It's well known I like to be a battery whore, my previous record was a little over 48 hours on a full charge with my Infuse. Today I beat my old record by about....20 hrs!
All notifications off except Gmail. 3g data turned off for about 80% of the time. Wifi on but set to turn off when phone sleeps. I did use the phone, text, talk, surf, etc. Probably would be considered light usage though.
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So why is this a thread?
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use your phone look at the cell standby LOL and stop with the attention whoring
@Cheezy, I hope you meant to leave off the "ed" in "disappointed"
else
FAIL!
I got 4 days and some change when I first got my GNex; the infuse sat on my desk until I heard it go off for the low batt warning. (No wifi, no data etc. of course)
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Just sharing some experiences/information about my phone man. Didn't realize that would offend you...? Could be time to lighten up.
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@Cheezy, I hope you meant to leave off the "ed" in "disappointed"
else
FAIL!
I got 4 days and some change when I first got my GNex; the infuse sat on my desk until I heard it go off for the low batt warning. (No wifi, no data etc. of course)
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Im happy when I only have to charge my Infuse once a day...
but sometimes there are sadly 9 hours of charge...
using battery calibration helps?
ntorresla said:
Im happy when I only have to charge my Infuse once a day...
but sometimes there are sadly 9 hours of charge...
using battery calibration helps?
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I don't use battery calibration personally. I just keep an eye on wakelocks with Better Battery Stats and make sure to kill apps when I'm done using the phone.
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I don't use battery calibration personally. I just keep an eye on wakelocks with Better Battery Stats and make sure to kill apps when I'm done using the phone.
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from the looks of your SS it looks like you just simply don't use your phone. If it actually showed as being used I might have been impressed.:thumbdown:
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LOL
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Bubonic78 said:
from the looks of your SS it looks like you just simply don't use your phone. If it actually showed as being used I might have been impressed.:thumbdown:
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This.
It's not a phone if you don't use it.
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Yea no offense when people give battery stats they give them when they've actually used their phone. Of course a battery will last longer if it's not being used or if no notifications are actually being used. Those are what eat the battery
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Yea no offense when people give battery stats they give them when they've actually used their phone. Of course a battery will last longer if it's not being used or if no notifications are actually being used. Those are what eat the battery
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I never use notifications, never will. This is my normal usage pattern. As I said in the OP, I do use the phone.
Get rooted and remove blot wear
Best way in some sense to get great battery life is get rooted, use Excellent Roms that removes all bloatware and find any apps that are continually running in background and remove them. (Tip) Get titanium backup and backup your apps then remove them but if you need later then reinstall them for future use. Just a few things to mention, so much more to add to save battery. I suggest you just use your phone and try and save in other ways that will extend you daily use.
How much screen on time? That's generally the best measure of battery life, because if your screen isn't on, you're not really using your phone. And a percent usage tells nothing.
My infuse is currently going on 12 days, 14 hours, 16 minutes, 7 seconds since last unplugged with 1 hour 28 minutes of screen on time. That being said, it's because I use it purely as a backup alarm clock without a sim card now that I have my Note, haha. And no, I'm not going to go to the hassle of rooting, downloading a screenshot app, then waiting another 12-14 days to prove it. Just goes to show that battery life doesn't mean much without usage.
Was it with a stock battery
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Also look for burakgons blacklist post. Its in his sig
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Yes, I've been using my phone the past few days. Andromeda Three is great.
EDIT: I was dumb and didn't notice my phone number there, could a mod remove the quoted pictures? Lol.
Sounds like its been sitting on the table
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Sounds like its been sitting on the table
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Nope, it's been in my pocket/car/hands/on my bed.
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Sounds like its been sitting on the table
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+1 agreed,and I can say I've been unplugged for 10 days and still @50%.Without a screenshot,it never happened.
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i got about 3 days on andromeda 1.2 with moderate use. if the op is a light user and turns data and wifi off when not in use i would expect about that. honestly that rom is so good on battery that i stopped using juice defender because it was only saving me a couple percent and since i could already go 2 days without thinking about it and have 25-35% battery left.
