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Hi all.
Looking for some serious help. Coming from a Samsung vibrant. I need help with how to save battery life on the sensation. I have been off charger for 5 hours and 51 minutes and am down to 41%. Is this normal? I have been only texting really. I got my data from battery monitor.
Thanks in advance. Anyway to make this better?
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It all depends on what you're using the phone for. I'm at 55% after 12 hours. yesterday I got 17 hours. if all you're doing us texting then no,thats not normal. but I suspect you're probably doing more with it than you realize since its a new toy.
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He prolly has running wifi as well?
Settings > Wireless and networks > Wifi settings > [MENU BUTTON] > Advanced > Wifi sleep policy > After 15 minutes
Stop Android from phoning home and you'll save greatly on battery life.
Best way I've found to prevent battery drain, is to stop Android from phoning home.
Once you use an app like Autostarts to stop unnecessary things from starting up all the time on their own and also block a couple ports that are not always needed via an app like DroidWall, you'll see great battery life. Also see other details in that link of things I turned off to increase battery life amoung other benefits.
For now, I can only speak for seeing the difference while using a Nexus One ROM on my HD2, but I have way better battery life, GPS lock times and faster device boot ups than ever before.
This is yet another one of the reasons I must wait till the Sensation is rooted and unlocked. Because I'm not using it while it's running things I can't better manage, so they don't drain my battery.
Profondo_Rosso said:
It all depends on what you're using the phone for. I'm at 55% after 12 hours. yesterday I got 17 hours. if all you're doing us texting then no,thats not normal. but I suspect you're probably doing more with it than you realize since its a new toy.
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How did u get that much? I have battery monitor as a widget. I also did not charge the phone all the way up when I first got it.
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Well to be honest for the 8 hours I'm at work, I use it light. texting, a few calls and about 30 minutes of reading pulse and playing games. However the next 8-9 hours I would consider moderate to heavy use. I have no monitors or anything running, just running straight out of the box.
I'm at 34% after 14.5 hours today.
I charged it fully the first day, ran it to 0, then charged it fully again last night.
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Did draining it out help? It is really killing my battery. When my phone idles it loses about 7 percent an hour. Is this normal?
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Mine is at most 3% per hour so I would say check if you have any running apps that aren't supposed to be.
I suppose draining could have helped but I have no way of knowing for sure
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Yeah I killed my battery in 12 hours with decent use and then charged to 88 had to go but now down to 35 three hours later ....thinking of draining battery and then charging
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I think custom kernel can improve battery a lot..Wait
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I think mine's even worse. Phone was off charger at 100% at 11am, by 1:30PM it's already down to 80%ish. By 4PM it was down to 40%ish, got it charged up to about 70%ish around 6PM, by midnight I was around 6% again.
So I think I'm losing around 10%/hr. That's gotta be abnormal, and the battery gets really hot too. At the moment, I have several speculations:
1. Death grip causing the phone to work harder to find signal, and tmo's coverage kinda sucks in my town
2. I have defective unit/battery
3. Some apps behind the scene are killing it. But I've checked what's running behind, even turned off unnecessary stuff using autorun manager. Auto sync is turned of only for gmails. Weather, IMAP mails, pulse, facebook etc are set to pull in couple hrs instead hourly. The battery life cannot be worse than my 2-yr old HD2.
Hey guys. Have you considered bump charging. HTC advised the idea for the HTC desire battery and it in most cases doubles the battery.
Sorry I can't be more specific bit I'm on my phone. I have found the relevant link. Read the 1st post. I'm gonna do it when I get in from my gig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712990
Bump charging kills the battery in long run.
If you have to do it to a brand new handset it can't be good news.
HTC shipping crapy product again!
Customers should not have to put up with this crap and be the beta tester!
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snarestud940 said:
Hi all.
Looking for some serious help. Coming from a Samsung vibrant. I need help with how to save battery life on the sensation. I have been off charger for 5 hours and 51 minutes and am down to 41%. Is this normal? I have been only texting really. I got my data from battery monitor.
Thanks in advance. Anyway to make this better?
