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Battery is beast now

So now that I have installed Bionix and installed the faux kernel. I used setcpu to put my processor at min. when it is sleeping, I have been getting amazing battery life. And I mean I got 1day and 18 hours before it died. I cant post the screenshot yet though because I haven't posted enough times :/

trbanks14 said:
So now that I have installed Bionix and installed the faux kernel. I used setcpu to put my processor at min. when it is sleeping, I have been getting amazing battery life. And I mean I got 1day and 18 hours before it died. I cant post the screenshot yet though because I haven't posted enough times :/
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My battery is a beast using the stock ROM with SetCPU.

Agreed
I seem to agree. Stock ROM and my batter is beast. I have no idea how to flash anything and that will be that. So it works for me.

trbanks14 said:
So now that I have installed Bionix and installed the faux kernel. I used setcpu to put my processor at min. when it is sleeping, I have been getting amazing battery life. And I mean I got 1day and 18 hours before it died. I cant post the screenshot yet though because I haven't posted enough times :/
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Nice! I have fantastic battery life now that I set my network preference to WCDMA ONLY. It's amazing how that one thing increased battery life easily 2X what it was when it was set to GSM/WCDMA auto. I just got my G2X last Friday and its my first touchscreen device. I've been using and abusing the crap outta it. Battery life the first 4 days would last me maybe 5-6 hours. Now it has been unplugged for 14 hours with 30% left. Amazing. I hope GB takes care of that by default

Added thanks to all of you for the tips. I will try them just to get the most I can out of the battery. I've had no problems in the 1 day I've had it but I went ahead and ordered 2 more batteries for my purse, knowing how Androids are.
Nothing like being lost, needing GPS, and panicking because your battery is at 12%.

jrwingate6 said:
My battery is a beast using the stock ROM with SetCPU.
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May I ask what are your settings? I have yet to install SETCPU, and I would love to know what the settings are to get beast battery life. My battery is ****ty, and it gets ****tier every day. I'm talking down to 85% making about 20 -30 text messages in an hour.
Also, when you first install SETCPU, do I click Tegra 2 option when it asks for the phone your using it on? I'm assuming yes since that's the closest option to this phone I can choose (others are motorola and other phones)

Mikeglongo said:
May I ask what are your settings? I have yet to install SETCPU, and I would love to know what the settings are to get beast battery life. My battery is ****ty, and it gets ****tier every day. I'm talking down to 85% making about 20 -30 text messages in an hour.
Also, when you first install SETCPU, do I click Tegra 2 option when it asks for the phone your using it on? I'm assuming yes since that's the closest option to this phone I can choose (others are motorola and other phones)
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YA I AGREE, can you guys tell us what setting your using with SETCPU

so you can use SetCPU without being rooted? THe APP says it's for rooted phones only.

RZJZA80 said:
so you can use SetCPU without being rooted? THe APP says it's for rooted phones only.
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Only rooted.

Terrible battery life!

I really hate creating these threads because it makes me look likr a complete noob but I can' figire this out for the life of me. I bought the charge thinking I could use it for a day and change but I have yet to experience this awesome battery life. Even when I got my first day, the battery life was horrible and even after its first charge, it wasnt any better. Do I just have a bad battery or something?
Heres what I remember doing:
-Flash gummycharge day 2 of owning phone (1.8.5) novoodoo kernal
-An issue came up where I couldnt press my power button without the phone freezing
-so at this point I reverted back to a stock ee2 rom
-i then flashed gummycharged once again (same as above)
-after flashing, I charged my battey up, shutdown, wait for 100%, repeat 3x to wipe battery stats/calibrate my battery
So I unplugged my phone at 5:00pm and it is now 7:07pm. In two hours with about an hour of browsing, my phone is at 73%. I have nothing on any of my homescreens just to be sure it wasnt consuming the battery, cdma automatic instead of 4g lte since my area does not support it yet and manual brightness at 15%.
What is it I'm doing wrong?

