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[Q] Any Decent Battery Savers?

I was wondering if there are any good battery savers for the samsung infuse4G. i have the cpu tuner and not 100% sure how to use it. i have downloaded a half a dozen task manager/killers from the market. as of now i have "advanced task manager" killing every 5 min. i have some apps ignored. on the cpu tuner i messed around with it last night and got all things working fully on it. now it says everything but the power save and performance working. if there is anyone that uses this please let me know exactly how to use it. still a little confused about some settings. and if there is anything else i could try, let me know, and how to use it. Also i am currently on a different rom "bionix 1.2" i have Bluetooth and WiFi and all that normally off. the brightness is lower than 10 % all the time.

First, you posted this in the wrong section. Should be in general.
Second, setting your task manager to auto kill apps will decrease your battery life. On older versions of Android it may have helped, but on Froyo and newer some apps are loaded automatically in the background so they can open quicker when you access them or so they can receive notifications. These apps that are loaded in the background generally aren't doing anything at all and thus aren't using any extra battery. If you set your task manager to automatically kill them they will just keep loading, being killed, loading, being killed, etc., which DOES drain your battery.

i got a battery saver........INFUSED ROM FLASH IT!

tyshemi said:
i got a battery saver........INFUSED ROM FLASH IT!
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After you flash the Infused ROM, turn auto-brightness off and do this to save battery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124102

keitht said:
After you flash the Infused ROM, turn auto-brightness off and do this to save battery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124102
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Me and keith have gotten gr8 batt life thus far
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tyshemi said:
i got a battery saver........INFUSED ROM FLASH IT!
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Oh ok sounds good. So after I have it flashed it'll go to work? And thanks

technokid said:
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Oh ok sounds good. So after I have it flashed it'll go to work? And thanks
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This is what I do and may or may not matter but I get great results. Before I flash a ROM, I make sure my battery is charged to 100%. Once you are done flashing the ROM, calibrate the battery by:
- Charge to 100% turned on. Wait for the beep and notification that it is fully charged.
- Unplug and turn the phone off. Once off, plug in and let charge until you see 100% on the screen.
- Unplug again and turn the phone on. Once fully loaded, plug in and charge 100% again.
- Power down into recovery and delete Battery Stats under Advanced menu then reboot.
- Power on and charge to 100% again.
Usually it takes a few days for the battery to settle in but following these instructions, I get instant results.

keitht said:
This is what I do and may or may not matter but I get great results. Before I flash a ROM, I make sure my battery is charged to 100%. Once you are done flashing the ROM, calibrate the battery by:
- Charge to 100% turned on. Wait for the beep and notification that it is fully charged.
- Unplug and turn the phone off. Once off, plug in and let charge until you see 100% on the screen.
- Unplug again and turn the phone on. Once fully loaded, plug in and charge 100% again.
- Power down into recovery and delete Battery Stats under Advanced menu then reboot.
- Power on and charge to 100% again.
Usually it takes a few days for the battery to settle in but following these instructions, I get instant results.
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I just did this. I have the infuse tomm with community voodoo and the battery goes from 100 to 60 in 2 hours with moderate use. I am a heavy tester and the brightness is almost 0 I'm not sure what I am doing wrong

Sorry I was on a phone when I typed that. Meant to say. I have the infuse the rom and I am a heavy texter. Have the brightness on almost 0 and I have CPU tuner going and task manager killing everything except 6 things every 5 min and when the screen is off. I can't figure out why my batter is dying so fast. Like it'll die with moderate use for around 5 hours. even if I have the screen off it'll die. I have some apps frozen with this bloat freezer.
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technokid said:
Sorry I was on a phone when I typed that. Meant to say. I have the infuse the rom and I am a heavy texter. Have the brightness on almost 0 and I have CPU tuner going and task manager killing everything except 6 things every 5 min and when the screen is off. I can't figure out why my batter is dying so fast. Like it'll die with moderate use for around 5 hours. even if I have the screen off it'll die. I have some apps frozen with this bloat freezer.
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Did you read post #2 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14885241&postcount=2 Auto killing some apps will drain your battery faster than leaving them running. I didn't know this until now. So I have deleted all taskmanager apps I was trying and will only use JD without any task killing functions enabled.

