Hi everybody!
So I am using CyanogenMod 7 Beta5.1 And I'm having huge battery problems...
It's draining abnormally fast (30% lost during night).
It started to happen when I got problems with my Defy and flashed 3.4.3-11
And now updated to 3.4.2-117.
Before these problems it usually drains only 3% during night!!
Also everytime I boot my phone, when it's completely booted I hear the camera sound (when you open camera app,it makes a physical sound).. It never happened before...
I overclocked my phone to 1100Mhz but I don't think it really affects the battery (when screen off it's set to 500Mhz)
Please help me!....
I was having that problem and I turned fast boot off and it solved the problem for me. The phone doesn't really shut down all the way if fast boot is on.
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schultzy001 said:
I was having that problem and I turned fast boot off and it solved the problem for me. The phone doesn't really shut down all the way if fast boot is on.
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fast boot? The one from setvsel?
schultzy001 said:
I was having that problem and I turned fast boot off and it solved the problem for me. The phone doesn't really shut down all the way if fast boot is on.
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how can u shutdown fastboot? wanna give this a try...
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um... a new thread? really?
by the way, i have this problem too since beta 1.. i don't know why..
but i still like it because CM7 is so fast without OC.
i try to compare froyo and CM7, with same apps and same apps settings,
CM7 lost the battery faster than froyo, even when in flight mode.
the strange one is, even the memory usage is so low on CM7 (no motoblur crap),
but why battery still drains so fast..
in battery usage statistics,
on CM7, it shows that "Display" is the one who responsible drinking so much juice (60% and the other is just 3-10%).
on froyo, is not the "Display" which responsible drinking most of the juice, it is "Cell Standby".
i thought gingerbread should have good battery management, and the battery should last much longer than froyo.
i'm sure it is a bug on CM7 for Defy.
but whatever, at least we have a Gingerbread on Defy from a great dev like Quarx.
while motorola working so slow on releasing froyo with its motoblur crap.
Hi guys,
I'm having this issue too, and i note since a few days ago. I don't know why, but my Defy is sucking his battery too fast. Could it be a bug ?
it's a little bit difficult to follow the bugs and the solutions in a huge thread like the other one. so i think that this that could be a mayor problem for all of us should be treated in a differente thread.
I use Motocharge since 1 day to follow how it discharge during the day.
I say it in the other thread, the phone loose a lot of battery when i don't touch it. sometimes it loose like 5% in 15mins and i don't touch it. maybe it doesnt sleep well, i don't know..
I hope that Quarx can solve this, because in the other betas of him i don't have the problem. only in the 5.1.
battery draining
I think It´s a bug, because I used before BETA 5.0 and without any battery life was almost 3 days in normal use, bur now with BETA 5.1 only two days or less.
By the way I´d proved with 3 or 4 diferent roms, but the same result.
But I´m sure Quarx will deleted this bug in the next version
same problem for me,but b3 and b4 is ok
Sent from my MB525
apart from low battery life.....i noticed substantial increase in battery temp..normally its 32-34 deg cel.....but wid CM7 it raises to 42-45 deg cel.....waiting for a solution so that i can come back to CM7...
I use Toggle 2G/3G to switch to 2G when phone goes to sleep. I set wifi to never sleep and use it as much as possible over 3G. I also set brightness levels long time on 16 so that in the shadow I always use just a little energy. This way I almost get double battery live.
+ it's better for battery to charge every night, empty or not, and let it go lower just occasionally.
Link to Toggle app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739530
yes, this issue is really annoying, 30% battery drain overnight.
something is definitely running unreasonably... hope find it.
I think it depends upon what "type" of defy u have. My battery that only used to last for 12-14 hours in eclair now went for 2 days last 2 charges.
Also depends upon how many widgets and apps u running... hard with mobile phones to judge battery as so many independent variables.
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OK Guys, this is an old thread, but I think it should be deleted or at least people should read this before registering this thread in their mind:
The battery drain 'issues' were almost always due to two things:
1- For the beta 6 version or older of CM7- there was a bug with the auto-brightness which was heavily stressing the cpu and making the system lag badly - hence: the battery drain. To fix this: you have to stay on auto-brigthness. So just make sure that the auto-brightness box is checked and ON. Additional info: some users also complained about the 4 action buttons (menu, home, back and search) not lighting up ---> fix: un-check auto-brightness and re-select it: done!