Apparently background data has been on this whole time since I hit the market icon and it went to the market automatically...
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Looks like I can atleast give the rom a try later...
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Well I actually use my phone...
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Apparently background data has been on this whole time since I hit the market icon and it went to the market automatically...
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I use my phone too, for a variety of purposes.
Wow.
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What was your display time
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I think u should also try the System Panel app history plot screenshots, I dont know if u tried that app before but its a great plotting of battery life for days and knowing what really apps that eating the battery life
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Apparently background data has been on this whole time since I hit the market icon and it went to the market automatically...
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JC...have you gotten any crank calls...lmao
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JC...have you gotten any crank calls...lmao
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Beat me to it lol
Andromeda was a great battery saver for me too, but I can't say it was THAT great lol.
I had great standby time on Andromeda but with heavy usage it was about normal. Leaving it for 8 hours with no use I would get 0-1% battery drain and that was with data and Gmail syncing. With heavy use i was able to get around 3 hours of screen use a day, sometimes a little more.
We put alot of work into refining Andromeda3.
Well I was on Andromeda when it came out. Never got 3 days.
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Downloading now... Andromeda 1.0 was good.
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Apparently background data has been on this whole time since I hit the market icon and it went to the market automatically...
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That's probably a huge amount of idle time.
That's what I think too. But hey. If he doesn't want to use his phone. He can just set it there and look at it.
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I know this is one of those things that everyone seems to complain about, but there is definitely something going on here. I have Seidios 3200 MAH extended battery for my ROOTED bolt, yet my friend running the same ROM as me is getting almost double the battery life with a stock battery. I know the first thing to check is if any apps are killing my battery, which I have checked through thoroughly with no luck. I have tried uninstalling these apps with no luck on better battery life. If it helps I'll post the apps I have
- Beautiful Widgets
- Brilliant Quotes Free
- Days left widget
- Draw Something Free
- Engadget
- Facebook
- iHeart Radio
- Instagram
- Twitter
- Yahoo Mail
- Ringdroid
- Root Explorer
- WeatherBug
- XDA
- Zedge
This of course doesnt include the stock apps on the ROM.
Currently running the Plan 9 ROM, if anybody has any tips for getting the battery up to par I would be very grateful!
EDIT: Forgot to mention how long my battery is lasting me. I'm getting about 8 hours before she is sucked dry
Plan 9? For the Thunderbolt?
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Plan 9? For the Thunderbolt?
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Actually it's called "Plan .9" Its only been out for a few days and it's a very very minimal sense ROM. It's missing alot of the sense features as to make the battery better, some people are getting up to 3 days while on it. And the developer is very responsive so far with adding sense widgets and squashing bugs. here is the link...
http://www.teambamf.net/topic/3868-rom-thunderbolt-plan-9/
Interesting, didn't know about this one. Sorry, I can be of no assistance with the battery issues you indicate.
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Have you tried a battery calibration?
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Seidio can be dirty filthy liars with their battery ratings too.
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Seidio can be dirty filthy liars with their battery ratings too.
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I've heard that too. I also have heard about fakes that say on the packaging and on the battery they are 2600mah when they aren't.
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Oh really? Thats news to me.... hope my battery isnt one of those few. I tried a calibration this morning, and it didnt seem to help at all
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Oh really? Thats news to me.... hope my battery isnt one of those few. I tried a calibration this morning, and it didnt seem to help at all
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Yea the Chinese are getting into making bogus crap and selling it in bulk to people on eBay and other places. My stepdad bought a bunch of bnib usb flash drives on eBay claiming to be 200gb and none of them worked. They were some of the best fakes I have ever seen. They were in packing identical to the actual product.
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I bought my battery directly from Seidio, don't think its a Chinese scam. But Something is definitely eating my battery, although the battery usage is showing my display as the main culprit.
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You're showing 5 hours and you are only at 56%. That would mean you have around 5 more hours. It looks like you made some serious phone calls which would eat up a lot of battery too. I don't know if you use auto brightness but it can help if you disable it and set it at the lowest possible setting you can stand. Another thing you might look into is the Facebook app. It was causing a wake lock on my phone so I removed it and that helped me a lot.
