Airpil said:
1) With Cyanogen ROM my phone is already dead after 4-5 PM. But with stock HTC rom i can come back to home at 11PM and it will be about 10% of battary
2) If it based on the same email.apk WHY there is No any way to Sync Android contacts with Outlook without Google. ??
3) Any useful example ? My phone can't send any information without my permition. I don't use google apps at all. Because google apps is main spyware software ) I have edited iptabes, and i am control access to information for each application.
4)With T9 and configured dictionary of HTC keyboard it also no need to puch every letter.
But you are right, it's matter of taste
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To keep it clean i make this, i'm not sure if the effort isn't useless, but anyway^^
1. Ok, that's just because of dsp manager (reported and solved after 2-3 days), with light usage you get about 3 days with cyanogen after removing dsp
2. I can syncronize my exchange contacts without any issue
3. I can't find the thread atm, but here where a big security whole related to the htclogger.apk, that logs almost everything, accessable for most other apps
4. with t9 you also have to type in the letters one after the other, not all but most of them, with swype you "draw" the words over the keypad
never knew that about dsp manager! Thanks for that. Will try removing it when i go back on cyanogenmod.
Strange that it hasn't been mentioned anywhere though but a quick google search shows you're right.
Ok. I will try CM7 without dsp manager, m/b it was a reason for short battery life.
2) I am don't talk about Exchange. I am talk about local PC. There is no any way to sync Outlook with Phone by Wi-Fi or by USB cable.
3) you are talk about this forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1247108. But in this thread you can find manual how to cut off all spyware stuff
Before I say something about battery life... I'm using Juice Defender Ultimate.
Battery on stock wasn't that great, about a day with moderate use.
The best battery life for me was on Virtous ROM, dunno why... it's still sense, but battery lasted for nearly three days with moderate use. No joke.
Cyanogen is great too, about two full days.
Using ICS now since five days. Can't say much about the battery yet, but unplugged my DS this morning, heavy use during the day (several calls, sms, even 60 mins of gaming) and it's still on 48%. Not that bad if you ask me...
Airpil said:
Ok. I will try CM7 without dsp manager, m/b it was a reason for short battery life.
2) I am don't talk about Exchange. I am talk about local PC. There is no any way to sync Outlook with Phone by Wi-Fi or by USB cable.
3) you are talk about this forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1247108. But in this thread you can find manual how to cut off all spyware stuff
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2. Ok, sry didn't try that yet, because I didn't need it yet, but take a look at the app myphoneexplorer, it lets you synchronize contacts, calender,... over USB, wifi or Bluetooth with outlook, thunderbird, ...
And the htc ability to synchronize got nothing to do with the email.apk itself, it's an additional one that is used with htc sync, oh and btw every custom sense ROM has this ability too
3. Yes, for sure you can remove it yourself, but first you need to know about it
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So. Hello )
I was a not right )) After 1 week with CM WITHOUT DSP. I can confirm that battery life is VERY VERY good : )
I found HTC keyboard for NON sense ROM.
And i am use Missing Sync for PC for sync my Android with Outlook.
I am happy life is good. Andoid without google. ) With perfect battery life.
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So. Hello )
I was a not right )) After 1 week with CM WITHOUT DSP. I can confirm that battery life is VERY VERY good : )
I found HTC keyboard for NON sense ROM.
And i am use Missing Sync for PC for sync my Android with Outlook.
I am happy life is good. Andoid without google. ) With perfect battery life.
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My pleasure
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Even if you have DSP manager installed, but never use it, will it affect battery life?
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Even if you have DSP manager installed, but never use it, will it affect battery life?
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Yes, it runs as service more or less.
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Weird, i'm on CM7.1 for 2-3 weeks now and had no problems with battery even if i constantly use DSP manager. With moderate use i get about two days which is really great.
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Weird, i'm on CM7.1 for 2-3 weeks now and had no problems with battery even if i constantly use DSP manager. With moderate use i get about two days which is really great.
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The dsp problem doesn't appear for everyone, why I don't know, but that's why it's still inside the default package I think^^
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I think I've had it. My first sense experience was on an HD2. Not all that great. Coming from a nexus s, then iPhone 4, I love this phone. I love everything about it. After using sense I don't think ill ever use Android again without it. It just feels as if something is missing. With that said this is what made me decide not to get an Atrix. However after the past few days using the inspire, countless task managers tweaking settings, turning off background data, the longest battery lift I got was 11 hours and I barley used the thing! Please someone point me in the actual directon of an extended battery that actually works or I think I might have to sell this thing.
