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Hey there im brand new to this forum and android in general i just sitched from an iphone to the Lg G2x. I have to say the G2x is incredible but my battery life isn't i get on average 5 to 6 hrs of battery life (lose about 20% every hour) as others i have installed juice defender ultimate, setcpu, and watchdog. In addition to all these apps i uninstalled apps like T-mobile app pack and wifi calling because these apparently use up a lot of battery. So my question is if there any tips you guys can give me or setting for my phone or apps because maybe i have everything i need installed but with the wrong settings any help at all would be great thank you in advance
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As of now the juice defender app reports: 1.36x improvement
Well im assuming your running stock ROM and kernel...so the best and easiest thing i can tell you is just buy an extended battery ....they last alot longer, if you get the right one...
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Are you using the phone constantly?
Mixalot213 said:
Hey there im brand new to this forum and android in general i just sitched from an iphone to the Lg G2x. I have to say the G2x is incredible but my battery life isn't i get on average 5 to 6 hrs of battery life (lose about 20% every hour) as others i have installed juice defender ultimate, setcpu, and watchdog. In addition to all these apps i uninstalled apps like T-mobile app pack and wifi calling because these apparently use up a lot of battery. So my question is if there any tips you guys can give me or setting for my phone or apps because maybe i have everything i need installed but with the wrong settings any help at all would be great thank you in advance
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As of now the juice defender app reports: 1.36x improvement
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Download spare parts, go to battery history, and look at partial wake lock.
If you see a bar going across the screen or even most of the way, that's your culprit.
Also games like Words With Friends kills battery life with its polling service.
@Texan28
Well idk i tried to post pictures to display all that info but since im a new member i cant post links to pictures yet and well how much are they because ive heard there rather expensive
@ enoch861
No i would say average use most of the time just texting (usually is periodic not constant) , very little email checking and little or no facebook use but most of the time the phone is just sitting like for example right now Cell Stanby is at:49% and phone idle at 52% personally i think its to high but idk is that normal?
@Scyth3
Installed the app but no apps seem to be giving trouble all that have a status bar are very small
Once you've confirmed that you're not seeing any rogue app activity then uninstall watchdog. You don't need an app monitor or task killer running constantly on your phone.
Turn off auto brightness and set screen brightness somewhere around 20-25%. Under Settings > Wireless & Networks > Wifi Settings > *Press Menu* > Advanced Settings change wifi sleep policy to never. Turn wifi off when you're not going to be connected to a wifi network. Set your email/Facebook/twitter/weather/etc apps to sync either manually or at least less frequently.
Your biggest battery killers are going to be your screen brightness and your cellular radio. Juice defender can help control some of the cell radio by keeping data turned off when you don't need it. Also consider if you have poor signal your phone might also be always switching from 4G to 2G then it'll use more battery.
Don't bother with disabling GPS. Your phone only uses it when an app needs it anyway.
G2X CM7
Also, I'm assuming you've rooted your phone since you said you've removed wifi calling and other T-Mobile stuff. In that case, open setcpu and create a couple of profiles. Create a Screen Off profile with max/min values of 312/216MHz. Also create an In Call profile with max/min values of 1000/216 and set the priority slider higher than the screen off profile. I do this because when the screen goes off during a phone call I still want my phone to have plenty of processor power available. And I don't set it lower than 1000 because I'm often doing other things with my phone while I'm on a call.
G2X CM7
Then there's something wrong with your phone or a rogue app. I text a lot also and use my phone moderately to heavily. But I still get a whole day of use from the phone. Its surprising.
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@phburks I Actually have those settings on my phone however the setcpu i dont because i cant set those numbers for some reason it only lets me set default for example it goes from 245MHz to 384MHz (on the sliding adjuster)
@enoch861 really is there any tests i can run to find out whats really wrong?
No sir. Not that I know of.
