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Any tips for saving battery in bad signal area?

I know this is normal but it seems like its the worst with my thunderbolt. If I'm in a bad signal area, my battery just tanks. Worst then any other smartphone I've ever had. I'm running CM7, but I'm pretty sure it did the same when I was stock. I know I could technically go into airplane mode but I don't want to do that. Does turning off data help at all? I don't have any sync turned on so I don't think anything is trying to connect that can't but I'm not sure. Any hints or suggestions?

when I'm home I constantly have X cause I'm in my basement. I just have the Toggle switch set to 3g since 4g isn't available.
Go into this and whats your biggest drain? (i keep display at 50% 100% of the time)
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Right but doesn't your phone still search for signal then?
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tu3218 said:
I know this is normal but it seems like its the worst with my thunderbolt. If I'm in a bad signal area, my battery just tanks. Worst then any other smartphone I've ever had. I'm running CM7, but I'm pretty sure it did the same when I was stock. I know I could technically go into airplane mode but I don't want to do that. Does turning off data help at all? I don't have any sync turned on so I don't think anything is trying to connect that can't but I'm not sure. Any hints or suggestions?
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Well IMHO, one of your biggest issues is that you're using CM7 in the first place. I know plenty of people have great battery life with it etc. etc., but I'm with you on this one. I work in a restaurant 14 hours a day with horrible cell phone reception cause the building is just all concrete. My phone just diesssss, but when I check into my battery life, its all ass backwards.
Take scoobarSTI's picture, and look at your battery info. You'll see that Display for you is probably taking up 5% of your battery life. 5 F-ING percent. While android system, cell standby, and cell idle take up an estimated combined 70% or so. It's just something with CM7 i guess. Hes using a sense based rom. For right now, CM7 clearly still has is quirks, but for great battery life with bad reception, CM7 just ain't gonna cut it.
I did help myself just a teeny bit, and that was by setting profiles in SetCPU. It gave me maybe an hour extra a day to my battery life.

tu3218 said:
Right but doesn't your phone still search for signal then?
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lol I dunno. I know pretty much the whole time I'm in my room I have n X for service. Been here all day because with heat index it was like 108 today.
I'm running Gingeritis 1.2 it's a different GB build then the leaked version out now.
I was running cm7 and loved it, but wanted to try this new GB build out and I'm loving it.

xebryus said:
Well IMHO, one of your biggest issues is that you're using CM7 in the first place. I know plenty of people have great battery life with it etc. etc., but I'm with you on this one. I work in a restaurant 14 hours a day with horrible cell phone reception cause the building is just all concrete. My phone just diesssss, but when I check into my battery life, its all ass backwards.
Take scoobarSTI's picture, and look at your battery info. You'll see that Display for you is probably taking up 5% of your battery life. 5 F-ING percent. While android system, cell standby, and cell idle take up an estimated combined 70% or so. It's just something with CM7 i guess. Hes using a sense based rom. For right now, CM7 clearly still has is quirks, but for great battery life with bad reception, CM7 just ain't gonna cut it.
I did help myself just a teeny bit, and that was by setting profiles in SetCPU. It gave me maybe an hour extra a day to my battery life.
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Weird thing is, is that if I'm in decent to good signal I get awesome battery life. So for me its not like I always get bad battery life, just wanted to know if there was any tips to help with this.

xebryus said:
Well IMHO, one of your biggest issues is that you're using CM7 in the first place. I know plenty of people have great battery life with it etc. etc., but I'm with you on this one. I work in a restaurant 14 hours a day with horrible cell phone reception cause the building is just all concrete. My phone just diesssss, but when I check into my battery life, its all ass backwards.
Take scoobarSTI's picture, and look at your battery info. You'll see that Display for you is probably taking up 5% of your battery life. 5 F-ING percent. While android system, cell standby, and cell idle take up an estimated combined 70% or so. It's just something with CM7 i guess. Hes using a sense based rom. For right now, CM7 clearly still has is quirks, but for great battery life with bad reception, CM7 just ain't gonna cut it.
I did help myself just a teeny bit, and that was by setting profiles in SetCPU. It gave me maybe an hour extra a day to my battery life.
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Cell standby is reported incorrectly on cm7 btw just something to note
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tu3218 said:
Weird thing is, is that if I'm in decent to good signal I get awesome battery life. So for me its not like I always get bad battery life, just wanted to know if there was any tips to help with this.
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try this app and see if it helps. Your phone may be searching for signal but I know finding 4g signal kills its quick.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.andirc.lteonfoff&feature=search_result

