Which one has the best life?
Humble 1.6
Gummy EE4 2.0
Stock EP1Q
Gummy 1.9 EP1Q?
If i am getting %12-15 drain per hour while totally idle with 4g, wifi, bluetooth, and GPS disabled on Gummy 2.0 (base with no other software installed/running) is it worth taking to verizon (flashed to stock ee4) and try to get a replacement battery or something?
cmdrfrog said:
Which one has the best life?
Humble 1.6
Gummy EE4 2.0
Stock EP1Q
Gummy 1.9 EP1Q?
If i am getting %12-15 drain per hour while totally idle with 4g, wifi, bluetooth, and GPS disabled on Gummy 2.0 (base with no other software installed/running) is it worth taking to verizon (flashed to stock ee4) and try to get a replacement battery or something?
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First off this should probably be in Q&A...
Secondly whoa there buddy thats a ton of drain with nothing activated or running, I get about 10-12% drain when I'm using it heavily. Have you tried calibrating your battery? There's a neat thread here in the general section somewhere like the 13 steps to a calibrated battery... After that you might wanna try downloading SetCPU or Voltage Control from the market and messing with some undervolting. If all that fails maybe you could try flashing the EP1Q modems in Odin, they're supposed to really reduce the 4G/3G/1x 'handoff' that drains battery. Worst case if you don't see any improvement then yes maybe flash back to stock and see if VZ will give you a new battery
You should keep your charge charged because charging it will keep it on.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
pukemon said:
You should keep your charge charged because charging it will keep it on.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
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Hardy harr.
Anyway, I had this exact issue when I first flashed Gummy2.0. When you flash a new ROM your battery stats are messed up(they aren't used to the new ROM) and cause MAJOR drain. My phone died in 6 hours in light usage on the first day of flashing it(as opposed to the 23+ hours of light I usually get). Also, the new kernel included in Gummy2.0 doesn't help with the battery stats either. A very simple fix to this is to just Calibrate your battery. Download the Battery Calibration app from the Android Market which will make calibrating a lot easier.
You can also try Undervolting(use the Voltage Control app) and lowering your brightness(use the Screen Filter app and set your brightness to like 70% and it will give you a boost in battery life). Aside from those tips there's nothing else to say, as Kejar has told us; ROMs have almost nothing to do with battery life. It's almost solely based on the kernel. Don't choose a ROM because you think it has better battery life. Just calibrate and you'll be fine.
Screen filter does nothing for battery life itself. Lowering brightness will help but that is not always ideal. Do y'all happen to know what chip is used to control your display?
I voided my warranty and your mum.
blarrick said:
Hardy harr.
My phone died in 6 hours in light usage on the first day of flashing it(as opposed to the 23+ hours of light I usually get). .
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SO i forgot to mention i was losing 15% per hour Idle After doing a battery re-calibration and wiping battery stats - charging to 100 on, then again while off, then on then off etc. then drain to 0 then full charge with power off.
STILL i get 15% per hour drain. I have also NEVER made it a full day wihtout having to charge, even 23 hours of total idle with mobile data/gps/bluetooth/wifi totally off would not be possible.. on any RoM i ever had.
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SO i forgot to mention i was losing 15% per hour Idle After doing a battery re-calibration and wiping battery stats - charging to 100 on, then again while off, then on then off etc. then drain to 0 then full charge with power off.
STILL i get 15% per hour drain. I have also NEVER made it a full day wihtout having to charge, even 23 hours of total idle with mobile data/gps/bluetooth/wifi totally off would not be possible.. on any RoM i ever had.
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that's exactly how mine is,
i have not yet found a fix for this.
i don't know if it the phone or battery.
and i have calibrated many times and still the same.
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SO i forgot to mention i was losing 15% per hour Idle After doing a battery re-calibration and wiping battery stats - charging to 100 on, then again while off, then on then off etc. then drain to 0 then full charge with power off.
STILL i get 15% per hour drain. I have also NEVER made it a full day wihtout having to charge, even 23 hours of total idle with mobile data/gps/bluetooth/wifi totally off would not be possible.. on any RoM i ever had.
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You should usually be able to tell if it's the battery by the above average heat signature it gives off. I had the same exact issue and swapped out a new battery no questions asked. It's actually more prevalent than you would think. They can ship you a new one express or you can go to a corporate store and switch it in person.