But I would try to do a reset of the phone first anand run it a couple of days without really installing anything. If you get better battery life then it could be due to an app that you had installed. At that point you can start reinstalling your Apps one at a time in order of importance.
Now of that doesn't fix it, it could be a hardware issue.
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@enoch861 really is there any tests i can run to find out whats really wrong?
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Mixalot213 said:
@phburks I Actually have those settings on my phone however the setcpu i dont because i cant set those numbers for some reason it only lets me set default for example it goes from 245MHz to 384MHz (on the sliding adjuster)
@enoch861 really is there any tests i can run to find out whats really wrong?
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In setcpu have you tried hitting Menu > Device Selection and then selecting the Tegra 2 option at the top? You might have it set up for the wrong device.
As for the battery life in general, 5-6 hours on light to moderate usage as you described is not normal for this phone. When I was on my stock rom unrooted I could still get at least 10-12 good hours and I use my phone a lot, mostly for texting and web browsing.
Are you in an area with weak cell signal?
Are there any other preinstalled apps from T-Mobile that are still installed?
G2X CM7
@enoch861 will the reset un-root and re-lock the phone?
@phburks
ok thnx i fixed the setcpu settings and no not really but idk if having in on a gsm carrier(Simple Mobile) makes a difference but yea thats why im trying to get this fixed because 5-6 hrs is really not enough i mean if i can at least get it to 10-12 hrs id be happy with that its great improvement and um well just google maps, news and weather, smarshare, talk, telenav, voicew search, youtube etc the only ones i made sure to get rid of was t-mobile app pack and wifi calling
It shouldn't unroot it.
what do you mean by relock?
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@enoch861 will the reset un-root and re-lock the phone?
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Mixalot213 said:
@enoch861 will the reset un-root and re-lock the phone?
@phburks
ok thnx i fixed the setcpu settings and no not really but idk if having in on a gsm carrier(Simple Mobile) makes a difference but yea thats why im trying to get this fixed because 5-6 hrs is really not enough i mean if i can at least get it to 10-12 hrs id be happy with that its great improvement and um well just google maps, news and weather, smarshare, talk, telenav, voicew search, youtube etc the only ones i made sure to get rid of was t-mobile app pack and wifi calling
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I'd get rid of telenav too.
As for a reset, do you have clockworkmod recovery installed? Just boot into that and do a full reset. You wont lose root but you WILL lose any apps you installed, personal settings, text messages.
G2X CM7
@enoch861
what i meant with relock is that its currently unlocked but if i do a factory restore will it alter that ?
@phburks
i actually dont but as long as my phone remains unlocked and rooted im willing to try resetting it after all ove heard good things about it helping with battery life but can you walk me through it?
No. It shouldn't.
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@enoch861
what i meant with relock is that its currently unlocked but if i do a factory restore will it alter that ?
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Mixalot213 said:
@enoch861
what i meant with relock is that its currently unlocked but if i do a factory restore will it alter that ?
@phburks
i actually dont but as long as my phone remains unlocked and rooted im willing to try resetting it after all ove heard good things about it helping with battery life but can you walk me through it?
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If by unlocking you mean the SIM being unlocked to work on other cell networks, then you have nothing to worry about. A factory reset wont mess with that
As for performing a factory reset, go into Settings > Privacy and choose Factory Data Reset. Make sure you back up any texts/MMS you want to keep. All personal files/photos on your sdcard will be preserved but you'll have to reinstall any apps you want.
Since you still have stock recovery you can also power off the phone and then hold Volume Down + Power for like 10 or more seconds till you see the Android unpacking icon, and it will reset that way.
It shouldn't mess with root.
G2X CM7
If your phone's rooted, which it seems to be, download the battery calibration app from the market. It's free, and helped my battery life immensely. Basically charge it up to 100%, use the app. It deletes the battery stats file so android can make a new one. Run it all the way down to empty, then charge it back up to 100% and you should be good to go.