I only use Advanced Task Killer to manually kill tasks. I also am careful not to install tons of stuff at once - that way if I get a "bad app" that eats battery I've got a good guess what the culprit is.
The autobrightness/swipe-brightness trick works great.
Kill WiFi if you're not using it.
The new Infusion undervolt kernel is awesome. One day I was at 50% at the end of a work day (admittedly WiFi was turned on but not in use for a good portion of that), the next day I was at 79% at the end of the day. (WiFi turned off + Infusion kernel set to undervolt with no overclocking.)

gtg465x said:
First, you posted this in the wrong section. Should be in general.
Second, setting your task manager to auto kill apps will decrease your battery life. On older versions of Android it may have helped, but on Froyo and newer some apps are loaded automatically in the background so they can open quicker when you access them or so they can receive notifications. These apps that are loaded in the background generally aren't doing anything at all and thus aren't using any extra battery. If you set your task manager to automatically kill them they will just keep loading, being killed, loading, being killed, etc., which DOES drain your battery.
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Ohh OK. So don't have any task manager; task killers at all? I just figured I would need to have all those apps killed so. I had it backwards. So should I have anything to help the batteRy?

Entropy512 said:
I only use Advanced Task Killer to manually kill tasks. I also am careful not to install tons of stuff at once - that way if I get a "bad app" that eats battery I've got a good guess what the culprit is.
The autobrightness/swipe-brightness trick works great.
Kill WiFi if you're not using it.
The new Infusion undervolt kernel is awesome. One day I was at 50% at the end of a work day (admittedly WiFi was turned on but not in use for a good portion of that), the next day I was at 79% at the end of the day. (WiFi turned off + Infusion kernel set to undervolt with no overclocking.)
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i just flashed that kernel. i mean i guess i have it on there. i flashed it cwm, and it said it was successful. so how does that save battery exactly? oh and now i see. i have cpu tuner, and it lets me go uhp to 1.6 ghz sweeeeeet. but wont that drain the battery even more?

technokid said:
i just flashed that kernel. i mean i guess i have it on there. i flashed it cwm, and it said it was successful. so how does that save battery exactly? oh and now i see. i have cpu tuner, and it lets me go uhp to 1.6 ghz sweeeeeet. but wont that drain the battery even more?
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Guess you missed my comment about undervolting without overclocking...
I use a task killer to manually kill apps, especially if one appears to be misbehaving. I NEVER use an autokiller.

The task manager that came with the phone is bad if you clear all running things at once? just got my android not familiar with this os
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The task manager that came with the phone is bad if you clear all running things at once? just got my android not familiar with this os
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Task killers don't work in froyo and above, because google disabled them.
They're bad. Period.
The one that comes with it is best to use sparingly.
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MikeyMike01 said:
Task killers don't work in froyo and above, because google disabled them.
They're bad. Period.
The one that comes with it is best to use sparingly.
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Wrong. Google did nothing to disable them, they just reduced the need for them and the effectiveness of them against many apps.
However, some apps just need a good killing when you're done with them, like Facebook. Facebook seems to inhibit a lot of power management functions from working properly... On my old device (AT&T Tilt2 running XDAndroid), Facebook was the #1 culprit as far as wakelocking a device.
However, as I said - autokillers are BAD, and randomly killing stuff unless you KNOW it's a pesky app can be bad.

use setcpu for profiles, e.g. screen off 100mhz - 200mhz with 100% priority.
running Infused 1.5 with Infusion 1.5 kernel (note that the UV in Infusion 1.5 is broken atm)
screen on auto
wifi/data on 24/7
made couple phone calls
navigation used for ~30 min
online surfing facebook/banking
work e-mail refresh every 5min from 7pm to 10am.
15% after 29hrs use. (is that good?)

Entropy512 said:
Wrong. Google did nothing to disable them, they just reduced the need for them and the effectiveness of them against many apps.
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You sir, are full of crap.
http://androinica.com/2010/08/froyo-update-kills-android-task-killer-apps/
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MikeyMike01 said:
You sir, are full of crap.
http://androinica.com/2010/08/froyo-update-kills-android-task-killer-apps/
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No, you are, as evidenced by you linking to an article that is almost a year old without checking to see if anything had changed since it was published. Advanced Task Killer is more than capable of killing apps - Google may have disabled it temporarily last August but it's been working since March of this year at least (That's when I first got a Froyo device). As I stated - some apps (like the Music app) are set up so they auto-respawn when killed, but they CAN be killed (However, autokilling them is going to eat your battery). A number of apps also do NOT auto-respawn, as I said before, Facebook is one example, and it's an example of an app that is notorious for eating battery and needing a task killer to take care of it.
Now the way sleep and power management works on our Infuse might mean Facebook is less problematic on our devices, but in the case of XDAndroid builds on MSM devices, the Facebook app clearly would prevent the device from entering deep sleep in a timely manner, causing it to eat battery like crazy. Killing it with Advanced Task Killer would fix the problem.
Edit: As another example, it can also kill the Browser process successfully, which is great for when the Browser process gets wacked out. I haven't had any issues with the Browser on the Infuse, but it could easily make the whole system extremely sluggish on XDAndroid Froyo builds.

