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Hello to all you great people! I am not new to this site but I havent posted much or at all. This site is increadible and has taught me a ton about what a droid can do once you know how to use it. Thanks everyone! Anyway I have a question that I would of posted in the CM7 dev thread but I dont have permission since I havent posted much. Is anyone having bat drain issues with the newest build (RC1.1 MR2) using the GB radio 2.5? I have lost over 10% bat life in 25 mins while in airplane mode, no data including wifi and the screen was only on for maybe 2 or 3 mins. It may be a problem on my end but I just wanted to see if anyone else is having an issue with this. Oh and thanks to all you devs for doing all the hard work and dealing with angry wifes or girlfriends! We all appreciate it!
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Hello to all you great people! I am not new to this site but I havent posted much or at all. This site is increadible and has taught me a ton about what a droid can do once you know how to use it. Thanks everyone! Anyway I have a question that I would of posted in the CM7 dev thread but I dont have permission since I havent posted much. Is anyone having bat drain issues with the newest build (RC1.1 MR2) using the GB radio 2.5? I have lost over 10% bat life in 25 mins while in airplane mode, no data including wifi and the screen was only on for maybe 2 or 3 mins. It may be a problem on my end but I just wanted to see if anyone else is having an issue with this. Oh and thanks to all you devs for doing all the hard work and dealing with angry wifes or girlfriends! We all appreciate it!
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On mr2 it did feel like my battery was draining faster than normal.. with the stock kernel at least. Glad I'm not the only one try switching kernels
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I actually had this problem too with the stock kernel, and once I overclocked with the Dream kernel it actually stopped draining my battery, strange.
I did try using Imoseyon's CM7 leankernel but had the same effect. Ill try the dream kernel and report back. Thank guys!!
I'm on my first day with this build of CM7, with MR2.5 and noticed my battery has drained way faster than it did with gingeritis.
Did you try wiping battery stats?
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Is there an official name for this kernel, or someplace to get it? I tried a quick Google search for "htc thunderbolt dream kernel", and it didn't bring up anything definite.
I noticed the battery drain too. CM7 7.1.0 RC1 with the MR2.5 radio. It seems to be "cell standby" that's using the highest percentage of the battery. I have it set to CDMA / EvDo auto.
What programs do you have running? Are you overclocked? I an running mr2.5 cm7.1 rc1.1 and still have 22% on 18 hours unplugged. 3 hour screen on, lots of texting, xda browsing, market updates, and an hour of plans vs zombies. On stock kernel, no overclocking. Using interactive governor.
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I do have things set to run in the background, but they don't even register a high enough percentage in the battery usage to show there. I was not having battery issues with the 7.0.1 RC 6 on MR1 (the last build).
I've tried two of the utkanos kernels (not the OC one), and the dream kernel. On both of the utkanos kernels, I had no data. I tried rebooting several times, switching data on and off, and changing the network mode. No luck. The dream kernel took several minutes, but data finally came on. I haven't used it long enough to comment on any battery life differences between stock CM7 and this.
Running BAMF getting 1 1/2 on battery easy on 2.5
I am currently running the 2.5 on my BAMF sense 3 2.3.2 dream kernal. My battery is lasting very nicely currently. See the post below I have had better times the best was 1 day and 19 hours.
http://webdiyhosting.com/BAMFsense3.jpg
http://webdiyhosting.com/BAMFsense3a.jpg
http://webdiyhosting.com/BAMFsense3b.jpg
Cheers,
Azbobs
Ok so here's the news on my end. With the dream kernel things seem much better! However I was watching my ma usage and it went from 48ma to 240ma something after turning on wifi. Then after turning wifi off it never dropped. I rebooted and things went back to a cool 48ma. I'm guessing my original problem was with the stock kernel. But now that I'm on the new one the phone wont power down the wifi or something and made me burn thru my bat till I rebooted. Any ideas gents? Reboot did fix but that usually kills a good 4 to 10% of my bat everytime. I have next to nothing running in the background too.