f3liC said:
I really hate creating these threads because it makes me look likr a complete noob but I can' figire this out for the life of me. I bought the charge thinking I could use it for a day and change but I have yet to experience this awesome battery life. Even when I got my first day, the battery life was horrible and even after its first charge, it wasnt any better. Do I just have a bad battery or something?
Heres what I remember doing:
-Flash gummycharge day 2 of owning phone (1.8.5) novoodoo kernal
-An issue came up where I couldnt press my power button without the phone freezing
-so at this point I reverted back to a stock ee2 rom
-i then flashed gummycharged once again (same as above)
-after flashing, I charged my battey up, shutdown, wait for 100%, repeat 3x to wipe battery stats/calibrate my battery
So I unplugged my phone at 5:00pm and it is now 7:07pm. In two hours with about an hour of browsing, my phone is at 73%. I have nothing on any of my homescreens just to be sure it wasnt consuming the battery, cdma automatic instead of 4g lte since my area does not support it yet and manual brightness at 15%.
What is it I'm doing wrong?
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Download humble 1.25 and your battery woes will be no more my son....

Will take you suggestion and try it out tonight. I dont mean to derail my own thread but is it possible that when I flashed back to stock ee2, it caused my signal to decrease even though I put gummycharged over it later? Ever since I had to reflash because of the power button issue, I noticed a decrease in signal strength (from mid 80s to high 90s). Sorry for all the questions!

danalo1979 said:
Download humble 1.25 and your battery woes will be no more my son....
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Hi,
I saw your Humble ROM and was considering installing it to try to improve battery life as we'll.
What about your ROM conserves battery over the stock rom?
Now that p3droid released 2.3.4 I will certainly have to try it, do you plan to make a version of Humble using this new base?
Thanks for your work, I really am loving this new phone!
Ken
(Former DX afficianado)

An hour has passed with another 45 minutes of browsing. My battery is down to 40%. Really now?

f3liC said:
An hour has passed with another 45 minutes of browsing. My battery is down to 40%. Really now?
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If you are getting that bad of battery life, go to EE4 Debloated . Flash P&J OC Kernel. and Undervolt your phone.

Whay would be causing this kind of battery life though?

f3liC said:
Whay would be causing this kind of battery life though?
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No telling, depends on how you use your phone and what apps are running.

Thats the thing. I haven't been doing anything other than browsing. I only went to class and browsed for maybe 2 hours max. Everything else is 2% ish other than the dolphin hd browser. If I look at the battery stats, the display is the only thing thats depleting the battery really. I'm starting to think its because I have weak coverage in my area.

f3liC said:
Thats the thing. I haven't been doing anything other than browsing. I only went to class and browsed for maybe 2 hours max. Everything else is 2% ish other than the dolphin hd browser. If I look at the battery stats, the display is the only thing thats depleting the battery really. I'm starting to think its because I have weak coverage in my area.
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I've had similar battery issues with two different Charge units running each ROM/Kernel (except GB). I also live in a weak coverage area where I average 1 to 2 bars, sometimes dropping to 0 and i'm convinced this has to be it. I had written this idea off initially because I previously had ATT and the same weak coverage with them, but nowhere near the same abnormal battery drain...so I guess there must be a difference between the way CDMA and GSM operate in this respect? I'm in a 3G only area and keep the phone locked to CDMA/Auto also.

danalo1979 said:
Download humble 1.25 and your battery woes will be no more my son....
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I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.

Coming from the fascinate I honestly think the battery life is better. Although I turned lte off since we don't have any coverage for it yet. My mind will probably change when we get it. Running stock ee4 rooted with voodoo kernel. My father is running the same thing and also came from the fascinate, he completely agrees.
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brian1972ct said:
I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.
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I had really bad battery life on my phone running the stock rom and gummycharged. With the phone sleeping and only data on, I was losing at least 5% an hour.
I switched to Humble a week ago and my battery life is exceptional. I am ususally looking at 24 hrs with 4g on and longer with it off.
If you do a lot of browsing and keeping your screen on, your battery is going to burn quickly. No matter what ROM you are using. If it's draining a lot of battery in sleep, flash Humble.