I'm now getting 18+ on "moderate" usage and 24+ on "light" usage.
In the end it wouldn't hurt to try.
Its funny you mention that. On the days when it REALLY drops fast the battery gets really hot even when its doing nothing. So would you advise that i go ask for a replacement?
Its unlikely its your battery. It could be but I suspect something rogue is draining it fast or cpu or gpu is rogue.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
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Its funny you mention that. On the days when it REALLY drops fast the battery gets really hot even when its doing nothing. So would you advise that i go ask for a replacement?
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If you want to rule it out then yes, why not. Like I said it wouldn't hurt to.
They didn't even look at my "voided" phone lol
cj316x said:
that's exactly how mine is,
i have not yet found a fix for this.
i don't know if it the phone or battery.
and i have calibrated many times and still the same.
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Yeah, same here.
Humble 1.6 is the clear winner. 36 hours of heavy use compared to 8 hours heavy use in 1.51.
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elucid said:
Humble 1.6 is the clear winner. 36 hours of heavy use compared to 8 hours heavy use in 1.51.
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Nitsuj has told us time and time again that ROMs have almost nothing to do with battery life, it's all about the kernel. You're spreading false facts.
elucid said:
Humble 1.6 is the clear winner. 36 hours of heavy use compared to 8 hours heavy use in 1.51.
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36 Hours of heavy use? um are you sure?
seems so false to me.
its also weird how some please claim they get 15 hours to 20 hours
when i don't even get that and have the same phone and battery and everything off.
maybe there faking to make them self's look impressive and make us jealous?
i had a similar problem. i would suggest going into CWM and wipe everything then reflash gummy 2.0 also going over to rootzwiki and getting imoseyon's new kernel v. 1.2.1 and flashing that via cmw. then after you have done that, calibrate your battery. after doing all this i am now getting 15-20 hrs moderate use
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i had a similar problem. i would suggest going into CWM and wipe everything then reflash gummy 2.0 also going over to rootzwiki and getting imoseyon's new kernel v. 1.2.1 and flashing that via cmw. then after you have done that, calibrate your battery. after doing all this i am now getting 15-20 hrs moderate use
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what do u mean by wipe everything?
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what do u mean by wipe everything?
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Wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. U don't have to wipe but I think it would help its up to you. I would def. suggest reflashing gummy 2.0 and getting imoseyons most recent kernel over at rootzwiki.
He means wipe cache & dalvik cache. He might also want you to wipe your data/format but that will erase all your apps so be careful. I've already posted how to get phenomenal battery life in this thread, it's VERY simple. If it doesn't work for you then just try again, if it still doesn't then I can't help you.
And no, we're not just "saying" we can get 15 hours of moderate usage, if you can't make it through the day you are definitely doing something wrong.
It could make a difference with rom if a kernel is built into it. Otherwise rom itself has nothing to do with battery life.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
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I really hate creating these threads because it makes me look likr a complete noob but I can' figire this out for the life of me. I bought the charge thinking I could use it for a day and change but I have yet to experience this awesome battery life. Even when I got my first day, the battery life was horrible and even after its first charge, it wasnt any better. Do I just have a bad battery or something?
Heres what I remember doing:
-Flash gummycharge day 2 of owning phone (1.8.5) novoodoo kernal
-An issue came up where I couldnt press my power button without the phone freezing
-so at this point I reverted back to a stock ee2 rom
-i then flashed gummycharged once again (same as above)
-after flashing, I charged my battey up, shutdown, wait for 100%, repeat 3x to wipe battery stats/calibrate my battery
So I unplugged my phone at 5:00pm and it is now 7:07pm. In two hours with about an hour of browsing, my phone is at 73%. I have nothing on any of my homescreens just to be sure it wasnt consuming the battery, cdma automatic instead of 4g lte since my area does not support it yet and manual brightness at 15%.
What is it I'm doing wrong?
f3liC said:
I really hate creating these threads because it makes me look likr a complete noob but I can' figire this out for the life of me. I bought the charge thinking I could use it for a day and change but I have yet to experience this awesome battery life. Even when I got my first day, the battery life was horrible and even after its first charge, it wasnt any better. Do I just have a bad battery or something?