Battery Life tips

I'm a new user but I already rooted & using a custom ROM. I know there are some new users at there as well who battery life on this phone isn't how they want it to be. Are there any tips an experience Sensation user can give out?

If you don't have a need to keep data turned on all day, don't.
Data takes about 2 seconds to initiate after you turn it on. So if you just use it to check a web page or your email during the day and aren't relying on it to give you constant email notifications or weather updates or something....leave data off until you're ready to use it.
You'll see a noticable improvement on battery life.
Also, root the phone and put a CPU governor on it that will keep the power to the CPU WAY down when it's not needed.
Getting a full day or more with moderate use on this phone isn't terrible difficult.

Skip-Breezy said:
I'm a new user but I already rooted & using a custom ROM. I know there are some new users at there as well who battery life on this phone isn't how they want it to be. Are there any tips an experience Sensation user can give out?
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A) Shut off mobile data when you're not using it.
B) Be sure there aren't any rogue applications running such as "Hangin' With Friends"
C) Try another rom.
D) Try another kernel.
E) Lower your processor's clock speed, and lower it even further while the screen is off.
F) Flash an ICS rom (I've noticed an instant 15% improvement)
G) Disable some Sense components if you're using any (Titanium Backup works good for this)
H) Make sure the phone is actually going into sleep mode when it's not in use.
I) Turn off GPS when not using it.
J) Turn off autosync and just manually sync yourself.
That's basically what I can think of.

Get amazingly low battery drain in one step..
Step one: install ICS.. Done
24hr easy
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JuiceDefender is a great way to cut down the battery usage without a lot of thought. My battery usage improved 60% with no other mods.

Check here - good article
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391186
Also check these: [HLI-Z710EXL] 3600mah battery and 1950mah [HLI-APX515CSL]

I've also found the screen drains a large amount of the battery, try to run at the lowest brightness you can get away with.

Install Custom ROM.
Disable "Phone finder", "Pocket mode" and "Flip for speaker".
Lower brightness.
Lower interval for fetch mail, update weather, Facebook.

jkolner said:
Install Custom ROM.
Disable "Phone finder", "Pocket mode" and "Flip for speaker".
Lower brightness.
Lower interval for fetch mail, update weather, Facebook.
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as a general rule, i have always had these enabled. how are they impacting the battery? i cans see phone finder (maybe), but the other two....?
xdacbibbs said:
JuiceDefender is a great way to cut down the battery usage without a lot of thought. My battery usage improved 60% with no other mods.
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i use ultimate juice defender myself. it claims that it is saving me 1.35 x's the battery the way i currently have it configured. However, last week it said 3.00 and i did not change anything. hmmmm....

I read many times where people say that Juice defender actually eats more than saves...I use Go Launcher's task manager and kill the apps from time to time.

porcupineli said:
I read many times where people say that Juice defender actually eats more than saves...I use Go Launcher's task manager and kill the apps from time to time.
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Killing tasks doesn't help. Google "why you shouldn't use Android task managers".
ICS 4.03 definitely helps, in addition to better battery life it is very smooth compared to gingerbread sense. Think it's related to proper dual core support.
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I did not install any battery saver. I just enable the "Enable power efficiency" in the power section that HTC provided. That will off your Auto sync and efficiently manage your device network. I enable back the Auto sync with data always on. I manage to brake my own record with 41 hours without charging.
HTC Sensation XE

as a general rule, i have always had these enabled. how are they impacting the battery? i cans see phone finder (maybe), but the other two....?
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Phone Finder require GPS to be on, battery lost there. Pocket Mode means even when the screen is off and the phone is in "sleep", the accelerometer is still being used to detect motion which is using battery while the phone is in standby. Flip for Speaker only actually affects the battery while there is an active phone call, which is barely ever, so that can be left enabled.

First step would be to root your phone. There are a lot of great apps that can be used that require root access. I like system tuner. I can control the cpu governer, cpu speeds and voltages from it. I generally make it 2-3 days between charges.
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The most effective thing I've done was purchase the Anker battery. After that, comes using Juice Defender Ultimate, and learning how to use it effectively. It has a Mobile Data toggle widget that's really useful.
If you must keep your phone on while you're sleeping, try turning it on airplane mode as well.

