30 min of awake considering it also have to get my location.
Im soooo trusting cpu spy over the standard battery history so I also belive it could be a log problem instead of a real awake bug.
I got aosp+2.2 and speedy3
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andrei.voinea93 said:
Tested it with cpu spy, cleared all timers and left my phone 10 hours over night. On settings the os was on top but cpu spy said my phone was in deep idle 9.5h of 10. I got updates for weather every hour and a bad wireless signal so that COULD take 30 min of awake considering it also have to get my location.
Im soooo trusting cpu spy over the standard battery history so I also belive it could be a log problem instead of a real awake bug.
I got aosp+2.2 and speedy3
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I do agree with you. Similar behaviour with my NS. That Android OS consumption even higher than my Screen, yet I still manage to clocked 24-30h with my moderate usage.
* I use full ROM instead of Update one.
I'm not sure if people are not using their phones, but I'm already at half battery life and I just unplugged less than 5 hours ago. I'm on eugene's kernel and tried Matrix's as well, both haven't help along with the oICSv43. I've been closing out my programs after I opened them too. I just bought the phone/battery off ebay, the battery is a samsung and it was in a sealed plastic bag, so it should be brand new, but I could be wrong.
I'm almost ready to go back to stock.
You dont have to be a genious to seal a plastic bag. If the seller was ebay trusted then it should be good and you should look somewhere else. For me for ex, low brightness using loggraph improves battery more than any kernel.
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I'll try that as well. Should I try a different rom before I go back to stock?
Peter alfonso or aosp+ with deepidle kernel. Thats the advice you hear everywhere
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Peter alfonso or aosp+ with deepidle kernel. Thats the advice you hear everywhere
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I never heard of these roms, I'm on Sprint.
With My Xoom, when I had honeycomb installed with Airplane Mode enabled I could easily leave the Xoom on my counter for a couple of weeks and I would still have a 20-30% of battery power.
Since I installed the EOS Nightly ICS build the tablet eats up 30% of battery power after only 4 hours even on Airplane mode.
Something is definitely amiss here.
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I doubt it, the battery life is a good 5-7 hours less than GB with the same usage. the android OS is definitely preventing it from sleeping properly. GB would barely loose 5-7% during an idle of about 7-8 hours, now i loose close to 20%+
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Sorry, got to disagree with you there. With wifi never asleep, overnight my phone drained 5% in 10 hours. This is about double what i got with gingerbread. I never use deep idle, which is more for people who use their phones with the screen off, e.g. listening to music, downloading torrents.
See here for kernel benchmarks:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441905
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I've also posted this elsewhere, but AOKP m2, Steve Garon's latest kernel, extremely high android os:
24hrs, 4hrs screen on.
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If you don't have screen auto-rotation turned off already then give it a try.
It helps for me.
I'm looking to get a thunderbolt today and was wondering how has every ones battery life been. I'm making the switch from a ip4. So I hope doing the right thing. iOS is just getting so stale I want something new. So has is your battery life once u rooted and on the stock battery.
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I'm looking to get a thunderbolt today and was wondering how has every ones battery life been. I'm making the switch from a ip4. So I hope doing the right thing. iOS is just getting so stale I want something new. So has is your battery life once u rooted and on the stock battery.
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Battery probably around same or slightly worse, but its 4g and 32 gig, its easily rooted, alot of different roms n looks, its really great, and ive only had 8 days. I am a advanced flasher also, done roms atleast 1000 times.
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Thanks. If I can root n get at least 8 hours min. I'm fine. I'm just getting tired of the whole apple experience.
Thats easy, on most 2.1/3.0, aosp, overclocking not necessary, i can get 10-12 hours, n i dont care, i got 3 chargers. Its a good phone imo. U can run 3.5 with beats easy on this phone, but 2.1 with sound enhancer is just s good.
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I can get around 7hrs on stock and about 16hrs on extended. Running ICS ROM
Luke
It depends on how u use it.
