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I keep hearing that this should fix the battery issues in cm7, but I can't find out if it can be loaded on the inspire. Anyone know or tried it?
EvoXOhio said:
I keep hearing that this should fix the battery issues in cm7, but I can't find out if it can be loaded on the inspire. Anyone know or tried it?
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The newer builds don't have a battery issue, most, including myself, get a 3mA drain while asleep which is as good if not better than most other ROMs, sense included.
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I am running cm7 and my battery life sucks.
EvoXOhio said:
I am running cm7 and my battery life sucks.
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Run current widget and let it log. Sounds like a software glitch preventing true sleep.
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id10terrordfw said:
Run current widget and let it log. Sounds like a software glitch preventing true sleep.
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I've already done all of that. My battery is decent when the phone is asleep. Where it sucks is when I am using it. I can browse the web for 10 minutes and I am done 6% battery or so. Even if I have the phone active most of the time, the biggest battery drains show as cell standby. Something is killing the radios when the phone is in use.
id10terrordfw said:
The newer builds don't have a battery issue, most, including myself, get a 3mA drain while asleep which is as good if not better than most other ROMs, sense included.
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3 mA idle current is just phenomenal out of any device. Nexus one sees 6 mA, even the desire s sees 20 mA, thunderbolt is seeing 30 mA for some reason.
They really optimized the inspire.
So back to the original question....
RogerPodacter said:
3 mA idle current is just phenomenal out of any device. Nexus one sees 6 mA, even the desire s sees 20 mA, thunderbolt is seeing 30 mA for some reason.
They really optimized the inspire.
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I get 3mA on both cm7 and RCMix5.9.3. It is a regular occurence for me.
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EvoXOhio said:
So back to the original question....
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How much current is your phone draining while idle with the screen on?
henrybravo said:
How much current is your phone draining while idle with the screen on?
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I mostly do light browsing on my phone on wifi. If I browse for about 10 minutes or so I'm down 5-6%. When I was stock I'd lose maybe 1-2% after 10 minutes.
What I meant was how many milliamps is it draining while the screen is on? Battery Monitor Widget is what I use to check such things.
Also, what is your cpu set at in terms of speed and governor?
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Guys
Pls am new here, any tup on how to stop this battery drainage?
since we can't root for now, what can I do to stop this drainage?
Battery doesn't least half a day even after doing all the necessary things eg reduced display to 15%, disabled always data, mainly on gsm etc
PLS I need your help ASAP
Thanks
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lynxnoon said:
Guys
Pls am new here, any tup on how to stop this battery drainage?
since we can't root for now, what can I do to stop this drainage?
Battery doesn't least half a day even after doing all the necessary things eg reduced display to 15%, disabled always data, mainly on gsm etc
PLS I need your help ASAP
Thanks
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Who said you can't root?
Ginger break v1.2 after alpharevx s-off
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Settings> Audio> pocket mode off, vibration feedback off, other stuff that might use the proximity and the G sensor off.
Also check your installed apps some of them tend to stay active even after you "quit" them (you can't actualy quit). Download "system panel" for that, and you will see in te left of an app if it uses the cpu Even if an app is there is not actualy draining battery, only if it uses the cpu.
So don't use task killers, they will only drain you more battery.
I keep my screen on auto brightness, and i still get 2 days.
Hope i helped you.
Though I just S-off and rooted but will still try out what you guys say
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lynxnoon said:
Though I just S-off and rooted but will still try out what you guys say
Thanks
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Make sure that in
Settings>wireless network> mobile networks> always on mobile data = off
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Once I set the wifi policy to off when the screen goes off and installed JuiceDefender I got battery drain down to about 30% per day
sharper00 said:
Once I set the wifi policy to off when the screen goes off and installed JuiceDefender I got battery drain down to about 30% per day
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On my system (stock, stock rooted and 1.47 rooted ) Juice Defender 3.5.6 many times fail to resume mobile data on screen unlock
I don't have a problem with my Desire S regarding the battery, i mainly use it for sms and few calls disabled wifi, bluetooth, brightness very low, disabled key tones, and vibrate. For 12hrs i still have 94% batt life left..
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Leedroid ROM, and unity kernel = awesome combination.
I get really really good battery life
At least much better than stock!
I'm using LBC mod, the newest released version works wonders for the battery!
the max have gotten so far with all the tweaking n stuff is like about 12hrs . . . .is there something wrong with the battery or am i missing something?
lynxnoon said:
the max have gotten so far with all the tweaking n stuff is like about 12hrs . . . .is there something wrong with the battery or am i missing something?
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I used to have this problem constantly. I'm not lucky when it comes to battery life.