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If its a sense rom, try imo 5.2 kernel for sense. Use setcpu for a screen off profile of 245/386. If its desensed alot, you can probably get away with underclocking it to 768. Brightness is huge batt hog, set as low as possible. I have as few things syncing as possible also. Interesting looking rom, i will try it out with my stock battery and let you know.
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Ok, its loaded. Fastest booting rom ive had. I did try ziggys 11:05 kernel first, did not overclock, but did set screen off profile. This thing flys, and i havent played much with it yet. Ill let u know more tomorrow.
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the best battery life ive ever gotten was from the full blown MR4 rom with the stock MR4 kernel and the MR4 radio
people say that the MR4 Kernel slows the bandwidth down somehow and maybe it does but its awesome on battery life
Thats the thing, I only spent about 15 minutes total throughout the day on the phone so it seems like its eating much more battery than usual. Maybe I'll try a new kernel and see how that pans out.
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If its a sense rom, try imo 5.2 kernel for sense. Use setcpu for a screen off profile of 245/386. If its desensed alot, you can probably get away with underclocking it to 768. Brightness is huge batt hog, set as low as possible. I have as few things syncing as possible also. Interesting looking rom, i will try it out with my stock battery and let you know.
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do you have a link for the imo 5.2 kernel?
Edit: Nevermind I found it -- http://rootzwiki.com/topic/603-kernel-gb-sense-leankernel-minimalistic-kernel-620-5612/ . Trying out the settings you reccomended now, I'll get back with the results after a charge up!
Im at 40% after 9 hours, 56% display, 17% phone calls, other assorted. Stock battery. All in all, id say not to bad.
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wonder why mine is that much less... who knows anymore haha
Id guess its your widgets, im completly stock besides ziggys kernel. Tomorrow ill try the imo kernel.
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I'd try to turn off widgets, but also turn off all background running apps.
Seal is a good program to keep apps from turning on imo. I use it to limit usage - on most Roms I get almost 30 hrs of battery life. (Extended battery).
Good trick - overnight I use Airplane Mode and my battery drops at most 5% for 10 hrs.
I let my phone charge all night. I unplugged my phone at 6:46am it was 100% I used it non stop till 9:00am and it's at 36% battery
Does it seem normal to go that fast?
4G on
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No live wallpaper
No videos & games
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Does it seem normal to go that fast?
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Nope.
You on wifi or 4g?
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4G yes
No Wifi
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Do you use any non-OEM chargers?
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I'm using the wire and block that came with phone.
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When you go to battery under settings, what is chewing up your battery?
Also, if battery is your issue - I recommend Instigators Kernel with smart ass/badass scripts.
I left my house at 9 am this morning and I still have 40% battery with GPS usage and moderate phone/web usage...
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Charged 100% again
Phone has been on battery for
3:23minutes and it's at 32% now
Screen is 49%
Browser is 25%
System is 8%
XDA is 5%
I'm still a noob with all the flashing stuff but I will try it I guess.
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Charged 100% again
Phone has been on battery for
3:23minutes and it's at 32% now
Screen is 49%
Browser is 25%
System is 8%
XDA is 5%
I'm still a noob with all the flashing stuff but I will try it I guess.
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Also, some of the forums suggest you recalibrate your battery when you flash a new rom... It wipes the battery stats and starts from ground zero. The app is in the play store Battery Calibration. Just charge to 100% and run this app it will do the rest. Don't think that is your problem, but it will give you accurate stats about your battery...
Here is the thread for the Instigator Kernel. If you flash you phone on a nightly basis, you will have to reflash this each time you update on a nightly...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721235
Another good program to run is CPU spy like I said. It will show you what your CPU's are spending all their time on. Once you get the new kernel flashed, just run that program. You should see more time being spent at the 192 Mhz range or the deep sleep when the phone is on stand-by...
Good luck with it!