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Guess I should add that now after reboot I'm around 100 ma usage and steady with wifi on. Maybe a reboot once a day might do the trick till CM is finalized. Was thinking bout trying the mr2 radio stead of 2.5. Anyone know if there's a difference or advantage to either?
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I was having trouble until i started using the KangBang kernel, that one seems to be the best for me
Hello everyone,
I have looked around the forum and it seems like most of you guys with Sensation + 3.12 or 3.24 or 3.30 firmware and ICS Roms have good or great battery lives.
This is not the case for me unforunately with Sensation XE. battery drain is so crazy that if i go to sleep with 100% charged - the battery is dead when i wake up (in a metter of 8-10 hours) while the phone is not used at all, wi-fi and mobile network off.
I have tried
- full-wipe
- reflash
- calibration
- discharging to 0% and recahrging - couple cysles
- waiting 4-5 days until the ROM settles down
- removing microSD
- canging batteried (i have anker and stock htc both in good health)
- i am not overclocking
but still the battery drain is very bad.
I am now using Battery Monitoring widget but i cannot find what app or process is causing the problem.
Here are my questions
1) What is the normal mA value (displayed on battery monitor widget)?
what are your lowest and highest values? for me lowest is about 65mA and highest over 700mA. Is it to much? Those of you guys with nice battery drain - could you please install Battery Monitor Widget and let me know you values?
2) How can I find the app (if its an app) that takes the juice? I tried to see stats in battery monitor widget - but all I can see is some k.workers
I even tried to full-wipe and not to install any apps. Currently i have GoLauncher, GoSMS and Battery Monitor Widget, PlayerPro and Android Pro Widgets.
3 ) here is my battery history. Does it look normal?
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2012/02/27|15:15:36|-553mA|100%|4026mV|25.4oC|1|0
2012/02/27|15:16:08|-553mA|100%|4026mV|25.4oC|1|0
2012/02/27|15:17:32|-581mA|100%|4008mV|25.5oC|1|0
2012/02/27|15:22:31|-138mA|100%|4089mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|15:27:32|-137mA|100%|4080mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|15:32:31|-153mA|100%|4068mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|15:37:31|-75mA|100%|4086mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|15:42:31|-70mA|100%|4083mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|15:47:31|-73mA|99%|4080mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|15:52:31|-70mA|99%|4077mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|15:57:31|-96mA|98%|4074mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|16:02:31|-71mA|98%|4071mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|16:07:31|-98mA|98%|4071mV|25.3oC|2|0
2012/02/27|16:12:31|-79mA|97%|4068mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|16:17:31|-73mA|97%|4065mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|16:22:31|-71mA|96%|4062mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|16:27:31|-71mA|96%|4059mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|16:32:31|-69mA|95%|4053mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|16:37:31|-73mA|94%|4044mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|16:42:31|-111mA|93%|4011mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|16:47:31|-207mA|93%|4017mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|16:52:31|-194mA|91%|3993mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|16:57:31|-186mA|90%|4002mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:02:31|-177mA|89%|3999mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:07:31|-189mA|87%|3960mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:12:31|-157mA|86%|3987mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:17:31|-156mA|85%|3969mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:22:31|-128mA|84%|3978mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:27:31|-95mA|83%|3978mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:32:31|-86mA|82%|3972mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:37:31|-92mA|81%|3972mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:42:31|-70mA|81%|3969mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:47:31|-72mA|80%|3966mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:52:31|-89mA|80%|3963mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|17:57:31|-85mA|79%|3960mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|18:02:31|-104mA|79%|3957mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|18:07:31|-81mA|79%|3954mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|18:12:31|-78mA|79%|3954mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|18:17:31|-74mA|79%|3954mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|18:22:31|-80mA|78%|3951mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|18:27:31|-119mA|78%|3951mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|18:32:31|-87mA|78%|3945mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|18:37:31|-82mA|77%|3945mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|18:42:31|-84mA|77%|3942mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|18:47:31|-75mA|76%|3939mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|18:52:31|-77mA|76%|3933mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|18:57:31|-79mA|75%|3933mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:02:31|-82mA|75%|3930mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:07:31|-89mA|74%|3927mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:12:31|-81mA|74%|3924mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