danalo1979 said:
Download humble 1.25 and your battery woes will be no more my son....
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Dude, this isn't the fix. I'll flash Humble 1.25 right now and prove to you that it doesn't fix battery issues. Yes, it's less of a battery hog than the other available ROMs, but flashing Humble 1.25 will not fix your battery gremlin.
I wish Danalo, imnuts and the other gurus would spend more time figuring out this battery gremlin. Charging your battery to 100% then wiping battery stats through CWR doesn't work either. I've tried it countless times.
OP, here's another thread regarding the battery issues many people are experiencing - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145161
brian1972ct said:
I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.
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Don't give up so soon. The battery life on the Charge can be amazing and I know from experience. My experience also shows that there are funky battery issues that pop up when flashing various crap. Flashing an Odin bundle has not worked for me, at all. Wiping battery stats has not worked.
I was running GummyCharged 1.5 with the PBJT kernel and voodoo enabled and got 17+ hours of medium-hard use EASILY. Since then, I flashed the original GB leak, Gummy, Humble, Stock... I cannot figure out what the heck is going on, my battery life is still crap.

f3liC said:
So I unplugged my phone at 5:00pm and it is now 7:07pm. In two hours with about an hour of browsing, my phone is at 73%. I have nothing on any of my homescreens just to be sure it wasnt consuming the battery, cdma automatic instead of 4g lte since my area does not support it yet and manual brightness at 15%.
What is it I'm doing wrong?
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It really sounds like signal issues to me. My Charge handles weak mobile signals better than my Thunderbolt, but any cell phone will really crank up the juice draw looking for a tower if it can't find one. In my north county office, my Thunderbolt will drain 25% per hour if I don't keep it near the window where it can get a better signal.
You need to post a lot more details.
Are you on wifi or mobile data? Are you 3G or 4G area? How strong is your 3G/4G signal?
Have you dug into the battery use screens to see what's up?
Grab Spare Parts from the Market if your ROM doesn't have it and look into it's battery statistics...things like wake-locks will really kill the phone.

brian1972ct said:
I am running 1.25 and have had absolutely no improvement to my battery life (strong 4g area in SoCal).
I've just resigned to the fact that I'll get 6-7 hours (even on an extended battery, same results) and have to charge once or twice a day.
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Humble isnt going to make a difference, what he should have said was to flash the PBJ OTB kernel. Not sure if he just wants more downloads for Humble or what lol.

If all you are concerned with is battery life on a phone then buy an iphone.... sheesh.
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mbh87 said:
Humble isnt going to make a difference, what he should have said was to flash the PBJ OTB kernel. Not sure if he just wants more downloads for Humble or what lol.
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And no.... im not pimping downloads. Lol
If you calibrate your batt stats and use my rom you will see what alot of people are seeing. Thanks
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danalo1979 said:
If all you are concerned with is battery life on a phone then buy an iphone.... sheesh.
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Then what would we ***** about?

danalo1979 said:
If you calibrate your batt stats and use my rom you will see what alot of people are seeing. Thanks
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I've done this countless times to no avail. I'm going to flash Humble 1.25 again in a bit, but it definitely didn't fix the battery issue earlier today when I flashed it. Yes I wiped battery stats. Yes the battery was at 100%.
I'm going to try the ridiculous procedure laid out in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152088

[Q] "Best" battery life rom?

Which one has the best life?
Humble 1.6
Gummy EE4 2.0
Stock EP1Q
Gummy 1.9 EP1Q?
If i am getting %12-15 drain per hour while totally idle with 4g, wifi, bluetooth, and GPS disabled on Gummy 2.0 (base with no other software installed/running) is it worth taking to verizon (flashed to stock ee4) and try to get a replacement battery or something?

cmdrfrog said:
Which one has the best life?
Humble 1.6
Gummy EE4 2.0
Stock EP1Q
Gummy 1.9 EP1Q?
If i am getting %12-15 drain per hour while totally idle with 4g, wifi, bluetooth, and GPS disabled on Gummy 2.0 (base with no other software installed/running) is it worth taking to verizon (flashed to stock ee4) and try to get a replacement battery or something?
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First off this should probably be in Q&A...
Secondly whoa there buddy thats a ton of drain with nothing activated or running, I get about 10-12% drain when I'm using it heavily. Have you tried calibrating your battery? There's a neat thread here in the general section somewhere like the 13 steps to a calibrated battery... After that you might wanna try downloading SetCPU or Voltage Control from the market and messing with some undervolting. If all that fails maybe you could try flashing the EP1Q modems in Odin, they're supposed to really reduce the 4G/3G/1x 'handoff' that drains battery. Worst case if you don't see any improvement then yes maybe flash back to stock and see if VZ will give you a new battery