I agree with vaporstone just install ics rom for best battery life
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DareDan said:
I did not install any battery saver. I just enable the "Enable power efficiency" in the power section that HTC provided. That will off your Auto sync and efficiently manage your device network. I enable back the Auto sync with data always on. I manage to brake my own record with 41 hours without charging.
HTC Sensation XE
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Did u even use your phone ?
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:d Cant wait to start trying some off these handy tips... anyone know a good radio for Vodafone Scotland?

steve austin said:
as a general rule, i have always had these enabled. how are they impacting the battery? i cans see phone finder (maybe), but the other two....?
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I'm not 100% sure why, but I've seen a lot of people say this is true.
It's probably because if you enable them, your phone is constantly polling the g-sensor/accelerometer, which will no doubt use extra battery power.

What roms have good battery life?

I'm currently running Valhalla final rom and it drains my battery very fast with even minimal use.. I aslways have GPS and wifi off. Always quit all my apps and free the ram when I'm done... any good roms out there with good battery life?
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I get 2-3 DAYS with valhalla final, so I'm not sure that swapping roms will change your battery life much. You can try one-click gremlin remover before you flash your next rom of choice though.
also, do you have any apps/services that run in the background, like facebook?

+1 to Mike
Alex - there are several recent threads tegarding battery life in the Q&A section. Browse them and see if you can learn a few things how to improve battery life and what the big battery drainers are.
All the ROM's, for the most part, have the potential for great battery life if you use them correctly. WiFi, Sync and GPS need to only be on when you need them. Many apps sync on their own - adjust the sync intervals on them. Use Gemini App Manager or AutoStarts to disable autorun scripts in the apps. Adjust screen brightness. Any data hungry apps (i.e. music streaming, Netflix, etc) will drain your battery regardless what you do. Undervolt with Tegrak Premium. Minimal widgets on home screens.
It is not the ROMs - it is how the end-user uses the ROM and their phone.

Turn off data and background data, until you need it. I get over 2 days sometimes depending on usage
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lumin30 said:
+1 to Mike
Alex - there are several recent threads tegarding battery life in the Q&A section. Browse them and see if you can learn a few things how to improve battery life and what the big battery drainers are.
All the ROM's, for the most part, have the potential for great battery life if you use them correctly. WiFi, Sync and GPS need to only be on when you need them. Many apps sync on their own - adjust the sync intervals on them. Use Gemini App Manager or AutoStarts to disable autorun scripts in the apps. Adjust screen brightness. Any data hungry apps (i.e. music streaming, Netflix, etc) will drain your battery regardless what you do. Undervolt with Tegrak Premium. Minimal widgets on home screens.
It is not the ROMs - it is how the end-user uses the ROM and their phone.
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Im running NO widgets, no facebook sync.. the only account that syncs on my phone is gmail... nothing extra downloaded really just mostly valhalla final rom with a few apps.... Im noticing a big difference in battery life from stock gingerbread... I know for a fact that my battery is good because i was always able to use it fully for one day.. i dont charge my phone often to keep battery health in best condition I charge only when its super low.. and once in a while I let it die completely then recharge it fully
I even see a better life on icbinb rom than valhalla.. just wanted to see if anyone else notices the difference guys

You saw Mike says he gets a couple days on Valhalla. Try the Gremlin Remover. Do everything the thread says. It is effective.

@lumin30
+100000...lol
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@lumin30
+100000...lol
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That's over 9000.

AlexSochi8 said:
i dont charge my phone often to keep battery health in best condition I charge only when its super low.. and once in a while I let it die completely then recharge it fully
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Stop doing this. Li-ion batteries are a different breed.
I suggest taking a read over this page.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
In brief stop treating your li-ion battery like its a ni-cad otherwise you will never have good battery life.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23108980&postcount=33
Last run was for 5 and half days with about 3:30 of display time (internet and such), 1:30 of music streaming and like 20 min of voice calling on stock rooted and debloated KJ6.
Yup, I know, for 5 days that's not much of a usage but point is that SGS4G does not use too much juice when idle.

AlexSochi8 said:
I'm currently running Valhalla final rom and it drains my battery very fast with even minimal use.. I aslways have GPS and wifi off. Always quit all my apps and free the ram when I'm done... any good roms out there with good battery life?
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I keep GPS and Wi-fi on all the time, use the phone pretty hard during the day, and still have 60-70% battery left each evening.
You say that you "quit all my apps and free the ram", so I assume that you are using an app killer. My experience is that they are actually detrimental since they aren't needed and many apps just restart in the background, sucking more battery.