:17:31|-83mA|73%|3921mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:22:31|-81mA|73%|3918mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:27:31|-114mA|72%|3894mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:32:31|-80mA|71%|3909mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:37:31|-102mA|71%|3906mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:42:31|-85mA|70%|3909mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:47:31|-57mA|69%|3903mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:52:31|-57mA|69%|3903mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|19:57:31|-96mA|69%|3888mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|20:02:31|-74mA|68%|3894mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|20:07:31|-78mA|68%|3891mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|20:12:31|-76mA|67%|3888mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|20:17:31|-84mA|67%|3885mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|20:22:31|-89mA|66%|3879mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|20:27:31|-101mA|66%|3867mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|20:32:31|-93mA|65%|3867mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|20:37:31|-87mA|64%|3867mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|20:42:31|-87mA|63%|3864mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|20:47:31|-82mA|63%|3858mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|20:52:31|-119mA|62%|3849mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|20:57:31|-81mA|61%|3846mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|21:02:31|-125mA|61%|3837mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|21:07:31|-86mA|60%|3843mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|21:12:31|-79mA|59%|3837mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|21:17:31|-79mA|59%|3837mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|21:22:31|-69mA|58%|3831mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|21:27:31|-80mA|58%|3825mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|21:32:31|-76mA|58%|3828mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|21:37:31|-83mA|57%|3825mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|21:42:31|-78mA|57%|3822mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|21:47:31|-76mA|56%|3819mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|21:52:31|-81mA|56%|3816mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|21:57:31|-77mA|55%|3816mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:02:31|-91mA|55%|3804mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:07:31|-87mA|55%|3810mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:12:31|-77mA|54%|3810mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:17:31|-77mA|53%|3810mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:22:31|-79mA|53%|3804mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:27:31|-77mA|52%|3804mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:32:31|-77mA|52%|3804mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:37:31|-86mA|52%|3801mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:42:31|-85mA|51%|3798mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:47:31|-183mA|50%|3783mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:52:31|-182mA|50%|3777mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|22:57:31|-178mA|50%|3762mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|23:02:31|-180mA|50%|3783mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|23:07:31|-173mA|50%|3768mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|23:12:31|-170mA|49%|3771mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|23:17:05|-131mA|48%|3777mV|25.2oC|1|0
2012/02/27|23:22:04|-320mA|46%|3780mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|23:27:04|-101mA|46%|3771mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|23:32:04|-75mA|45%|3783mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|23:37:04|-85mA|45%|3780mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|23:42:04|-114mA|45%|3783mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/27|23:47:04|-107mA|44%|3780mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/27|23:52:04|-115mA|43%|3765mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/27|23:57:04|-83mA|42%|3774mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|00:02:04|-82mA|42%|3777mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|00:07:04|-73mA|41%|3774mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|00:12:04|-92mA|41%|3774mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|00:17:04|-77mA|41%|3771mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/28|00:22:04|-83mA|41%|3765mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|00:27:04|-92mA|40%|3771mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|00:32:04|-73mA|39%|3768mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|00:37:04|-73mA|39%|3768mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|00:42:04|-85mA|38%|3762mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|00:47:04|-82mA|38%|3768mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|00:52:04|-78mA|38%|3765mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|00:57:04|-79mA|38%|3765mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:02:04|-97mA|38%|3756mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:07:04|-91mA|37%|3762mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:12:04|-88mA|36%|3759mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:17:04|-83mA|36%|3762mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:22:04|-89mA|36%|3753mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:27:04|-127mA|36%|3759mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:32:04|-114mA|36%|3753mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:37:04|-85mA|36%|3759mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:42:04|-77mA|35%|3759mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:47:04|-79mA|35%|3756mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:52:04|-72mA|34%|3753mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|01:57:04|-105mA|34%|3747mV|25.2oC|2|0