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I'd suggest uninstalling battery monitor. I had installed it on my g2x and immediately saw my battery percentage drajning more quickly. Probably because its always running in the background.
The best tip I can give for better battery life is to minimize what you allow to run in the background. Get rid of any task killers, set Facebook/Twitter/Email/etc to sync less frequently, turn off wifi if you're not using it so its not scanning for networks, and so on.
Also install juice defender from the Market. Its free. It has greatly increased my battery life.
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I'd suggest uninstalling battery monitor. I had installed it on my g2x and immediately saw my battery percentage drajning more quickly. Probably because its always running in the background.
The best tip I can give for better battery life is to minimize what you allow to run in the background. Get rid of any task killers, set Facebook/Twitter/Email/etc to sync less frequently, turn off wifi if you're not using it so its not scanning for networks, and so on.
Also install juice defender from the Market. Its free. It has greatly increased my battery life.
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I tried juice defender. Didn't know how to set it up properly. What are good settings for that? And thanks for your help everyone.
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I tried juice defender. Didn't know how to set it up properly. What are good settings for that? And thanks for your help everyone.
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I installed the Plus version because it allows wifi control. I just use the default settings except I change so it doesn't disable wifi. I do that because I use wifi calling at home so I dont want Juice Defender turning off my wifi. I always turn it off manually when I leave the house anyway.
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I installed the Plus version because it allows wifi control. I just use the default settings except I change so it doesn't disable wifi. I do that because I use wifi calling at home so I dont want Juice Defender turning off my wifi. I always turn it off manually when I leave the house anyway.
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Balanced settings? Or whatever it is called?
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Balanced settings? Or whatever it is called?
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Yea Balanced Settings is good if you don't mind it managing your wifi too. In the Plus version I selected Customize instead of Balanced. The only thing I changed was the wifi setting. There's a ton more settings to configure but the default ones work fine for me and I don't have the patience to sift through them all anyway lol
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Yea Balanced Settings is good if you don't mind it managing your wifi too. In the Plus version I selected Customize instead of Balanced. The only thing I changed was the wifi setting. There's a ton more settings to configure but the default ones work fine for me and I don't have the patience to sift through them all anyway lol
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I agree but recommend you take the time to set up each setting on customise mode and you'll be amazed how much extra battery you save fr!!om the default values. Only takes about 5 mins
Guys
Pls am new here, any tup on how to stop this battery drainage?
since we can't root for now, what can I do to stop this drainage?
Battery doesn't least half a day even after doing all the necessary things eg reduced display to 15%, disabled always data, mainly on gsm etc
PLS I need your help ASAP
Thanks
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lynxnoon said:
Guys
Pls am new here, any tup on how to stop this battery drainage?
since we can't root for now, what can I do to stop this drainage?
Battery doesn't least half a day even after doing all the necessary things eg reduced display to 15%, disabled always data, mainly on gsm etc
PLS I need your help ASAP
Thanks
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Who said you can't root?
Ginger break v1.2 after alpharevx s-off
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Settings> Audio> pocket mode off, vibration feedback off, other stuff that might use the proximity and the G sensor off.
Also check your installed apps some of them tend to stay active even after you "quit" them (you can't actualy quit). Download "system panel" for that, and you will see in te left of an app if it uses the cpu Even if an app is there is not actualy draining battery, only if it uses the cpu.
So don't use task killers, they will only drain you more battery.
I keep my screen on auto brightness, and i still get 2 days.
Hope i helped you.
Though I just S-off and rooted but will still try out what you guys say
Thanks
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lynxnoon said:
Though I just S-off and rooted but will still try out what you guys say
Thanks
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Make sure that in
Settings>wireless network> mobile networks> always on mobile data = off
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Once I set the wifi policy to off when the screen goes off and installed JuiceDefender I got battery drain down to about 30% per day
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Once I set the wifi policy to off when the screen goes off and installed JuiceDefender I got battery drain down to about 30% per day
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On my system (stock, stock rooted and 1.47 rooted ) Juice Defender 3.5.6 many times fail to resume mobile data on screen unlock
I don't have a problem with my Desire S regarding the battery, i mainly use it for sms and few calls disabled wifi, bluetooth, brightness very low, disabled key tones, and vibrate. For 12hrs i still have 94% batt life left..