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If your phone's rooted, which it seems to be, download the battery calibration app from the market. It's free, and helped my battery life immensely. Basically charge it up to 100%, use the app. It deletes the battery stats file so android can make a new one. Run it all the way down to empty, then charge it back up to 100% and you should be good to go.
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how exactly is a program that measures the battery helping the battery life?
OP, I am using Xboarders latest 2.3.3 rom and have had the phone on 9 hours and am at 70%. I use set cpu to slow down teh processor when the screen is off and I use juice defender to turn off data, wifi, etc when the screen is off.
@ enoch861 thanks thats a relief
@phburks thanks im gonna go ahead and try it by the way when i perform it is there anything i should be doing or avoid doing (For example removieng certain apps or anything like that ?)
@Danishswag Tried it already it didnt help
Hi people,
I'm have a terrible issue with my battery of the HTC Sensation.
When I first updated to ICS, the battery life was good, it even took longer to run empty then with Gingerbread.
But for the lasty month the battery drains very quickly!! In about 5 hours all of the battery is empty,. and I need to charge it.
I haven't been using the phone differently than before, I just use it the same.
Even buying a new battery doesn't work. So there must be something wrong with the OS I think, or a bad app.
When the phone is fully chardes before I go to bed 01:00 AM, the battery will be at 50% at 07:00 AM (when doing nothing)
Things I've tried:
Remove all apps
Removing/formatting Micro SD card
Buying/using a new battery
I haven't tried resetting the phone, because I don't want to lose all my whats app messages, many of them are important.
I know whats app makes a database, but I do not know how te recover it after a phone reset.
Does anyone have any tips or tricks in how to solve it?
Any help would be appreciated!
Have you checked your settings to see if any are draining it? I go pretty far to save battery. I turn off sync except for email. I turn off all led notifications, I turn off keyboard feed back , I turn my backlight to custom and make it dim. (The backlight can take a lot of juice) I turn off animations. And basically look over my settings and see where I can save. I'm getting pretty good battery life now. It also depends on rom and kernel. Some are better for battery than others. Maybe you want to try a different kernel to see if that will help? If your not rooted try the settings and juice defender app. See if that helps. You can get it at the play store .
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If your messages are that important, you really should learn to back them up. I don't use whatsapp, so I can't help there. But I do use SMS Backup & Restore and Save MMS to preserve important messages/pics when I reflash.
Just backup your messages and reset/reflash. Something is obviously going wrong in your OS, so it's better to start clean IMO.
rawrfische said:
If your messages are that important, you really should learn to back them up
Just backup your messages and reset/reflash. Something is obviously going wrong in your OS, so it's better to start clean IMO.
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Hi, thanks for yor reply, but it's not the sms messages, they can be deleted, that's not my problem. It's only whats app, and it has a database, but no manual on how te restore on a new phone or something.
I really want to reset/refash, but I don't know how I can flash the HTC software again, and second, Its the messages from whats app I want to keep. But can you tell me how to set everything back? of reset/reflash? Then I know that part, then all I need to do is find somewhere on how to restore the whats app database afterwards
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Hi, thanks for yor reply, but it's not the sms messages, they can be deleted, that's not my problem. It's only whats app, and it has a database, but no manual on how te restore on a new phone or something.
I really want to reset/refash, but I don't know how I can flash the HTC software again, and second, Its the messages from whats app I want to keep. But can you tell me how to set everything back? of reset/reflash? Then I know that part, then all I need to do is find somewhere on how to restore the whats app database afterwards
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Google is your friend, whatsapp messages can be backed up and restored easily.
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Hi, thanks for yor reply, but it's not the sms messages, they can be deleted, that's not my problem. It's only whats app, and it has a database, but no manual on how te restore on a new phone or something.
I really want to reset/refash, but I don't know how I can flash the HTC software again, and second, Its the messages from whats app I want to keep. But can you tell me how to set everything back? of reset/reflash? Then I know that part, then all I need to do is find somewhere on how to restore the whats app database afterwards
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Is this relevant? Sounds really tedious.
http://beta.whatsapp.com/faq/questi...roid::how-do-i-restore-messages-from-a-backup
Could anyone tell me witch kernel is better for battery life?