You should keep your charge charged because charging it will keep it on.
I voided my warranty and your mum.

pukemon said:
You should keep your charge charged because charging it will keep it on.
I voided my warranty and your mum.
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Hardy harr.
Anyway, I had this exact issue when I first flashed Gummy2.0. When you flash a new ROM your battery stats are messed up(they aren't used to the new ROM) and cause MAJOR drain. My phone died in 6 hours in light usage on the first day of flashing it(as opposed to the 23+ hours of light I usually get). Also, the new kernel included in Gummy2.0 doesn't help with the battery stats either. A very simple fix to this is to just Calibrate your battery. Download the Battery Calibration app from the Android Market which will make calibrating a lot easier.
You can also try Undervolting(use the Voltage Control app) and lowering your brightness(use the Screen Filter app and set your brightness to like 70% and it will give you a boost in battery life). Aside from those tips there's nothing else to say, as Kejar has told us; ROMs have almost nothing to do with battery life. It's almost solely based on the kernel. Don't choose a ROM because you think it has better battery life. Just calibrate and you'll be fine.

Screen filter does nothing for battery life itself. Lowering brightness will help but that is not always ideal. Do y'all happen to know what chip is used to control your display?
I voided my warranty and your mum.

blarrick said:
Hardy harr.
My phone died in 6 hours in light usage on the first day of flashing it(as opposed to the 23+ hours of light I usually get). .
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SO i forgot to mention i was losing 15% per hour Idle After doing a battery re-calibration and wiping battery stats - charging to 100 on, then again while off, then on then off etc. then drain to 0 then full charge with power off.
STILL i get 15% per hour drain. I have also NEVER made it a full day wihtout having to charge, even 23 hours of total idle with mobile data/gps/bluetooth/wifi totally off would not be possible.. on any RoM i ever had.

cmdrfrog said:
SO i forgot to mention i was losing 15% per hour Idle After doing a battery re-calibration and wiping battery stats - charging to 100 on, then again while off, then on then off etc. then drain to 0 then full charge with power off.
STILL i get 15% per hour drain. I have also NEVER made it a full day wihtout having to charge, even 23 hours of total idle with mobile data/gps/bluetooth/wifi totally off would not be possible.. on any RoM i ever had.
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that's exactly how mine is,
i have not yet found a fix for this.
i don't know if it the phone or battery.
and i have calibrated many times and still the same.

cmdrfrog said:
SO i forgot to mention i was losing 15% per hour Idle After doing a battery re-calibration and wiping battery stats - charging to 100 on, then again while off, then on then off etc. then drain to 0 then full charge with power off.
STILL i get 15% per hour drain. I have also NEVER made it a full day wihtout having to charge, even 23 hours of total idle with mobile data/gps/bluetooth/wifi totally off would not be possible.. on any RoM i ever had.
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You should usually be able to tell if it's the battery by the above average heat signature it gives off. I had the same exact issue and swapped out a new battery no questions asked. It's actually more prevalent than you would think. They can ship you a new one express or you can go to a corporate store and switch it in person.
I'm now getting 18+ on "moderate" usage and 24+ on "light" usage.
In the end it wouldn't hurt to try.

Its funny you mention that. On the days when it REALLY drops fast the battery gets really hot even when its doing nothing. So would you advise that i go ask for a replacement?

Its unlikely its your battery. It could be but I suspect something rogue is draining it fast or cpu or gpu is rogue.
I voided my warranty and your mum.

cmdrfrog said:
Its funny you mention that. On the days when it REALLY drops fast the battery gets really hot even when its doing nothing. So would you advise that i go ask for a replacement?
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If you want to rule it out then yes, why not. Like I said it wouldn't hurt to.
They didn't even look at my "voided" phone lol

cj316x said:
that's exactly how mine is,
i have not yet found a fix for this.
i don't know if it the phone or battery.
and i have calibrated many times and still the same.
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Yeah, same here.