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Stop using a task manager, they just make battery life worse. Turn off auto-brightness and set it to around 35-40%. Go into settings>Accounts and Sync and uncheck what you don't need like Stocks, News, etc. Turn off mobile data, wifi and gps unless you need it. Also don't fill up 7 homescreens with useless widgets. Try to keep it to about 3 screens with a small number of widgets.
HTC Sync was my big battery hog. Removed the account, and it started sipping the battery.
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I've done all these things guys. I'm just frustrated. The phone should last a day. When the thing is under 10% I look at battery use and display is always at the top but its always about an hour. Your really telling me I can only use my phone for an hour a day? I just can't believe HTC would drop the ball on this one. I'm going to look on eBay for a portable usb battery charger. Their about 10$ and it did the job with my iPhone 4
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I've done all these things guys. I'm just frustrated. The phone should last a day. When the thing is under 10% I look at battery use and display is always at the top but its always about an hour. Your really telling me I can only use my phone for an hour a day? I just can't believe HTC would drop the ball on this one. I'm going to look on eBay for a portable usb battery charger. Their about 10$ and it did the job with my iPhone 4
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I would heavily suggest running CM7. It seems even better on battery than the way I had Sense configured.
BTW, You can't just disable HTC Sync account, removing it is what fixed my battery drain. Android System(which includes HTC Sync) was using at least a third of my battery life.
If I root and run CM won't I loose all the HTC sense and all those goodies?
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If I root and run CM won't I loose all the HTC sense and all those goodies?
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Yes, however the speed and battery life is amazing. I will not be going back to Froyo, that is for damn sure. There isn't anything Sense really does that I can't get in the market or make it do myself.
well the battery life of most smartphones arent that good
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HTC Sync was my big battery hog. Removed the account, and it started sipping the battery.
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+1 After removing the HTC Sync account from my phone, after being off the charger for about 11 hours, I was only at 76%. That's with Twitter refreshes every 30 minutes.
You could try the Revolution Rom. You keep Sense, but apparently there are a lot of battery tweaks.
I have owned almost every highend HTC phone and the battery is never the strong point. I guess I have become use to it over the last couple of yrs. I usually have the charge it throughout the day to keep things rolling.
Is it the HTC Sync account or the HTC Sense account that is reccomrnded to be disabled?
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Is it the HTC Sync account or the HTC Sense account that is reccomrnded to be disabled?
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Sense and Sync are both under the HTC account. I just removed the entire account. Even with it disabled it seemed like it was still trying to connect, so I removed it just to be safe.
does the lag fix method for A9191 works for the Inspire 4G?
i heard this help improve the battery life for A9191
http://blog.developers.ie/bleo/archive/2011/02/12/htc-desire-hd---lag-fix.aspx
My new Inspire is getting better battery life than my old Aria did (only slightly; my Inspire is down to 60% by noon whereas the Aria would be under 50% both with moderate to heavy usage).
read this thread for help with your battery life.
rooting and installing custom roms is a sure fire way to increase your battery life.
It seems I read that the Inspire has a 1200 mah battery, is this correct? If so, then I am really really confused, as my aria has the same battery, but the screen is waaaaaay smaller. Granted, I can go a full day easily with a lot of usage on my aria, but I can't imagine trying to squeeze more than a few hours out of the aria battery in hungrier hardware. Someone pls tell me if I am mistaken, I was going to get this phone next month, but if the battery is the same as the Aria I think I will just have to wait on something else.
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It seems I read that the Inspire has a 1200 mah battery, is this correct? If so, then I am really really confused, as my aria has the same battery, but the screen is waaaaaay smaller. Granted, I can go a full day easily with a lot of usage on my aria, but I can't imagine trying to squeeze more than a few hours out of the aria battery in hungrier hardware. Someone pls tell me if I am mistaken, I was going to get this phone next month, but if the battery is the same as the Aria I think I will just have to wait on something else.
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1230mAh, to be precise. The reason it is at least equivalent or better is more advanced, more efficient hardware such as processor and other chipsets. IT makes a drastic difference.
I have two question that I'm wondering.....
#1- is there anything I can do to make my sensation louder? Ringers a little soft and I want it to be a little louder.
#2- can I do anything to make my battery life better?