1. faux 008b4
2. Bricked 1.36
3. Firmware 3.33
Rom is ARHD 6.7
Bricked.
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Mesaman2012 said:
Bricked.
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Bricked 1.31 or 1.36?
Not the kernel affects the battery life its the governor....
Install bricked latest version and aroma installer will tell you what saves your battery life (btw if u use a power saving governor ur phone will become choppy if you are on ics.... Most likely)
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I'm really upset with HTC One S with 4.0.4 my WiFi keep switching off even I set always on under advance WiFi setting .
I ard reset many times didn't make any deference , any fix or app solve my issue please greatly appreciate.
Are you stock or running a custom ROM? If the latter, which one?
I'm on stock 4.0.4
I had this issue while trying radio 1.08ts or 1.06es. was working quite well on 1.06s... so maybe just try another radio.
maliks said:
I'm really upset with HTC One S with 4.0.4 my WiFi keep switching off even I set always on under advance WiFi setting .
I ard reset many times didn't make any deference , any fix or app solve my issue please greatly appreciate.
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Are you on T-Mobile?
Does the issue happen as soon as the screen turns off?
yes that's T-Mobile HTC one S and yes goes off when screen turn off , how do I change radio
maliks said:
yes that's T-Mobile HTC one S and yes goes off when screen turn off , how do I change radio
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I couldn't tell from your description, did you have the "Wifi Best Performance" box checked? I know if I don't have that box checked I don't receive calls when using wifi calling.
I checked that box , but wifi keep switching off when phone standby ( when screen turn off for mint )
It could be a "feature" called HTC SmartSync, which turns off the WiFi between 22 and 7. There's an application which disables this, it's called (guess) - "SmartSync Disabler".
Don't bother with the "Best WiFi performance", its only role is to drain battery.
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I couldn't tell from your description, did you have the "Wifi Best Performance" box checked? I know if I don't have that box checked I don't receive calls when using wifi calling.
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You are a genius! Worked for me, but I'm not on T-Mobile (I'm on EU no-brand)! I was having the issue of Airdroid stopping responding with screen off.
Many many thanks!
Thanks guys " airwave " i just installed that app , ll keep you guys update what happend next
I install the app but look like didn't resolve my WiFi issue bcos keep facing same issue .
Any more suggestion
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maliks said:
I install the app but look like didn't resolve my WiFi issue bcos keep facing same issue .
Any more suggestion
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Whats your Radio version?
Goto your phone Bootloader and write your info here.
Your H-Boot, Radio, ...
I'm on original T-Mobile ROM 4.0.4
HTC ONE S ( T-Mobile ) 4.0.4 OS
( Simple Mobile )
Did you check WiFi advanced settings.. keep WiFi on during sleep always?
Yes I set " always " but keep switching back never that's superb annoying
HTC ONE S ( T-Mobile ) 4.0.4 OS
( Simple Mobile )
maliks said:
Yes I set " always " but keep switching back never that's superb annoying
HTC ONE S ( T-Mobile ) 4.0.4 OS
( Simple Mobile )
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as I wrote before - this is most probably radio issue, as I had it only with particular radios. If you want to fix it, you need to have root and unlocked bootloader (warranty partly void) and play with different radios. However if you have hboot 1.14 flashing (changing) of the radio is quite limited and probably you can do it only with ROMs that have modified kernel and radio included in them (e.g. CM10). There are instructions how to do it on the forum - just search.
