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i need to get better battery life out of my phone
i will take any suggestions that does better than this, especially if its running cog 4.
thankssss
ps. 1006 build but i dun think that matters too much
There is already a tread about this
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thank you for your informative response but i believe that peoples experiences may differ and im just looking for someone to chime in and say:
"hi. ive used perc 10.2 but im getting better battery life now that im using..." rom+kernel+modem
hope its not a bad question
maybe my gallery sensor battery usage shouldnt be as high as it is and i should change it with xxx.apk?
thanks
When I went from Percept10 to Cog4, my battery life about doubled. I didn't realize how bad it was until I got to Cog4. Now it is excellent.
Before it would go 7AM to 5PM and be drained.
Yesterday it went 7AM to 7PM and was at 70% when I threw it on the desk dock.
the answer is in your picutes, top right,
advanced task killers, antivirus, ect KILL THE BATTERY
I know I know task killers are supposed to help...
they dont, i was running a task killer and voltage control, had it to under clock with screen off, underclock default, stock speed under certain contitions and overclock when plugged in only. That had the system "running" slower and less power than stock only doing stock speeds when needed, and my battery was DEAD in 8 hours. Removed them and Im going 24 hours between charging. (battery swap).
and i just dont see the point of antivirus.
try removing them and see how your battery does. also the first month of the phone it will be all over the place....
I've run the following setups:
Cog 3.04 w/: Good battery life once I swapped in JK4 modem and Speedmod Kernel, still had random shutdown error, switched to Paragon.
Paragon 5.1: Again, JK4 and speedmod get me the best battery life so I made sure I had this set up. Ok battery life, phone screen would occasionally go black with no response until I removed and re-inserted the battery, switched to Firefly.
Firefly 2.1-2.3: Battery life is great (JK4 and speedmod by default), I usually get through the day with moderate use and 50% remaining. I'd say that's about 50% in 15 hours. It's fast and the GPS is much better than cog or paragon. I'll wait to see what the devs do with Firefly but I'm curious about cog 4 running on the KB1 Froyo. I also use CPU Tuner to eek out the most battery life when it starts running low.
@G35tr
thanks im gonna give it a try
@Trusselo
yeah, i definitely had 10.2 since the beginning (christmas?). i feel like the sensor gallery issue could be a culprit as well the the task manager and lookout programs but the battery stats info just doesnt reflect the latter.
on top of that its a reoriented i9000 kernel so i feel there are some inherent battery performance losses in that.
i got my phone pretty well customized at this point so it may be time to take that step in search of better battery and flash something new.
a farewell homage:
That not all that bad but seriously get rid of the taskiller and antivirus. Been using android for 3 years and never had a need for antivirus. Newer android versions don't need taskillers as they store unused apps in memory without cpu usage.
I am using torch 1.5 and did a full charge overnight and have been using it this morning for 20 mins with wifi and it is still at 100 percent. if you search around or download a few of the roms...there is a modded gallery.apk that fixes that battery drain. And im using whatever the torch 1.5 setup is didnt pay attention to kernel or modem but it is using the new official froyo.
Change modem file or try super power tht extend life of bettry.
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kamesen said:
thank you for your informative response but i believe that peoples experiences may differ and im just looking for someone to chime in and say:
"hi. ive used perc 10.2 but im getting better battery life now that im using..." rom+kernel+modem
hope its not a bad question
maybe my gallery sensor battery usage shouldnt be as high as it is and i should change it with xxx.apk?
thanks
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Why not post in the stickied thread in q&a
Tried nearly every rom here and, in my experience, Cog 3.04 has given me the best battery life by far. Kept default kernel and modem.
My usage is generally as follows:
-2 hours playing music
-10-20 sms
-1-2 hours browsing on mixture of wifi and 3g
Battery drain is generally about 30-40% during the day. Very minimal batter drain when idle.
What did you use to show your battery history? the second screen print.