I just rooted 2 days ago.....clockwork .4 and android revolution hd 1.17 with no sense 1.52
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Try 1.1.8 ? Assuming it's out. Also look at removing bloatware and slowing down the processor with the oc daemon or SetCPU.
1. You can try Equalizer our Volume + from the Market
2. There is a lot of things you can do about that, but basically: dim the screen, turn off wifi, gps, bluetooth,... when you don't need them, underclock, ...
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AGREE,
On the WIFI/GPS/BT/Screen/Phone Internet. Turn them off unless you need them for a specific activity.
The screen seems to be the biggest killer so switch it off when you can. PLEASE don't use any task killers as it'll make things worse.
yea i know not to use any task killers (learned that on my mt4g)
Sorry to hijack the thread, but does the built in task manager count as "task killer". So am I also not supposed to use that one to get rid of the running tasks?
I use Juice Deffender on my DHD and my Batterylife is x2.
But i don´t know if it is working korrekt with Sense 3.0. Now i use a mixed Rom with Sense2.1 + 3.0 and its working great.
Try the Free Version before you buy it.
Edit: The built in Task manager is o.k so you can use it without getting problems.
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Just took a quick glance at Juice Defender. Don't think I'd like push email to be disabled for example. So I think I'll stick with custom roms for now to save some battery.
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Just took a quick glance at Juice Defender. Don't think I'd like push email to be disabled for example. So I think I'll stick with custom roms for now to save some battery.
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You can set Juice Deffender to enable Data Connection every 10, 15, 20,...... minutes for 1, 2, 3,..... minutes so you will not miss any mail.
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Yeah, I guess, but I just like the idea to receive emails like sms. One useful thing that wouldn't bother me though, seems to be that I can deactivate data connection over night
Yes thats a cool feature. From 20:00 till 06:30 my Data connection is disabled and phone is switched to silent with no vibration. With JD you can personalise everything you whant to save your Battery (Displaybrightnes, CPU, Energysaveplan when Battery is under xx%, Timeplans, witch app is allowed to use data connection).
I love it and my Batterylife awesome.
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Should i switch to iPHONE because i hate the low battery life of SensaTION and just wanted to ask of iPHONE 4 has better battery life or not....
Please dont ask me for buying 1800-1900 mAh batteries because those available near my area and on ebay are CHINESE- it is written on them that they give only 500 cahrging cyacles and I'm the man whose cell hangs on the charger around 3 Hours a day while fully charged
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The battery of iphone 4 is lower than the sensation, but the software of sensation (android) consume more than ios
sorry for my english!
My battery life is great for a smartphone
All phones are different as to how much battery life you get, depends on what Rom / Kernel / Radio you are using.
Coredroid 2.6 with Faux Ultimate Kernel is great for battery life for me.
Have you calibrated your battery ?
UK-Sense said:
My battery life is great for a smartphone
All phones are different as to how much battery life you get, depends on what Rom / Kernel / Radio you are using.
Coredroid 2.6 with Faux Ultimate Kernel is great for battery life for me.
Have you calibrated your battery ?
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how i calibrate my battery? with an ICS ROM?
Erik_18 said:
how i calibrate my battery? with an ICS ROM?
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try on this forum HERE
or use from the Market THIS
UK-Sense said:
My battery life is great for a smartphone
All phones are different as to how much battery life you get, depends on what Rom / Kernel / Radio you are using.
Coredroid 2.6 with Faux Ultimate Kernel is great for battery life for me.
Have you calibrated your battery ?
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battery is calibrated- rom is CM7- Faux kernel- brightness 0%....
Dont get even a whole day of battery life from it...
Sense makes it even worse- so now I'm on CM7
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battery is calibrated- rom is CM7- Faux kernel- brightness 0%....
Dont get even a whole day of battery life from it...
Sense makes it even worse- so now I'm on CM7
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I'm a G2 / iPhone 4S user and I can honestly say that iPhones' battery is crap. Might be the bug everyone's on about, but seriously - I don't even think it's a bug, just the iCloud service, and all the rest background info and diagnostics that are sent all the time. I switched all of them off, and still it sucks battery on Idle more than Android. I can get through a day, sometimes two on the G2 with MIUI, iPhone drops like 15-20% overnight, and about 10-15% per hour daytime.
I, personally got tired (and bored) of the OS in a couple of months and selling the 4S.
