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I know that there are lots of these battery life threads and i have read most of them and I've tried closing processes that i don't need and i have tried setcpu to keep the cpu low when the device is off, which seemed to help some but my phone would shutoff randomly. So last night i had a full battery and went to bed when i woke up 8 hrs later i was at 20% so about 10% an hr not even using the device. I have attached some pics for reference does anyone have any thoughts that might help. Thanks
I don't know about galaxy S but on my X10 the problem was wifi.
When I didn't have a data plan I had wifi on all day and the battery was down in 10h max 12h.
To improve it I had to use JuiceDefender to enable wifi every five minutes for updates..
Try to disable wifi overnight, reboot the phone and see what happens.
By the way, what app you used for those stats?
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I don't know about galaxy S but on my X10 the problem was wifi.
When I didn't have a data plan I had wifi on all day and the battery was down in 10h max 12h.
To improve it I had to use JuiceDefender to enable wifi every five minutes for updates..
Try to disable wifi overnight, reboot the phone and see what happens.
By the way, what app you used for those stats?
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I don't have wifi enabled, I don't use it that often. the name of the prog is system panel
Very weird indeed. I have my Captivate with Wifi on all day, GPS signal and auto sync and when I go to bed and wake up, the battery hasnt gone down at all. I had the phone go on full battery one day and I even sent a few texts and went online for 10 minutes before it lost just a bit of battery.
Do you have that one LED app installed? The one that shows a little red dot on the corner of your screen when you have a notification?
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Do you have that one LED app installed? The one that shows a little red dot on the corner of your screen when you have a notification?
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yes i do.. Why? but it was turned off last night, as its turned off every night
Ok so i tested again last night and I did not have my im+ app running and the battery life was soooo much better. I also did not have system panel running which records all the battery and cpu stats but i'm think its the im+ app that was taking up all the juice. Can anyone think of another app that does skype and facebook but that also does not take up sooo much batter life??? Thanks
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Very weird indeed. I have my Captivate with Wifi on all day, GPS signal and auto sync and when I go to bed and wake up, the battery hasnt gone down at all. I had the phone go on full battery one day and I even sent a few texts and went online for 10 minutes before it lost just a bit of battery.
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Possible he has his set to stay on. While yours may turn off when sleeping.
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Open up the dialer and type in *#*#4636#*#*
Go to BATTERY HISTORY>PARTIAL WAKE USAGE and maybe that will show you which app is sucking up your battery life while you sleep.
Also try, if you don't absolutely need an internet connection while you sleep, SMODA widget to turn off your mobile internet. It's quick, free, and painless.
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Open up the dialer and type in *#*#4636#*#*
Go to BATTERY HISTORY>PARTIAL WAKE USAGE and maybe that will show you which app is sucking up your battery life while you sleep.
Also try, if you don't absolutely need an internet connection while you sleep, SMODA widget to turn off your mobile internet. It's quick, free, and painless.
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yeah the app that took the most juice was im+
I drained mine down to 5% and charged full a few times and still only got 8 - 10 hours on mine until i flashed to jh2 and now have been getting almost 16 hours with same usage and apps installed. I charge mine at night. I use ebuddy with the piwer saver option turbed on abd it does an ok job.
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I have the stock ROM and stock launcher and my battery is awsome! 8 hours and I will still be above 80%.
Brightness: Lowest (manually control via stock stock gesture)
GPS: OFF
Wifi: ON all day
BT: OFF
GMail manual
Other emails accounts hourly for the most part.
Widgets: Google/Fancy Weather
BG: Mostly Black
I have never seen such good battery life on a smart phone.
I could easily get 2 days, but i rather charge every night and then not worry about battery usage.
The wifi/gmail/gps made a big difference, its too bad you can't set gmail to hourly or something lik e that. Some of my email accounts i would like to set longer than hourly.