2012/02/28|02:02:04|-84mA|33%|3750mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|02:07:04|-75mA|33%|3750mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|02:12:04|-126mA|33%|3744mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|02:17:04|-100mA|33%|3735mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|02:22:04|-99mA|31%|3747mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|02:27:04|-79mA|31%|3744mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|02:32:04|-77mA|30%|3741mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|02:37:04|-100mA|29%|3738mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|02:42:04|-71mA|29%|3741mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|02:47:04|-73mA|28%|3735mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|02:52:04|-100mA|28%|3732mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|02:57:04|-85mA|27%|3735mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:02:04|-88mA|27%|3732mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:07:04|-97mA|27%|3729mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:12:04|-83mA|25%|3732mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:17:04|-82mA|25%|3720mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:22:04|-85mA|24%|3726mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:27:04|-73mA|23%|3723mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:32:04|-83mA|23%|3717mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:37:04|-88mA|22%|3720mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:42:04|-80mA|22%|3717mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:47:04|-86mA|20%|3714mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:52:04|-103mA|20%|3708mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|03:57:04|-78mA|19%|3711mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:02:04|-83mA|19%|3705mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:07:04|-77mA|19%|3705mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:12:04|-92mA|19%|3696mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:17:04|-86mA|18%|3699mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:22:04|-112mA|18%|3693mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:27:04|-75mA|18%|3693mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:32:04|-75mA|17%|3690mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:37:04|-114mA|16%|3666mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:42:04|-204mA|16%|3657mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:47:04|-91mA|16%|3681mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:52:04|-158mA|16%|3669mV|25.3oC|0|0
2012/02/28|04:57:04|-122mA|16%|3678mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:02:04|-78mA|16%|3678mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:07:04|-87mA|16%|3669mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:12:04|-86mA|16%|3678mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:17:04|-87mA|16%|3672mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:22:04|-82mA|16%|3675mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:27:04|-81mA|16%|3666mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:32:04|-104mA|16%|3663mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:37:04|-85mA|15%|3663mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:42:04|-72mA|15%|3669mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:47:04|-79mA|15%|3663mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:52:04|-72mA|14%|3654mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|05:57:04|-84mA|13%|3642mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|06:02:04|-89mA|11%|3624mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|06:07:04|-97mA|9%|3591mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|06:12:04|-85mA|6%|3570mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|06:17:04|-98mA|4%|3528mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|06:22:04|-97mA|3%|3489mV|25.2oC|0|0
2012/02/28|06:27:04|-93mA|2%|3444mV|25.2oC|0|0
Any advise and help will be much appreciated.
Thanks
It seems high but not outrageous. You gave about 70-100mAh when not in use which is about what I had with factory rom. I assume all the usual things are done like GPS off, brightness low, wifi on etc.
Do you have poor signal, and are you using mobile data a lot? That increases battery usage.
To assess more fully the processes running I use system tuner pro. This allows you to see user, system & kernel processes and sort by memory, CPU time etc.
I currently see around 30-60mAh when idling.
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Hello,
thanks for reply.
My Signal is good (full-bars) Mobile Data is off, WIFI, GPS are off as well
and brightness low... but actually the screen is off when i am sleeping...
I understand smartphones use power, especially on mobile-data and WiFi, but I hate that feeling when I wake up and see my phone's battery dead....
never got as low as 30mAh even when completely not in use with everything off.
I will try to use System Tuner Pro - maybe will find out somethinh.
OK post back results perhaps I can help more.
I'm looking at STP now, using task manager I can see my top processes in terms of CPU time are:
STP
android system
Xda premium
Android keyboard
/system/bin/surfaceflinger
Gmail
System UI
do nothing untoward, I would expect those to be running given my usage right now.