Humble 1.6 is the clear winner. 36 hours of heavy use compared to 8 hours heavy use in 1.51.
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elucid said:
Humble 1.6 is the clear winner. 36 hours of heavy use compared to 8 hours heavy use in 1.51.
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Nitsuj has told us time and time again that ROMs have almost nothing to do with battery life, it's all about the kernel. You're spreading false facts.

elucid said:
Humble 1.6 is the clear winner. 36 hours of heavy use compared to 8 hours heavy use in 1.51.
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36 Hours of heavy use? um are you sure?
seems so false to me.
its also weird how some please claim they get 15 hours to 20 hours
when i don't even get that and have the same phone and battery and everything off.
maybe there faking to make them self's look impressive and make us jealous?

i had a similar problem. i would suggest going into CWM and wipe everything then reflash gummy 2.0 also going over to rootzwiki and getting imoseyon's new kernel v. 1.2.1 and flashing that via cmw. then after you have done that, calibrate your battery. after doing all this i am now getting 15-20 hrs moderate use

24BlackMamba said:
i had a similar problem. i would suggest going into CWM and wipe everything then reflash gummy 2.0 also going over to rootzwiki and getting imoseyon's new kernel v. 1.2.1 and flashing that via cmw. then after you have done that, calibrate your battery. after doing all this i am now getting 15-20 hrs moderate use
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what do u mean by wipe everything?

cj316x said:
what do u mean by wipe everything?
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Wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. U don't have to wipe but I think it would help its up to you. I would def. suggest reflashing gummy 2.0 and getting imoseyons most recent kernel over at rootzwiki.

He means wipe cache & dalvik cache. He might also want you to wipe your data/format but that will erase all your apps so be careful. I've already posted how to get phenomenal battery life in this thread, it's VERY simple. If it doesn't work for you then just try again, if it still doesn't then I can't help you.
And no, we're not just "saying" we can get 15 hours of moderate usage, if you can't make it through the day you are definitely doing something wrong.

It could make a difference with rom if a kernel is built into it. Otherwise rom itself has nothing to do with battery life.
I voided my warranty and your mum.

[Q] How can I find what's draining my battery?

My sensation currently has a power drain that I can't seem to find the cause for. I'm using InsertCoin 3.4.2 with bricked kernel 1.5, using SPB shell 3D launcher, got an Anker battery, running tasker to cut data, wifi, gps, etc whenever the screen is off, setCPU running ondemand with max at 1536mhz and minimum 192mhz, etc, etc.
I fully charged my phone to 100% about two or three hours ago, and it's been pretty much left alone since. It's now down to 68%.
I've got BetterBatteryStats and SystemPanel, both showing nothing untoward, no active tasks, no wakelocks from what I can tell, etc. And according to the standard app for battery monitoring, it shows the various connections have indeed been turning off as intended, and the phone has been asleep nigh on all the time it's supposed to be.
Any ideas what's going on, or how I could look into it deeper?

I've just been playing with the phone pretty much non stop since I started this thread an hour ago, and the battery level is now at 60%. So that means it's actually consuming MORE power when it's not even in use!

StuartTheFish said:
I've just been playing with the phone pretty much non stop since I started this thread an hour ago, and the battery level is now at 60%. So that means it's actually consuming MORE power when it's not even in use!
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Hi,
There is a lot of talk about battery consumption,and it's causes.
Most people will suggest trying a different kernel,or downclock it to 1.2 GHZ.

I've tried different kernels already, and underclocking the cpu seems to make little difference. As I say, setCPU should be knocking it down to 192mhz whenever the screen is off anyway!

StuartTheFish said:
I've tried different kernels already, and underclocking the cpu seems to make little difference. As I say, setCPU should be knocking it down to 192mhz whenever the screen is off anyway!
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Hi,
Is your ROM a 2.3.4 base or 2.3.5 ?

2.3.5 mate. It's InsertCoin 3.4.2, with sense 3.5 (which I'm not using in favour of SPB).