Maybe it's just me, but I get excited when I see news of new ports, kernels, hacks etc on my Android RSS feed, on iOS feed all I get is "amazing new wallpapers" news.
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I'm a G2 / iPhone 4S user and I can honestly say that iPhones' battery is crap. Might be the bug everyone's on about, but seriously - I don't even think it's a bug, just the iCloud service, and all the rest background info and diagnostics that are sent all the time. I switched all of them off, and still it sucks battery on Idle more than Android. I can get through a day, sometimes two on the G2 with MIUI, iPhone drops like 15-20% overnight, and about 10-15% per hour daytime.
I, personally got tired (and bored) of the OS in a couple of months and selling the 4S.
Maybe it's just me, but I get excited when I see news of new ports, kernels, hacks etc on my Android RSS feed, on iOS feed all I get is "amazing new wallpapers" news.
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I must agree, iPhone battery is worst. My Dad has iPhone 4s and My wife has iPhone 4 so I know how quickly the battery drains especially the 4S. There are also other things that bothers me about IOS. It is not as user friendly or intuitive as you think. I used to think that out of the box, iPhone has the more user friendly OS but not anymore.
I found out that you can not attached files as easy as you would like android when composing e-mail. There is no conditional call forwarding options in the call forwarding settings. Turning wifi on/off is not as easy as placing a widget on the home screen for toggling. No text reflow. browser doesn't play flash (There are a lot of sites that my wife visits that plays flash videos and her ipad/iphone can't play it). I'm sure there are more
slovoflud said:
I'm a G2 / iPhone 4S user and I can honestly say that iPhones' battery is crap. Might be the bug everyone's on about, but seriously - I don't even think it's a bug, just the iCloud service, and all the rest background info and diagnostics that are sent all the time. I switched all of them off, and still it sucks battery on Idle more than Android. I can get through a day, sometimes two on the G2 with MIUI, iPhone drops like 15-20% overnight, and about 10-15% per hour daytime.
I, personally got tired (and bored) of the OS in a couple of months and selling the 4S.
Maybe it's just me, but I get excited when I see news of new ports, kernels, hacks etc on my Android RSS feed, on iOS feed all I get is "amazing new wallpapers" news.
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Wanna Xchange with my Sensee....? B-)
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aren't almost all, if not all batteries made in China these days?
if it makes you feel better you can pick up a Official HTC Evo 3D battery. 1730mah.
I have it in my Senny and have been pretty happy with it.
anyway, from what I understand, IPhone 4/4s batteries are 1420mah...
also, the battery in the Iphone is gonna wear out at some point, then you'd have to deal with the hassle of sending it to Apple for a replacement.
you'll loose the bigger screen and customization of Android phones, and have to deal with a boring OS.
not worth it imho.
If I was in your shoes and have battery problems, I'd just get a new, bigger battery... but that's me...
whatever you choose, good luck.
flash miui, your battery life will be much better since its very light. or trying using an ics rom(preferbly the senseless ones) it has really great battery life
Mainspring said:
aren't almost all, if not all batteries made in China these days?
if it makes you feel better you can pick up a Official HTC Evo 3D battery. 1730mah.
I have it in my Senny and have been pretty happy with it.
anyway, from what I understand, IPhone 4/4s batteries are 1420mah...
also, the battery in the Iphone is gonna wear out at some point, then you'd have to deal with the hassle of sending it to Apple for a replacement.
you'll loose the bigger screen and customization of Android phones, and have to deal with a boring OS.
not worth it imho.
If I was in your shoes and have battery problems, I'd just get a new, bigger battery... but that's me...
whatever you choose, good luck.
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Tried a lot to get a newer EVO3D battery, but in my area, locally it is available for 70$..and the OEM chinese costs 45~55$...
Even i am confused about apple's battery life, but on my friend's iphone, we browsed internet for about 1/2 hour, played infinity blade for another 1/2 hour and for next 1 hour, we used cydia app store to browse and install packages which included 5~7 reboots...
Stil he just lost 17% of his battery life and you all maybe shocked to hear that he had his fone lcd brightness @ 70% :-O
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stanleynhan said:
flash miui, your battery life will be much better since its very light. or trying using an ics rom(preferbly the senseless ones) it has really great battery life
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On CM7 right now- rom's size -54MB...lighter than even MIUI...
BUT still if u say, I'll try MIUI, but tell me which MIUI rom is best for battery life and link back plz..