That is a little fast, but he did say he's using the device non-stop for 3 hrs on 4g. 4g uses a lot of battery, and 3 hrs of "non-stop" 4g usage doesn't seem that unreasonable. The question is, what does "non-stop" mean to him? Screen on with 4g data being transferred for 3+ hrs strait sounds like it would kill a battery to me!
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That is a little fast, but he did say he's using the device non-stop for 3 hrs on 4g. 4g uses a lot of battery, and 3 hrs of "non-stop" 4g usage doesn't seem that unreasonable. The question is, what does "non-stop" mean to him? Screen on with 4g data being transferred for 3+ hrs strait sounds like it would kill a battery to me!
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I agree it is fast. I am not sure if he is on LTE or standard 4G... LTE would drain it if he is in a bad location... There are a lot of factors.... I am sure his huge screen being on has a lot to do with it. Brightness level??? Signal Strength??? ETC...
CM9 is known to be a little bit of a battery hog in the wrong situations... That's why I suggest a kernel that is aimed at GOOD battery life...
But do whatcha want...
Where I am I don't get real good service on Cm9 it says 4G and sometimes it's just H with 1 to 2 signal bars also my display brightness is set to automatic
I downloaded and flashed the instigator + badass I will see if that helps also got the battery calibration will charge and reset it
Also I read about nexus extended battery so I ordered one of those
thanks you all for the help
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Yeah, H means HSPA+. Good glad you got the Instigator Kernel.
With poor service, your battery will drain like a leaky paper sack..
Hit Thanks if I helped you along your way!
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I let my phone charge all night. I unplugged my phone at 6:46am it was 100% I used it non stop till 9:00am and it's at 36% battery
Does it seem normal to go that fast?
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No live wallpaper
No videos & games
Just website surfing
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I sincerely recommend you give a try to sky ics either base. If you choose stock get rid of the bloat. Sean's kernel. I am getting 13 hrs to 22hrs which I did not believe was possible now I have three batteries 2 OEM and one extended and I feel I don't need extra batteries anymore
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Besides the previous post regarding sky ics for battery life I have something I want to share with the forum is that I use external charger and in my last charge I am not getting any wake locks I may be wrong but look at my latest battery use
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It seems like my battery is draining very quickly. Android is the highest on my battery list. I don't have anything weird installed or syncing and my screen is set to 50% brightness. Any ideas?
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If you have root access you can install Better Battery Stats (Free here: http://goo.gl/EjdB8) and choose partial wakelocks since unplugged. That will tell you what's keeping your phone from deep sleep.
Nothing is standing out in partial wake locks. Every bar is pretty much empty. And that app isn't free anymore according to that post.
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if your battery life is bad, then what's good?
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Nothing is standing out in partial wake locks. Every bar is pretty much empty. And that app isn't free anymore according to that post.
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App is still free. OP includes it in the bottom of the second post.
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App is still free. OP includes it in the bottom of the second post.
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I'm sorry! I'm blind >.<
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if your battery life is bad, then what's good?
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Maybe it's not bad. I'm not one to complain about the battery life, but it just seemed like it was tanking fast. Like percentage points per minute.
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Maybe it's not bad. I'm not one to complain about the battery life, but it just seemed like it was tanking fast. Like percentage points per minute.
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What were you doing with your phone while the screen was on?
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What were you doing with your phone while the screen was on?
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Just normal stuff like browsing pulse or Tapatalk. Nothing out of the ordinary.
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Maybe try disabling wifi during sleep?
Op, are you rooted? I noticed my battery goes a little quicker since I rooted and flashed cm10. I also noticed you are on 3g, did you disable 4g, is 4G available in your area? Maybe the phone constantly searching for 4G is draining. Not sure how that would show up in battery usage stats though.
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Op, are you rooted? I noticed my battery goes a little quicker since I rooted and flashed cm10. I also noticed you are on 3g, did you disable 4g, is 4G available in your area? Maybe the phone constantly searching for 4G is draining. Not sure how that would show up in battery usage stats though.