2- Users did not set their Network baseband properly. Fix: use the Defy Baseband Switcher application and select the newtwork that applies to you. If you don't do this, your phone might have signal reception (phone and sms) but it will use more power to communicate and get a proper lock to your phone service provider.
I don't know what is the exact build # that brought the Defy Baseband Switcher (as far as I can remember, CM7 beta 4.1 had it) but all the 'newest' CM7 will have it anyway.
And if you want to further decrease your battery consumption, you can still do it like this:
- use the bootloader cpu settings: OC'ing and governernor type to change the cpu speed. [From CM7 default 1000MHz to the Defy's stock 800MHz] and change the governor type from "interactice" default to "on demand" [OK: I'm not sure about governor change will improve or not but that is the Froyo's default I believe].
- install SetVsel to underclock --> by lowering cpu Vsel upon the 3 cpu frequencies. Do some reading; you might need to uncheck its "[email protected]" option AND also have Milestone Overclock installed for it to work properly.
- USE a recent nightly (post May 29th: there was a possible problem with custom recovery backup restoring prior to that) and you will be able to set your screen display brightness as low as you want [fix the bug described in point 1- above].
- use DroidWall and/or the CM7 built-in applications' permissions control to block some apps' access to internet and networks. BE WARNED though: changing permissions CAN make an application stop working or create problems - don't submit bug reports if you do that.
- Avoid high usage of apps that drain battery quickly (TuneIn radio is power-thirsty one that comes to my mind...) and apps that have to create catalogs and thumbnails (ex: Photoshop, Titanium Backup, Gallery, ...)
- If possible: use 2G network only, disable data synch, auto updates of apps and social networks.
- set your WiFi sleep policy to "Never" [while in Wi-Fi settings, press menu button/ Advanced] and avoid frequent Wi-Fi ON/OFF switching.
- Lower your display brightness and switch that screen off at any chance you got!
There are many other ways I'm sure, but those are the main ones anyway...
I've seen high temps yesterday on my Defy, but I later realized that I forgot to re-set my Baseband after a CM7 nightly install... It 'could' also happen when a (background) service goes "beserk" and overload the cpu: absolutely not necessarily related to CM7 --> faulty apps and bugs happen... Just stop and clear the cache of that app and/or reboot your phone and problem should be gone.
CM7 is now really stable; a VERY FEW little hickups remaining still (like with the camera, but negligeable), but the large amount of new user controls that it brings clearly overcomes the 1 or 2 minor bugs left --> IMO, just having control over each and every applications' permissions justifies forgetting about using Eclair and Froyo. Problems in CM7 are being actively sorted out and new user controls and other useful options are added in almost daily manner through the nightly builds.
I'm categoric: on CM7, I now have more control over where my battery juice goes that I've ever had on Froyo....
So please stop alarming people with high battery usage drainage on CM7 and give it a try by following the right proper steps; I'm sure that you won't regret it.
marhensa said:
um... a new thread? really?
by the way, i have this problem too since beta 1.. i don't know why..
but i still like it because CM7 is so fast without OC.
i try to compare froyo and CM7, with same apps and same apps settings,
CM7 lost the battery faster than froyo, even when in flight mode.
the strange one is, even the memory usage is so low on CM7 (no motoblur crap),
but why battery still drains so fast..
in battery usage statistics,
on CM7, it shows that "Display" is the one who responsible drinking so much juice (60% and the other is just 3-10%).
on froyo, is not the "Display" which responsible drinking most of the juice, it is "Cell Standby".
i thought gingerbread should have good battery management, and the battery should last much longer than froyo.
i'm sure it is a bug on CM7 for Defy.
but whatever, at least we have a Gingerbread on Defy from a great dev like Quarx.
while motorola working so slow on releasing froyo with its motoblur crap.
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Display instead of cell standby showing up first in battery consumption means that Froyo (or CM7) uses less battery. The display just stayed the same of course, unless it's tuned brighter, the percentage increased because it's a relative measurement.