I'd surely like to checkout
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Wanna Xchange with my Sensee....? B-)
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No, I'll do with an iPhone, what an iPhone is best at - I'll sell it ))))
I agree with the commenter above, I didn't want to rant about the OS, but since we're on the subject - iOS is far less user friendly, because of the closed and unintegrated OS architecture.
For example: Apps can not communicate with one another. Like when you are in a RSS reader the "full" article will open in a webView space, meaning it's not the Safari browser, but an interface the developer created, that has the safari rendering engine inside. So, every app developer has to "create" a browser of his own, witch is a bad idea and often feels like an afterthought. If you use services like Read It Later, there is no guarantee that an App will allow you to save the article for later reading, because the app can't see it's installed - you have to hope the developer included it in its "share" option. There is almost always a "read in Safari" option, but you can't change it - you can not assign a browser you like and use as your default browser. same with Camera, Gallery app etc.
The things mentioned above, like browser without text reflow, t9 dialing, easy way to toggle BT, WIFI, Brightness etc...
Settings is a clusterf*ck! I don't know where the whole iOS = Consistency thing came from, but believe me - there is nothing consistent about iOS Settings. Some apps will have settings right inside the app, some will integrate their settings into the OS settings menu, some will have both. For example in an IM app you'll have your settings for color theme inside the apps Options menu, and separate ringtone options in the OS Settings. More than that - Even some Games will throw some options into the OS Settings. So you want to turn off notifications for your emails. You go into Settings, and you have to find Mail Settings among Guns'n'Glory, GT racing, Location Services, Mobile Networks etc... And clicking on Guns'n'Glory might give you an option to turn ingame Vibration On/Off, for example - Why not include the option inside the game menu!??
iTunes is another bi*ch As it turns out you can not sync your phone to more than one computer in 2012 - wtf? Real world example for you here: I chose that my Work PC will be my computer i sync my iPhone with, because I spend more time with tech at work than at home, so now i'm on holidays for 2 weeks and I can't even put any music on to my iPhone! for 2 freaking weeks my iPhone enjoys the autonomy, while I'm out of office - it's ridiculous.
We are spoiled by Android. It's far more productive. iOS is good for launching apps - nothing more. Imagine your current Sense device as it is now, but stripped of everything, but the app drawer. You unlock your device, and there is nothing but the app drawer there.
no u should on it
nexus2515 said:
Tried a lot to get a newer EVO3D battery, but in my area, locally it is available for 70$..and the OEM chinese costs 45~55$...
Even i am confused about apple's battery life, but on my friend's iphone, we browsed internet for about 1/2 hour, played infinity blade for another 1/2 hour and for next 1 hour, we used cydia app store to browse and install packages which included 5~7 reboots...
Stil he just lost 17% of his battery life and you all maybe shocked to hear that he had his fone lcd brightness @ 70% :-O
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You have to consider that we do have a bigger screen and the iPhones is much smaller
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You have to consider that we do have a bigger screen and the iPhones is much smaller
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We also hve bigger battery then...
Also i checked the user reviews on GSMARENA.com for sensation XE and EVO3D--- Everyone was crying for battery life..means that a bigger battery won't help much
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Bad battery life?
Look at the screenshot attached
Stick with the Sensation. Flash a custom ROM.
As usual....
HTC > Apple
Android > iOS
Sensation > iPhone
sromer said:
Bad battery life?
Look at the screenshot attached
Stick with the Sensation. Flash a custom ROM.
As usual....
HTC > Apple
Android > iOS
Sensation > iPhone
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For me, i never get more than 9 Hours on that...
U are on Z710E or Z715E and also tell me which rom is it
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If you haven't tried it, give SENSEaY a try. I almost gave up on the sensation and started looking at the sgs 2, but since flashing that rom I routinely charge every other night, sometimes every 3 nights. In the post there are tips for saving battery life. I think mostly turn off pocket mode and phone finder helps a lot.
Another thing I want to point out is the Evo 3d oem battery is only $14 on Amazon, I don't know if you can get that shipped to you somehow. 15% extra is not a lot, but it does help.
Is it just me, or do the JB ROMs, custom, official, just rooted, etc, get less battery life than the ICS counterparts?
I first had a HOX back in July/August, and used only ICS ROMs. So I have a pretty good deal of experience with it, got about 5.5-6 hours of screen on time every single time.