The last few days have been pretty good one my phone. Used to get maybe 16 hours but my last charge lasted me about 50 hours with moderate browsing, gaming, and voice/text. Juiceplotter is telling me I'll be getting about 47 hours
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tysj said:
The last few days have been pretty good one my phone. Used to get maybe 16 hours but my last charge lasted me about 50 hours with moderate browsing, gaming, and voice/text. Juiceplotter is telling me I'll be getting about 47 hours
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How many hours with the display on?
Sent from my phone so I apologize for any spelling mistakes
My battery icon depletes one notch when I'm using the screen for about an hour. Some people recommend cycling the battery, in which you do a full drain and immediate full charge, 3 or 4 times. I've done it, but it's hard to say if it explains my good battery life.
let the battery drain COMPLETELY until the phone turns off a couple times, then charge it till 100% without unplugging it.
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let the battery drain COMPLETELY until the phone turns off a couple times, then charge it till 100% without unplugging it.
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You don't want to drain the battery that much, those kind of batteries can be damaged. The phone turns off for a reason.
I haven't done the cycle thing and its fine. A lot of that comes from older batteries with the memory problem.
irus, software which is based on data connection drains the battery one way or another. Some apps now support push notifications and IM+ does too. Did you try to use push?
These claims of multiple day charges with moderate use is crazy to me. I have the newest ROM, a black screen, display all the way down, gps off, wifi on when in range, make zero voice calls, run juice, and only have 2 widgets that update every 4 hours. I use my phone for a maximum of 3 hours browsing the web, reading XDA and feedR, checking facebook and the occasional text message. My phone lasts a total of 12 to 14 hours. My battery has a manufacture date of late July. Is there some secret I am not aware of?
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I'm I'm your boat Shuggins, except I don't use juice, I have it installed though
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I am going to try JuiceDefender to see if I can get 14-16 hours of battery life.
I normally have 2-2 1/2 hours talktime daily and normal web browsing with Email/FB/Twitter
Has anyone used or has experience with this app?
Thanks
Just dl'ed it also. Only been using it a few days but I see a small improvement.
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I've used it before and found it made me lose battery faster.
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Clienterror said:
I've used it before and found it made me lose battery faster.
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Could you elaborate?
I find the settings quite promising.
Wifi/Data control based on location/time/apps looks good. Don't know how they will help.
Yesterday I got through a full day with 10% left at 10pm.
Lets see if it stays that way
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Could you elaborate?
I find the settings quite promising.
Wifi/Data control based on location/time/apps looks good. Don't know how they will help.
Yesterday I got through a full day with 10% left at 10pm.
Lets see if it stays that way
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Well when I used it on my captivate it seemed it used quite a bit of power, more than it seemed to save by managing WiFi/3g. One found "green power" to be better as it is a lot less CPU intensive. Just my .02
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I've been using JD on and off for a few days... It seemed to save some battery at first, but now it seems to be sucking it down. I left my Inspire on overnight and battery had drained by 50%! I also don't like how it handles wifi, always turns it off when I need it.
Been using Screebl (aggressive screen timeouts, but stays on depending on angle of phone) and Llama (location control for off/on wifi, gps, volume of ring and notifications) for a week now. Start with a full charge overnight, typical work day stats, on battery starting at 6:00 AM:
10-20 texts
8 hours wifi on (web, fb, twit, pandora, not all at once, just throughout the time wifi is on)
70 minutes talk time
background data on for syncing two google accounts, push
background data on for weather on stock clock widget 6 hour refresh
background data off for EVERYTHING else (manual refreshes on twit, fb, etc.)
end of day status: 8:00 PM 10% battery
this was best day out five, worst was 8 hours and the phone cried foul with 15% warning. I think there was more game playing that day. Otherwise very happy with the results so far.
read this.
I run AR 2.1 with juice defender oc 1.2ghz and get around 20 hours average on one charge. Turn off auto brightness and run it at about 20% also
Does anyone use either of these apps on the infuse? What settings do you use? Do they help with battery life or make it worse.