automatically connect to wifi "if" the place you are at has it.
get extended battery
try another rom
thats about all i can suggest. good luck!

ScoobarSTI said:
try this app and see if it helps. Your phone may be searching for signal but I know finding 4g signal kills its quick.
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.andirc.lteonfoff&feature=search_result
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Bad idea to use that if on an AOSP rom
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joshnichols189 said:
Bad idea to use that if on an AOSP rom
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Not arguing, just wonder how come? It worked fine for me on Cm7

ScoobarSTI said:
Not arguing, just wonder how come? It worked fine for me on Cm7
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All that app does is do the same thing as hitting #*#*4636*#*# on your dial pad. Take you to a "testing" menu and hit "Phone Information". On sense roms, you'll have "CDMA Auto/LTE" (or something like that) selected under "Set Preferred network type". On the AOSP roms, we have it selected as "Unknown". If you switch out of "Unknown", i'm pretty sure, you can't reselect it, which means no 4g. We have the equivalent to this in our network setting menu.
I just never found much of a difference in toggling between 3g and 4g in AOSP anyhows

ScoobarSTI said:
Not arguing, just wonder how come? It worked fine for me on Cm7
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Not positive why, but Slayher used to tweet that it could bork your data to the point you would have to reflash the rom
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Well today I went with just toggling data off and it seemed to have helped with my battery life. Not sure if I just got lucky and had a good day at work or what. It happens every once in awhile but hopefully that works for now on.

Switch your phone to CDMA auto (PRL) to disable the LTE radio at least, otherwise all you can really do is put it in airplane mode. IMO signal loss is the number one problem with battery life on the TB, especially if you don't have a 4g signal.
Depending on the rom you're using, there may be a shortcut in settings, otherwise dial *#*#4636#*#* to get to the radio options.

Better battery life, need testers

DO NOT USE IF YOU HAVE AN EXTENDED BATTERY!!!
Will cause worse battery life than you had as this is for stock battery
I came up with an idea last night.
To try using a batterystats.bin file from someone that gets up to 15 hours of battery life...so me and jcmaddox1 did the best calibration we could and we are going to upload out batterystats file asap
I am going to make a flashable zip as soon as I can but for now, you will have to do it manually.
1.go to Data/system
2.delete your batterystats.bin while your phone is on the charger(VERY IMPORTANT)
3.copy your downloaded battery stats to the same directory(make sure the permissions are set correctly [rw---])
4.reboot!
Also...it is not a risky thing to do but if you are somewhat satisfied with you battery now...it is a good idea to save current battstats to sdcard
Please test and report if it works or not and if you got better battery life with these files
when you report back please include
Results,the rom you are using,a summery of what you did while testing (eg how much time on internet and calls and how many text and so on)
And a screenshot of the battery history would be appreciated
Proof of concept photo...
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^^^With jcmaddox1 file I will upload mine soon

File 1(my file): http://www.multiupload.com/7UJNUBP6B9
File 2(fellow xda member I mentioned in first post)http://www.multiupload.com/AVZVBDOI2W
It doesn't matter what one you try just make sure you say what file you tried

sounds great！
Thanks for your sharing！
which rom should it works？

peiminglei said:
sounds great！
Thanks for your sharing！
which rom should it works？
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It is universal! same file with all roms
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I can't believe it is April 1st already.