Could be the battery. Try LBC v0.6 and get setcpu. See if that helps if you haven't done so already.
Unity kernel sucked my battery dry.
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Am on miui rite now with cm7 kernel ....I used the unity kernel b4 and no improvement on battery life
LBC rom have also tried and that also zaps battery
Kinda surprised how people get to use their desire s for.up to 2 days
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lynxnoon said:
Am on miui rite now with cm7 kernel ....I used the unity kernel b4 and no improvement on battery life
LBC rom have also tried and that also zaps battery
Kinda surprised how people get to use their desire s for.up to 2 days
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Have you tried the tiamat kernel? Also, I recommend investing in Tasker to squeeze the most out of your battery. Simply having it automatically go into airplane mode when you sleep helps. Get it (like me) turning auto-sync on for 2 minutes every 15 minutes aswell, and you get over 24 hours battery with heavy use.
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lynxnoon said:
Am on miui rite now with cm7 kernel ....I used the unity kernel b4 and no improvement on battery life
LBC rom have also tried and that also zaps battery
Kinda surprised how people get to use their desire s for.up to 2 days
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On second inspection. Yes LBC is still draining my battery dry. You're not alone. It's beautiful when screen off, but as soon as the screen is on, and its like 1% per minute. Scary.
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decoyknox said:
On second inspection. Yes LBC is still draining my battery dry. You're not alone. It's beautiful when screen off, but as soon as the screen is on, and its like 1% per minute. Scary.
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With the stock kernel?
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With the stock kernel?
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You are correct, sir.
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I had this problem when still on stock ROM and had a few widgets collecting data in the background. It wasn't all that severe though; I had to charge the phone once a day. Since I installed LBC mod, I only have to charge the phone every two days
Use this to track down the battery drain...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
And/or this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031124
If it's data traffic related this'll point you at which specific app is using it...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.radioopt.widget&feature=search_result
Then either un-install the culprit, or try different kernel, or freeze the sucka using Titanium Backup. See if that helps. Either way, would be interested to know what you discover.
1% per minute is scary drain I agree. Something not quite right there. You're not OC to silly levels are you?
Yes, the new lbc ROM gas a drainage problem... Mine was dropping very fast. Switched back to leedroid, great battery life again! (Stock kernel) I also use setcpu
I reckon it could last me 2 days moderate usage, and 3 light usage!
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Hey guys,
probably you have noticed that the Sensation won't let you use the LED flash to take pictures when the battery is low (around 25%).
I find this very annoying, since 25% is not less enough for me to have my LED flash blocked.
Especially since I have to use the LED for pictures at night, where my battery is usually low, this function is absolutely stupid.
Is there a way to turn this off, so that I can use the LED to take pictures no matter how much battery charge I have?
PS:
Still looking for a way to turn off textreflow permanently:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225611
The easiest way is to just download one of the thousands of flashlights in the market. The no LED light isnt a system wide thing it is only in the Flashlight app and Camera app. Download a new flashlight from the market and your good to go whatever your battery is.
I am wondering if there is a correction for this as well, not so much for the flashlight, but for the camera.
Could there be someting in the camera.apk or the prop build?
Actually the flashlight is not important to me, but the flash at the camera app.
Maybe I should have chosen another subject for the thread.
I want to know how to take pictures with the flash, even when the battery has low charge.
Settings/power/enable power saver....uncheck it.it works for me.
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Looool I had 60% battery today and it wouldn't let me use flash???
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casrocks said:
The easiest way is to just download one of the thousands of flashlights in the market.
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I've tried that. It doesn't work.
wicked.igor said:
Settings/power/enable power saver....uncheck it.it works for me.
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Hm. I have unchecked 'power saver' and when I have <30% battery, I can't use flash in apps and in camera.
So strange.
Very strange.
Am now on 6% and still able to use flash.
I know that 10 % should be the lowest point,i think.i didnt do anything it just works
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It appears to be pretty random when your battery foces your LED to stop.
Once I had 37% battery and it told me that my battery is to low to use the LED light.
However it's really annoying. Non of the suggested settings here work.
I think this issue can't be solved without a mod of the camera app.
Any one having better luck with the flash on stock roms BEFORE the ota update? Just wondering if this is something else that the update broke...
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Any one having better luck with the flash on stock roms BEFORE the ota update? Just wondering if this is something else that the update broke...
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What?
I am not a programmer, but I guess it would be possible to modify the camera apk in a way that it doesn't block your LED flash anymore.
F-Styla said:
What?
I am not a programmer, but I guess it would be possible to modify the camera apk in a way that it doesn't block your LED flash anymore.