Thanks.
i get between 25-39 hours of battery life running SuperNova JS5, SpeedMod Kernel K13C, ZNKP1 Modem. I run my phone hard all day long and can't ever seem to get it to die.
when was the last time you cleared the battery stats?
1. Connect the phone to the charger with the phone powered on, and allow the phone to charge until it shows 100%
2. Disconnect the phone from the charger, and power it off.
3. Reconnect the phone to the charger with the phone powered off, and allow the phone to charge until the battery indicator shows 100% (you can use vol-up/vol-down to make the indicator come back up when the screen goes to sleep).
3a. Repeat step 1, 2, 3
4. Disconnect the phone from the charger and power it on.
5. Once the phone is powered completely on, power it off again and reconnect it to the charger until the battery indicator shows 100%.
6. Disconnect the phone, power it on, and use it.
7. Use ADB or a Terminal Emulator to run the following command:
Code:
su
rm /data/system/batterystats.bin
7a. Reboot into clock work Recovery, and choose advanced CWM features and select wipe battery stats
do that, then let it die completely before you charge it again.
Glad to see this thread because it has taught me a couple of things. I was one of those people who made the mistake of running Advanced Task Killer. Got rid of that. I also run AVG, but I think I will try to get rid of it and see if it helps me any. I am glad to hear several say that an antivirus is not necessary.
List here what you guys are doing to maximize your battery life. I know people claim crazy hours. So what modifications/programs are you using to achieve your numbers? PLease list:
ME:
ROM:Humble 1.3
Kernel: PeanutButta Jelly Time - OTB Edition
Battery life: 14-16 hours
OC: none. Stock 1ghz
- im on 4G all the time. Normal use. No overclocking. Just straight ROM + Kernel
ROM: Humble 1.3
Kernel: The one that comes with the rom
- Mobile data on, all other radios off
- CDMA mode only, no 4g here
Battery life: 24 hours + easy
I use my phone for most texting with occasional web surfing and some games at work. When I send a lot of texts in one day, my battery life obviously goes down, but I can still make it through a full day with no problem.
Would be really neat if someone would collect 3g battery statistics/battery life and then separately collect 4g battery statistics/battery life and report lengths of time on each....
**4G is a battery monster on any rom**
ROM: Humble 1.3
I'm in a 4G area and I don't like disabling it, so I'm only getting about 6-8 hours, post battery-calibration, with moderate usage. I do try to keep WiFi and Bluetooth disabled whenever I can, and I really wish I could improve those numbers. Very jealous of all of you who are getting these monster numbers...
I have EE4 debloated and I have done nothing but root and I was able to go almost two days on a battery. That was with minimal texting and little calls, but it lasted. My Incredible would not even last six hours with minimal use. With playing games and texting, I easily go a full 8-10 hours and still have between 20-30%.
I'm using Humble 1.3 with non-OC PBJ kernel. I'm getting sick battery life. 18 hours with moderate / heavy use 4G on the whole time (1 hour web browsing, checking email all the time, a few phone calls, 1-2 hours of games, downloading apps, etc). In light to moderate use I get a day and a half and I never disable 4g!
Stock I was struggling to get 10 hours.
What I did:
1) Installed Humble
2) Installed non-OC PBJ kernel (lower voltage than OC kernel)
3) Do proper battery calibration
5) Uninstalled some apps with titanium that were running in the background (Samsung Sync, Samsung Factory test, Visual Voicmail).
6) Set display on minimum brightness.
*7) Donate to Danalo for his awesome ROM
*optional but highly recommended
soooo i took my phone off the charger around 9:15 this morning after letting it die and charging it all night, got home at 4 (don't bring my phone to work since i work at a summer camp), already down to 78%. I had only two messages while i was gone and my e-mail.