Heres what I remember doing:
-Flash gummycharge day 2 of owning phone (1.8.5) novoodoo kernal
-An issue came up where I couldnt press my power button without the phone freezing
-so at this point I reverted back to a stock ee2 rom
-i then flashed gummycharged once again (same as above)
-after flashing, I charged my battey up, shutdown, wait for 100%, repeat 3x to wipe battery stats/calibrate my battery
So I unplugged my phone at 5:00pm and it is now 7:07pm. In two hours with about an hour of browsing, my phone is at 73%. I have nothing on any of my homescreens just to be sure it wasnt consuming the battery, cdma automatic instead of 4g lte since my area does not support it yet and manual brightness at 15%.
What is it I'm doing wrong?
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Download humble 1.25 and your battery woes will be no more my son....
Will take you suggestion and try it out tonight. I dont mean to derail my own thread but is it possible that when I flashed back to stock ee2, it caused my signal to decrease even though I put gummycharged over it later? Ever since I had to reflash because of the power button issue, I noticed a decrease in signal strength (from mid 80s to high 90s). Sorry for all the questions!
danalo1979 said:
Download humble 1.25 and your battery woes will be no more my son....
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Hi,
I saw your Humble ROM and was considering installing it to try to improve battery life as we'll.
What about your ROM conserves battery over the stock rom?
Now that p3droid released 2.3.4 I will certainly have to try it, do you plan to make a version of Humble using this new base?
Thanks for your work, I really am loving this new phone!
Ken
(Former DX afficianado)
An hour has passed with another 45 minutes of browsing. My battery is down to 40%. Really now?
f3liC said:
An hour has passed with another 45 minutes of browsing. My battery is down to 40%. Really now?
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If you are getting that bad of battery life, go to EE4 Debloated . Flash P&J OC Kernel. and Undervolt your phone.
Whay would be causing this kind of battery life though?
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Whay would be causing this kind of battery life though?
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No telling, depends on how you use your phone and what apps are running.
Thats the thing. I haven't been doing anything other than browsing. I only went to class and browsed for maybe 2 hours max. Everything else is 2% ish other than the dolphin hd browser. If I look at the battery stats, the display is the only thing thats depleting the battery really. I'm starting to think its because I have weak coverage in my area.
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Thats the thing. I haven't been doing anything other than browsing. I only went to class and browsed for maybe 2 hours max. Everything else is 2% ish other than the dolphin hd browser. If I look at the battery stats, the display is the only thing thats depleting the battery really. I'm starting to think its because I have weak coverage in my area.
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I've had similar battery issues with two different Charge units running each ROM/Kernel (except GB). I also live in a weak coverage area where I average 1 to 2 bars, sometimes dropping to 0 and i'm convinced this has to be it. I had written this idea off initially because I previously had ATT and the same weak coverage with them, but nowhere near the same abnormal battery drain...so I guess there must be a difference between the way CDMA and GSM operate in this respect? I'm in a 3G only area and keep the phone locked to CDMA/Auto also.
danalo1979 said:
Download humble 1.25 and your battery woes will be no more my son....
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I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.
Coming from the fascinate I honestly think the battery life is better. Although I turned lte off since we don't have any coverage for it yet. My mind will probably change when we get it. Running stock ee4 rooted with voodoo kernel. My father is running the same thing and also came from the fascinate, he completely agrees.
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brian1972ct said:
I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.
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I had really bad battery life on my phone running the stock rom and gummycharged. With the phone sleeping and only data on, I was losing at least 5% an hour.
I switched to Humble a week ago and my battery life is exceptional. I am ususally looking at 24 hrs with 4g on and longer with it off.
If you do a lot of browsing and keeping your screen on, your battery is going to burn quickly. No matter what ROM you are using. If it's draining a lot of battery in sleep, flash Humble.
danalo1979 said:
Download humble 1.25 and your battery woes will be no more my son....
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Dude, this isn't the fix. I'll flash Humble 1.25 right now and prove to you that it doesn't fix battery issues. Yes, it's less of a battery hog than the other available ROMs, but flashing Humble 1.25 will not fix your battery gremlin.
I wish Danalo, imnuts and the other gurus would spend more time figuring out this battery gremlin. Charging your battery to 100% then wiping battery stats through CWR doesn't work either. I've tried it countless times.
OP, here's another thread regarding the battery issues many people are experiencing - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145161
brian1972ct said:
I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.