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What i was saying is i wonder if people are having more issues with the camera flash/low battery issue before or after the update, indicating that the update has fixed the issue or left it the same.
Has someone come out with a solution or a Mod for this problem... I have 29% and it won't let me use flash...:-/
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What i was saying is i wonder if people are having more issues with the camera flash/low battery issue before or after the update, indicating that the update has fixed the issue or left it the same.
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I never had a chance to use it before the update, so I don't know, but it definitely has the 30% limit after the update.
So I'm assuming none of you use custom kernels. Faux kernel can flash till batt is at 10%. Not sure about bricked but I know its also modified
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Go into settings and turn off battery saver and once that done you can run any app on your phone at all battery levels
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jslim38 said:
Go into settings and turn off battery saver and once that done you can run any app on your phone at all battery levels
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This doesn't work for some users.
I am having the same issue. Hits about 25% and the flash in any Camera app doesn't work. I can still use the flash with a flashlight app. Doesn't matter if power saver is off or on.
Seems like my battery dies very fast on my Skyrocket and cant seem to get the right tweaks. I was wondering if someone could tell me what ROM and kernel they are using that has great battery life.
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No. Flash and test yourself
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Finisher1214 said:
Seems like my battery dies very fast on my Skyrocket and cant seem to get the right tweaks. I was wondering if someone could tell me what ROM and kernel they are using that has great battery life.
Thanks Finisher1214
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Although your intentions aren't meant to be a best of thread it is... no one can really judge a ROM Based on YOUR use...
So you need to try it out on your own and check battery help thread it will help a lot...
So far on my usage embryo and dirty unicorns work good for me but I have Gnex battery
like I said u gotta find out on your own
SkyRocket Dirty Unicorns V1.2 TapaTalk Combo
I have a stock battery and have used every ROM available and I can say that all of them can perform very well if you know what you're doing.
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Finisher1214 said:
Seems like my battery dies very fast on my Skyrocket and can
Thanks Finisher1214
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What's "very fast"? You can get a significant drain in a few hours if your using it intensely.
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jd1639 said:
What's "very fast"? You can get a significant drain in a few hours if your using it intensely.
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I can close my phone and come back an hr later and its down 10%.....it should not drain that fast. I have a nexus and never does that.
Finisher1214 said:
I can close my phone and come back an hr later and its down 10%.....it should not drain that fast. I have a nexus and never does that.
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Wakelocks.
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What do you mean?
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mtdew said:
Wakelocks.
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What do you mean?
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Finisher1214 said:
What do you mean?
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Do some reading and research
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wakelock is where the cpu dosent go into a deep sleep mode and just keeps pulling voltage
i've had my 727 for about a year now with multiple flashes. if in deep sleep, battery life is VERY good, i'm talking 2-4% attrition an hour tops. but under usage, 15 minutes will drop me 7-10% depending on what i'm doing. does anyone have this same issue?
pussycrusher said:
i've had my 727 for about a year now with multiple flashes. if in deep sleep, battery life is VERY good, i'm talking 2-4% attrition an hour tops. but under usage, 15 minutes will drop me 7-10% depending on what i'm doing. does anyone have this same issue?
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I get 1% an hour deep sleep, sometimes less, but I don't background sync so...
also my best was 1 day 5 hours with over 3 hours screen on time on LTE only
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I get 1% an hour deep sleep, sometimes less, but I don't background sync so...
also my best was 1 day 5 hours with over 3 hours screen on time on LTE only
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Sounds about right for me then. There is definitely some battery capacity loss as it drains a bit faster than a year ago.
i leave LTE on at all times, brightness between low and auto, and my total screen time will be around 1.5-2 hours max.
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Sounds about right for me then. There is definitely some battery capacity loss as it drains a bit faster than a year ago.
i leave LTE on at all times, brightness between low and auto, and my total screen time will be around 1.5-2 hours max.
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the only way to get above 2 hours onscreen time is to heavily under volt, -75mV or above if u can. if you aren't already, you're missing out. Battery gains for no performance loss.
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the only way to get above 2 hours onscreen time is to heavily under volt, -75mV or above if u can. if you aren't already, you're missing out. Battery gains for no performance loss.
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thanks for the reply Icenight89. i've never done this before, just played with governor settings under performance.
do you recommend setcpu or voltage control?
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I just wanted to say that I installed TFQ Lightning zap kernel on top of vincoms SUPERLITE, and used his recommended underclock / undervolt / governor / io settings. I will report back in a few days once I've had a few runs with this setting.
super lite is a good, stable ROM, no bells and whistles, only what u need for a dd. lightning kernel is stable, and I recommend either voltage control or incredicontrol.