I have a Verizon W Droid Incredible rooted. I installed the ROM from one of the developers on this site:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260994#
My phone works great and I'm very happy... kudos to Jermaine151
Only two questions,
1) i'm not a heavy user and my phone stay on my desk all the time and I check e-mail 4-5 times a day and the battery last only 5-6 hours,
I read on this site and others that my radio (baseband) might help improve this issue. How do I change and how do I know I need to update it?
2) Speech to Text does not work all the time. I talk "loud" and it does not do anything... I know the mic works cuz I cam make phone calls - also, I enable spanish and the speech to text does not recognize spanish words. how do I enable and fix this?
Adroid Version 2.3.4
Baseband 2.15.00.09.01
Kernel 2.6.35.15-g55a06e5
build number 4.06.605.3 Stock+ jermine151
Software 4.06.605.3
Browser WebKit/533.1
PRI 1.28_002
PRL 52501
ERI 5
Thank you
- First of all check the battery drain using Current Widget and check how many mA it drains. Remember to enable logging, and let the phone alone for about 1 hour with WiFi/GPS and so on OFF.
- If the phone uses more then 10++ mA in standby, a new kernel can fix it.
- If you have bad reception then a new radio will fix that, and possibly use less battery.
But first use Current Widget before you do something else.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
thank you BazzokaAce
I already change my radio... still checking to see if this makes it better...
on the mA usage, i'm a noob on this, how do I check this part, I installed the app you recommended and I added the widget to my home screen, I turn everything off GPS, wifi, how about the network?
how do I see if I used more than 10 mA
I appreciate your support
After you've added the widget on the homescreen just let the phone alone. Don't use it for a while. After 30min - 1 hour wake the phone, go to the Current Widget menu (just press the app icon) and press "Read Log" (or something like that). Now you'll see the time and battery drain (mA = Milliamps).
The thing you want to see is the lowest number possible.
Ty BazzokaAce
I did that I the log says...
-54mA, 30%, 3.689V
what do I do now?
You think I should try another ROM?
what ROM do you recommend?
I just want the battery to last at least till the end of the day... mine runs out at mid day and without using it...
still have the speech to text problem as well
Ooops! Sorry for the late reply I recommend CM7 or MIUI.
Well as the title says what tools do i need on a freshly updated and reset Samsung galaxy SII to make it work better and save more batterytime.
Or should i even use any?
Before reset and update my phone used an old version of battery saver XL and i had advanced task killer to kill all the things i didnt use.
Not even sure its the best so i could use some advise.
mkb0506 said:
Well as the title says what tools do i need on a freshly updated and reset Samsung galaxy SII to make it work better and save more batterytime.
Or should i even use any?
Before reset and update my phone used an old version of battery saver XL and i had advanced task killer to kill all the things i didnt use.
Not even sure its the best so i could use some advise.
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why isnt this in the Q & A thread
best bet and will save you loads of battery is to:
1. take off back cover.
2. remove battery
3. put backcover back on and stare at it
maybe now feel proud how long this will save you wondering how long your battery lasts
Or u can stop beening lazy and search the sg2 section for a million time question and you would of found this BATTERY SAVING TIPS hopefully that topic will teach you how to make a coffee with an old nokia
Flash a new ROM/Kernel, under clock, under volt, turn off auto brightness, reduce brightness, turn off sync, use push notifications, etc.
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Hi,
I wanted to know if we could change the screen resolution of the S6 to turn it FULL HD.
I want to do this because I want to see if changing resolution I would get better battery life.
Maybe any modification in build.prop can realize,I did this on my Note 4.
Hi guys,
So, i want to do a simple task, root my phone and enjoy, but no, that is not possible because Android OS jumps to 30% of battery usage and drains my battery very quickly.
I know that there is a deep sleep patch but does it work on marshmallow? I can't seem to find answer anywhere. Also, i'm a simple kind of user and i don't need custom kernels etc. and i say this because i know that many kernels have the fix integrated but all the popular kernels are EOL so i'd like to stay stock...
Is there a way just to simply root the phone with cf autoroot and not to mess up with kernels etc.? I remember something about build.prop flag in one line that re enables the deep sleep, but also, i cannot find that answer anymore.
Thanks in front...
Any help is appreciated.