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Don't give up so soon. The battery life on the Charge can be amazing and I know from experience. My experience also shows that there are funky battery issues that pop up when flashing various crap. Flashing an Odin bundle has not worked for me, at all. Wiping battery stats has not worked.
I was running GummyCharged 1.5 with the PBJT kernel and voodoo enabled and got 17+ hours of medium-hard use EASILY. Since then, I flashed the original GB leak, Gummy, Humble, Stock... I cannot figure out what the heck is going on, my battery life is still crap.
f3liC said:
So I unplugged my phone at 5:00pm and it is now 7:07pm. In two hours with about an hour of browsing, my phone is at 73%. I have nothing on any of my homescreens just to be sure it wasnt consuming the battery, cdma automatic instead of 4g lte since my area does not support it yet and manual brightness at 15%.
What is it I'm doing wrong?
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It really sounds like signal issues to me. My Charge handles weak mobile signals better than my Thunderbolt, but any cell phone will really crank up the juice draw looking for a tower if it can't find one. In my north county office, my Thunderbolt will drain 25% per hour if I don't keep it near the window where it can get a better signal.
You need to post a lot more details.
Are you on wifi or mobile data? Are you 3G or 4G area? How strong is your 3G/4G signal?
Have you dug into the battery use screens to see what's up?
Grab Spare Parts from the Market if your ROM doesn't have it and look into it's battery statistics...things like wake-locks will really kill the phone.
brian1972ct said:
I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.
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Humble isnt going to make a difference, what he should have said was to flash the PBJ OTB kernel. Not sure if he just wants more downloads for Humble or what lol.
If all you are concerned with is battery life on a phone then buy an iphone.... sheesh.
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Humble isnt going to make a difference, what he should have said was to flash the PBJ OTB kernel. Not sure if he just wants more downloads for Humble or what lol.
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And no.... im not pimping downloads. Lol
If you calibrate your batt stats and use my rom you will see what alot of people are seeing. Thanks
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danalo1979 said:
If all you are concerned with is battery life on a phone then buy an iphone.... sheesh.
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Then what would we ***** about?
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If you calibrate your batt stats and use my rom you will see what alot of people are seeing. Thanks
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I've done this countless times to no avail. I'm going to flash Humble 1.25 again in a bit, but it definitely didn't fix the battery issue earlier today when I flashed it. Yes I wiped battery stats. Yes the battery was at 100%.
I'm going to try the ridiculous procedure laid out in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152088
What do you guys do to maximize your battery life? I just can't seem to get decent life. Average is probably 5 hours with heavy usage.
Any recommendations?
Sorry if there is already a thread, I don't have a computer right now and I don't think I can search on tapatalk.
Thanks in advance.
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The usual - brightness as low as you can stand, radios not in use turned off, screen timeout 15 seconds, 200-1400 conservative governor in SetCPU.
Search AutoKiller in the market -- choose "optimal" profile, so far has given me an extra two hours today over what I got yesterday.
5h of heavy use is good already.
You can tweak your idle batt life, 2g-only, undervolted kernel, avoiding power hungry rom.
Idle battery life is just amazing with stock... just test it over night, 6hrs get 2/3% for me.
I can get 30hrs with 4hrs with screen on, the screen is the key here, i can get 5hrs with 4hrs with screen on too. ;o)
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thiagodark said:
Idle battery life is just amazing with stock... just test it over night, 6hrs get 2/3% for me.
I can get 30hrs with 4hrs with screen on, the screen is the key here, i can get 5hrs with 4hrs with screen on too. ;o)
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Try a kernel that is made to optimise batt life with display active, like the XTEUV92 Trinity kernel.
rentaric said:
Try a kernel that is made to optimise batt life with display active, like the XTEUV92 Trinity kernel.
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I tried almost every single combination of rom + kernel. And for me, pure stock has the best battery life, by far.
But i'm getting bored and should flash something... )
Ps: afaik trinity doesnt work with stock. Did it change?
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thiagodark said:
I tried almost every single combination of rom + kernel. And for me, pure stock has the best battery life, by far.
But i'm getting bored and should flash something... )
Ps: afaik trinity doesnt work with stock. Did it change?
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See my signature, stock (rooted and removed soom Google apps) with Trinity, works together just fine
How would you define "heavy" usage?