Wtf is wrong with my phone/battery?????
how do i get humble??? this is my first smart phone so i've never rooted before and i'm extremely wary of doing it so i'd really like to find something that is extremely thorough
If you guys really want to conserve battery and are around Wifi turn Mobile data off completely and then hook up to Wifi. Ran a test yesterday on Humble 1.3 w/PBJ OTB kernel and it only dropped 5% in just over 7hrs. The reality is the radio is what is killing the battery in most case. Specially if you leave it on 4G and are in a weak signal area. i noticed that last weekend when I was down in the city and had maxed signal all day in $g and the battery life was great. As soon as you start dropping bars or signal it starts eating battery
hockeybpr25 said:
soooo i took my phone off the charger around 9:15 this morning after letting it die and charging it all night, got home at 4 (don't bring my phone to work since i work at a summer camp), already down to 78%. I had only two messages while i was gone and my e-mail.
Wtf is wrong with my phone/battery?????
how do i get humble??? this is my first smart phone so i've never rooted before and i'm extremely wary of doing it so i'd really like to find something that is extremely thorough
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go here to install humble
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15178611&postcount=1
Right now im on froyo KC1 and 6 hr idle night only consumes about 5% (with GSM off and WiFi ON) and with normal use, i can use the phone for 2.5 - 3 days with a full charge.
However once i installed KF2 (gingerbread), 6hr idle night consumes about 30 - 40% (with GSM off and WiFi ON) and the phone is dead within 24hrs with normal use.
Is that normal with gingerbread or is there any fix for this?
i dont but i do know when i had gingerbread (kf2) i saw a big diff in battery life compared to using something like kd1. the kf2 was usin like 50% more than the kd1
Kc1 has been solid for me, tried the kb1 only went four hours with medium use
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Installed GB 2.3.4 y'day and still battery performance is way less than KC1. Does KC1 show the correct battery level?
Guys, don't forget you have to calibrate the battery and use it for a couple of days first.
I never used KF2, but 24 hours with regular use is already excellent battery life with Android.
could u please let me know, which is the best/easy calibration method for SG4G?
Battery Calibration. It is in the Market. Download and follow the easy inductions. It takes a cpl of days after calibrating for the phone to "settle in"
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Guys, don't forget you have to calibrate the battery and use it for a couple of days first.
I never used KF2, but 24 hours with regular use is already excellent battery life with Android.
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You're exactly right. I have been amazed by KF2's battery life! I've consistently experienced between 26 and 30+ hours of battery life with moderate use with KF2. It's ridiculous (compared to what I've seen so far with this phone).
I did two things that I think added to the already decent battery life for KF2.
1. I installed SetCPU and set it for powersave at 800-1000mhz (with powersave screen off profile of 400mhz)
2. I also installed this app called AutoKiller Memory Optimizer - running in background with default settings (not like the other task killers, trust me).
Man, I believe I've found my phone's sweet spot. KF2 is running smooth as butter, pretty as ever, and running like the energizer bunny (well, relatively speaking)! I'm scared to flash another rom, now.
Just FYI... I flashed the Deodexed ODIN version of KF2. The best I've flashed yet! (Thanks, corradokng!)
My KF2 battery life just keeps getting better and better.
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Has anyone else noticed terrible battery life running this combination? I don't think it's the Rom but I could be wrong. I always had good battery life on BAMF before.
I think it might be the radio but the other MR2s still give me reboots (not often, once a week) but the OTA version does not.
I tried clearing battery stats and I set up very conservative SetCPU profiles with no luck. I'm still using Adrenalyns kernel.
Any ideas?
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I've noticed this as well. It lead me to buying an extended battery... Maybe ill flash back to MR2. The GPS locks so fast in the OTA radio though...
I've noticed quite the opposite. I'm running 1.8.6 remix however with OTA MR2. I've gotten on average about 32hrs of battery life (OEM extended battery).
I ran that setup, MR2 OTA and BAMF 1.8.6, with Iso's kernel on the extreme UV @ 1.4GHz speedtweak and I thought the battery life was phenomenal.
Thanks, I'll give that kernel a shot! I'll give you a thanks when I'm on my computer!
Edit: could you link me to the kernel I can't seem to find it.