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Leedroid ROM, and unity kernel = awesome combination.
I get really really good battery life
At least much better than stock!
I'm using LBC mod, the newest released version works wonders for the battery!
the max have gotten so far with all the tweaking n stuff is like about 12hrs . . . .is there something wrong with the battery or am i missing something?
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the max have gotten so far with all the tweaking n stuff is like about 12hrs . . . .is there something wrong with the battery or am i missing something?
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I used to have this problem constantly. I'm not lucky when it comes to battery life.
Could be the battery. Try LBC v0.6 and get setcpu. See if that helps if you haven't done so already.
Unity kernel sucked my battery dry.
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Am on miui rite now with cm7 kernel ....I used the unity kernel b4 and no improvement on battery life
LBC rom have also tried and that also zaps battery
Kinda surprised how people get to use their desire s for.up to 2 days
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lynxnoon said:
Am on miui rite now with cm7 kernel ....I used the unity kernel b4 and no improvement on battery life
LBC rom have also tried and that also zaps battery
Kinda surprised how people get to use their desire s for.up to 2 days
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Have you tried the tiamat kernel? Also, I recommend investing in Tasker to squeeze the most out of your battery. Simply having it automatically go into airplane mode when you sleep helps. Get it (like me) turning auto-sync on for 2 minutes every 15 minutes aswell, and you get over 24 hours battery with heavy use.
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lynxnoon said:
Am on miui rite now with cm7 kernel ....I used the unity kernel b4 and no improvement on battery life
LBC rom have also tried and that also zaps battery
Kinda surprised how people get to use their desire s for.up to 2 days
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On second inspection. Yes LBC is still draining my battery dry. You're not alone. It's beautiful when screen off, but as soon as the screen is on, and its like 1% per minute. Scary.
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decoyknox said:
On second inspection. Yes LBC is still draining my battery dry. You're not alone. It's beautiful when screen off, but as soon as the screen is on, and its like 1% per minute. Scary.
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With the stock kernel?
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With the stock kernel?
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You are correct, sir.
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I had this problem when still on stock ROM and had a few widgets collecting data in the background. It wasn't all that severe though; I had to charge the phone once a day. Since I installed LBC mod, I only have to charge the phone every two days
Use this to track down the battery drain...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
And/or this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031124
If it's data traffic related this'll point you at which specific app is using it...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.radioopt.widget&feature=search_result
Then either un-install the culprit, or try different kernel, or freeze the sucka using Titanium Backup. See if that helps. Either way, would be interested to know what you discover.
1% per minute is scary drain I agree. Something not quite right there. You're not OC to silly levels are you?
Yes, the new lbc ROM gas a drainage problem... Mine was dropping very fast. Switched back to leedroid, great battery life again! (Stock kernel) I also use setcpu
I reckon it could last me 2 days moderate usage, and 3 light usage!
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I usually get around a days worth of battery life with medium to heavy usage..
Last night i charged my phone 100% and when i woke up after 5 hours it was completely out of Battery.. I didnt use it overnight.. Any idea what could have caused this??
The phone too wasnt awake..
My phone is around 1 month old..
Edit: Unrooted phone
Are did you flash a new rom? If you did you would have to re-calibrate your battery
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darryll4sh0 said:
Are did you flash a new rom? If you did you would have to re-calibrate your battery
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Oh sorry.. Forgot to mention that its an unrooted phone..
Will edit it in the first post..
Its something wrong. Happened to me.other day. It just gets outta nowhere and drains baytery bad. Gotta rebooot for it to stop. Nmonly haopened to ne once
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Could you have left something running in the background, a game, or WiFi?
Or did it even charge.... Could the cord be plugged out?
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g1user101 said:
Its something wrong. Happened to me.other day. It just gets outta nowhere and drains baytery bad. Gotta rebooot for it to stop. Nmonly haopened to ne once
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Though i would like to add that i did add a new Thyparancy Skin a couple of days ago and made a custom lock ring..