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honestly i just think they waste more battery.
set cpu has it lower the cpu speed when its asleep then raises it again when you turn the screen on. seems like it would waste more battery.
and juice defender. same thing stops process that will eventually start agian more battery drain
ive used juice defender before and it works on some stock roms quite well. however custom roms i used on the captivate had zero improvement. it depends on a lot of things, really how much data the phone uses with the screen off. your sync options and apps will have a big effect. i honestly see no reason to improve the infuse. and at some point custom roms will not need any battery saver apps at all.
gingerbread roms tend to be better out of the box, so if there is a gingerbread update then the battery life should be very good for a stock smartphone
Funny you ask about JuiceDefender because I'm testing it as we speak and have been since early yesterday. I can report that it works pretty well actually. I was out and about for over 12 hours yesterday with JuiceDefender on the Agressive setting and I only lost 30% battery and that was with the screen on for about an hour and a half playing WordFeud (that game gets freakin addictive so I kept turning the screen on and off, on and off, on and off). Had I not been playing that game I bet I would only lost ~10-15%.
Setcpu works for me. I have it on 1200 and low 800 and on demand. When watching videos I set it to high n low to 400.
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Funny you ask about JuiceDefender because I'm testing it as we speak and have been since early yesterday. I can report that it works pretty well actually. I was out and about for over 12 hours yesterday with JuiceDefender on the Agressive setting and I only lost 30% battery and that was with the screen on for about an hour and a half playing WordFeud (that game gets freakin addictive so I kept turning the screen on and off, on and off, on and off). Had I not been playing that game I bet I would only lost ~10-15%.
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What settings were you on? I used it yesterday for the first time and it completely killed my battery. I was loosing 8-10% an hour. I had the settings set to check once every 2 hrs that's it. Wifi preferred ect
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What settings were you on? I used it yesterday for the first time and it completely killed my battery. I was loosing 8-10% an hour. I had the settings set to check once every 2 hrs that's it. Wifi preferred ect
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The Aggressive profile is all I conf'd JuiceDefender to.
CM7 nightly+ Faux's kernel + SetCpu + Juice Defender = 8-9 hour battery life. I have tried EVERYTHING!!! I cannot make my phone last longer than 9 hours. What am I doing wrong? I'll take all suggestions....
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Calibrate battery??
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I've done that a few times. Nothing seems to make a difference.
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Try a different rom? I don't use juice defender, and with eaglebloods 2.3.5 rom I get amazing battery life. At least 25% left around 12 hours. But I'm not extremely heavy user but I do email every second I get the chance.
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I can get around 14 hours with my CPU set at 800 MHZ, and data/sync off. I text, make calls, listen to some music, and some light gaming with my brightness set at 40%.
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I'm a pretty heavy user regarding phone calls with Bluetooth, text and internet browsing. If i left my phone idle all day i doubt that ut would last for 12 hours. Maybe it's my battery.
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Aside from battery this phone works like a dream. Big ups to all the devs and contributors on this site. You guys make the learning curve much flatter!
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If you're getting 8-9 hours with heavy use then that's pretty good. What do your battery usage statistics look like? If you go to Settings > About Phone > Battery Use ... what is using your battery and what are the percentages? Maybe post up a screenshot.
Maybe I'm expecting too much.
(Tried to post a screenshot. Says that the file extension is invalid?)
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Same here man i only get to 5-6 hourf sometimes just 4 thats all,i mean yes half of time im txting but i have my brightnes on auto, running juice defender and also have advance task killer pro. I do multiple emails and time o time on web as well, same as gaming. Im running the rom xboarder OTA GB, what could be my issue :/
Doing it wrong.
EB 2.3.5 + Trinity kernel
Charge your phone before sleeping. Leave it idle while you sleep, unplugged. If the battery stills drains you have an issue. If connected to wifi - shouldn't take more than 20% off your battery. If you have a weak signal, it could drain your battery.
Sounds like you're just always on the phone. Buy an extended battery. $10 on ebay from hong kong.
