I rooted my Atrix 2 last night. Downloaded Bloat Freezer and froze some unnecessary programs/processes using the available post for Noobs. Then downloaded Android Assistant, which provides me which some interesting information but haven't found profoundly exciting ways to improve my battery life with that app.
Where do I go from here? What other options are there out there for me to improve my battery life or do other exciting things with my now rooted phone?
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Hi everyone. After many tries over a couple of weeks, I finally flashed cyanogen onto my Desire HD. Late christmas night none the less.
Instantly I've seen an issue though. It, or at least something, is consuming a lot more of the battery than it should. I have only installed one new lock screen and swype. I also understand it is a knightly build of cyanogen, so im hoping its something that can be fixed after a stable version is released.
To run a quick test, I unplugged last night for it to run without me using it and after 7 hours, it was down to 45%. When running the original sense rom it would consume much much less.
Is there something I can do in the mean time, as I am enjoying using cyanogen so far. A nice new kernel or a different rom anyone can recommend?
Thanks for the help.
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Links:
[HOW TO] Calibrate Desire Battery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755903
HOW TO: Wipe Battery stats to improve battery life:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=827355
First one is easiest, and i believe it works just as well as the other one. (not 100% sure, but surely extended my batterylife.)
The second also gives a little more theory of the whole thing.
Hey everyone, I'm new here, as well as the "rooting community."
Well, here's the story. I rooted by HTC Sensation 4G and installed CyanogenMod 7.1 on it. My battery life has been very strange ever since. Sometimes it lasts forever on a single battery percent and then other times it rapidly drops. What causes this?
Also, the file attached is what my battery usage looks like.
(sorry I am restricted to posting the image link)
Why is it like this? Normally (before root), the display is at the top of the list.
Finally, if anyone could give tips (I know this is not the right section, but why make 2 topics?) on extending CyanogenMod's (or a rooted device, in general) battery life. I already have SetCPU profiles.
Thanks!
I had the same problem a few weeks ago. The massive battery drain was caused by a modem I flashed before with a different kernel.
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What do you mean by modem?
There are different modems you may flash. Have a look at the android development sections.
Or maybe there are several background processes running.
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Hello,
I am a big noob - when that has been said - I am happy about my Nexus S.
I own the EU model, I9023. I have downloaded and manually installed ICS (incremental), but it seems like it uses as much power as GB.
I consider myself as a heavy user of my phone - I text a lot - 100, maybe more, pr day. I read news, emails and so on from my cellphone. My battery will last for maybe 12 hours before I start to conserve the battery.
I have tweaked, deactivated all sync except Google, optimized within the stock rom (without root).
I have read that you can do a lot of things to your phone to help this. I have looked at ebay and amazon for a replacement battery, but all of them fits 9020 and not the 9023 (expect those costing way beyond 70-80$ + shipping)
I have read that there is some kernels for android which is using more features to help improving the battery life. So, I have tried to get an overview, but the lists of kernels and roms are very extensive and I cannot tell difference as I am not expert in android roms and kernels.
I weight stability and usability - therefore, I have no needs for fancy features - stock rom is fine or something like that, if needed. I have read about the deep idle feature which sounds like a very big issue that stock android does not have implemented. So I am looking for a kernel which is stable and can help me improve my battery life (if possibly).
As I have not rooted my Nexus S or anything before, I would also ask if someone could make/link to a step by step guide to rooting and installing it. I can see a lot of methods for rooting nexus s in this forum, but I would prefer one which is fairly simple and is confirmed working with android 4.0.3
Thank you for your help
Turn off auto sync on apps like Facebook and Widgets. Calibrate your batt every once in a while. Get a kick ass kernel like speedy or matr1x.
Would matrix kernel work with ICS 4.0.3 stock, but rooted?
Hi,
You really should root your Nexus. I was on stock ICS before and had barely a day of battery. Now I'm on Petes Buggless Beast with steven garons kernel. I Love it, everything runs flawless, stable, smooth(better than stock) and with medium usage i have 2 days with my nexus. Even more when i only do some calls and some pulse reading and some maps usage.
Youll find all the guides you need in the general section.
Here are some pics of my battery with little usage.
Hello,
I have now rooted and installed Matr1x kernel.
Then I am running stock 4.0.3 with Matr1x kernel. I downloaded NStools and activated Deep Idle. Lets see if that will improve my battery time
Hello All,
I've got a Droid X with the handy and convenient one-click root method Z4root. However, my wife's Droid Charge is an entirely different story. So far I haven't rooted it because I'm hoping to use that as a last resort (I don't want to brick her phone).
She was having some trouble with battery life, so she bought a Samsung extended life battery. Instead of her phone dying within 4 hours of a full charge it could make it pretty much all day. But this week all of a sudden, even with that, she's back down to 6 hours, if that.
Early on when she got the phone I downloaded Advanced Task Killer for her and gave her some basic tips (low brightness, no mobile data, etc.), but I'm at a loss. I'm not sure if it's the GB update or what. I'm almost ready to root her phone and roll it back to Froyo because I think that's part of the problem, but I'm at a loss. Do you guys have any suggestions? Or is rooting, battery calibrating, and cleaning out bloatware my only option? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks Droid experts!!!