Also, what does your "battery use" stats say? (Settings - About Phone - Battery Use)
5 hours of truly heavy usage (online gaming, for instance) is actually to be expected.
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See my signature, stock (rooted and removed soom Google apps) with Trinity, works together just fine
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i'm using the same stock 2.3.4 as your signature and tried the morfic kernel from yours, but got no lock at all, freezes and reboots...
that's a little strange for me, first time i see it in my device... =o\\
johnbibbs said:
What do you guys do to maximize your battery life? I just can't seem to get decent life. Average is probably 5 hours with heavy usage.
Any recommendations?
Sorry if there is already a thread, I don't have a computer right now and I don't think I can search on tapatalk.
Thanks in advance.
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You can create a custom prl setting. Turn wifi to never sleep when you're at home... Have the prl to auto *CDMA or GSM* Which ever your network is on. (This goes to all Nexus S. users). So you have wifi on with a signal and 3g off. The phone stays in 2g for calls and uses wifi for data. Turn off google location services while your at home, turn off roaming, turn all of that off. I get about 13 hours of battery life with heavy usage. People think wifi drains your battery but it doesn't if you have mobile data turned off. When you have 3g turned on it's constantly searching for a better connection. If you have wifi on and a strong connection it isn't constantly polling.
are there any charging habits that would help prolong battery life? I usually just charge my phone every night cause, if I remember correctly, these batteries don't have a memory or anything. anyone know if that is the smartest thing to do?
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are there any charging habits that would help prolong battery life? I usually just charge my phone every night cause, if I remember correctly, these batteries don't have a memory or anything. anyone know if that is the smartest thing to do?
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I hope you don't mean overnight. I don't know if phones have auto-cutoff feature (a la laptops), but it's safer just not to charge overnight.
I personally use an extension that has a timer built-in. Nifty. Set the timer, plug the phone in, it will automatically start and stop the charging at the predetermined times. I usually time the charging to end right before I wake up, so the battery doesn't stay fully charged for too long. I heard batteries corrode faster when they're fully charged.
When my battery life starts getting shorter than usual, I let them drain until the phone turns off automatically (well I actually try not to get to that point, but seldom succeeded ), and as soon as possible charge it until full.
Usually the battery holds longer then. It has something to do with teaching the battery about the true empty and true full.. or something.....
AFAIK. CMIIW.
doesn't the nexus s have a built in cut-off feature so it will only charge to 95% though? I figure that would take care of the full charge issue. i'm also not sure if lithium ion batteries have a memory, but you could always reset the battery stats if you're on root to compensate for the whole draining and fully charging thing.
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doesn't the nexus s have a built in cut-off feature so it will only charge to 95% though? I figure that would take care of the full charge issue. i'm also not sure if lithium ion batteries have a memory, but you could always reset the battery stats if you're on root to compensate for the whole draining and fully charging thing.
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Battery stats! That's the word I was looking for No I wasn't referring to the memory effect
I don't know what would happen when the cut-off feature kicks up. My Nexus S still shows a charging icon even a while after full, so I don't wanna risk it.
The best way is by touching the charger unit after a while and see if it's warm/hot. If it is, it's still charging. But you gotta give it time to cool down first (after it's finished charging) Haven't gotten around to it, though. Always forgot to check the charger
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Battery stats! That's the word I was looking for No I wasn't referring to the memory effect
I don't know what would happen when the cut-off feature kicks up. My Nexus S still shows a charging icon even a while after full, so I don't wanna risk it.
The best way is by touching the charger unit after a while and see if it's warm/hot. If it is, it's still charging. But you gotta give it time to cool down first (after it's finished charging) Haven't gotten around to it, though. Always forgot to check the charger
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lol, I know that my phone for sure won't charge to 100% from watching it, so even after a night of charging it's still at 95%. I've read a few explanations on this forum about the whole not fully charging thing too, so i'm pretty sure that it's like that on purpose.
my lg g2x drains my battery when turned off
the most previous experience was last night when i had my battery at 39 percent when i turned it off the next morning when i turned it on it was at 19%...
