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Battery life draining fast

I have no idea how to fix this. I've tried three roms eaglssblood ice singhui and Hellfire Phoenix. I installed Trinity on Phoenix yet it is still draining battery. Why?
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Try calibrating your battery.
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There is a rogue app in your drawer. download watchlist app, it will keep track on other apps which are hogging your system.

Battery calibration won't and doesn't do anything useful... its more then likely an app or something running constantly. What's your screen on times? Post a screenshot of your battery usage.
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Get the app BetterBatteryStats.
Use it to check partial wakelocks.
It will change your life.
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I'm on 2.3.4 with practically all the bloat and more removed, holy hell battery is terrible for me... if testing to find rouge apps doesn't work I'm gonna factory reset and just not install any thing. Today I didn't hardly use my phone (no work) sat around on the computer, paid some bills watched some movies and TV, sent two text messages and read 3 emails battery was at 65% after 3 ½ hours... 3 of which was idle time and screen off. Never had it so bad before.
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mt3g said:
I'm on 2.3.4 with practically all the bloat and more removed, holy hell battery is terrible for me... if testing to find rouge apps doesn't work I'm gonna factory reset and just not install any thing. Today I didn't hardly use my phone (no work) sat around on the computer, paid some bills watched some movies and TV, sent two text messages and read 3 emails battery was at 65% after 3 ½ hours... 3 of which was idle time and screen off. Never had it so bad before.
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Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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kwes1020 said:
Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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Alright deleted it, will report tomorrow, phone is fully charged now so I will unplug it, and let it sit over night on 4g and report back tomorrow.
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mt3g said:
I'm on 2.3.4 with practically all the bloat and more removed, holy hell battery is terrible for me... if testing to find rouge apps doesn't work I'm gonna factory reset and just not install any thing. Today I didn't hardly use my phone (no work) sat around on the computer, paid some bills watched some movies and TV, sent two text messages and read 3 emails battery was at 65% after 3 ½ hours... 3 of which was idle time and screen off. Never had it so bad before.
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and i thought it was just me...
kwes1020 said:
Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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gonna give this a shot

lowrider262 said:
and i thought it was just me...
gonna give this a shot
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Same here. Hopefully this will help but will also dig deeper

Lost 20% in 7 hours, much better!!!! Thanks kwes
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mt3g said:
Lost 20% in 7 hours, much better!!!! Thanks kwes
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Anytime. That's usually the first thing I do when I install a rom based on lg stock. That app runs constantly eating data and ram. You will usually gain almost 1mb of open ram by just deleting it.
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Ya I knew there was something I was missing, considering my average use on most 2.3.3 roms would be at least 16-20 hours, I was barely getting 10-11 hours after the update. So thanks again!

mt3g said:
Ya I knew there was something I was missing, considering my average use on most 2.3.3 roms would be at least 16-20 hours, I was barely getting 10-11 hours after the update. So thanks again!
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On what type of usage? I can hardly get more than 8 hrs on medium usage .
What the hell is qem_warlock .it's been on my kernel warlock since I unplugged.

I pretty much don't play games and don't stream music or anything like large data usage. I call text browse and read articles and such, XDA and Facebook is about it for other usage though, light in most eyes, and I under-clock the phone to 700's usually.

mt3g said:
I pretty much don't play games and don't stream music or anything like large data usage. I call text browse and read articles and such, XDA and Facebook is about it for other usage though, light in most eyes, and I under-clock the phone to 700's usually.
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Not to say anyone wont do it, but that's a hard thing to do, 700 underclock Most Oc of to 1.4 lol.
Funny though at 700 it probably runs just as fast as default 1ghz speed.
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As far as these phone have come battery are a step behind,more on dual core phones.Although if battery is such a big deal and you absolutely need it just buy extra battery and chargeable adapter,problem solved
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daxecutioner24 said:
Not to say anyone wont do it, but that's a hard thing to do, 700 underclock Most Oc of to 1.4 lol.
Funny though at 700 it probably runs just as fast as default 1ghz speed.
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Ya I agree, the phone at 600ish on stock kernel runs just fine for texting and calls and checking Facebook... usually what I run when I'm out at bars with my friends cause it usually ends up being a weekend without my charger, I've over clocked the phone maybe twice, no point in my eyes lol.
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daxecutioner24 said:
Not to say anyone wont do it, but that's a hard thing to do, 700 underclock Most Oc of to 1.4 lol.
Funny though at 700 it probably runs just as fast as default 1ghz speed.
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When underclocked to 750 or below 1 processor is not running and vice versa
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kwes1020 said:
Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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i can confirm this helped battery life, thanks! also if any of you still have telenav on the 2.3.4 update, getting rid of that helped me out too

Is this good battery life???