This is what I have left after few calls, browser, exchange+gmail+Facebook sync & 1 hr of Pandora
Only MIUI ROM so far I could achieve this. The other rom Ive tried is shiftao5p
Lastly if u are in 1-2 bars area, your battery will run out fast
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I'm new to the Tbolt as well. Installed the extended battery first thing. As such, device easily lasts all day with heavy use. 40%+/- remains @ end of the day on cm7.
IDK about the battery life on other ROM, but that's what I get.
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I bought the rezound battery and noticed a pretty big difference. Also, I finally gave up sense roms and went with liquid smooth 3.2. Battery has been phenomenal. I can get through an entire day, even on 4G and moderate to heavy usage (screen on 4 hours) and not worry about battery until I'm in my bed messing around before I'm about to plug in and fall asleep.
Edit: here is me on wifi all day using up the battery with almost 4 hrs screen on time. On pure 3g 4G I'd be closer to 20-30 percent.
My GF has the extended battery and can go two days without charging (light use)
Loving the phone by by iPhone but anyway. Just rooted and messing around with these roms. Just don't know which one to stick with their are so many.
I'm on the stock rom and with light usage can easily get a full day out of a charge (I'm using the rezound battery now, but was similar with the stock battery). With very light usage, i can even make it overnight and through at least most of the next day on a full charge. Gaming, navigation, or a lot of downloading can run down the battery quickly. My so has an iphone4s and doesn't seem to get a ton better battery life.
Rezound 1620 battery standard battery door. Can't beat these numbers....
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Grnlantern79 said:
Rezound 1620 battery standard battery door. Can't beat these numbers....
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Out of that whole time how many hours were u using it.
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Out of that whole time how many hours were u using it.
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Almost 5 hours of display on time. Mix in about 6 hours of sleeping but lots of Texting, rootz, xda, and Twitter. Imo kernel undervolted not overclocked, and 12 hours were in a bad signal area at my work in hospital I am talking -102 so battery could be better.
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I get around 8-10 hours on fairly regular use and towards 12 when I use it lightly. The biggest difference maker for me was not JuiceDefender or any battery saver program like that. It was using SetCPU once I rooted my phone and setting a profile up so when my screen is off, the processor drops to the ~200 MHz range. Definitely a must-have program for anyone who is rooted.
i keep everything running at max and carry a second battery pack with me... ill just swap them and am back to 100%... 2 full loads bring me through the day usually.
I suggest you to check this post and these batteries. This will solve any power issues you might have with your Tbolt
The rezound batteries work in the bolt also.
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root + SetCPU
Pretzel pretty much hit the nail on the head. Once I rooted the phone I froze all of the stock bloatware, then installed SetCPU. Like Pretzel said, make it so when phone is asleep it only runs @ ~200mhz. Also do small things like turn screen brightness down and make backlight timeout 15 seconds.
Also, I cannot stress this enough
Your battery life will drastically change depending on what apps you have installed. When I download a new app I try to limit it to one at a time and watch my phone for the next few hours and see if my battery is running out quicker than usual. This has happened so many times to me where I install something with a 80% battery and then like 4 hours later its dead.
So with just the stock Rom, rooted, bloatware frozen, SetCPU, and about 60 battery friendly apps, I can get usually around 20 hours with light to moderate use.
The biggest difference on battery drain is if you have LTE enabled. Just download LTE OnOff and only turn it on when needed.
I just want to know how your battery life would last for you because I would have to charge my phone 3 times a day.
Please post your opinion
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you are probably a heavy user. I charge my phone (on average) every 2 days.
Not sure what ROM or kernel you're running, but I'm running the latest "Team Acid" version of AOKP with latest kernel it comes with and I have no problems with my battery. Of course I that's just with normal use (texting, calling, viewing xda via app, gtalk and some web browsing). My battery usually still has any where between 30% and 50% by night time when i place on my dock for the night to charge. Time of use is from 5 am to about 9 pm.