StuartTheFish said:
2.3.5 mate. It's InsertCoin 3.4.2, with sense 3.5 (which I'm not using in favour of SPB).
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Hi,
I was going to suggest bricked 0.9.1 with a 2.3.4 ROM,because my son has had great results on his Sensation.
I do not know IC well enough to help.
Sorry.

No problem, thanks for your input anyway.

StuartTheFish said:
No problem, thanks for your input anyway.
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1)Try his new test version of bricked(beta4).
http://code.google.com/p/bricked/downloads/list
2)Charge to 100
3)Turn off, wait till green, unplug and plugin(bump charging)
4)Boot to recovery thru bootloader and wipe battery stats and then reboot unplugged
Drain you battery to 1, then charge up and repeat for a few days. And you can lower the clockspeed since you're using ondemand, you won't see a speed difference with 1.2 and higher. Oh and use ultra smooth rosie so the home will be faster...And see which apps are open in B/G.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302914

With the exception of trying the beta bricked kernel, I've already done all that when I first got my anker battery. It's not a calibration issue, it's that something is actually draining the battery even when it should be asleep.
And that rosie change isn't needed, as I'm not even using sense in the first place. I've got no real issues with how the phone actually performs as everything is already perfectly smooth. The only slight issue I have is since flashing the amaze camera, on rare occasions it can lock up when exiting it, requiring a battery pull to get going again.

StuartTheFish said:
With the exception of trying the beta bricked kernel, I've already done all that when I first got my anker battery. It's not a calibration issue, it's that something is actually draining the battery even when it should be asleep.
And that rosie change isn't needed, as I'm not even using sense in the first place. I've got no real issues with how the phone actually performs as everything is already perfectly smooth. The only slight issue I have is since flashing the amaze camera, on rare occasions it can lock up when exiting it, requiring a battery pull to get going again.
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Oops missed the part about SPB, I have been having similar issues but with Faux's kernel after using Amaze cam, but I doubt that could cause sleep drain. I think you drain is caused by the phone not entering "Deep Sleep", some rogue app is keeping the phone partially awake and sucking up juice. I'm gonna go on a hunch and say the phone is running around 1.x GHz while screen if off due to the app.

StuartTheFish said:
With the exception of trying the beta bricked kernel, I've already done all that when I first got my anker battery. It's not a calibration issue, it's that something is actually draining the battery even when it should be asleep.
And that rosie change isn't needed, as I'm not even using sense in the first place. I've got no real issues with how the phone actually performs as everything is already perfectly smooth. The only slight issue I have is since flashing the amaze camera, on rare occasions it can lock up when exiting it, requiring a battery pull to get going again.
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Hopefully mine can help you. I also noticed HUGE battery drain issues in the past using Bricked Kernel, so I then reverted to stock. Battery was GREAT, but the stock kernel blows. So yeah, I went back to bricked and using the 3rd? beta right now. My battery started dropping like crazy again, so I thought it was the kernel. Before, I used bricked and it was fine so again, I couldn't really blame the kernel. What I tried after that is deleteing my OC app (I've used both SetCPU and System Tuner) and since then, battery is great again! You can try this and hopefully it'll help!

Tried that already as I too suspected the OC app a few days ago. Made no improvements to battery life, so I've put it back on today. Not tried a different kernel yet though, as I'd read that the bricked kernel was the best choice with InsertCoin? I used faux123's kernel first of all, but found it ran hot and kept crashing...
Down to 30% now by the way.
Ace42 said:
I think you drain is caused by the phone not entering "Deep Sleep", some rogue app is keeping the phone partially awake and sucking up juice. I'm gonna go on a hunch and say the phone is running around 1.x GHz while screen if off due to the app.
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That's what I'm suspecting too, but I don't know how to go about finding it. I've looked with SystemPanel and BetterBatteryStats and haven't spotted anything, but that could just be because I'm not 100% on what to look for. And why would setCPU not be overriding it and making it clock down to 192mhz whenever the screen is off anyway? Isn't that it's job?

Then try the stock and see if it's still draining. When I tried stock and everything was great, I just simply assumed that it wasn't an app. It was the kernel!

I'm not convinced it's the kernel though, as if it was then battery life would have been crap ever since I flashed it. It hasn't been, it's only been bad for the past few days. Are there any links to the stock kernel just in case I can't find anything else?