Now, I noticed a drop in battery life on JB when I had an S3, and just hated the drain. I thought maybe it was just ROM related, and moved onto an iPhone.
Now back onto another One X, and it seems like I still get less battery life than when I had ICS, and I use it the same way.
Has anyone else noticed it?
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I dunno, I got 6 hours onscreen last night. Just gotta tune it right. And make maps hibernate. That was eating half the battery.
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Your battery is probably depreciating and loosing its full capacity.
Probably not JUST you, but from what I've read and experienced you're in the minority. My battery is definitely better on JB.
I've had much better life on JB, at least since I updated the whole phone (not just a JB rom). I can go almost two days without a full charge.
Hmmm, I'll try a different ROM then. And a JB radio.
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I've had much better life on JB, at least since I updated the whole phone (not just a JB rom). I can go almost two days without a full charge.
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What do you mean "update your whole phone" ?
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What do you mean "update your whole phone" ?
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I think he means updated via the stock AT&T ROM, which would include the latest radio.
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What do you mean "update your whole phone" ?
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I ran the 2.20 ruu then flashed the 3.18 ota. Once on that base, I've been super stable with CleanROM and Elemental kernel.
My work phone (my HOX) is running completely stock (has to, effing government policies...) and has had terrible battery life since updating to JB. It seems to mostly be due to maps sucking me dry, which I presume is from Google Now. Maps is constantly waking my device and using whatever data connection it can get, which is why i presume the Now stuff. not sure, seems to be fine when i turn off WiFi, so it seems that the wifi use on google now is problematic. I factory reset the device but seems to still be running the same. I've been losing almost 10% battery an hour when I leave my wifi on with barely any use of the phone . this was never the case when the phone was on ICS. it's clearly some sort of data connection as it relates to Maps usage as i've been seeing high CPU usage by the app and, at times, nearly 50% of my battery life going to the maps process.
Also, just noticed on BBS that the android OS and maps high battery usage may be due to alarm manager...I'm seeing many long awake times for a number of apps. hadn't noticed it as much before because i had booted the device multiple times today. any thoughts here? i know what this app is for and there's lots of info and complaints out there about this process on other phones in the past, but not much for stock JB on the HOX...
I have had TERRIBLE battery life while running Sense JB ROMs, (seriously, incredibly bad), versus ICS ROMs. Tried nearly every Sense JB ROM that's out there and countless different radios. No idea why I'm having this problem. I'm not having problems with wakelocks BTW
It's maps. I don't have Google now and maps still ate half my battery on JB. Only way to get around it is make maps hibernate I've found, but this requires rooting.
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Try Greenify. You need root, but it allows you to stop apps from running in the background. It's not a task killer, which are worse than nothing because they run constantly shutting down apps that keep restarting; rather, it uses system settings to prevent them from starting background at all. You can use it on stuff like Maps if you use another app to convert them to user apps. I've been using it a couple of weeks, and it's worked just great.
ECEXCURSION said:
It's maps. I don't have Google now and maps still ate half my battery on JB. Only way to get around it is make maps hibernate I've found, but this requires rooting.
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iElvis said:
Try Greenify. You need root, but it allows you to stop apps from running in the background. It's not a task killer, which are worse than nothing because they run constantly shutting down apps that keep restarting; rather, it uses system settings to prevent them from starting background at all. You can use it on stuff like Maps if you use another app to convert them to user apps. I've been using it a couple of weeks, and it's worked just great.
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Thanks. It definitely seems like Maps is the problem for me. BBS shows a number of maps-based apps with long wake times. I charged up to about 95% before bed last night, and am going to let it run down all the way today to see what happens. Will post some screenshots later, if anyone cares.
EDIT: Nevermind, will probably post this in the BBS thread, unless anyone here really wants it.
Hydromea said:
I have had TERRIBLE battery life while running Sense JB ROMs, (seriously, incredibly bad), versus ICS ROMs. Tried nearly every Sense JB ROM that's out there and countless different radios. No idea why I'm having this problem. I'm not having problems with wakelocks BTW
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Serially doubt you've tried viper xl
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Hydromea said:
I have had TERRIBLE battery life while running Sense JB ROMs, (seriously, incredibly bad), versus ICS ROMs. Tried nearly every Sense JB ROM that's out there and countless different radios. No idea why I'm having this problem. I'm not having problems with wakelocks BTW
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Same. 2.5 hrs of screen time vs 3.5 for ICS. Same usage.