shawkes said:
I can't believe it is April 1st already.
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Haha xD
Edit:you mean that as in to good to be true right?
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I'm curious, which radio revision are you using? @Trh1341

M-2The-O-Squared said:
I'm curious, which radio revision are you using? @Trh1341
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I am using the 12.13 radio
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i honestly don't think this will make much of a difference. i feel like radio/ril combo, as well as apps that have abnormal wakelocks are MUCH bigger determinants of battery life. i've spent the past 2-3 weeks being hyperaware of everything going on with regard to battery life. i've been able to often times flat-line my battery usage curve for hours if i'm not using the phone and often times also in between usage.
but either way, i'm interested to see the results. using my nokia for the time being so i won't be partaking in this but will be watching it closely

nhshah7 said:
i honestly don't think this will make much of a difference. i feel like radio/ril combo, as well as apps that have abnormal wakelocks are MUCH bigger determinants of battery life. i've spent the past 2-3 weeks being hyperaware of everything going on with regard to battery life. i've been able to often times flat-line my battery usage curve for hours if i'm not using the phone and often times also in between usage.
but either way, i'm interested to see the results. using my nokia for the time being so i won't be partaking in this but will be watching it closely
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Stalking the thread.. like an assassin.. ready to pounce if it works how we expect.. right? XD...
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nhshah7 said:
i honestly don't think this will make much of a difference. i feel like radio/ril combo, as well as apps that have abnormal wakelocks are MUCH bigger determinants of battery life. i've spent the past 2-3 weeks being hyperaware of everything going on with regard to battery life. i've been able to often times flat-line my battery usage curve for hours if i'm not using the phone and often times also in between usage.
but either way, i'm interested to see the results. using my nokia for the time being so i won't be partaking in this but will be watching it closely
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Its mainly to save time with out having to calibrate battery every time you flash a rom...but sometimes you can get a perfect calibration and we uploaded those
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I'll be giving it a shot.
Radio - 12.59.60.26u_26.11.04.21_M (matching ril)
Roms
MIUI
Virtuous
ICS

The .bin file is a log of YOUR own battery's depletion, and outputs the battery depletion in percentage,and depletion varies greatly depending on type of Rom, kernel etc. Using someone else's stats is going to do any good. In contrast its going to affect the battery health, giving false readings. The best way is to use battery calibration app, and calibrate after each Rom flash. Once again the .bin file will not boost your battery, and will give false readings if inserted from another rom .
Just flash a new rom and wipe the stats. That's it.
http://ancillotti.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Build-a-Wireless-Network-Without-Using-a-Broadband-Router
Regards

buzzboy said:
The .bin file is a log of YOUR own battery's depletion, and outputs the battery depletion in percentage,and depletion varies greatly depending on type of Rom, kernel etc. Using someone else's stats is going to do any good. In contrast its going to affect the battery health, giving false readings. The best way is to use battery calibration app, and calibrate after each Rom flash. Once again the .bin file will not boost your battery, and will give false readings if inserted from another rom .
Just flash a new rom and wipe the stats. That's it.
http://ancillotti.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Build-a-Wireless-Network-Without-Using-a-Broadband-Router
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This was an idea to save the time from having to calibrate . I don't think you understand the point
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Save time? How? The app is a one button press .

buzzboy said:
Save time? How? The app is a one button press .
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I think he means from having to wait till the battery is fully charged
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insanenyc said:
I think he means from having to wait till the battery is fully charged
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Save time from charging and discharging it completely.
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But the phone needs to be fully charged. End of.
Your phone will give you false readings about the battery health.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359395
Regards

buzzboy said:
But the phone needs to be fully charged. End of.
Your phone will give you false readings about the battery health.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1359395
Regards
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I meant by charging and discharging as it you won't have to calibrate it, these batter stats were from heavy use so it won't give false readings unless your phones battery its self is messed up
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But the point remains, the stats are from another phone, with a different rom and kernel, inserted into your phone which has a different battery level also, trust me, it's a theory that will not work.
Just wipe stats at 100% after a new rom flash. That's all there is to it.