This was my battery life today... I downloaded a 1.4G movie on this life today. And watched two episodes of burn notice... is this good for our stock battery....?
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stebomurkn420 said:
This was my battery life today... I downloaded a 1.4G movie on this life today. And watched two episodes of burn notice... is this good for our stock battery....?
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...and what was this battery life then?

JihadSquad said:
...and what was this battery life then?
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My screen capture photo isn't loading for some reason.. gonna try to repost...
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This jpeg has the incorrect file extension...? What should I do to get my phone to stop saying this when I try to uploaded an image on here...?
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stebomurkn420 said:
This jpeg has the incorrect file extension...? What should I do to get my phone to stop saying this when I try to uploaded an image on here...?
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Upload the picture (screen shot) to picsa with your google account and Upload via XDA thru your Chrome browser on your computer.

jager420 said:
Upload the picture (screen shot) to picsa with your google account and Upload via XDA thru your Chrome browser on your computer.
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Well yes I could do that... but I was uploading screen captures before straight from my phone no problem... I want that again!!!! Haha... thank you very much for your feedback though jager420...
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If you're using ShootMe there's an option to change your screencaps to save as jpg
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JihadSquad said:
...and what was this battery life then?
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Its not bad, but it could be better. It looks like u lose signal a few times throughout the day. The phone searchin for signal will def drain ur battery. That was really the only thing i noticed. Looks like ur awake time and screen on time r pretty dead on (better than mine) so ur peob not havin wakelock problems. Do u use the facebook app? It is a huge battery hog.
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cnoevl21 said:
Its not bad, but it could be better. It looks like u lose signal a few times throughout the day. The phone searchin for signal will def drain ur battery. That was really the only thing i noticed. Looks like ur awake time and screen on time r pretty dead on (better than mine) so ur peob not havin wakelock problems. Do u use the facebook app? It is a huge battery hog.
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Yea I use the fb app... maybe I should start using the browser..? I would say I'm a pretty heavy user thanks for the pointers any other advice is greatly appreciated...
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I like the Friendcaster app for Facebook. It does everything the official app does and it's a lot more resource-lean. It's also easier to use, IMO.

I use the mobile sites for fb and twitter n it def saves on batt life. I also turn off google location (only turn it on wen i need navigation). And also lower the brightness of ur display to abt 20% or so
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shrike1978 said:
I like the Friendcaster app for Facebook. It does everything the official app does and it's a lot more resource-lean. It's also easier to use, IMO.
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Friendcaster is less of a hog, but still a hog none the less. Mobile site looks exactly like the app, but only runs wen its open instead of 24/7
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cnoevl21 said:
Friendcaster is less of a hog, but still a hog none the less. Mobile site looks exactly like the app, but only runs wen its open instead of 24/7
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Also runs a ton faster.

Properly configured, Friendcaster uses C2DM for notifications which is already running anyway, so there's nothing extra polling in the background.
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cnoevl21 said:
Friendcaster is less of a hog, but still a hog none the less. Mobile site looks exactly like the app, but only runs wen its open instead of 24/7
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I've got notifications disabled with Friendcaster and it uses 1mb of RAM when it runs in the background. The upside is that I have the option of "sharing" with my other apps.
I'm one of those annoying people who always posts pics of their kids and articles that no one else likes to read, so having this option is important to me.