Viper JB vs Cleanrom ICS.
Stock everything else (radio, kernal)
maybe not necessarily maps like originally thought, though it's one of the culprits. the mediascanner just happens to hit maps a lot, likely due to it's typically-large cache. check this thread, particularly post #42 and the Google response another 10 posts or so later. sounds like there is definitely an issue with the device indexing and it's the same thing that affected a number android devices. my guess is that some people just dont have a lot of media files (or wipe their phones often enough that they dont accumulate much) and dont see as much of the effect.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=37199
there's also a link at the end of that thread to another similar thread, found here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=40370#58
i guess we really need to get that 4.2 source. also looks like someone built a sort of patch into CM10 on teh SGS3, but i dont know those forums well so i can't corroborate this. wow, i just ****ing said corroborate, time to go to bed.
Lol, corroborate.
Idk, I still think it's maps. I don't have very much media (2 albums) and disabling maps fixed my battery life (200% improvement, literally).
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ECEXCURSION said:
Lol, corroborate.
Idk, I still think it's maps. I don't have very much media (2 albums) and disabling maps fixed my battery life (200% improvement, literally).
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yeah, i'm back on this boat as well. maps still has a long wake time i'm seeing location scanner services running so i'm thinking it's a location-based thing. going to let my phone die today so i can get a good BBS log since i screwed that up yesterday. i'm noticing odd dips in battery life whenever the phone wakes up. it seems to stay awake for up to 10-20 mins, but with the screen off. really weird thing is that when i let it sit overnight, there's no spike (just greater than usual battery drain) but it's when the phone first wakes up that it seems to be really draining and staying awake.
UPDATE: My phone is the TMO Sensation 4G, unlocked, rooted, S-OFF using Juoponutbear wire trick, Android Revolution 7.3 ROM, 4EXT Recovery.
I have been using the Android Revolution 7.3 ROM since it came out but I see a lot of devs have pushed the Sensation even further since then. Also, it's time to completely reset the phone again (too much stuff installed and uninstalled) so I figured WTH, I'll check out ROMs again too.
So here's what I'd like:
1. Good working camera. I do vids and lots of high rez shots.
2. Voice dialing via bluetooth. Did anyone ever solve this without a third party app? It got introduced when TMO did their ICS "upgrade" which, IMHO, was worse than what they had.
3. Good battery life.
4. HTC Sense. I use it for HTC Sync only. It does the job even if it's buggy. Show me a good alternative for syncing my Outlook 2003 contacts and calendar and I'd dump Sense & Sync in a heartbeat.
5. Good audio.
6. Minimal bloatware. I install enough crap on my own.
7. I don't need a lot of fancy customizations and it would be nice if the phone was a tad faster.
8. There are lots of GAPPS I never use but I do use Maps, Play, I never use G Music, G Video, G+, etc. My email of choice is K9.
9. I'm OK changing 4EXT to something else if it's not a total ***** to do.
OK hope that's specific and friendly enough! What say you oh wise XDA peoples?
Oh and should Heartbleed be a consideration? Like I think the latest Viper ROM uses a vulnerable version. How does that affect things?
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Oh and should Heartbleed be a consideration? Like I think the latest Viper ROM uses a vulnerable version. How does that affect things?
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you can use this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.heartbleeddetector&hl=el
I'm in the same boat as you at the moment. I mostly want battery life though. I'm on HyperNonSense ATM, but was on ViperS 5.0. I didn't like Sense 5, and HNS is kinda bad on battery. So I'll sub to this topic, and look at it for updates.
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By the way, do you have an Anker? What do you normally get for daily battery life on ARHD?
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By the way, do you have an Anker? What do you normally get for daily battery life on ARHD?
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Yes I have an Anker battery. If I don't make any calls and just leave the phone alone (no screen), I can go for well over 2 days even with the phone grabbing email every 15 minutes. But if I start doing anything that needs the screen, probably a max of 24 hour. If it accesses the GPS then the battery drains quickly. I suspect if I turned off the K9 email updates, battery life would be much better.
May I just say that I'm getting terrific battery life with ARHD. It's been about a day and a half, and I haven't charged this thing. I've kept the screen dimmed, and the WiFi on. I'm at 33% battery. Glad I switched. Also, I have been reading that the InsertCoin Rom is a good ROM to check out if u like customization.
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