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My battery life was fine on this combination. I was running it with the stock kernel.
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I'm using 1.8.6 and idling is great for me. Took the phone off the charger at 6 p.m. last night at 100% and stuck it in my purse. Went shopping, etc. Didn't use phone. This morning at 9 a.m. charge is 81%, even rebooted to make sure.
Screen takes a lot of power, also uses more when I am out and moving in and out of 4G, 3G, 1X, and no data.
I use Easy Profiles to switch me in and out of wi-fi as soon as I get home. Using the Das BAMF toolkit, I use the SmartAss governor between. .245 and 1.024 GHz. I thought I read somewhere not to use SetCpu if you had the toolkit as they interfere with each other.
I'm running Sense 3.0 RC4.9 with excellent battery life... cleared battery stats (make sure you do this properly, full discharge and charge), and using the smartass governer w/ dream kernel. One thing I've noticed about all custom roms in general, is that battery life gets better after the rom 'settles' for a day or two. I also don't use SetCPU with BAMF roms, that might be an issue like mentioned.
Also, what kind of signal levels are you getting? No matter what a weak signal will always kill your battery.
I am running this exact combo now.
I also have swap bumped up to 400MB. I have the DasBAMF throttler set to Powersave preference and capped at 1024Mhz.
Seems pretty good to me. Using stock regular 1400MaH battery. Nothing like m y old Nokia 5800 and it week long run time. But, that phone didn't do much, except text and make calls. Why did I trade it for the TBolt again?
I was on BAMF 1.8.6 for a few weeks... LOVED it...slickest ROM out there, most stable for a daily driver. Initially I had problems with the battery too. It was due to the fact that I had the display at the brightest like I did before with Plain Jane v3, but that killed the battery. As soon as I switched the display setting to auto-detect, my battery life was much better. It would last me a good 17-19hrs with 2-3 15min bump charges while in the car dock during the commute.
I've switched to BAMF RC4.9 last couple weeks, GB & Sense 3.0 is sweet, but 4G speeds were much better with with 1.8.6. RC4.9 I'm getting about 10mpbs down & 5mpbs up, with 1.8.6 I was consistently getting 20mpbs down & 10-12mpbs up.
Just make sure you turn your bluetooth, GPS, wifi off if you're not using it.
I've been using Imoseyon's lean kernel for about a day now and it seems to have helped a lot. I'm back up to about 14 hours with moderate to heavy use.
I believe i had good battery life when i was using this rom
- stock battery I would get 14-16hrs off of 1 charge (uptime)
- 4.5 - 5.5 hrs (awake)
- toolkit was set to smartass:245:1024
Can someone please help me with my horrible battery life on my infuse? I cant make it a whole day on my phone. I don't play games on it at all during the day because I work. The only thing I do is make calls and text. I had 100% battery this morning at 6:00am and it is now 1:30pm and I am down to 12%. I am running the latest version of catyrom on my phone and it was supposed to increase the battery life. My phone is less than a year old (probably only 6 months old if that) so the battery on it should not be shot. Any help would be awesome!
THANKS!
bassman198721 said:
Can someone please help me with my horrible battery life on my infuse? I cant make it a whole day on my phone. I don't play games on it at all during the day because I work. The only thing I do is make calls and text. I had 100% battery this morning at 6:00am and it is now 1:30pm and I am down to 12%. I am running the latest version of catyrom on my phone and it was supposed to increase the battery life. My phone is less than a year old (probably only 6 months old if that) so the battery on it should not be shot. Any help would be awesome!
THANKS!
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Should not be like that. All the uckl2 base ROM have very good battery life.
Try a reflash. I would go into cwm, wipe data, wrote cache, wipe dalvik, fix permission, go to mount, wipe system, data and cache. Re flash ...i would try Another uckl2 base ROM then go back to caty if battery seems better
Buy Juicedefender Ultimate, set it up whichever way works for you. I couldn't tell you about Catyrom and the JD AOSP helper compatibility.