The way I use my phone, I was lucky to get through from 6 A.M. to 6 P.M. without having to charge with GB and the AntonX kernel. My life was comparable using the stock TeamAcid AOKP ICS ROM and kernel. Undervolting an additional 75 mV, allowing overclocking to 1200 MHz, and using the smartassv2 governor I seem to be able to get through the day, but definitely need to plug in in the evening if I didn't charge during the day.
The biggest run-time improvement for me was a new battery. Even the 1500 mAh Samsung battery I got as a spare was significantly better than my 18-month-old 1650 mAh Samsung that came with my phone.
Better Battery Stats is an indispensable app for gathering information in understanding why your battery life may not be as good as it could be. Looking at the ICS monitor of data usage (or My Data Manager, which will run on GB as well) can provide good insights as well. By watching the output of those, removing/freezing some apps that I don't need that wakelock the phone, setting "quiet hours," turning off WiFI at night, and not dropping to "2G/GSM" for background data transfer, I am typically around 90% charge after ~8 hours of "really idle" overnight. It is a couple percent lower if it is a night that Titanium Backup runs a scheduled backup.
I would get around 15 hours of fairly heavy use. I was running barebones with antonx oc/uv kernel I was undervolted and using the 2300 mah battery
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My battery life is unrealistic. This is most the reason I post roms and share them with you. I cannot gauge how well a rom will behave until more "use cases" exercise the phone's abilities.
For one, I don't have t-mobile anymore, so the RIL doesn't behave the way it does on your phone (when you are on t-mobile), because I only get edge. I don't use this phone as my daily driver, so I don't pack the phone up with a bunch of applications or multimedia (videos, mp3s, etc...).
With that my phone gets really great battery life.
Right now my 'herring r7' rom (to be released soon) has me at 3h 16m on battery @ 97%. I'm sure the time will continue to go up and battery usage will slowly decay. I really won't know how it will act until I release it and wait for you guys to respond.
I hope that gives you a little view into why I can't always gauge how a rom is going to act and why it is so important that I get feedback.
Thanks guys bug I'm running the latest Team Acid CM9 with Hefe's kernel and battery life is just terrible, my battery lasts about 4 hrs at 96%. Not sure if its my battery that needs replacing but anyone have suggestions on improving battery life?
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rezo609 said:
Thanks guys bug I'm running the latest Team Acid CM9 with Hefe's kernel and battery life is just terrible, my battery lasts about 4 hrs at 96%. Not sure if its my battery that needs replacing but anyone have suggestions on improving battery life?
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I got "better battery stats" from the market.
The developer has a thread somewhere here on xda.
It is a great tool for figuring out what is running so often that is eating your battery.
With that, I've found that doing a factory reset, wiping everything (including my sdcard, after backing it up... of course), makes sure nothing residual is around to make applications go wacky. I don't use TB or any other tools to restore backed up apps. I either do it manually with adb or just reinstall stuff from the market. I never restore data.
Where can I find your new rom when its ready
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Battery life means nothing without listing display time. My SGS4G is currently at 5 days. However when I actually used it as my daily phone I would get about 4 hours display over the course of a normal day. 3½ display time if I used it for much gaming or YouTube streaming.
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Where can I find your new rom when its ready
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4 hours
It all depends. Playing HD youtube over 4G with brightness turned up full and checking email every 2 mins, etc is going to kill it a lot faster than data/wifi turned off, screen at the lowest brightness and sitting in your pocket without the screen on. There is no test benchmark to test ROM's for this, because even things like how far you are away from the router, if you're connected B/G/N could all effect the battery life, so it's hard to get a standard test. Here is an average day for me though.
This is Remics, no real tweaks, smartass2 governor running. Few hours of music, pedometer tracking in the background to track walking for an hour or so, bit of surfing, instagram pic taking and uploading, editing for an 30 mins oror so, installed 3 other camera last night and rebooting and playing around, lots of suduko, hour or so of youtube, lots of txting, ummm, tested a wifi calling apps that worked good for about 30mins, I can't remember what else over the past 26hours and still 26% left.
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I'm lucky to get 6 hours.