Don't use advanced task killer first of all. It will probably reduce battery life. GB update has made the battery better in all situations.
Whether or not to root is really up to you however if you do decide to root it is actually quite easy to root EP4D(the latest OTA update). Here is an easy to follow write up that I did:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434738
Personally I rooted my phone and I have loved it. When I was using stock rom debloating did help some with my battery life. The biggest difference I found however when when I flashed eclipse and imnuts pbj EP4D kernel on to my phone. Eclipse is an awesome rom that is already debloated and has been tweaked to run super smooth. Imnuts pbj kernel has lots of great performance and power saving features(for example the ability to undervolt). Running stock I would get about 8 hours of moderate use from my standard battery(1600mah) and 4 hours of heavy use. Running Eclipse with imnuts kernel I get 18-20 hours moderate use and 8-10 hours heavy use.
cadillacactor said:
Hello All,
I've got a Droid X with the handy and convenient one-click root method Z4root. However, my wife's Droid Charge is an entirely different story. So far I haven't rooted it because I'm hoping to use that as a last resort (I don't want to brick her phone).
She was having some trouble with battery life, so she bought a Samsung extended life battery. Instead of her phone dying within 4 hours of a full charge it could make it pretty much all day. But this week all of a sudden, even with that, she's back down to 6 hours, if that.
Early on when she got the phone I downloaded Advanced Task Killer for her and gave her some basic tips (low brightness, no mobile data, etc.), but I'm at a loss. I'm not sure if it's the GB update or what. I'm almost ready to root her phone and roll it back to Froyo because I think that's part of the problem, but I'm at a loss. Do you guys have any suggestions? Or is rooting, battery calibrating, and cleaning out bloatware my only option? I'd appreciate any help. Thanks Droid experts!!!
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calibrating the battery would probably help. id check to see whats running; gps, wifi, bt, etc. also it could be a rogue app that is sucking up all the juice. juice defender could help and if u have no use for location apps u can go into setting/location and turn off stand alone gps, google location, and vzw location. but def root the phone and put a custom kernel and rom on the phone, there will be a big difference.
I find that Facebook often runs rampant and needs to be told to stfu constantly. Also, a custom kernel with aggressive undervolting will help too.
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kvswim said:
I find that Facebook often runs rampant and needs to be told to stfu constantly. Also, a custom kernel with aggressive undervolting will help too.
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I agree, and you'd think with all that money they're worth and throwing around that they could make an app that doesn't GARGLE TESTICLES
blazing through on my Galaxy Nexus via XDA app
anoninja118 said:
I agree, and you'd think with all that money they're worth and throwing around that they could make an app that doesn't GARGLE TESTICLES
blazing through on my Galaxy Nexus via XDA app
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Seriously. The IOS version has ZERO issues.
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Hello everyone, I just got my new skyrocket and I really liked him but one thing really disappoint me, the battery
It's die very fast... So I want to install a stable rom that have good battery life.
If u know one pliz let me know !
Thank u :laugh:
Many of the jb roms are stable and have better battery life than stock ics you'll have to try some to see what works best for you. I'm running liquid smooth with h0tcaze kernel.
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I agree, you'll need to try out some custom ROMs yourself and see which ones you like better. Remember to give each ROM at least a couple of days of usage so as to it can settle and a full battery cycle before judging its battery life.
Personally, I'm using SkyJB and happy with its battery life. You should be able to get 24 hours on a charge with 2 hours of on-screen time.
Good luck!
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I've long been a fan of SeanZ's ROMs, but the latest builds of SkyJB have left me wanting. I've spent the past couple of weeks on car vs. driver's Nibbles ROM and it's a work of art. Couple of kernel choices, high levels of customization, and install only the cruft that you want.
While I still think it's the best choice, moving to a custom ROM isn't your only option, either. You can consider instead just rooting your stock install and then doing a small bit of work to better improve your battery performance:
Make sure you're always using the stock charger, using anything else will often prevent your phone from entering Deep Sleep
Use something like Titanium Backup to freeze all the carrier and Samsung garbage
Turn off automatic brightness, and Wifi/Blutetooth/GPS if you're not using them
Turn off auto refresh on all of your social network apps (this is the dumbest default-on setting I've ever seen; why does anyone need to download newsfeeds when they're not looking at it?)
Keep a close eye on Settings/Battery and use BetterBatteryStats to see what's truly doing the damage
Just remember to make a nandroid backup of your entire phone and make multiple copies of that backup before proceeding with anything.
More handy threads:
[HOW TO] Fix Your Skyrocket's Battery Life
Better Battery Stats
Good luck!
In also installed Nibble a couple of days ago, two kernel options, can't remember the name of mine, it had a Z in it, and it was version 3.
I had used Sean's on ICS, and was going to go to Sean's JB, but I started reading threads and liked what I read about this ROM.
It is the most stable ROM I've ever installed, and with the clock slowed down to 1,026, conservative governor and other power tweaks, I'm getting the best battery life I've ever gotten on any rom on this phone.
Very Very pleased. Install and dontate!
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