- mine is 24 hrs
- heavy use 16 hrs
. Used some aninations only
. Turn off wifi when not in use
. Used only 20% brightness
. Used juice defender
. Downclock to 1.2 ghz intellideman
And ofc my kernel and rom that im using right now!
Thank me if I helped

I use bricked and i actually got better batter out of it but itsn still not up to par.. However fauxs ran faster but my phone was getting up to 47C... Way too hot.. I don't know why mines running so hot.. Using coredroid 2.6. 1.5 bricked kernel. wiped dalv and cache and battery stats... blah.. any input? i had setcpu and deleted it.

SetCPU is uninstalled again now to see if it was causing anything, and there's still a drain on the battery when it should be sleeping. Does anyone have any tips on how to find what's keeping it awake? It's been fully charged again, been unplugged for just one hour and it's down to 80% battery. Not even been using it apart from me flashing the InsertCoin Bravia addition onto it, making it 3.4.3.
One thing I have noticed though, is that BetterBatteryStats says the RILJ dialler has been running for 5m 33s since it was last charged, 775 times, 8.9%. This is on the partial wakelocks screen, whatever they are. Everything else listed is under 1%, with the only exception being the alarm at 1.6%. What does this mean?

Tweaked v.2.0 will be my next venture

I'm very excited to flash Dwitherell's Tweaked v2.0 rom . I liked both the Minimal and ICS theme for Tweakstock. The best battery life I've seen with normal usage was on Tweakstock 1.4 and the 3/20 IfinityRom .

DvdOwens said:
I'm very excited to flash Dwitherell's Tweaked v2.0 rom . I liked both the Minimal and ICS theme for Tweakstock. The best battery life I've seen with normal usage was on Tweakstock 1.4 and the 3/20 IfinityRom .
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Been playing with it for two hours or so now (setting things back up and tweaking it a bit more) and it is GREAT. You will love the experience, at least I do so far.

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Been playing with it for two hours or so now (setting things back up and tweaking it a bit more) and it is GREAT. You will love the experience, at least I do so far.
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What were some of the additional tweaks that you applied ? If you don't mind sharing .

check out the thread in the DEV section, there are too many for me to list/explain. He has them in the OP

Is anyone gonna up some screenshots please?

fadac said:
Is anyone gonna up some screenshots please?
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Look at the TweakStock screenshots. It looks identical, other than having more options.

DvdOwens said:
I'm very excited to flash Dwitherell's Tweaked v2.0 rom . I liked both the Minimal and ICS theme for Tweakstock. The best battery life I've seen with normal usage was on Tweakstock 1.4 and the 3/20 IfinityRom .
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Unfortunately I have been having a lot of trouble with my battery, on average my battery will last about 4 hours with minimal usage. It should last over night, but even after a 100% charge it dies by the morning. I have been on Tweak's 1.4 with PBnJ Kernal for a few weeks and I am attempting to calibrate it as I type this. Did you have to calibrate yours? And how long would your battery last if you don't mind?
Thanks.

PhenomHTPC said:
Unfortunately I have been having a lot of trouble with my battery, on average my battery will last about 4 hours with minimal usage. It should last over night, but even after a 100% charge it dies by the morning. I have been on Tweak's 1.4 with PBnJ Kernal for a few weeks and I am attempting to calibrate it as I type this. Did you have to calibrate yours? And how long would your battery last if you don't mind?
Thanks.
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That is extremely low battery life. Maybe you should try getting a replacement? Something is definitely defective there.

PhenomHTPC said:
Unfortunately I have been having a lot of trouble with my battery, on average my battery will last about 4 hours with minimal usage. It should last over night, but even after a 100% charge it dies by the morning. I have been on Tweak's 1.4 with PBnJ Kernal for a few weeks and I am attempting to calibrate it as I type this. Did you have to calibrate yours? And how long would your battery last if you don't mind?
Thanks.
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I flashed Eclipse 2.0 because I can't get with the Tweakstock Theme.
But on Tweakstock 1.4 with the PBJ Kernel I had excellent battery life. I'd wake up at 5 am and listen to music for about 2 hours. Throughout the day I would check my email , the weather or text between classes. By the time track practice started at 2:30 I would have 80%+ life . Then at 5 pm until like 7pm I would listen to music and come to a battery life of 70%+ . The key is turn off data and WIFI when you don't need them . I also use ScreenFilter Pro to adjust my screen brightness because my Display is always the biggest factor in my battery drainage.