The best kernal + MOD for battery life

We've all had our SGS's for a while now, and I was wondering how people are feeling on particular combinations of kernals and mods. I recently upgraded to ICS and I love the features, but I'm missing the good battery life I had with the Adrenaline Shot Gingerbread mod. So, given any combination of platform, kernal, undervolting levels, etc, what have you found makes for the longest battery life?

rushmix said:
We've all had our SGS's for a while now, and I was wondering how people are feeling on particular combinations of kernals and mods. I recently upgraded to ICS and I love the features, but I'm missing the good battery life I had with the Adrenaline Shot Gingerbread mod. So, given any combination of platform, kernal, undervolting levels, etc, what have you found makes for the longest battery life?
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I think the best ics rom is code name 2.0 in combination with the new hefe Kernel because of the battery life. If you like a lot of customization but want to keep a good battery life I recommend beam rom. (Battery life of beam is actually almost on par with code name) But I happen to look for apps to customize rather than within the rom so I use apex beta for the jelly bean looks and gestures rather than the cm9 themes for instance with codename and it doesn't take a toll on battery. The other thing to point out tho is the on screen issue. Code name is great for battery when its on standby mode (screen is in sleep mode) but like any other rom in ics or gb its pretty lousy when the screen is actually on so that's where apps like screen dimmer come in handy because they dim the screen beyond factory limit and save battery even during when the screen is on. Also remember to calibrate any rom and let it drain then recharge it all the way and bla bla bla if you don't know these steps you can look it up in the q&a forums.
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I'm honestly surprised that an ICS mod could get more performance than a GB mod. I shall try your combo!

lonoguge said:
Also remember to calibrate any rom and let it drain then recharge it all the way and bla bla bla if you don't know these steps you can look it up in the q&a forums.
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You do know googles top dev has said calibrating the battery is something that is a urban android myth dont you?
OP really any of the ICS flavors with hefe kernel added will be good.

eollie said:
You do know googles top dev has said calibrating the battery is something that is a urban android myth dont you?
OP really any of the ICS flavors with hefe kernel added will be good.
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Android already has urban myths? Too awesome! Lol
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eollie said:
You do know googles top dev has said calibrating the battery is something that is a urban android myth dont you?
OP really any of the ICS flavors with hefe kernel added will be good.
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No I don't think so, from personal use I know that some Roms have 70% before rebooting the phone but once I restart it, i notice it drains to 30% or less. This usually happens on a newly flashed rom. Calibration fixes this issue for me at least.
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rushmix said:
I'm honestly surprised that an ICS mod could get more performance than a GB mod. I shall try your combo!
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Sorry i thought you meant on ics specifically. Battery life wise valhalla black by far is the best for battery it could probably last 3 days on one charge. Im not sure if theres a better froyo rom but it would make sense. The hefe kernel would be the best for gb or ics

lonoguge said:
No I don't think so, from personal use I know that some Roms have 70% before rebooting the phone but once I restart it, i notice it drains to 30% or less. This usually happens on a newly flashed rom. Calibration fixes this issue for me at least.
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Sorry i thought you meant on ics specifically. Battery life wise valhalla black by far is the best for battery it could probably last 3 days on one charge. Im not sure if theres a better froyo rom but it would make sense. The hefe kernel would be the best for gb or ics
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Isn't hefe kernel just ICS?
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erikmm said:
Isn't hefe kernel just ICS?
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Sure is. That's why people need to check who they get their advice from.