Use STP to record a period when you sleep, you can then do this process check to see what's running.
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My battery is pretty much the same and I'm on a fresh ics install. This device seems to just suck a lot of battery. The screen especially.
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Hmmm my sensation XE used to have at least 1.5 times as much power (when used) and 2 to 3 times as much power when not used befor upgrading to 3.12, 3.24 and 3.30.
I know what you will tell - go back to Gingerbread.
I am actually considering this. but many people say with ICS their battery is better then ever before.
Is it ICS who sucks the power then?
Thanks
From your stats you are losing 1% in 5 minutes in standby, my sensation (with virtuous inquisition ROM) uses less than 1% per hour - that's with a good 4G connection in standby. My 1900mAh battery lasts over 24hrs with up to 6hrs screen on during that time.
To eliminate hardware flash a fresh ROM and firmware, boot a couple of times (don't install any apps) then remove the SD card and put the phone in airplane mode and leave it overnight on standby. If you're losing more than 1% per hour, then your phone may be faulty. If not then you'll need to try things one by one, turn airplane mode off, insert SD, then apps until you find the problem.
Looking at the instant mAh figures won't help you a lot, the battery driver for the sensation is useless and BMW has to estimate the figure.
Thanks for advice.
Could you please let me know the firware you are using?
3.12, 3.24 or 3.30 ?
boomboomer said:
From your stats you are losing 1% in 5 minutes in standby, my sensation (with virtuous inquisition ROM) uses less than 1% per hour
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umka83 said:
Thanks for advice.
Could you please let me know the firware you are using?
3.12, 3.24 or 3.30 ?
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3.12. I had the 3.24 ready to load when VI 3.5 was released but everything worked fine on 3.12 so I left well alone.
Ok here is what happened
1) i falshed new 3.30 RUU and ROM with fullwipe etc
2) booted the rom put it to settle fo 30 mins
3) rebooted 3 times
4) then charged to 100%, and switched airplane mode ON
with Airplane Mode on - I have lost 25% of battery during 3 hours without touching the phone. That makes 12 hours without using the phone at all.
I am starting wondering if it is not the firware that is causing the problems... Maybe i should go back to 3.12 or even earlier.
Anyone can please point me to some firmware earlier to 3.12?
I do not think it is a faulty phone, because I have 2 phones and both have same problem. and both started having this problem after upgrading to ICS...
let me know you thoughts and please a link to an earlier firmware (earlier than 3.12)
battery drain
i would say you have normal operation .
mine is between 50-100 MA and yet when not using it during night in the morning i am still at 100%......
when keeping it for a whole day not using it i am droping from 100% to 87% for about 24 hours idle use ....
so i would say check your battery when it starts or is it from the day you got your device .....
Thanks for reply, oferyama
Normal operation ??
You lose 23% in 24 hours while
me - I lose 1% every 5 minutes = teh phone is dead after 10 hours of idling.....
Probalby mAh reported vaules is incorrect, and the important thing is how many % you lose per hour
Did you flash a custom kernel at all?
What rom is this problem occurring with?
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I have tried many ICS ROMS - Elegancia ICS, AnroidMe ICS, LeeDroid ICS = same problem. i also tried 3.12, 3.24 and 3.30 firmwares
but I cannot remember if the problem started when i upgraded to 3.12 or 3.24.....
From today I have 3.30 jsut for testing... and if everything fails - planning to go back to Gingerbread to see if it helps...
Hi umka, I had same problem as you. Try this to figure out what's eating your battery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
I'm using VI 3.5.1 beta and battery drain varies from 30 to 82mA while not touching a phone at all on stock XE battery. While i'm typing this, I have 78% battery, phone is unplugged for 10h and 6 minutes. I'm using SebastianFM kernel 1.11 (this one: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/64017594/HTC Sensation/Overclocked_kernel_v1.11_1512_MHz_by_SebastianFM.zip) on my Sensation XE. Radio is stock for FW 3.30. Adequate RIL of course. Lots of apps installed, many of them are disabled from autostarting. I'm using Shnizlon's theme (just aosp bar).