I don't like root thing but finally " wifi keep alive " free app fix my WiFi issue so far thanks guys and HTC you sucksss
HTC ONE S ( T-Mobile ) 4.0.4 OS
( Simple Mobile )
Hi guys ime need of your help badly..plz guys somehow find me some solution for ma probem..
lemme brief maself.. I am NAVIN from INDIA. I bought our AT&T Captivate i897 just before 2months through a dealer in ebay with phone unlocked..well i started off with stock GB and as time passed on i went to cm9 official and then to remics-jb v2.0,everything was fine untill ma friend found a problem which i dint notice for long time since i bought my phone.
PROLEM is, say if screen on time is 2hrs then phone.apk is awake for 2hrs respectively,,i really dono why the hell this is happening..i had never such a strange thing in any android phone..so i went back to stock GB but even there its same..i dono whats wrong with ma phone.pl pl help me guys. ma battery doesnt even stay for 6hrs a day..ime fed up of this. solve this strange problem of mine,..is this problem coz of unlocking errors by dealer. ma friend has same cappy everything same including current rom , we checked out in his phone PHONE.APK doesnt show in battery stats where as mine u know if screen on time is 2 hrs then PHONE.APK will be 2hrs.
THANKS in advance..
Is the phone showing the correct % of battery life?
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Ya its showing perfect but battery is not gud ..and main problem is that..phone gets awakens equally to screen on time..suck ma battery out of it..pl help me..
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archana.5577 said:
Ya its showing perfect but battery is not gud ..and main problem is that..phone gets awakens equally to screen on time..suck ma battery out of it..pl help me..
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I would try possibly making a clockwork backup of his rom , moving to your phone and flash clockwork of his backp to your phone
I figure you have clockwork installed of a sort as it said changed roms
Possibly you are running different kernels ?
you might just flash to 4.1 ( I am on xbean with a semaphore kernel ) and it works great
only had to place an app on it ( button mapper , free in the market ) to remap home and back buttons , as semaphore is an I9000 kernel with this copy of xbean
Hi guys. I am the proud owner of a Galaxy S 2 Plus (GT-I9105/P). Wonderful device. I had no problems with it so far. It's an upgrade from Wave 2 Bada platform . But still can not believe how quickly the battery is depleted. To be more exact, when 3G is OFF, battery lasts about 3 days and when 3G is ON battery lasts no more than 15 hours. Can someone help me with this problem? I want that when 3G is switched ON the battery to last at least one day. Is there an app for this? Is there any setting that i should do? Mention that the phone is not root!
Try Factory Reset For Once I Am Sure It Will Solve The Problem
I did that by pressing vol down+power...no change . Is there any other way? Or should i try factory reset from Settings?
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Cooetzee said:
I did that by pressing vol down+power...no change . Is there any other way? Or should i try factory reset from Settings?
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Yeah Try That From Setting I HOPE iT WORKS because Even I faced the same problem Bt Now its Battery Is Working Well
When not usung 3g try switching only to GSM mode instead of GSM/WCDMA drains battery a lot, for Me it does.
Specially when there is a poor network coverage.
Cooetzee said:
Hi guys. I am the proud owner of a Galaxy S 2 Plus (GT-I9105/P). Wonderful device. I had no problems with it so far. It's an upgrade from Wave 2 Bada platform . But still can not believe how quickly the battery is depleted. To be more exact, when 3G is OFF, battery lasts about 3 days and when 3G is ON battery lasts no more than 15 hours. Can someone help me with this problem? I want that when 3G is switched ON the battery to last at least one day. Is there an app for this? Is there any setting that i should do? Mention that the phone is not root!
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This is the problem of 3G man.
Most of us allways work on 2G (enough for whatsapp, tapatalk, email, games, facebook, etc...) and we're online almost 3 days.
In 3G all of this change... (maximum 1 day)
How to fix it?... easy... we must wait for an custom kernel (with the correct governors and schedulers, we're able to support at last... 1 day and a half xD in 3G)
Or... you can change to 2G.
greetings from spain
I got pretty much the same:
-where I work there is very poor network coverage... whenever I have 3G on... battery lastes for about 1 day, while on 2G more then 2...