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Battery life is better than it has been on any ics so far. Using AOKP and hefe kernel. OC to 1.3.
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lumin30 said:
Sure is. That's why people need to check who they get their advice from.
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Can I be on the approved advice giver list? If so here's some advice. Everyone has their own idea of what the best combo is for them. All of these best threads are kinda useless. It's like asking 100 guys who the hottest looking actress or model is. Your gonna get at least 50 different responses. Just try different ROM/kernel combos for a few days each and see what one best suites your needs.

lonoguge said:
No I don't think so, from personal use I know that some Roms have 70% before rebooting the phone but once I restart it, i notice it drains to 30% or less. This usually happens on a newly flashed rom. Calibration fixes this issue for me at least.
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What you are seeing is not calibrating the battery. You are deleting the battery stat file. All that does is start over with no stats in the file. Draining a lithium ion battery to a dead state decreases the life of the battery more then it will help it.
https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT

lumin30 said:
Sure is. That's why people need to check who they get their advice from.
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Oopsies

hechoen said:
Can I be on the approved advice giver list? If so here's some advice. Everyone has their own idea of what the best combo is for them. All of these best threads are kinda useless. It's like asking 100 guys who the hottest looking actress or model is. Your gonna get at least 50 different responses. Just try different ROM/kernel combos for a few days each and see what one best suites your needs.
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Well, this is a forums where we discuss things. So I figured I'd ask people what they like!
Anyone have an opinion on Gingerbread mod/kernel combo's? I'm trying to use a Sony MN800 with my phone (for motorcycle riding) and ICS apparently has problems with the MN800 bluetooth functionality.

The hottest-looking actress really isn't that far off as an analogy. You may assume that each of our phones act similarly, compared to other SGS4Gs using the same software, but that simply isn't true. There have been plenty of cases here that I've seen where the majority of users couldn't replicate an issue a certain user or users have experienced, which typically means that the discrepancy is in the hardware. Statistically, you should be fine, but you should also take advice with a grain of salt.

adobrakic said:
The hottest-looking actress really isn't that far off as an analogy. You may assume that each of our phones act similarly, compared to other SGS4Gs using the same software, but that simply isn't true. There have been plenty of cases here that I've seen where the majority of users couldn't replicate an issue a certain user or users have experienced, which typically means that the discrepancy is in the hardware. Statistically, you should be fine, but you should also take advice with a grain of salt.
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I guess expediency is the name of the game for me here, to be honest. I don't have days and days to try out the best combinations, as I am leaving for a weekend trip in a couple of days. I wanted to see what people have had amazing success with, so that I may stand a chance of having my phone be my motorcycle music player all weekend .
I've just set the governor to Smartass V2 in Codename 2.0 + Hefe, as I've heard that's a good one for battery life. What about battery voltage adjustments?

I think its safe to say -50 on each level should be safe. Not sure what kind of bike you have but maybe a hidden power outlet and a charger cord tucked away.

For anybody that has tried AntonX's Barebones - I believe would tell you that is your best bet to play it safe. I use it one of my phones with LightningZap with great results... it is my 'safe' phone when I need everything to work properly.
Hechoen - I'd take your advice any day.

eollie said:
I think its safe to say -50 on each level should be safe. Not sure what kind of bike you have but maybe a hidden power outlet and a charger cord tucked away.
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Thanks for the input! However, I'm not quite sure what -50 on each level means for Codename 2.0. The interface in Codename 2.0 is a voltage slider that starts at the default of zero and increases (to seemingly huge numbers). I don't see a way to gauge what the real voltage levels are and whatnot, so as to set lower levels.

Here's the Hefe Kernel values -- they are 25 mV lower than the stock T959V values, yet still 25 mV higher than the I9000 (Galaxy S).
My phone has been pretty happy at an additional 75 mV lower, O/C to 1200 MHz, smartassv2 with target awake frequency at either 600 MHz (as-compiled), or occasionally I've been messing with 400 Mhz. Every phone is different, so what works for me may not work for you.
Code:
unsigned int freq_uv_table[FREQ_SIZE][3] = {
//freq, stock, current
{1400000, 1400, 1400},
{1300000, 1375, 1375},
{1200000, 1350, 1350},
{1100000, 1325, 1325},
{1000000, 1300, 1300},
{900000, 1250, 1250},
{800000, 1225, 1225},
{600000, 1200, 1200},
{400000, 1075, 1075},
{200000, 1000, 1000},
{100000, 975, 975}
};

"Best"
hechoen said:
Can I be on the approved advice giver list? If so here's some advice. Everyone has their own idea of what the best combo is for them. All of these best threads are kinda useless. It's like asking 100 guys who the hottest looking actress or model is. Your gonna get at least 50 different responses. Just try different ROM/kernel combos for a few days each and see what one best suites your needs.
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I think "Best" is just a code/search word for "what has your experience been."
I find the comments helpful, thank you.