Desktop: minimalistic text with weather info, updating every 3 hours.
Hope this brief info will help you to figure something out.
Good luck!
Thanks for reply - trying this right now....
Amon87, could you please let me know what was eating batery in your case?? I have just flashed a new ROM and did not isntall any applications at all... Where shoud I look at?
I was suspecting the radio, but i tried different ones... and i tried airplane mode - but even in airplane mode when radio shoud not make any difference the battery drain is terrible..
i will post you on the results
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I have tried many ICS ROMS - Elegancia ICS, AnroidMe ICS, LeeDroid ICS = same problem. i also tried 3.12, 3.24 and 3.30 firmwares
but I cannot remember if the problem started when i upgraded to 3.12 or 3.24.....
From today I have 3.30 jsut for testing... and if everything fails - planning to go back to Gingerbread to see if it helps...
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So no kernels flashed desperately to rom?
Did you have any results from STP finding the battery killer? Do you restore app/data after each flash e.g. with TiBu?
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Sorry to say, but i just don't remember the name of that app. For sure, main problem for me was radio and unmatching RIL.
I recommend you to try different kernel and change governor. I'm using system tuner pro to change this. When screen on: ondemand 192-1.51. Screen off: interactive 192-648MHz. But try powersave.
Another clue. Maybe somehow second core is constantly turned on?
What recovery are you using to flash roms, kernels etc? For me it's newest 4ext recovery test build.
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So no kernels flashed desperately to rom?
Did you have any results from STP finding the battery killer? Do you restore app/data after each flash e.g. with TiBu?
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1) In most case I used default kernels provided with the ROM (somtimes flashed custom ones)
2) I am not good yet at looking at STP and BMW stats - so amybe I am missing something, but so far I did not find the battery killer. How do you find the battery killer? a process using more than 10%-20% CPU or smth like that?
3) I used to restore the apps using Titanium Backup, but then, to find out the problem, i just flashed a fresh ROM and did not install any apps at all..
and still losing at least 10% per hour with DATA off, Mobile Network OFF, GPS and WIFI off and Airplan Mode ON.
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Sorry to say, but i just don't remember the name of that app. For sure, main problem for me was radio and unmatching RIL.
I recommend you to try different kernel and change governor. I'm using system tuner pro to change this. When screen on: ondemand 192-1.51. Screen off: interactive 192-648MHz. But try powersave.
Another clue. Maybe somehow second core is constantly turned on?
What recovery are you using to flash roms, kernels etc? For me it's newest 4ext recovery test build.
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- Well right now I do not have any apps installed yet, excpet those that come default with 3.30. So its definetely not an application.
- !!! Myabe it is indeed unmatching RIL adn RADIO - coudl you please give me more info on that? How do I find out what is matching. I am in Japan and i bought my phone in HongKong (so it shoould be asia) and default ROM was doing just fine... Could you please point me to correct RIL and Radio - or advice where to look?
- From what i have seen in STP yesturday - second core is off. not sure about now - cause i do not have STP installed after flashing stok 3.30
- I am using ext4 recovery latest.
Hello everyone, I recently went from the Revolution HD rom to the ViperS rom. I had flashed the radio and firmware required (stated in the rom's thread) for the Revolution HD and didn't see anything stating I should flash a different firmware when changing to the ViperS rom.
Now I have noticed my battery life has been reduced tremendously, where on the old rom I could get a day of general use this struggles to last 5 hours now. I have changed the governors and settings for ViperS and reflashed it many times but nothing has changed. Am I missing something here?
You might have to re calibrate the battery.. this can be done by wiping battery stats after a full charge in 4ext touch, or using a battery calibration app from the play store.