But a Skin shouldnt cause problems should it??
Because i have seen people use them without any problem whatsoever
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Could you have left something running in the background, a game, or WiFi?
Or did it even charge.... Could the cord be plugged out?
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Nothing of that sort..
I did charge it 100% and am sure of that.. Plus i wasnt playing anything and even wi-fi, gps and bluetooth were off..
In battery usage it is even showing as asleep and screen off..
faulty battery buddy it seems....I am also using the same theme as yours and the phone has 2 hrs of on screen time
Ok for you guys having battery life problems Here is what I did .My phone was dead in six hours. After doing this I am at 2% per hours no problems. Even though I have only one sync which is HTC mail on demand I did not set times within the mail app to sync you need to set those parameters to only sync once every two hours in peak hours and one every 6 hours in offpeake time. I found all this out by using better battery stats partial wakelocks and current widget I hope this helps a few people! I unplugged my phone at 8:45 AM yesterday and am at 42% right now so It is running like a champ.
Hey guys... I just wanna know how long does it take your sensation to drain your battery while your screen-on... I have my brightness set to 50% and after 2 hours of screen-on, the battery is dead... I mean full charge to shutdown... Please share your experience and some advise to improve this... Thanks in advance...
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Depends on other factors too but my screen on time usually falls somewhere between 3-4 hrs. However, like I said that is not the only thing effecting your battery life.
Well, watching a 40 minute TV show on mine uses 20% of battery with screen set to 100% brightness, so 2 hours should leave about 40% of battery.
This would suggest there's either something else using your battery, or there's something wrong with your phone/battery
5 hours if I'm really conservative with the brightness.
Sigh... i guess there is really something wrong with mine.. and i can't really find what is eating my battery... When it's idle with 3g on, it does not consume anything at all, may be just 3% for 3 hours.. but when i start to turn on the screen, battery life begins to drain so fast...and that is only at 50% brightness... This is just frustrating.. anyways, thanks for sharing guys... Much appreciated
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Get Betterbatterystats (one word) from the market.
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It really depends on how u use ur phone, like me for ex. I use it as a music player also, so say when I'm driving I'm playing music bt screen is not on so by the time actual screen time is on, batt will have drained some thus giving me less display time per charge. (or playing a game). There's been a time I got a lil over 4 hours bt dint play music/games tho. And my fone is always on auto brightness
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My battery drains more when its on standby. When its on it will drain less
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i have it since one week then i play too much with it ... 2 or 3 hours
i tried too much rom and to much kernel
Can anyone confirm that setting the brightness to auto will save more power?.. i read something in the other thread that it will consume more power because it will always try to sense which is the suitable brightness for the current environment you are into... Correct me if i'm wrong please...
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Depends how I use my phone, and also how good the signal is. I would say 4 - 5 hours on average. I got 5 hrs 10 mins the one day last week
Screen brightness set around 30%.
That's nice... I envy you having able to squeeze 5 hours of your screen-on time..
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6hours,
Light Rom.
30% brightness
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Always set to auto brightness, feels like no matter what I do with the phone whether it's heavy gaming or light usage, the screen-on time gets to about 3 hours before the battery goes.
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Just one question for all of you guys having more than 4 hours of screen-on time.. are you all rooted and have flashed other ROMs?...
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jomblass said:
Can anyone confirm that setting the brightness to auto will save more power?.. i read something in the other thread that it will consume more power because it will always try to sense which is the suitable brightness for the current environment you are into... Correct me if i'm wrong please...
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Mine is set to auto brightness and I get 4-5 hrs screen time, no battery drain here.
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Just one question for all of you guys having more than 4 hours of screen-on time.. are you all rooted and have flashed other ROMs?...
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Stock 2.3.4 unbranded Europe ROM, and stock battery. Although thinking of getting the Anker battery. Maybe get 6hrs screen on time out the Anker if Im lucky I guess.
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Just one question for all of you guys having more than 4 hours of screen-on time.. are you all rooted and have flashed other ROMs?...