Hotweiss' Radio mod

I was very skeptical as to how much this would work but damn, my net browsing flies now!
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What exactly is this power?
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Apex_Strider said:
What exactly is this power?
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Not even sure but its an option in the spare parts app, says it may increase wifi/data speed.....cant confirm data just yet but it surely increased wifi speed!
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916x10 said:
Not even sure but its an option in the spare parts app, says it may increase wifi/data speed.....cant confirm data just yet but it surely increased wifi speed!
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what rom are you on? Spare parts never seems to wok in scv6.

lkrasner said:
what rom are you on? Spare parts never seems to wok in scv6.
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Im on scv6....the phone and contacts mod didnt seem to work but i dug deeper and found this radio mod and its a noticeable difference indeed!
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Checking it out now...I haven't noticed much of a difference. Hardly any of the other settings in the first menu of Spare Parts on SCv6 work, the regular Spare parts stuff works as normal. I've been playing around with it since installing SCv6, I got excited with all of the options in there but the excitement died when I could get almost nothing to work.

This sounds cool, but surely there is a catch if it randomly improves speeds so dramatically, right? Does it shorten the lifespan of your phone or something (lol)? And what exactly does it modify to achieve this speed boost?

My downloads are faster, net based apps like xda, engadget and sac bee load up faster, even gmail loads and syncs faster. This is how it should be!
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I tried it......seems to speed up both wifi and 4g connections. Not sure on battery life tho.....only did it yesterday. Thanks for the heads up.
I'm on SCv6
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Can the "spare parts" be pulled/pushed from one rom to another?
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Apex_Strider said:
Can the "spare parts" be pulled/pushed from one rom to another?
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No idea. But if you can, make sure to enable this radio mod!

oops

I would like to know where I can get this. There's a lot of talk of how great it is, but no talk of where to get it. I know there is a spare parts app on the store.
Or is this something that is a mod on the ROM you're using?

Fall of Enosis said:
I would like to know where I can get this. There's a lot of talk of how great it is, but no talk of where to get it. I know there is a spare parts app on the store.
Or is this something that is a mod on the ROM you're using?
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Yeah, its included in the scv6 rom
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Spare parts doesn't really work right most of the time with our phone. It is in a few roms, but most options don't work.

Can someone upload screenshots?
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Here is a screenshot for you. It's in the Miscellaneous Options on Spare Parts in Scv6 rom.
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I need to figure out how to use the netspeed and ram tweaks in Bullet (I think that's the one) into other roms. I travel a lot for work, and noticed on Bullet I had better radio connectivity. Maybe some porting since its coming from the Indian based rom? Hmm...
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DusThis said:
Here is a screenshot for you. It's in the Miscellaneous Options on Spare Parts in Scv6 rom.
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Took the .apk and incorporated into another. Hit 10520kbps without Hotweiss' Radio mod, and after enabling the mod I hit 106960kbps on data speed test. So far, so good... I'll keep playing with it, but seems to be a winner as far as I can tell!

I've noticed some minor improvement, but I seem to have a less reliable connection.
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[Q] disable soft key lights?

I know my phone. We are very intimate. I know just where to touch her. I don't need the keys blinding me. Can I disable them, permanently? I never want to see these light up again!
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That is the million dollar question.

Guinness Draught said:
I know my phone. We are very intimate. I know just where to touch her.
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Hahahaha that made me laugh. But no you can't disable them as far as I know but on my s3 you can with screen filter and its so nice for using at night
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No that's a bug in cm9 and all ics roms
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If you really want to disable them permanently, it's a one-line change in the kernel. You basically don't tell it where the light switch is .
Which ROM are you using?
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Beam
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jeffsf said:
If you really want to disable them permanently, it's a one-line change in the kernel. You basically don't tell it where the light switch is .
Which ROM are you using?
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Ok what are we waiting for....wheres the fix?

Shortbus-Driver said:
Ok what are we waiting for....wheres the fix?
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Damn day job...

Lol .....i say that about my night job heh

jeffsf said:
If you really want to disable them permanently, it's a one-line change in the kernel. You basically don't tell it where the light switch is .
Which ROM are you using?
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Is it really that simple? Which line in the kernel is it?
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pisherthefisher said:
Which line in the kernel is it?
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Code:
gpio_direction_output(_3_GPIO_TOUCH_EN, onoff);
Well damn, looks like that might not only have turned off the backlight, but also the ability to use the button. Black electrician's tape is probably an easier solution if that was your goal.
Somehow I think you still want to be able to use the buttons though.