Hope that helps
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Wiping battery stats is actually useless, it auto wipes every time it hits 100% and doesn't actually offer better battery life. To calibrate, just charge all the way up and discharge all the way down two or three times.
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You might have to re calibrate the battery.. this can be done by wiping battery stats after a full charge in 4ext touch, or using a battery calibration app from the play store.
Hope that helps
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If I see another misleading post about wiping battery stats I will bang my head against the wall in frustration. I dont know how many times Ive said it, IT DOESNT HELP. A google engineer even said as much and gave a full explanation on G+ (google it if you want more info).
Sense 4 ROMs naturally have more battery drain than Sense 3.6 for some reason. To calibrate the battery, charge it to 100% then let it discharge to 5% then repeat 2-3 times. For some reason ROMs need a "settle" period
This is interesting because this Rom has given me the BEST battery life I've ever had in a Rom. Have you tried disabling the logging feature in the settings? This might help a bit. Also perhaps it does need to settle a bit. I've been reading and it's about 50/50 some are getting great battery life like me, others are not....I'm not sure what the differences are that some will get great results and others not. Maybe it's in the settings.also I did not flash the new firmware...
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Okay I will give it more time to see if the battery just needs longer to adjust and I'll turn off logging.
i have a quick kernel question, i have cm9 rom installed and i did some searching and found that changing the kernel could help with battery drain, so im needing 2 know if this actualy helps. with cm9s kernel my phone only lasted abt 6hrs from doing nothing but txting (i have no apps on my phone except batteryxl/2xbattery. im not using the pro ver as i do not buy apps, so my wifi is constantly turned on even after i shut it off manualy and turn data on), i flashed the team faq kernel and still see abt the same, if changing the kernel does help with battery life, what kernel would be the best 2 use? and if possible could you link me to it. i have searched the sgs4g section for kernels but havnt found many in the development forums.
(if a question like mine was asked/answered b4 i am sry 4 reposting, as i am still trying to figure the best setup 4 my phone that will last atleast a full day or longer from just txting)
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i have a quick kernel question, i have cm9 rom installed and i did some searching and found that changing the kernel could help with battery drain, so im needing 2 know if this actualy helps. with cm9s kernel my phone only lasted abt 6hrs from doing nothing but txting (i have no apps on my phone except batteryxl/2xbattery. im not using the pro ver as i do not buy apps, so my wifi is constantly turned on even after i shut it off manualy and turn data on), i flashed the team faq kernel and still see abt the same, if changing the kernel does help with battery life, what kernel would be the best 2 use? and if possible could you link me to it. i have searched the sgs4g section for kernels but havnt found many in the development forums.
(if a question like mine was asked/answered b4 i am sry 4 reposting, as i am still trying to figure the best setup 4 my phone that will last atleast a full day or longer from just txting)
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Atm there aren't any ICS kernels besides those two. You can try to under clock to 600 or 800 MHz to get a little more screen on time. Its either that or go to a GB rom with known good battery life
First off, have you read some of the other threads on battery life and ICS?
Second, what do those battery apps actually do? They may be doing more harm than good. BetterBatteryStats will provide insight into why your phone might be draining so quickly.
Third, turn off the WiFi! Not clear why you have it on if you're only texting.
Sounds to me that if it isn't one of those, it's new-shiny-toy syndrome, or cruft from flashing (if you believe in gremlins)
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Battery apps don't do anything to improve battery life anymore. They were needed back around froyo and earlier but not anymore
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ive seen some improvment with batteryxl/2xbattery running, after calibrating my phone battery its showing its lasting around 18hours, as for my wifi im always home so its connected 24/7 for the other apps that are updated, i will try buying a new extended battery in the next few days and see how that works
Jenovah said:
ive seen some improvment with batteryxl/2xbattery running, after calibrating my phone battery its showing its lasting around 18hours, as for my wifi im always home so its connected 24/7 for the other apps that are updated, i will try buying a new extended battery in the next few days and see how that works
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The andida 2300 mah slim extended battery worked amazing for me
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ill look into that battery in the next few days, would u happen 2 remember the price on it? so i have an idea
Jenovah said:
ill look into that battery in the next few days, would u happen 2 remember the price on it? so i have an idea
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It was around $15
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I've had this problem once before and it was simply as easy as switching my kernel. You can see here.