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super lite is a good, stable ROM, no bells and whistles, only what u need for a dd. lightning kernel is stable, and I recommend either voltage control or incredicontrol.
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Im using Mohans latest Embryo 6.1 and tried both of the voltage controls you referred to and incdredicontrol gave me messages that stated there was a conflict with the kernel. I Installed voltage control but it appears the minimum I can set it is 192 mhz which is the same settings in the performance tweeks portion of the rom. I read earlier that it could be taken as low as 75. Any idea what I might be overlooking.
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Im using Mohans latest Embryo 6.1 and tried both of the voltage controls you referred to and incdredicontrol gave me messages that stated there was a conflict with the kernel. I Installed voltage control but it appears the minimum I can set it is 192 mhz which is the same settings in the performance tweeks portion of the rom. I read earlier that it could be taken as low as 75. Any idea what I might be overlooking.
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You can't uv on embryo 6.1. And you can't uc to 75, that's retarded low dude. Dafuq.
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Strangely, my battery stats have been highly inaccurate, sometimes dropping by 5% and on some occasion, the battery percentage doesn't even change after 20mins of screen on time usage. I know that the displayed battery percentage isn't 100% accurate, but this seems to be too far off.. Any idea what's causing this problem?
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Thug_4_Life said:
Strangely, my battery stats have been highly inaccurate, sometimes dropping by 5% and on some occasion, the battery percentage doesn't even change after 20mins of screen on time usage. I know that the displayed battery percentage isn't 100% accurate, but this seems to be too far off.. Any idea what's causing this problem?
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Is the battery dying any faster?
Not at all. Battery life has been excellent.
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Not at all. Battery life has been excellent.
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I would think it's more likely to be the ROM. What caused it exactly? no idea.
Thank you! Someone else with this problem. I'm so glad that it's not me. I posted something about this a few months back and no one had any idea what I was talking about. Here's a screenshot just as an example of what OP and I are experiencing I snapped a few months backed which illustrates it perfectly. This has happened on every ROM I've tried, be it AOSP or Sense.
Did either of you try RUUing to see if it continues?
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Did either of you try RUUing to see if it continues?
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I thought about it, but I've been pretty busy lately. If I get around to it and OP doesn't, then I'll post back here with my results.
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I thought about it, but I've been pretty busy lately. If I get around to it and OP doesn't, then I'll post back here with my results.
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I would appreciate that. I haven't experienced that issue on any configuration I've had so far and I've tested many configurations so I'm pretty curious.
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I would appreciate that. I haven't experienced that issue on any configuration I've had so far and I've tested many configurations so I'm pretty curious.
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Alright, so I actually have some free time today for little bit. If I have s-off I can just do that 2.20 RUU (I'm on AT&T)? Do I have to relock bootloader and/or flash stock recovery like with s-on?
@RollTribe
I'll be waiting for your results 2
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RollTribe said:
Alright, so I actually have some free time today for little bit. If I have s-off I can just do that 2.20 RUU (I'm on AT&T)? Do I have to relock bootloader and/or flash stock recovery like with s-on?
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If you're S-OFF no need to relock or worry about your CID or stock recovery, the RUU will flash just fine. :good:
Good news! The RUU was successful and I booted up into BB9. I coumld've sworn that RUU's wipe /sdcard but apparently not. So I obviously don't have enough hours left in the day to test the battery, but I'll let it drain to almost dead tomorrow. Kinda off topic but if anyone was hesitant to RUU on Windows 8, don't worry, because I just did.
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Alright well today was an abnormal day of use, but the RUU did appear to fix it. I used my phone a lot in HSPA so it APPEARS that it has the massive drains, but it all seems to be a 1% drain when I'm actually using. Here's a screenshot.
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Alright well today was an abnormal day of use, but the RUU did appear to fix it. I used my phone a lot in HSPA so it APPEARS that it has the massive drains, but it all seems to be a 1% drain when I'm actually using. Here's a screenshot.
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Guess I'm up
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Everything is good day 2.
Uh oh... Looks like RUU didn't fix it. My phone went from 14% straight to 8% and then directly from 8% to dead. I'm stating to think that this is a hardware problem.
I agree, sounds hardware related at this point.
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RollTribe said:
Uh oh... Looks like RUU didn't fix it. My phone went from 14% straight to 8% and then directly from 8% to dead. I'm stating to think that this is a hardware problem.
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I had the same issue with HTC Desire too, yet even worse. It would normally die at 30% Maybe this is a known hardware problem?
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I wonder if replacing the battery would help?