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JuiceDefender, Tasker, SetCPU + CM7: Battery Results

My phone's been running for 16 hours and 20 minutes on one charge, and the battery is at 59%. Not entirely sure if this is impressive or not, but I figured I'd share my settings. I'm on CM7 Nightly from the 13th.
JuiceDefender v3.4 Beta
Controls
Mobile Data - Enabled
Options - Prefer Wifi
WiFi - Enabled
3G - Off
Options - disable on wifi
Disable timeout - 5m
AutoSynch - ping
GPS - disabled
Everything else is left off​Schedules
Schedule - Enabled
Frequency - 1hr
Duration - 30s
Controls - Default
Night - Enabled
Start 12am - End 6am
Options - Silent
Schedule (weekend) - Enabled
Frequency - 30m
Duration - 1m
Night Weekend
Start 2am - End 8am​Triggers
Battery - Enabled
Battery Threshold - 35%
Charger AC
Screen - Enabled
Options - After Unlock
Controls - Default
Traffic - Enabled
Traffic Threshold - low
Apps - Enabled
Controls - Default
Location - Enabled​
SetCPU
Main
Max: 1017600 Min:245760​Profiles
Screen Off: 245 Max 245 Min Priority 100 Ondemand
Charging: 1017 Max 245 Min Priority 99 Performance
Battery <5% Max 368 Min 245 Min Priority 52 Conservative
Battery <50% Max 768 Min 245 Priority 50 Ondemand​
Tasker
Profile to manage Turning Bluetooth off from 8:30-16:30 M-F, Exit Case turns bluetooth back on
Profile to manage Turning Bluetooth off from 17:30-7:30 M-F Exit Case turns bluetooth back on.
Profile to manage brightness: Level 0, Auto Brightness off from 00:00 to 08:00 Exit Case restores Auto Brightness​

Very good info. I been holding off for to battery life. I might have to go visit the store tomorrow.
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I like the SetCPU settings, I have never messed with the profiles before but that looks like a good idea.
I will see how this goes first then maybe try JD.

Over night my phone finally got down to 1%. Topped out at 31 hours 20 minutes or so.

Jeffsmashkot said:
Over night my phone finally got down to 1%. Topped out at 31 hours 20 minutes or so.
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I'm monitoring with Current Widget and i'm noticing that my phone is deep sleeping and pulling down to as low as 1mA sometimes! I usually get about 24hrs or so, but I just applied some different setcpu profiles.
I also use Tasker to shut off mobile data in the middle of the night, then turn back on in the morning. I think it's pointless to leave it on and waste battery life while I'm sleeping.

Im going to try out Juice Defender. I had itw ith my Aria and it does work very well at saving battery life BUT on that phone it would cause some lag when switching networks on/off etc. On this phone hopefully it's fast enough to not notice the lagginess when switching networks.

I just did some major testing of the inspire power draw, and you guys are lucky. Compared to my nexus one, it is super efficient. The highest with screen on and pushing the phone hard, current would max at 400mA at max brightness. At 50% brightness current was steady at 230mA no matter what.
In comparison, my nexus one spikes to 700mA when showing white web pages, and around 180mA showing black. These spikes aren't good and no wonder nexus gets crap battery life.
I can see why they under spec the inspire battery, but I wish they didn't.

I'm going to try out your settings for a few days and see how it goes. Thanks.

Would you mind sharing the link for the juice defender. I've downloaded the newest beta and it says it cannot disable the cellular radio because it is not fully supported. Note I did flash it using the kernel with the battery fix posted on the forums. Do you think that could be the problem?

I just use SetCPU profiles and JuiceDefender in default mode. Immediate difference in battery life.
For testing purposes of CM7, I would leave my phone off the charger to see if the battery fix was working. Normally it would drop 15-20 percent sometimes more. With the SetCPU and Juice Defender, Just dropped 8 percent. WOOT!

hack2009 said:
Would you mind sharing the link for the juice defender. I've downloaded the newest beta and it says it cannot disable the cellular radio because it is not fully supported. Note I did flash it using the kernel with the battery fix posted on the forums. Do you think that could be the problem?
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In order to get the latest beta, you have to register on the forum to be part of the beta group.

I'm on Revolution 3.3. The current widget doesn't work. It doens't show anything. Any ideas?

Overclock Question

I am using the Clemsyn Kernel now, but have never done any overclocking before.
What is the effect on battery life if I went to around 1.4ish?
What is the effect on the lifetime usage of my unit if I overclock?
After I download SetCpu, what settings do I use? Do I have to change anything in voltage?
I read something where people sometimes underclock when the screen is turned off. How can I do this?
Thanks for any help. I am a noob when it comes to overclocking.

deadhead85 said:
I am using the Clemsyn Kernel now, but have never done any overclocking before.
What is the effect on battery life if I went to around 1.4ish?
What is the effect on the lifetime usage of my unit if I overclock?
After I download SetCpu, what settings do I use? Do I have to change anything in voltage?
I read something where people sometimes underclock when the screen is turned off. How can I do this?
Thanks for any help. I am a noob when it comes to overclocking.
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Start off by setting your main profile to 1.4GHz and tick set on boot. And theres your overclock... I think interactive gov. is the most useful, you can try others if you want.
If you would like to limit the speed when screen off, add a profile under profiles select screen off and set your wanted frequency when screen off.

reidar.ostrem said:
Start off by setting your main profile to 1.4GHz and tick set on boot. And theres your overclock... I think interactive gov. is the most useful, you can try others if you want.
If you would like to limit the speed when screen off, add a profile under profiles select screen off and set your wanted frequency when screen off.
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+1 This is exactly what I've done

If you set the max speed to 1.4 GHz and set the governor to performance it will drain the battery faster than if you had it set to the others. You'll most likely have already upgraded the TF by the time it dies due to overclocking. It does shorten the life, not dramatically though. You can set up underclocking in profiles.