Isn't there another line of code that tells how bright the keys can be? Is it possible to set that at 0?
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Also could you upload the kernel where the back light keys don't turn on and don't work? I think it would be useful for people who want to use the ice cream sandwich soft keys
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I'm not trying to hinder development, but in my opinion I would rather them spend their time on stuff that is less cosmetic... that stuff can come later because there are more important issues they are working on. I'm sure it will one day get fixed...
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Sometimes a little distraction is nice. Trust me, after you've been staring at VCO divider tables for a while, something simple like "Can you just turn off this light?" is a good way to improve productivity. I'm back in the tables again this morning, but this gives me something interesting and rewarding to do during the roughly hour and a half a full build takes.

rbedell said:
I'm not trying to hinder development, but in my opinion I would rather them spend their time on stuff that is less cosmetic... that stuff can come later because there are more important issues they are working on. I'm sure it will one day get fixed...
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Pfft!
no one here is asking the main devs for this fix anymore....its already been said several times they dont know....sooo maybe other people in here can try to figure out a fix.
So have a nice day.
Also its not just so "cosmetic" as you think.....the people that are on ics based roms would truely appreciate this fix due to the amount of battery life gained if those damn lights didnt stay on.

I would like to know which line this is as well. I dont need extra keys in beam. I want just the hard keys
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Shortbus-Driver said:
Pfft!
no one here is asking the main devs for this fix anymore....its already been said several times they dont know....sooo maybe other people in here can try to figure out a fix.
So have a nice day.
Also its not just so "cosmetic" as you think.....the people that are on ics based roms would truely appreciate this fix due to the amount of battery life gained if those damn lights didnt stay on.
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I do agree that it would be nice. Think about it the only time the lights are on is if the screen is on, if the screen is on, chances are you are touching the screen unless you are watching a movie... there are a few roms out that don't have this problem like the beam port... Maybe compare roms and kernels? There is bound to be a solution. I hope you find your answer and sorry i wasn't trying to blast anyone.

Its all good....i watch alt of movies while sitting at the back gates waiting for the parks to empty out at Disney so i can go to work and the those lights are quite annoying in the dark watching movies lol

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! Theres an app called screen filter on the market that does the trick by turning off the softkeys umtil you actually click them details are on my capacitive buttons thread.

Its kinda old news...but it does work but its just more steps for getting what you want......when it could all be avoided

Cm9 tv out

Anybody have tv out working on cm9?
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soldierexile said:
Anybody have tv out working on cm9?
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Did you try Tbalden's bruteforce TV out using terminal emulator?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1484165

Yea, its not working with any of its settings, not on my hd tv or my projector,
Edit: got it to work, read the thread from pg 1 to end, was that the yellow video is not video anymore red is, weird but okay.
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soldierexile said:
Yea, its not working with any of its settings, not on my hd tv or my projector,
Edit: got it to work, read the thread from pg 1 to end, was that the yellow video is not video anymore red is, weird but okay.
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Yeah red and yellow are reversed, even on stock HTC sense, this is how it works. Something about the way the headphone jack is wired, it's a hardware thing.

Funky, now to get netflix to display on my tv ... the hardware thing is understandable why didn't they just make it hdmi from the micro usb port
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@soldierexile
I heard the tv out made by tbalden consumes battery and seeing you using it could I ask how battery consuming it is? Would really love to know. You could put it like ?% per minute. A rough estimate would be good enough for me.

Riyal said:
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I heard the tv out made by tbalden consumes battery and seeing you using it could I ask how battery consuming it is? Would really love to know. You could put it like ?% per minute. A rough estimate would be good enough for me.
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Not sure myself on batterly life, I always plug in my phone when i do tv out because the screen doesnt go to sleep, so on top of whatever drain the tv out does, there is screen drain as well.

I've been getting about 1-2% per minute ontop of whatever I'm doing, have a huge battery to its bout 2x the stock battery
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