With moderate usage, in GREAT signal areas and/or wifi I can last 20+ hours. With poor coverage (where I work) I can't go more than 5 or so. The radio seems to eat the battery unless you have a strong connection.
set screen brightness to 25% unless you really need it. set a profile for 312 max/216 min screen off on setcpu. turn off auto sync. use your power control toggles. shut things off when you're not using them. basic smart phone theory. my battery drops 1% every 2.5 hrs. when idle. fwiw, i'm using the stock tweaked rom with updated baseband.
MIUI + Stock kernel = 20 hrs.
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Uninstall the task killer....its not necessary. That could be eating ur battery. Im a fairly heavy user and i easily get 12 hrs on average.....mainly texting and browsing. I dont make many phone calls
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I use this phone mainly for phone calls How crazy does that sound? I get awesome battery life. I'm running stock 2.3.3 and juice defender beta 3.5.9 and I get 14 hours on moderate use. I talk about 2-2.5 hours, send 30 texts, send 3-5 emails, browse for 1 hour, stream music for 1 hour, browse the market for 15-25 minutes, and occasionally play some tegra games (no more than 20 minutes, but this eats the battery up the most).
If you want more battery life, there is a 3500mah battery with a custom cover that should keep you going a full 24hours, its cheap too, but a little bulky. They are talking about it in the accessories section.
I can do 2.5 hours of gaming or 3 hours of browsing, to go from 100% to forced-shut-down. I find setcpu made it worse during idle times. I was using faux uv/oc and I realized performace was noticibly the same when I forced it down to 700mhz, so I did. But, during standby, when before at stock speeds with custom kernel I got 2-3%/hr drain, it was draining upwards of 10% per hour with the speed forced down in setcpu. This is all with the home screen as the open app during standby.
You will find that keeping google maps open (GPS off) during standby leads to a 5-10%/hr drain even though the phone should be doing the exact same thing with the app during standby as the home screen; nothing at all.
I will use the phone sparingly and I had it run out during my work day a few days ago, very embarrassing. I listened to less than 1 hour of music, browsed 30 minutes, used maps with no gps as that is broken anyway for a total of 30 minutes, texted about 40 in/out messages, and talked 20 minutes over 6 phone calls or so. I'll warranty it for the broken gps. Hopefully there are new G2x's out by now and I'll get a new revision or something.
Has anyone as having the phone for over a year as I , ever noticed the battery life starting to die really fast? Yesterda it died in 3 n a half hours.... and when I go out its dropsto 80 from 100 in about an hour
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Batteries tend to do so, especially if you are constantly playing music or videos and even games without having them connected to a power source. The constant draining of a battery can do a number on them.
Oooooor if you are on the newest rage 3.6 rom, it eats battery like a mofo.
-he max voltage was 4.2 nows its 4.058
So 3.6 rage makes it last longer?
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On R.a.g.e. 3.6, my battery last 4.5-5 hours under heavy usage. I use setcpu to edit max to 1.0ghz and min. to 612mhz on demand. It makes me get up to 8hrs. Max of heavy use.
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mine lasts me all day :/ idk whats up with yall and 4 hour battery life? thats insane!! I've been at work and had my battery at like 80% and started streaming radio on it for about 4 hours and ended up having like 30% after that 4 hours... I'm on Reactive's ROM. I wouldn't be able to have a phone that lasts only 4 hours because i'm constantly on the move and have no time to charge it.
The only time i've had such short battery life is when my battery had fried and i needed a new one. But this was on my Nokia 5530. I've had the sidekick since it first came out btw and no issues. Try recalibrating the battery though... maybe that'll help
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Batteries tend to do so, especially if you are constantly playing music or videos and even games without having them connected to a power source. The constant draining of a battery can do a number on them.
Oooooor if you are on the newest rage 3.6 rom, it eats battery like a mofo.
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ever since I installed rage 3.6 my battery has lasted 3 to 4 hours longer than when glorious overdose was flashed..
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ever since I installed rage 3.6 my battery has lasted 3 to 4 hours longer than when glorious overdose was flashed..