Omg people...your using an android....you want everything at your finger tips and wonder why it eats battery
Try all this while on your laptop without plugging it in.....just get an external charger,and a few extra batteries....all in which are very cheap now.......and then we dont have to listen to all this over and over any more.
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Ocane 3.0 from Raver. It lasted 3 days for me w/o charging

Sensation XE Battery appauling

Bought the sensation XE a couple of days ago. The only think I keep about is the battery.
I have two HTC batteries and I have been using them simultaneously (taking one out put next in, other goes on charge etc)
I am going through two full charges a day and am on the third battery.
This is crazy, is it me? What am I doing wrong? Might me ICS..?

What settings are you using on your phone? (auto brightness, background data..etc...) And what is your usage rate? Are you using stock or custom ROM?
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What apps do you have installed and what accounts on sync?

It usually take a while for the battery to reach it's full capacity. Give it like a week, then judge the battery.

my battery was horrible! I finally put Anker battery in ,rooted, got custom Rom, now its excellent! Very happy! Can go all day without charge!
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Mind posting a picture of your batt stats? And how many hours of screen time you have. Here are some tips..
1. Use manual brightness. I usually use 10-50% only. The lower your brightness the less power you consume.
2. Disable auto sync. Disable push notifications unless really needed.
3. Disable led lights and vibrations for keyboard and soft keys.
4. Use mobile data only when you need to. If not, turn it off.
5. You can try juicedefender. Works for some, doesn't work for me.
6. Don't use live wallpapers.
7. Run a custom rom and kernel. I'm using virtuous inquisition 4.0.2 with sebastionFM 1.4.1 kernel. It's fast smooth yet easy on the battery.
8. As your battery is still new give it a few charge cycles. It should stabilise within a week or so..
9. Do download betterbatterystats and check on what's hogging your battery. Also check with cpuspy whether your phone goes into deep sleep or not.
With the methods I've mentioned I'm achieving about 20 hours standby with 5 hours of screen time. I consider myself quite a heavy user. If you do your math that's like 15minutes of use per hour.
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sromer said:
It usually take a while for the battery to reach it's full capacity. Give it like a week, then judge the battery.
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I agree with this, give it time.

sromer said:
It usually take a while for the battery to reach it's full capacity. Give it like a week, then judge the battery.
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+2
I also bought an Anker battery and can run 40 hours on low use and over 24 on medium I use the regular as a spare on my travels

Thanks for replies. I am rooted, on stock ROM currently, looking for a new efficient ROM, any ideas?
ahmadmfz said:
Mind posting a picture of your batt stats? And how many hours of screen time you have. Here are some tips..
1. Use manual brightness. I usually use 10-50% only. The lower your brightness the less power you consume.
Hate lower brightness, it is always on full.
2. Disable auto sync. Disable push notifications unless really needed.
Already turned off.
3. Disable led lights and vibrations for keyboard and soft keys.
Already turned of vibrations for keyboards.
4. Use mobile data only when you need to. If not, turn it off.
Do anyway.
5. You can try juicedefender. Works for some, doesn't work for me.
Tried.
6. Don't use live wallpapers.
Like live wallpapers
7. Run a custom rom and kernel. I'm using virtuous inquisition 4.0.2 with sebastionFM 1.4.1 kernel. It's fast smooth yet easy on the battery.
Shall do.
8. As your battery is still new give it a few charge cycles. It should stabilise within a week or so..
My second battery isn't new and has been used by other phones. It acts in the same way - poor battery life.
9. Do download betterbatterystats and check on what's hogging your battery. Also check with cpuspy whether your phone goes into deep sleep or not.
Installed.
With the methods I've mentioned I'm achieving about 20 hours standby with 5 hours of screen time. I consider myself quite a heavy user. If you do your math that's like 15minutes of use per hour.
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Im using ordroid now, but ARHD is great as well. Both give me excellent juice. U should try other kernels as well. Faux is my fave..