Telus SGS4G battery life and ICS

I've tried many of the SGS 4G ROMS after convincing my Telus SGS 4G it was a T-Mobile version. I really like both remICS-UX and UltraGen ports, but battery life is quite disappointing. 3G/4G was not as good on remICS-UX ans UltraGen.
Any Telus phone users out have suggestions on other ROMS to try, or settings to try for our phone (yes I searched the forums, very few Telus folk here).
Cheers,
BHTM

Flash with hefe kod kernel over your Ultragen rom. You should see a big difference in your battery life. Also turn off wifi and GPS if you r not using it.
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The Telus phone is actually the T959P or something and it's reallynot the same phone as they use different bands than Tmobile/Wind does, so I'm surprised the ROM actually works but there could be many things that are draining the battery that are due to the fact that's its not the same phone, and that also would explain why things don't work right in terms in wifi/4g/battery, etc.

Yeah I am totally surprised it worked too. But a few kind Telus users here give easy instructions on how to make it think it is a sgh-t959v. Just hoping they will continue being kind and share there tips and tricks.
Anyway busy thanking and donating to all you kind folks. I'm a happy noob, having fun great fun trying all these custom roms.
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Just curious what you did to make it think it's a 959V ?
When you say battery life wasn't as good, can you clarify that? How long were you using it, how long did you have the screen on for, did you change governors to one better suited, can you take a screen shot of your battery window in the settings like this
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Whatever app is listed at the top, in my example, Screen, click on that and take a screen shot, This will show how much time that app has used
If you run something like CPUspy, it will show you the different "states" of your cpu, IE, what speed it's running at. If the phone is in standy, it should run mostly in deep sleep state. If something is keeping it from sleeping, that will affect the battery.
I just took my phone off the charger, but you can see it used 1000mhz for the bootup at full speed, then when I shut it off, it went to deep sleep mode. If there is no deep sleep, then something is keeping it "awake" and that is the cause of the battery drain. Sometimes installing app's can do that.

>Just curious what you did to make it think it's a 959V ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225593&page=5
>When you say battery life wasn't as good, can you clarify that? How long were you using it, how long did you have the screen on for, did you >change governors to one better suited, can you take a screen shot of your battery window in the settings like this
Much thanks for the tips, I'll give them a try. Playing with CM10 at the moment,but will try UltraGen again later and capture things. Been wiping everything including sdcard, so no media files to confuse media server.
Just realized I should be in Q&A section, bad n00b :laugh:
BTW, do yourself and dao not take donations? You guys are rockin' the SGS 4G with all the ports and help.

bhtm said:
>Just curious what you did to make it think it's a 959V ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225593&page=5
>When you say battery life wasn't as good, can you clarify that? How long were you using it, how long did you have the screen on for, did you >change governors to one better suited, can you take a screen shot of your battery window in the settings like this
Much thanks for the tips, I'll give them a try. Playing with CM10 at the moment,but will try UltraGen again later and capture things. Been wiping everything including sdcard, so no media files to confuse media server.
Just realized I should be in Q&A section, bad n00b :laugh:
BTW, do yourself and dao not take donations? You guys are rockin' the SGS 4G with all the ports and help.
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There is more coming... btw.
someone is sending me a verizon fascinate, and there is some common code between sgs4g, verizon fascinate, and T959P.
The bigger part is cg2900 gps driver, different digitizer, and a few other odd ball differences.
I also have an SK4G that I'm trying to port as well.
A lot of these devices share the same drivers, and our phones are just a little bit different then aries.
Fascinate even has some problems in the aries kernel, although I think they have work arounds for most of them.
So, as soon as I become available (not busy with work from 8am to 3am daily...) and get the verizon fascinate from... someone, I'm gonna start looking at t959p as well.