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It has been the same for me on stock, rooted, custom ROMs, I get on average 4-5 hrs. Two Sensations in the house, mine running custom get's 4 -5 hrs, Mom's on pure non rooted stock gets the same, she got hers yesterday.
7 hours - 20% brightness - Melvins Senseless rom
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7 hours - 20% brightness - Melvins Senseless rom
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Low brightness, but that's still pretty amazing.
I serched the forum but didn't find an answer to this problem...
I'm having a serious battery drain issue with my sensation. I have latest italian BB by OTA update 3.31.401.5
Last night i had the phone with like 80% battery left. Today, 8 hrs later, i go wake up the phone and doesn't wake, and doesn't even boots up. I connect the charger and i have to wait a couple of minutes before it responds to power button.
First thing i do is go and see battery consumption stats, and it displays like 2h57m of use, and 88% of power drained by screen. Now, i know for sure the screen didn't light up for at least 1h before i could get to sleep, and i had used it before to install some apps, play a little cut the rope and fruit ninja and stuff, it had been disconnected for at least 2hrs before i got to bed.
I think it's pretty odd, and i guess it could be an HW problem.
The phone is unrooted and all stock
endariel said:
I serched the forum but didn't find an answer to this problem...
I'm having a serious battery drain issue with my sensation. I have latest italian BB by OTA update 3.31.401.5
Last night i had the phone with like 80% battery left. Today, 8 hrs later, i go wake up the phone and doesn't wake, and doesn't even boots up. I connect the charger and i have to wait a couple of minutes before it responds to power button.
First thing i do is go and see battery consumption stats, and it displays like 2h57m of use, and 88% of power drained by screen. Now, i know for sure the screen didn't light up for at least 1h before i could get to sleep, and i had used it before to install some apps, play a little cut the rope and fruit ninja and stuff, it had been disconnected for at least 2hrs before i got to bed.
I think it's pretty odd, and i guess it could be an HW problem.
The phone is unrooted and all stock
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It asking could just be the battery itself.
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It asking could just be the battery itself.
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not likely, i bought a second original battery and shows the same problem
yesterday 30 mins of call drained 20% battery, light use drained the battery in 8 hrs, use i did was 30 mins of call, 20 mins of gaming (a little alchemy and 7 lvls of angry birds space), 6 messages, 1 email. Rest of the time screen off. wifi on for like 10 mins tops, mobile data always off.
Optimus 2x with this kind of usage did 2 days (40 hrs), this one 8 hrs? i refuse to believe it
Check for apps/services/processes running in the background.
This sort of battery drain is not normal so suggests you have an app that is using a lot of power
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Jonny said:
Check for apps/services/processes running in the background.
This sort of battery drain is not normal so suggests you have an app that is using a lot of power
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well i actually have not much of apps installed, and the only ones running in BG are media, google services, whatsapp, maps, touch imput.
Is it normal that with nearly no apps opened i have 309 MB of ram used?
Btw shouldn't be an app problem because i did an hard reset and the problem was still there
other info: the phone tends to get pretty warm. Not boiling hot but when it gets warm i.e. like after a phone call or a web browsing, it stays warm for like even half an hour later
back up your apps and data, reflash rom after complete wipe of all partitions, restore apps one by one and test battery life.
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endariel said:
well i actually have not much of apps installed, and the only ones running in BG are media, google services, whatsapp, maps, touch imput.
Is it normal that with nearly no apps opened i have 309 MB of ram used?
Btw shouldn't be an app problem because i did an hard reset and the problem was still there
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You can try an app. Its some what like a task killer but better, its called juicedefender, maybe that will help.
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back up your apps and data, reflash rom after complete wipe of all partitions, restore apps one by one and test battery life.
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Asse sa id, it's alla stock band i'd rather keep int this way in case i have to send it to warranty repair
jab74101 said:
You can try an app. Its some what like a task killer but better, its called juicedefender, maybe that will help.
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I'll try even though i'm really starting to believe it's an hw problem
Why do you keep resisting taking it to VZW? It seems pretty clear from all the testing you've done that the problem is with the handset.
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