At first i thought it was the faux's DebouchedSloth (the one with the funky readings) so i paid no mind to it. (i just left it on during the night in airplane mode, which actually gave me better battery life) Later, i flashed the trinity kernel, only to find out the same thing happens
what do i do?
im running the latest cm7 kang build from baldwinguy77 with trinity kernel T15max 20122011 if thats any help.
thanks in advance
try a "battery calibration"
let it drain out completely and then let it charge 1 to 2 hours extra after it has reached 100%. worth a shot but i doubt it will help
or try wiping battery status in recovery
also, set up setCPU with profiles
Hmm.. I wonder how the battery drains even though it is off? o_o
Did you try turning it off, than remove the battery and put it back in? And see if it drains.
For me, my battery drains 0% overnight on airplane mode.
maxesxp said:
my lg g2x drains my battery when turned off
the most previous experience was last night when i had my battery at 39 percent when i turned it off the next morning when i turned it on it was at 19%...
At first i thought it was the faux's DebouchedSloth (the one with the funky readings) so i paid no mind to it. (i just left it on during the night in airplane mode, which actually gave me better battery life) Later, i flashed the trinity kernel, only to find out the same thing happens
what do i do?
im running the latest cm7 kang build from baldwinguy77 with trinity kernel T15max 20122011 if thats any help.
thanks in advance
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I just want to make sure when you say you turned your phone off you mean you shut it down right? I'm just trying to get a answer out of the way because I have seen so many post go a long way only to find out the original post misinterpreted a phrase. If it was in sleep mode a 20% battery drain isn't terrible. I've seen better and worse. If it's draining while it's shut off then I ask are you using the stock battery? It seems to be a big issue and I could easily see it leaking energy while off or giving misread.
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wyldkard said:
try a "battery calibration"
let it drain out completely and then let it charge 1 to 2 hours extra after it has reached 100%. worth a shot but i doubt it will help
or try wiping battery status in recovery
also, set up setCPU with profiles
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there was an article on the xda homepage posted not that long ago. it was about how battery calabration doesnt effect battery life, but only the battery graph found under settings. basicaly it said that the batterystats.bin file only has to do with that battery graph, it tells the phone whats been eating the battery. here it the link if you want to read the article:
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
anyways back to the point. nope i calibrated my battery a few days ago, so it didnt help
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Hmm.. I wonder how the battery drains even though it is off? o_o
Did you try turning it off, than remove the battery and put it back in? And see if it drains.
For me, my battery drains 0% overnight on airplane mode.
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i dont know... and i used to leave it on overnight in airplane mode too with faux's kernel, it drained alot less leaving it on over night then turning it off. but the thing is, leaving you phone on for too long makes it sluggish, so i want to turn it off once in a while to help make it more snappy. I wanted to try that with trinity kernel, but ya thats not really working lool
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I just want to make sure when you say you turned your phone off you mean you shut it down right? I'm just trying to get a answer out of the way because I have seen so many post go a long way only to find out the original post misinterpreted a phrase. If it was in sleep mode a 20% battery drain isn't terrible. I've seen better and worse. If it's draining while it's shut off then I ask are you using the stock battery? It seems to be a big issue and I could easily see it leaking energy while off or giving misread.
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yupp it was shut down. i turned it off. i dont know why it drains whens its shut down :/
battery drain
for me my phone has none of the problems that most g2x,s do until i use any faux's kernel,s all rom combos all correct faux's kernel combos don't know why wasn't always that way
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for me my phone has none of the problems that most g2x,s do until i use any faux's kernel,s all rom combos all correct faux's kernel combos don't know why wasn't always that way
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I don't know what that has to do with anything and I would suggest trinity
Anyone?
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I would suggest trying a new battery first. I purchased a couple of 3rd party batteries for $20. If it still drains while the phone is OFF, you have some sort of internal hardware problem.
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I would suggest trying a new battery first. I purchased a couple of 3rd party batteries for $20. If it still drains while the phone is OFF, you have some sort of internal hardware problem.
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okay thanks thats what iv been guessing too
NeKr0MAtiK said:
I would suggest trying a new battery first. I purchased a couple of 3rd party batteries for $20. If it still drains while the phone is OFF, you have some sort of internal hardware problem.
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okay thanks thats what iv been guessing too
sometimes it's the ROM, i've tried EaglesBlood, PheonixBlood and i get above then norm battery life. I'm on Xboard's OTA and my battery life is sweet
i'm having the same issue as well even when using 2 different batteries and an external charger (for the battery itself).
'normal' drain on the eaglesblood AOSP is about 20% an hour and when I turn off the phone, remove the battery, put it back in, and turn it back on after an hour, the battery drains till it's almost empty!
maxesxp, did the new batteries work? or was it some combination of rom + kernel that did the trick for you?