very ryeartlt
getochkn said:
Just curious what you did to make it think it's a 959V ?
When you say battery life wasn't as good, can you clarify that? How long were you using it, how long did you have the screen on for, did you change governors to one better suited, can you take a screen shot of your battery window in the settings like this
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My daily usage is like this: Get on train, use phone to Netflix, read news (Currents, Flipboard, et al), listen to music from Google cloud or Rdio, screen on the entire time (1 hour 15). Don't use phone for 8 hours. Reverse the train ride. Charge phone when I get home for next day use. Rarely have GPS or Wifi enabled. No media on SD card. Only half dozen extra apps (Currents, Flipbord, Google Play Music, Rdio, Google Maps etc).
The stock ROM from Samsung/Telus did a good job of lasting through day and have enough charge to finish the nightly train ride.
Had a chance to play with CPUSpy and try a few things, no deep sleep on remICS-UX or UltraGen and they would not last through the day (unused, screen black) without being charged. I haven't changed the default ROM performance settings or governors (tried to OC but phone got really hot, didn't really notice any difference is application performance, so set it back).
I've just started trying the SlimBean 3.1 ROM seems to be deep sleeping according to CPUSpy. Fingers crossed it behaves closer to stock ROM as far as battery is concerned (deep sleeps when not in use)
Anyway thanks to mcmerrit for the instructions on how to get this odd variant working with the mod community ROMs. Feels like I have a new phone

I've never been able to get more than 10 hours on a charge with 2+ hours of screen time on any ics roms with the stock battery. I do have wifi on pretty much the whole time though.

Erikmm will have another kernel coming out with battery life as good as GB. Stay tuned.
If it helps, hit the thanks button. It's my motivator to be more helpful.

gizmoscoop said:
Erikmm will have another kernel coming out with battery life as good as GB. Stay tuned.
If it helps, hit the thanks button. It's my motivator to be more helpful.
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You got that right ICS is about to get conquered along with JB
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Slimbeam 3.1 battery life is quite good. Survived my Monday commute. New battery for my HTC amaze arrived today. But I'll switch back to sgs4g as amaze cm is not as stable.
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[Q] Trade for Nexus 5

So I have the G2 and I have a buddy of mine offering to trade it for a 32GB N5. While I know that its basically the same phone I am more encouraged to simply because I feel that the N5 is more future proof.
Am I wrong for this ? Or should I keep it

Trade trade trade! Definitely the nexus will always have Dev support.
I'm a tail wagging, Android loving, Googly sheep fanboy!
Blasted from my Nexus 5 using the XDA pay me for this or else you get bombarded with ads Premium App

Depends how much you value battery life
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dicecuber said:
Depends how much you value battery life
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That's the thing...this is my business phone ...I need great battery life.
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If you come posting this in the Nexus 5 forum, I'd expect you know the answer you'll receive, so just go ahead and do the trade!

Jess813 said:
That's the thing...this is my business phone ...I need great battery life.
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Stick with the G2 im sure itll stay up to date with custom roms, also it has a more vibrant display, better camera, and better battery so i personally dont see why you would trade, flash an aosp rom and youll have close to a nexus experience

magnafunk said:
If you come posting this in the Nexus 5 forum, I'd expect you know the answer you'll receive, so just go ahead and do the trade!
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Well yes and no...I was hoping for someone that came from a G2 to give me their true scope on it.
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Jess813 said:
That's the thing...this is my business phone ...I need great battery life.
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Then I'd stay with the g2. People will tell you the nexus 5 battery is fine and will last the full day. But in my experience, it is like 4-5 hours then you have to carry a charger to top up the battery. I'm using my old blackberry for work which is more reliable in my opinion. Yes, the nexus 5 is snappy, but lacks a decent battery. It's like 1/3rd less battery than the g2 last I checked. Good luck
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Alex1123 said:
Stick with the G2 im sure itll stay up to date with custom roms, also it has a more vibrant display, better camera, and better battery so i personally dont see why you would trade, flash an aosp rom and youll have close to a nexus experience
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Thanks bud you just helped me make my mind up!
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Jess813 said:
Well yes and no...I was hoping for someone that came from a G2 to give me their true scope on it.
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Haha, fair enough. It was my backhanded way of saying I'd take the Nexus. It is true though, the battery is fine but not outstanding. I don't go anywhere without a usb cable.