Now I've tried GR to CM9 and then to Codename Android Build 4 still had the problem changed Kernels.. Then decided to GR to CM9 and try Beam, and yet again still had Android OS draining the battery. I then flashed the Hefe kernel and NO change.. I've looked around on forums and remember seeing someone mention strange battery stats I can't find it at the moment, but if you look at my stats below you can see that not only is the Android OS draining the battery the graph shows huge drop off points. What exactly are those? Thanks in advance for any help!
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That looks like you need a new battery. A couple weeks ago I had the same problem. My usage looked the same as yours where there were sudden drops in the battery percentage. I suspect you have the same problem.
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That looks like you need a new battery. A couple weeks ago I had the same problem. My usage looked the same as yours where there were sudden drops in the battery percentage. I suspect you have the same problem.
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That would explain the sudden drops...now what about the Android OS...
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there are a bunch of programs to check out whats keeping your phone awake.. try system panel
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there are a bunch of programs to check out whats keeping your phone awake.. try system panel
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Well I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking for in this app...
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Try or buy Better Battery Stats. There really isn't anything that compares, either for features or support.
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Have you tried clearing cache, clearing dalvik cache, then fixing permissions, rebooting and waiting at least ten minutes after reboot? That is what always fixed my "Android OS problem"
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Have you tried clearing cache, clearing dalvik cache, then fixing permissions, rebooting and waiting at least ten minutes after reboot? That is what always fixed my "Android OS problem"
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Yeah I've tried it all, and now I have replaced my battery and still getting the random huge battery drop offs. Tonight I'm going to GR to CM9 and then to codename and not restoring my apps
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I started on stock GB, went to the 1 click stock with root and CW, to CM9, to Remi's ICS. This is what my battery looks like
@getochkn
Yeah, but you were sleeping or doing nothing, phone was idle. LOL Seriously, how is that possible? I have tried many ROMs, today I had a big issue on CM9, battery dropped from 60's% to 1% when phone got stuck and shut down. I had an emergency and needed my phone to call and couldn't. I got very pissed off and now I'm on GB because that battery drain issue has been all over ICS. I have tried calibrating, GR's, I use less apps... nothing! Phone lasted like 4-6 hours with average use. I needed to charge it like 3 times per day. It made my mobile phone, not so mobile.
Not complaining. Just a real issue. I know there are bugs and that development is ongoing. I love ICS but just can't afford to loss so much battery again in another emergency case scenario.
I would be happy to get 12 hours of use. I remember with Redux 1.2 (GB) I got 18-25 hours depending on use. Share some of your usage. I may need to buy a new battery.
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Yeah, but you were sleeping or doing nothing, phone was idle. LOL Seriously, how is that possible? I have tried many ROMs, today I had a big issue on CM9, battery dropped from 60's% to 1% when phone got stuck and shut down. I had an emergency and needed my phone to call and couldn't. I got very pissed off and now I'm on GB because that battery drain issue has been all over ICS. I have tried calibrating, GR's, I use less apps... nothing! Phone lasted like 4-6 hours with average use. I needed to charge it like 3 times per day. It made my mobile phone, not so mobile.
Not complaining. Just a real issue. I know there are bugs and that development is ongoing. I love ICS but just can't afford to loss so much battery again in another emergency case scenario.
I would be happy to get 12 hours of use. I remember with Redux 1.2 (GB) I got 18-25 hours depending on use. Share some of your usage. I may need to buy a new battery.
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Music for about an hour, wifi on most of the time, airdroid'ed into it, messing around with settings, took about a dozen pics.