Weird I just thoughts about looking for this cause I had this happen for the first time. I was at 40% had no charger around so turned the phone off, turned it on the next morning and was at 2% effing weird!
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My phone does this too. Some days it will drain only a percent or two and others it will drain like 20-30%. From what I can tell the kernel or something is not turning everything off on the phone. Try turning your phone off the next time you do and remove the battery and then when you go to turn it on put the battery back in and see if it drained then. If it did then it is a problem with the battery and if not it is a problem with the phone. If it is the phone there is not much you can do about that, sorry.
i need help with this, im still pretty new to the whole root/overclock/unervolting thing. currently running gummycharged 2.1 with PBJ and V6 supercharger. Have voltage control maxed at 1200 set on VR and ondemand.
1200 -25
1000 -75
800&400 - 100
200&100 - 150
those are all number i have found that other have been using saying they get 14hours battery life. but in the last hour ive had my phone unplugged ive dropped to 76% battery.
Does anyone have any advice for me?
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i need help with this, im still pretty new to the whole root/overclock/unervolting thing. currently running gummycharged 2.1 with PBJ and V6 supercharger. Have voltage control maxed at 1200 set on VR and ondemand.
1200 -25
1000 -75
800&400 - 100
200&100 - 150
those are all number i have found that other have been using saying they get 14hours battery life. but in the last hour ive had my phone unplugged ive dropped to 76% battery.
Does anyone have any advice for me?
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Ditch gummy. Use a ROM based on EP4D. Also, try to see if you can get more unvdervolting. Here's what I got:
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Should I still use PBJ cause thats the only I've found so far the supports voltage control or setCPU
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Also do a battery calibration after flashing a new ROM, turn off background data, and turn off auto brightness. All this will help considerably with battery life.
How do I do a battery calibration?
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Download the battery calibration app from the market. Just search "Battery Calibration" and it will provide you with the necessary instructions.
hazard209 said:
Also do a battery calibration after flashing a new ROM, turn off background data, and turn off auto brightness. All this will help considerably with battery life.
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*facepalms*
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It's always seems to be the most obvious solutions. Lol.
Unless that's directed at me for saying something wrong?
each phone is different so be careful when undervolting. i tried to set 1200 to -125 and my phone completely crashed and i had to do a factory reset. I'm actually on IMO kernel which doesnt suppost voltage control but after calibrating i got a good 13-14 hours, granted there werent many phone calls which eats up most of ur battery life, but i was playing games alot, downloaded some apps n such. I figure since i read that imnuts is working on an update to fix a couple issues with pjb ill just stick with IMO until the new pjb is posted. Im also using tweakstock, so maybe u should try that ROM, gummy (from waht ive heard) is pretty outdated at this point. depending on what theme u like id chhose between tweakstock and eclipse. both r very stable.
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each phone is different so be careful when undervolting. i tried to set 1200 to -125 and my phone completely crashed and i had to do a factory reset. I'm actually on IMO kernel which doesnt suppost voltage control but after calibrating i got a good 13-14 hours, granted there werent many phone calls which eats up most of ur battery life, but i was playing games alot, downloaded some apps n such. I figure since i read that imnuts is working on an update to fix a couple issues with pjb ill just stick with IMO until the new pjb is posted. Im also using tweakstock, so maybe u should try that ROM, gummy (from waht ive heard) is pretty outdated at this point. depending on what theme u like id chhose between tweakstock and eclipse. both r very stable.
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Hey Imnuts already released the new kernel which fixed the 720p recording and added some more features. Check it out. Version 0130.
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It's always seems to be the most obvious solutions. Lol.
Unless that's directed at me for saying something wrong?
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You can't really calibrate the battery, it will always report the same voltage for a given % charge, within a certain margin of error. Wiping battery stats has been shown to do nothing relating to the indicator of the battery remaining, and is almost always part of a "battery calibration".
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Hey Imnuts already released the new kernel which fixed the 720p recording and added some more features. Check it out. Version 0130.
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Where did you find the new update for PBJ?
imnuts said:
You can't really calibrate the battery, it will always report the same voltage for a given % charge, within a certain margin of error. Wiping battery stats has been shown to do nothing relating to the indicator of the battery remaining, and is almost always part of a "battery calibration".