I get 4:10 hours of screen on time only. Every single time +/- 10 minutes. Charge every 2 days.
95% of 4:10 hours is web browsing, Words with Friends and Draw Something.
Stock HTC Sensation. Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
My settings:
Wifi, Mobile Data controlled by Easy Battery Saver on Intelligent Mode.
Brightness-> Auto Brightness. Most 50%+ because I work outdoors.
GPS- Off
Gaming-> Only 2D.
Music-> Lots of music.
Web browsing -> Mostly Wifi only because I have Wifi wherever I go.
Calls: 10-12 a day approx.
My iPhone 4 used to last me 3-4 days. The screen on time for that was 7-8 hours. Yeah so the battery life is really appalling. Buying iPhone 5 (6) when it comes.

masands said:
I get 4:10 hours of screen on time only. Every single time +/- 10 minutes. Charge every 2 days.
95% of 4:10 hours is web browsing, Words with Friends and Draw Something.
Stock HTC Sensation. Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
My settings:
Wifi, Mobile Data controlled by Easy Battery Saver on Intelligent Mode.
Brightness-> Auto Brightness. Most 50%+ because I work outdoors.
GPS- Off
Gaming-> Only 2D.
Music-> Lots of music.
Web browsing -> Mostly Wifi only because I have Wifi wherever I go.
Calls: 10-12 a day approx.
My iPhone 4 used to last me 3-4 days. The screen on time for that was 7-8 hours. Yeah so the battery life is really appalling. Buying iPhone 5 (6) when it comes.
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A battery that last 3 days is not worth being stuck with IOS. BORING.
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Unfortumately HTC's power management isn't very good but it has improved in ics. If it matters to you that much I say go for a Samsung galaxy s2.
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crisisinthecity said:
A battery that last 3 days is not worth being stuck with IOS. BORING.
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It's not the battery its the way the phone will use it. In actual fat I believe that the HTC sensation battery is very slightly larger than the one in the iPhone 4
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Hmmm 4 hours of screen time is really quite good actually. Charging every two or three days isn't too bad right? Considering the benefits and flexibility of android over iOS.
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ahmadmfz said:
Hmmm 4 hours of screen time is really quite good actually. Charging every two or three days isn't too bad right?
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My thoughts exactly.

crisisinthecity said:
A battery that last 3 days is not worth being stuck with IOS. BORING.
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Give your battery some days to reach its full capacity as mentioned. But no matter what, running a custom rom with power optimizations is the best solution.

Currently faux latest 07b1 kernel is giving me awesome awesome battery life.
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k0zmic said:
My thoughts exactly.
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With official ICS, I am now getting around 5:30 screen time. That's good enough. I think if I buy EVO 3D battery for my Sensation I will get 7-8 hours like my iPhone so I'm going to do that.

You can try easy battery saver, it's work with my phone and is very efficient.

Are you using a battery saver?

I'm using Green Power for a while now but lately I have been thinking that it might not be needed anymore.
What are your thoughts and what are you using to save battery.

Personally, I think they're a placebo effect, but I never gone in depth to do any real comparisons so I could be wrong. And the M8 has a good enough battery to where I don't consider needing a battery saver.
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mentallo said:
I'm using Green Power for a while now but lately I have been thinking that it might not be needed anymore.
What are your thoughts and what are you using to save battery.
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I ran Qualcomm's Battery Guru app customized for our CPU on my Rezound and now my M8, but ultimately decided that I would just run in standard powersave mode. My kernel lets me undervolt and overclock, so I get decent battery life coupled with fairly good performance without ruining any other battery software.

I use the built in batterysave in CleanROM combined with ART. Great combination.

I use the built-in Power Saver, along with Greenify.
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greenify and wakelock detector here. tried all the battery savers on stock rom for heck of it and thought they drained my battery a little bit. Only one i know actually worked was deep sleep battery saver but i dont use xposed anymore so had to give that up

MotoTurbo said:
greenify and wakelock detector here. tried all the battery savers on stock rom for heck of it and thought they drained my battery a little bit. Only one i know actually worked was deep sleep battery saver but i dont use xposed anymore so had to give that up
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Same here. Greenify and wld are great. Very little resource use.
HTC One M8/CM11/Excalibur 0.5

What ever for? [Imgur link, SFW; shows my battery stats this morning]
If I can get 20 hours to 30%, I can probably get 30 hours on a full charge. But I put my phone on the charger when I go to sleep. If I didn't, I'd be shooting for a 40 hour drain. That's kind of high expectations for a stock battery. Why not just charge it every time you go to bed?
I'm running the latest CleanROM in Dalvik mode, whatever kernel comes with it and zero battery saving apps. I do have the option ticked as you can see at the link where it cuts off your data when the screen is off (like Deep Sleep Battery Saver, and others). But the battery saver itself is off.