[info] Underclock your CPU- save battery

1. Download and Install SetCPU http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505419
2. Open SetCPU and give it root permissions.
3. Click on Autodetect Speeds Recomended
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4. U can change scalling governor and CPU speeds 300,600,800,1008.
Hotplug and performance is for good performance but use more battery .
Ondemand consume less battery, but laggy on p920.
I use min 300, max 800 and with v6supercharger i don't have lags and slowdowns.( games working good too)
U can use profiles (charging, charging AC, Charging USB, Screen Off, Battery<, Temp>, Time, In Call).

This only works for devices with a tweaked or changed kernel?

No, i use SetCPU on stock ROM.

How much would this save? How much browsing the web could we gain with this?

It is strenght to answer . You must try.

[Q] Suggestions for MIUI battery life

I love these ports but battery life has been poor to average at best with normal use. (8-10 on MikeyMikes about 11-13 on Boosts respectively ) Here are all adjustments so far
- running at 100-1.2mhz on conservative
- UV at -100 across the board
- underclocked at 800 when screens off, in call , and less then 50%
- Thunderbolt scripts added
- auto brightness and power saver mode turned off, set at about 20%, Black wallpaper
- Background sync, Google backup, and email sync turned off
Anymore suggestions that have worked out for other users?

You're doing all the right things.
You could try undervolting a little more I can get mine to about -220mV across the board)
You can try disabling notifications in Market
You can try disabling notifications in calendar
If you use beautiful widgets or something similar you can adjust the refresh rate of the weather
Make sure notifications for facebook and twitter are off
That's all I can think of off the top of my head

ns4smi said:
I love these ports but battery life has been poor to average at best with normal use. (8-10 on MikeyMikes about 11-13 on Boosts respectively ) Here are all adjustments so far
- running at 100-1.2mhz on conservative
- UV at -100 across the board
- underclocked at 800 when screens off, in call , and less then 50%
- Thunderbolt scripts added
- auto brightness and power saver mode turned off, set at about 20%, Black wallpaper
- Background sync, Google backup, and email sync turned off
Anymore suggestions that have worked out for other users?
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I am also running boosted MIUI,
~running 100-1200mhz conservative and 100-800mhz conservative when screen is off.
~I only undervolted -50mv @ 100mhz, -50mv @ 200mhz, -25mv @ 400mhz, and -25mv @ 800mhz.
~NO thunderbolt script added, it says on the boosted MIUI that it already has battery performance tweaks
~I have background sync, Google and email and Facebook all set to the longest interval to sync
~automatic brightness enabled
~never really use WIFI, never use GPS (I cant even get a lock anyway, accurate to 2000 meters does me no good, haha)
Under normal use (texting throughout the day, playing games for 30 min to an hour, and browsing the internet for an hour or two, and maybe a few short phone calls) I can easily get 18 hours.
I have gotten 48 hours out of the phone, but the screen was off most of the time and I only text messaged during that time.
Under heavy use (playing GTA or watching movies) I get about 8 hours or so.
Have you tried draining the battery completely and then letting it do a full charge?
Before "boosted MIUI" I could barely get half a day out of the phone... it's nice only charging the phone every other day, and not having to carry a charger wherever I go. Boosted has by far, given me the best battery life.
Also... what kernel and modem are you running?
I'm using CWM Community Kernel, and UCKL2 modem, I do believe the modem has something to do with battery life... and how long it takes to charge... I think... it seems to me it charges fastest with the UCKL2 modem... I have tried every other modem.

ns4smi said:
I love these ports but battery life has been poor to average at best with normal use. (8-10 on MikeyMikes about 11-13 on Boosts respectively ) Here are all adjustments so far
- running at 100-1.2mhz on conservative
- UV at -100 across the board
- underclocked at 800 when screens off, in call , and less then 50%
- Thunderbolt scripts added
- auto brightness and power saver mode turned off, set at about 20%, Black wallpaper
- Background sync, Google backup, and email sync turned off
Anymore suggestions that have worked out for other users?
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Try Zeus
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Thanks will try
Miui Infuse

ns4smi said:
Thanks will try
Miui Infuse
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Yeah, no problem. You will like.

SetCPU Profile Settings

Hi all,
Looking for the best settings for SetCPU Profiles to try give me optimum battery life on my Sensation while having it responsive while I'm using it.
Default settings for my ROM tend to be a little laggy when I first unlock the phone for a bit too long so want to customise everything to try make it last forever using minimum battery when off (would prefer it when it was locked vs unlocked but doesn't seem to be an option).
Anyway, recommended profiles appreciated.
Thanks

screen off: maxfreq 192 mhz
minfreq 192 mhz
battery<=15%: lower maxfreq than set
battery<=10%: even lower maxfreq
charging any: maxfreq 1188mhz
minfreq 192 mhz
these are some that i'm using
i hope you like them

rzr86 said:
screen off: maxfreq 192 mhz
minfreq 192 mhz
battery<=15%: lower maxfreq than set
battery<=10%: even lower maxfreq
charging any: maxfreq 1188mhz
minfreq 192 mhz
these are some that i'm using
i hope you like them
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That's a super low freq when screen off - no problem with phone doing background updates at that low?
Do you have many things doing background sync?
Whats a good temperature to set as a max at which point it turns everything down?

background sync: only weather widget and google acount.nothing else
about temperature i have set battery>=44C:lower frequency than set
that's all
i hope i helped you