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Yes I am rooted. I noticed the battery draining faster after I flashed Google Wallet. I am stock rooted though. I turn off NFC when I don't need it, and the app doesn't sync often.
I'm not in a 4G area, but that has never drained my battery before. I can't imagine Wallet would be draining my battery..
I should also note that my brightness is set to full at all times. What's of interest to me is the fact that it isn't draining so much when the screen is on, it's when the screen is off is when it drains the most it seems. I'll leave the phone off for at least 20 minutes and when I turn it back on it'll have lost a few points.
Can't seem to figure it out. Like I said, it seems like I started noticing the battery draining quicker after I installed Google Wallet.
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Here's an update from better battery stats
For some reason I can't figure out how to stop the top app. I've disabled all I could think of with maps. The only other change I've made is installing Google Now, but this started before that.
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sir, all samsung android phone is like that.. the battery is draining so past
Hi, so ever since ICS, or at least SCv7 (not sure if it did it stock, I switched right away), my screen has bee completely killing my battery
I still get perfectly fine life with the screen off, but it just drops right down with it on even not doing anything to heavy. Definitely a problem not normal.
Anyone have any ideas? Is this happening to anyone else?
P.S. Thanks for the new Q and A section by the way.
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What are your screen settings at (levels, auto on/off, etc)? Screen is by far the biggest drain on battery. Check my Battery Guide, last Page for an app mentioned to lower brightness more than the stock settings will allow for- maybe that would help in certain instances. I haven't tried it myself, but will be doing so over the weekend, and if beneficial I will update the OP with it.
My SGS3 is the same as my A2 being that the screen gobbled up battery like crazy. So, I suppose you're not alone, at least with what I've experienced.
Not sure if any of this is helpful, but thought I'd share my thoughts...
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What are your screen settings at (levels, auto on/off, etc)? Screen is by far the biggest drain on battery. Check my Battery Guide, last Page for an app mentioned to lower brightness more than the stock settings will allow for- maybe that would help in certain instances. I haven't tried it myself, but will be doing so over the weekend, and if beneficial I will update the OP with it.
My SGS3 is the same as my A2 being that the screen gobbled up battery like crazy. So, I suppose you're not alone, at least with what I've experienced.
Not sure if any of this is helpful, but thought I'd share my thoughts...
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I keep it on auto or low all the time. this is definitely a real problem, because it was nowhere near as bad on GB. now I know they fixed the cell standby issue, but I can literally see the battery go right on down when I turn it on. 3-4 hours on would kill it.
Maybe try with auto off for a while, see if you notice any difference.
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Turn auto off and get a widget to adjust yourself. Read an article one time how on Android system auto brightness is more harm than good.
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joe3681 said:
Turn auto off and get a widget to adjust yourself. Read an article one time how on Android system auto brightness is more harm than good.
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yeah I know it is not good but my point is there is something wrong. just looking at xda and stuf I went from 50 to 10 in 40 min
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lkrasner said:
yeah I know it is not good but my point is there is something wrong. just looking at xda and stuf I went from 50 to 10 in 40 min
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Looking at your battery's discharge rate graph, looks pretty normal. There's no drastic drops in battery, it's fairly linear in discharge, and even if the screen is using most of that. However, there could be other culprits. What about sync, or haptic, or any of the other things I outlined in my guide? WiFi is off, from what I saw, but might not just be the screen. Have you tried editing build prop for "deeper" deep sleep or edits to other things? I'm going to update my OP with a few more things I thought of for improving overall battery life this weekend. Maybe some of the new ones will help...
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I'm sure that the display is eatin more than GB ....
i didn't see display going >50% in GB ..... now on ICS its like always >=70%
i have 2nd system as MIUI from "rdavisct" when i switch to it & come back to ICS
then my battery calibration scrambles ... i did switchin yesterday & it showed me
30% far early than expected
Same problem here..my screen draining 57%
Why don't you try the app betterbatterystats it's here in xda:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15869868
This may help to see the real problem of the fast battery drain you said, also you can install the app rootDim from the playstore to custom your screen brightness.
I hope this helps.
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