Jess813 said:
So I have the G2 and I have a buddy of mine offering to trade it for a 32GB N5. While I know that its basically the same phone I am more encouraged to simply because I feel that the N5 is more future proof.
Am I wrong for this ? Or should I keep it
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Keep the g2 I miss my g2 so much the screen is gorgeous with small bezel and the battery life is so much better.
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I feel like the nexus 5 is a cheap variation of the g2...god damn that battery. …
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If you use any phone as a computer you will be disappointed with the battery life. In my experience the n5 battery is just about as good as the s4.
Sent from my HammerHead

Check out this thread, a lot of Nexus users are reporting good battery life. So good or even great battery life on this phone is possible,if you use battery friendly rom,kernel,know its setups,and also Greenify can save a lot of battery also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509132
If you don't mind about smaller screen,go for it!

The G2 may have slightly better battery life. Slightly.
Just gotta know how to setup for battery life.
Here's my N5 life. Note the averages at the bottom. An average since February 25th....not just a few days.
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Ooops .....slight necro. LOL
Clicked wrong thread to reply.
But still. Those knocking the battery on the N5 haven't set it up to get the most out of it.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....

Personally I chose the N5 over the G2, and do not regret it at all. I know the battery is smaller and the G2 supposedly takes better pics, but in decent lighting the N5 can take pics just as well. It was the design factor and overall construction that made me choose the N5. Seriously, the LG and Samsung phones look soooooo generic in my opinion. I totally value battery life, external memory and great displays, but I would still choose the N5 purely because of design (even though the difference is minimal). That train of thought can be compared to why people still love and use the iphone 5, even with the smaller screen, the IOS is just really user intuitive and smooth, and even though the Android has caught up significantly, I am still waiting for the large screen iphone 6 to come out, but until then my N5 will be my main and only phone!
kj2112 said:
The G2 may have slightly better battery life. Slightly.
Just gotta know how to setup for battery life.
Here's my N5 life. Note the averages at the bottom. An average since February 25th....not just a few days.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
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Ooops .....slight necro. LOL
Clicked wrong thread to reply.
But still. Those knocking the battery on the N5 haven't set it up to get the most out of it.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
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Oh yeah and to all those saying they have bad battery life, they must be doing a hell of a lot and all the time too, because I get BETTER battery life on my N5 than on my 3000mah Sony Xperia Z1 (but then the Z1 has had bad reviews in terms of battery life).
When I go to sleep on a full charge and wake up the next morning, I usually lose about 3%, and with regular use at work, I can go through the whole day (including listening to music to/and from work, around 1.5 hours total). When I get back home and check my battery, I still have between 30~50% left (depending on how heavy I used it)
I am running a custom rom with stock kernel, with Novalauncher, and 3 pages all with widgets, on FULL screen brightness all day long. I play Candycrush type games, browse the web, check facebook, send text messages, and just generally use it quite a lot.
Just FYI

Get the N5. I went from an S3 to the N5 16gb and love it.
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@ca12bon What's your setup, if you don't mind me asking?

PhilipTD said:
@ca12bon What's your setup, if you don't mind me asking?
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Hey, I used to use a stock ROM, with only root. But right now I'm trying out the Xenon HD and franco kernel, I'll try to see if I can feel any difference in the battery dept. and update this thread after a couple of days.

Why don't you swap your phone for lets say a week and if you can't get along with the battery you swap back?