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Ymmv, just installed back to basics, lasted all day with it heavy usage too. I mean youtube, music, twitter, texting and a few calls. I can definitely say it is not my battery.
I'm with eurohomie... I just installed RAGE3.6 yesterday. Battery was at 22% when flashed. After configuring everything, battery was down to 1% when I plugged it in. Then I charged it overnight. I did not clear battery stats or anything.
It has been unplugged for 14h41m18s now, and currently still has 71% left!!! I didn't use it that much today, but WiFi has been on the whole time, used about an hour talk-time, and used about 2 more hours reading internet news. It says WiFi used 30%, Display used 33%, Standby 18%, Voice Calls 10%, Idle 9%.
This is exceptional, however, with any ROM I always get about 20-hours of heavy use or 35-hours light use. Even with GPS navigating or playing 720p movies, it lasts over 4 hours strait.
I would like to use rage but all the darn time my apn doesn't work and idk how to modify the apn
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I would like to use rage but all the darn time my apn doesn't work and idk how to modify the apn
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Hewett has it posted on page 8 of the Rage thread. Sorry I can't post a link yet
xtrem88 said:
Has anyone as having the phone for over a year as I , ever noticed the battery life starting to die really fast? Yesterda it died in 3 n a half hours.... and when I go out its dropsto 80 from 100 in about an hour
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Is this from constant use? Or just checking it for texts every now and then. Because my sidekick is exactly like that, but its usally around when I flashed a new rom, so I just use battery calibration and that sets me off right.
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Is this from constant use? Or just checking it for texts every now and then. Because my sidekick is exactly like that, but its usally around when I flashed a new rom, so I just use battery calibration and that sets me off right.
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I can't answer for him, but it is for me. In the first 30% of the battery dies really fast. The rest goes a bit slower.I'd drop from 100 to 80% battery from just watching a few videos online on netflix, under 45 minutes. After that my phone runs sluggish around 60% as if it was limiting how much cpu power it is using. I can compare the performance to my old g1 when its running at 60% battery. Constant use on that rom will only get me 8hrs total, 10hrs at the most on standby.
Just flashed back to basics to act as a control, battery drain is less than rage.
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I can't answer for him, but it is for me. In the first 30% of the battery dies really fast. The rest goes a bit slower.I'd drop from 100 to 80% battery from just watching a few videos online on netflix, under 45 minutes. After that my phone runs sluggish around 60% as if it was limiting how much cpu power it is using. I can compare the performance to my old g1 when its running at 60% battery. Constant use on that rom will only get me 8hrs total, 10hrs at the most on standby.
Just flashed back to basics to act as a control, battery drain is less than rage.
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I can definately understand what you are saying. I can relate to that also. With my sidekick it is usally around 50-60% that I start getting the most force close errors, and freezing, and if im listening to music, and start browsing the web, I can most certainly know that if I go to a heavy website then it will freeze the UI and music will keep playing. But, if I pull out my beats cord, then give it a minute (sometimes I just have to hold down pwr) the launcher will reboot (like an iPhone respring), and will still be slow so I still end up having to reboot. I can most definately say that the Sidekick 4G is a BAD phone.
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Is this from constant use? Or just checking it for texts every now and then. Because my sidekick is exactly like that, but its usally around when I flashed a new rom, so I just use battery calibration and that sets me off right.
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Its from constant use weird from 100 to 80 it drops fast 1 hourfrom 75 to 40 about 3 hours n 40 to 0 50 mins
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Also remeber battery temp plays a factor to battery life 80 to low 90 seems to work well with proloning battery life
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Its from constant use weird from 100 to 80 it drops fast 1 hourfrom 75 to 40 about 3 hours n 40 to 0 50 mins
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Yea, when it's that constant use that's what always kills it. And for you other post battery temp is a major factor in this, I can honestly say if your battery is more than 100 degrees its gonna wayy faster, and if its more than 100 degrees a day... it's time for a new batt, slim. I KNOW that will fix this problem COMPLETLY.