Buy and set up SetCPU to downclock your CPU when your screen is off, and when your phone's charge goes under a certain amount. Change your governor to conservative, ondemand, or smartass. Those will help. You could try undervolting, but be wary of doing it too much.
Look at your battery useage history and work out your app issues from there.
A faster microSD card wouldn't hurt, class 4, 6, or 10 would be better than a class 2, if you're even using a microSD card. Faster read/write means less time reading/writing.
If you need even more power, you could always go to 2G networks if Catyrom allows you to use them. From my experience, it will interfere with speakers on other devices. I have ~8 pairs of speakers in my office, and the interference drives all my co-workers nuts.
And you could always carry a spare battery, which isn't the best of options, but it's a sure fire way to go on
Reduce the number of widgets you use, reduce the number of screens you have, remove redundancy in your apps, and turn off live wallpapers.
Turn off auto brightness, and set it down to lowest valuable that is useable, then bump it up just a bit more. Then set your timeout to something conservative such as 15 or 30seconds or 1 minute.
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Buy Juicedefender Ultimate, set it up whichever way works for you. I couldn't tell you about Catyrom and the JD AOSP helper compatibility.
Buy and set up SetCPU to downclock your CPU when your screen is off, and when your phone's charge goes under a certain amount. Change your governor to conservative, ondemand, or smartass. Those will help. You could try undervolting, but be wary of doing it too much.
Look at your battery useage history and work out your app issues from there.
A faster microSD card wouldn't hurt, class 4, 6, or 10 would be better than a class 2, if you're even using a microSD card. Faster read/write means less time reading/writing.
If you need even more power, you could always go to 2G networks if Catyrom allows you to use them. From my experience, it will interfere with speakers on other devices. I have ~8 pairs of speakers in my office, and the interference drives all my co-workers nuts.
And you could always carry a spare battery, which isn't the best of options, but it's a sure fire way to go on
Reduce the number of widgets you use, reduce the number of screens you have, remove redundancy in your apps, and turn off live wallpapers.
Turn off auto brightness, and set it down to lowest valuable that is useable, then bump it up just a bit more. Then set your timeout to something conservative such as 15 or 30seconds or 1 minute.
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Thanks! I downloaded juicedefender and setcpu both. I had seen juicedefender in the market but was a little questionable about what it does. but I will see what and how good it does tomorrow. I have my phone charging right now so I will upload a pic of my battery life tomorrow around 3 so we can see how my phone is doing. When I looked at the battery usage when I plugged in my phone it was on for 7h 34m 24s on battery and when I plugged it in I had 6% battery. I really hope that this works. like I said all I do is text and call during the day.
Thanks again!
bassman198721 said:
Thanks! I downloaded juicedefender and setcpu both. I had seen juicedefender in the market but was a little questionable about what it does. but I will see what and how good it does tomorrow. I have my phone charging right now so I will upload a pic of my battery life tomorrow around 3 so we can see how my phone is doing. When I looked at the battery usage when I plugged in my phone it was on for 7h 34m 24s on battery and when I plugged it in I had 6% battery. I really hope that this works. like I said all I do is text and call during the day.
Thanks again!
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JuiceDefender, to put it shortly, will kill your data connection/wifi/gps automatically and will enable them again on a schedule.
Those won't interfere with your texting or calling, but it will interfere slightly with your MMS. You'll have to wait for data to be re-enabled to download pictures/videos.
You can set up a schedule for work to be on a more frequent basis than the one when you're not at work, and once you set the battery threshold and the "ignore on low battery" function, it will stop all schedules once the battery reaches that point.
It will re-enable data/wifi when you turn your screen on so you can use it.
That's about most of what it does and it does work very well.