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Interesting. So it's just to give a semi-accurate percentage of battery remaining based off of the voltage given by the battery?
EDIT: Saw this. Now enlightened. https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
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Where did you find the new update for PBJ?
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You can find it at rootzwiki.com
Thanks for the help. Battery life looked better today. Got almost 9 hours which is way better then the 5 yesterday. Wasn't bring heavily used though. Still hoping I can get better though
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It's not just normal battery loss, it's EXTREME! I usually get 12-13 hours on one battery.
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Your battery will always seem wonky after a flash. At least in my experience it takes some time for your phone to "get used to" the battery. Almost always it seems the 2nd day with a new ROM lasts longer than the first. And the 2nd week better than the first week.
Hello, I'm currently running cm 9, however the battery life is just awful
When the phone is on sleep it loses like 1 percent every 5-10 minutes
I am using an extended battery as well, please tell me what to do I was on GB before and the battery was outstanding, I could go on one charge the whole day with heavy usage, now i dont think I can make it through the day with light usage on this
thank you
EDIT: This could be a sleep problem, because when the device is on, the battery is normal
If you flashed the Feb 27 cm9 you should flash proton kernel so you can watch videos. Battery life isn't as good as gb no matter what you do. Also give it some time to settle in. It takes more than a couple hours.
alright thank you... I just flashed the newest version of cm9 a few hours ago, I was flashing a bunch of roms and this one seemed the best... do you know how to force a device into deep sleep cause that seems to be the problem i believe
OK I was just on 20 percent, then i rebooted my phone, and now im on 2 percent... im seriously considering going back to gb
Sounds more like a battery thing? With CM9.? + Proton I'm getting at least a day* with light use. Maybe a bad app or combo of apps? What does BBS say is eating the charge?
* - I say at least a day because I can't not use it for that long.
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Stuck on hold said:
Sounds more like a battery thing? With CM9.? + Proton I'm getting at least a day* with light use. Maybe a bad app or combo of apps? What does BBS say is eating the charge?
* - I say at least a day because I can't not use it for that long.
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just the screen and the android system... very interesting thing though is happening
I'm running a bunch of quadrants to get the battery down to 0, and the battery is all the way down to 1%, however it's been on 1% for like 6 quadrant tests... maybe its just a problem with the indicator, however another indicator also says it's at 1%... very interesting
If you are on CM9, I suggest you flash Hefe or Proton.
I use Hefe because according to the posts being made it puts your phone into deep sleep, which means longer battery life.
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OK I was just on 20 percent, then i rebooted my phone, and now im on 2 percent... im seriously considering going back to gb
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Definitely a battery problem. This happens to me on one of my batteries but not on another. Time to buy a new one. I haven't tested it fully but it does appear to be just a display issue. Sometimes the bad battery will make the phone display 1% but it will still act as if it had way more than 1% charge left. I haven't done any testing on that regard but that's what it appears to do.
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Definitely a battery problem. This happens to me on one of my batteries but not on another. Time to buy a new one. I haven't tested it fully but it does appear to be just a display issue. Sometimes the bad battery will make the phone display 1% but it will still act as if it had way more than 1% charge left. I haven't done any testing on that regard but that's what it appears to do.
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I don't believe it to be a battery problem, because I've been on GB with absolutely no problems and exceptional battery... I just upgraded to ics not long ago, and the battery life instantly screwed up
Have you set the cpu governor to anything silly like performance?
Have you let it charge up fully at least once?
Search xda for "better battery stats" app, use it to see if you're getting deep sleep.
Flash hefe over release 8 and youll have a little better battery. Proton doesnt deep sleep
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Proton DOES deep sleep. That was one of its major features.
Certain scheduler/governor combinations work better on different kernels, though. If the specific one you like most sleeps better on Hefe, great. If the one you like does best on Proton, great. Just be aware that most issues are either physical or user-inflicted...
In this case, your battery is almost certainly dying. The variance in power over a reboot is a definite tell that your battery is probably swollen. If you can spin it on a table, the cells are starting to die. This does not mean you can't keep using it, but it does mean that your battery life will be irregular. It also means that you'll have significantly "higher" battery levels if you reboot the phone with external power connected, but the battery will discharge very quickly if it hasn't actually reached whatever level it believes it should be at.