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That is extremely low battery life. Maybe you should try getting a replacement? Something is definitely defective there.
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I second that, sounds like a defective battery or something like that

Tweakstock 2.0 has great battery life for me. I easily get through a full day off of one charge. And that's with playing games and using bluetooth headphones to listen to music!

I am having bad battery life also, but this is just the first day with it. I have looked at one YouTube video and within 15 minutes I have dropped 10%.
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Plilus, is amyone having problems with the camera?
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I am not... Works great
Charged up post!

PhenomHTPC said:
I am attempting to calibrate it as I type this. Did you have to calibrate yours?
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fwiw, 'calibrating' is not going to help. you should look for a new battery

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I flashed Eclipse 2.0 because I can't get with the Tweakstock Theme.
But on Tweakstock 1.4 with the PBJ Kernel I had excellent battery life. I'd wake up at 5 am and listen to music for about 2 hours. Throughout the day I would check my email , the weather or text between classes. By the time track practice started at 2:30 I would have 80%+ life . Then at 5 pm until like 7pm I would listen to music and come to a battery life of 70%+ . The key is turn off data and WIFI when you don't need them . I also use ScreenFilter Pro to adjust my screen brightness because my Display is always the biggest factor in my battery drainage.
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Wow! You are definitely getting the most out of your battery. I will have to look into turning my data on and off since 4G eats a lot of battery and thanks for the app suggestion. My screen also is eats up more then 60%+ of the battery usage. I am still on Tweaks 1.4, but im about to upgrade to 2.0 when i get some time. If you don't mind me asking, what else makes you choose eclipse over tweak?
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fwiw, 'calibrating' is not going to help. you should look for a new battery
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Yeah you're completely right. As I have heard from other users on this site, the phone measures the percentage directly from the voltage on the battery. So erasing your battery stats and the excessive charging and draining is not going to help.

Been running Tweaked 2.0 for a few days with zero issues. Anything I've wanted to do as far as customizations, etc, I've been able to do either through TSM Parts or TweakTools. Awesome stuff. And battery life is as good as it was when I was running Eclipse.

Please take notes guys, I have reiterated this FAR too many times, ROMs have almost nothing to do with battery life. It's almost solely based on the kernel, if you came from a ROM with PBJ to Tweaked2.0 then you would notice a difference whether better or worse since you'd now be on a stock kernel. ROMs can impact battery life if it's an AOSP ROM but since we don't have any of those it's majorly on the kernel. Don't make ROM decisions on battery life and don't "review" ROMs based on how good the battery life is either, please and thank you

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Please take notes guys, I have reiterated this FAR too many times, ROMs have almost nothing to do with battery life. It's almost solely based on the kernel, if you came from a ROM with PBJ to Tweaked2.0 then you would notice a difference whether better or worse since you'd now be on a stock kernel. ROMs can impact battery life if it's an AOSP ROM but since we don't have any of those it's majorly on the kernel. Don't make ROM decisions on battery life and don't "review" ROMs based on how good the battery life is either, please and thank you
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Good point, I should have stated I was on Eclipse with PBJ kernel, now on Tweaked with stock kernel...with little to no change in battery life...meaning battery life is still good for me.

PhenomHTPC said:
Wow! You are definitely getting the most out of your battery. I will have to look into turning my data on and off since 4G eats a lot of battery and thanks for the app suggestion. My screen also is eats up more then 60%+ of the battery usage. I am still on Tweaks 1.4, but im about to upgrade to 2.0 when i get some time. If you don't mind me asking, what else makes you choose eclipse over tweak?
My only reason for switching to Eclipse is the beautiful theme. I love the theme . Performance is great , I would like to give Tweaked 2.0 another run but I don't like the theme. I know it's a great ROM but I'm picky about interfaces.
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