If you'd like, you can get cheap spare batteries from ebay. They mostly ship from China so they take up to a month to get to you, but they're very inexpensive. I just got my 2200 mAh battery (it fits just like the stock one) and it's not even broken in yet. It's 2 PM where I am and I unplugged my phone at ~8. I'm still above 65%. I don't tend to have very restricted battery use like some folks, but I do look for ways to reduce the battery waste. Most of my stuff works when the phone is in idle/deep sleep. I haven't done much of anything today with the exception of a very few calls and a few texts, a little surfing, and I downloaded a CM7 update from the CM7 port's thread.
When it's been broken in it should do better. CM7 isn't as battery friendly as some other ROMs but I like it very much so far. I have been furiously debating whether or not to move to Zeus ROM, as it seems like the big boy's Infuse ROM right now but I can't tuck away CM7 just yet
EDIT: Another, probably very minor, battery saver would be to download and install Adfree. It reroutes all outbound requests for advertisements to the device itself, so those don't download data and you don't see ads. Instead of them possibly keeping your scheduled data connection on for longer while they download (or pumping up your data useage), they never go outbound because they don't require internet access once checked against the HOSTS file.
Also don't forget to do what qkster advised. Bad flashes do happen, and you could have just had a bad flash.
Bassman--What does about phone say is eating the battery?
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I have never gotten what I thought was decent battery life out of this phone... I work as a field tech so this phone is my office... Serendipity gave me the best battery life of any rom I've tried and I've tried several.
When I first got it I used Infused rom I would average 3 to 4 batteries a day. When I went GB roms that dropped drastically to 1-2... Serendipity would get me through the work day (8-10hrs) and home w/ a little to spare. Lately I have been bouncing back and forth between caty and zeus averaging 2+ batteries a day.
Might add I received my phone as a hand me down from someone at work. He only used it for a few weeks but kept it stock.
On any rooted ROM, i usually use tibu and delete buddy now, facebook, att, tether manager, devive update manager, etc..every possible background crap.
Every user is different, but with just calls and text, is not unusual for me to have 2-3 days before a charge.
Data sync and wifi off when not using data
Rxnelson the about phone says display. But that is the case on almost all phones. I have my auto off set to 1min
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You can also try following basic methods:-
1. Turn Off: GPS, WiFi, Screen Rotation, Bluetooth, APN, Vibration, Animation etc.
2. Minimum Screen Brightness Settings
3. Minimum Screen Timeout setting.
4. Dont install Widgets based apps on home-screen
5. Kill the un-necessary background apps from Task Manager.
6. Use black theme in apps.
Thanks
Nits
Something I've found helps a lot is rebooting every morning. I'm running Zeus and noticed that the first day after a reboot I get great battery life (light- to medium-use would leave the battery at 50% after 12 hours). By the second or third day, I'd barely make it through the day. Since I've started rebooting every morning my battery life has been great. I also used BetterBatteryStats to help figure out which apps were keeping my phone awake. I learned that the Stocks app runs in the background waking the phone regardless of settings. Juice Defender is really a waste of time - you'll get better battery life by figuring out what's killing your battery and getting rid of it than having Juice Defender disable all of your phone's features when the screen is off(while using battery itself).
Man your battery life shouldn't be that bad. If it isn't a bad ROM flash then you could have a bad battery. Sometimes batteries die after a few months.
I did a lot of testing for apps and whatnot to try and see if I could maximize battery life. I tried all the juice defender and similar apps and didn't really like how they were killing off my services when the screen was off.
I found out that the main killers of my battery life were specific apps. When I used email apps with IMAP push services I noticed that they would kill my battery because they kept preventing my device from sleeping. I sometimes need about 18 hours in a day before I can charge so I really wanted to maxmize the battery as much as I could. I monitor new apps when I install them. Some seem sneaky so the battery stats might say that the app is only using something like 4% but it is also making the Android OS keep alive and use a higher percentage. I have about 70 apps installed but deleted most of the apps that seemed to kill my battery. In an 18 hour day now it is common for me to have at least 50% or more battery left over. It did take me a while to get this kind of battery life though. I was getting pretty frustrated for a while.
I'm running stock GB 2.3.3 (Rogers) and I am on the Bell network in the Great White North.