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Post a screen shot of how long you've been unplugged plus the rom your using. This screen shot I took was on firefly 2.9 with speedmod kernal
Edit- for some reason my screen shot is coming pit blurry when uploaded but it shows 21 hours unplugged
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i couldnt get a screenshot but i went 60 hours on my extended battery and had 8% left!!!
2 1/2 days!!!
-properly undervolted, no kenel tweaks except readahead and bln, removed redundant/extra scripts from INIT.D folder,
-full tibu userapp+data backup every night at 3am
-firefly 3.0 onix 2.0.5
3500mah extended battery picture review
thats so sick, where did you get that extended battery??
Whole thread on it, check the accessories section. The title is like 3500mah extended battery.TRusselo is the op.
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Post a screen shot of how long you've been unplugged plus the rom your using. This screen shot I took was on firefly 2.9 with speedmod kernal
Edit- for some reason my screen shot is coming pit blurry when uploaded but it shows 21 hours unplugged
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This is cheating a bit, since I have been near my computer enough to just check email there everyday, and I had wifi and data turned off most of the time. But I took a few calls, uploaded some files, checked GPS, etc. enough to consider this to be legitimate use for me.
Anyway, here's my screen shot - running Serendipity 6.4, Onix 2.0.1 kernel (working so well, why move to 2.0.5), and JQ1 modem. I really only kept the phone on at night so I could get a nice screen cap like this.
Edit: Standard battery that came with the phone.
heres a new one...
Nice... it would be more useful to include the amount of time spent on Display and such.
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that better cupcake?
cantkill32 said:
How long have you been unplugged?
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Ever since I took the red pill...
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that better cupcake?
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Yes, sweetheart.
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My battery lasts around 8 hours a day. I listen to Pandora for about an hour, browse web apps, and have several email accounts so not really a surprise.
I am running Firefly 3.0 with lag fix enabled and battery mod enabled which has given me about an extra hour a day over stock.
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My battery lasts around 8 hours a day. I listen to Pandora for about an hour, browse web apps, and have several email accounts so not really a surprise.
I am running Firefly 3.0 with lag fix enabled and battery mod enabled which has given me about an extra hour a day over stock.
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Battery mod? What's that?
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Battery mod? What's that?
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It's not actually called battery mod, basically it's in cwm. You go in to the settings and before you get to lag fix there is a battery fix that you can apply. Should have explained that better at first, still learning terms and such.
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Hi all.
Looking for some serious help. Coming from a Samsung vibrant. I need help with how to save battery life on the sensation. I have been off charger for 5 hours and 51 minutes and am down to 41%. Is this normal? I have been only texting really. I got my data from battery monitor.
Thanks in advance. Anyway to make this better?
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It all depends on what you're using the phone for. I'm at 55% after 12 hours. yesterday I got 17 hours. if all you're doing us texting then no,thats not normal. but I suspect you're probably doing more with it than you realize since its a new toy.
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He prolly has running wifi as well?
Settings > Wireless and networks > Wifi settings > [MENU BUTTON] > Advanced > Wifi sleep policy > After 15 minutes
Stop Android from phoning home and you'll save greatly on battery life.
Best way I've found to prevent battery drain, is to stop Android from phoning home.
Once you use an app like Autostarts to stop unnecessary things from starting up all the time on their own and also block a couple ports that are not always needed via an app like DroidWall, you'll see great battery life. Also see other details in that link of things I turned off to increase battery life amoung other benefits.
For now, I can only speak for seeing the difference while using a Nexus One ROM on my HD2, but I have way better battery life, GPS lock times and faster device boot ups than ever before.
This is yet another one of the reasons I must wait till the Sensation is rooted and unlocked. Because I'm not using it while it's running things I can't better manage, so they don't drain my battery.
Profondo_Rosso said:
It all depends on what you're using the phone for. I'm at 55% after 12 hours. yesterday I got 17 hours. if all you're doing us texting then no,thats not normal. but I suspect you're probably doing more with it than you realize since its a new toy.
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How did u get that much? I have battery monitor as a widget. I also did not charge the phone all the way up when I first got it.
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Well to be honest for the 8 hours I'm at work, I use it light. texting, a few calls and about 30 minutes of reading pulse and playing games. However the next 8-9 hours I would consider moderate to heavy use. I have no monitors or anything running, just running straight out of the box.
I'm at 34% after 14.5 hours today.
I charged it fully the first day, ran it to 0, then charged it fully again last night.
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Did draining it out help? It is really killing my battery. When my phone idles it loses about 7 percent an hour. Is this normal?
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Mine is at most 3% per hour so I would say check if you have any running apps that aren't supposed to be.
I suppose draining could have helped but I have no way of knowing for sure
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Yeah I killed my battery in 12 hours with decent use and then charged to 88 had to go but now down to 35 three hours later ....thinking of draining battery and then charging
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I think custom kernel can improve battery a lot..Wait
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I think mine's even worse. Phone was off charger at 100% at 11am, by 1:30PM it's already down to 80%ish. By 4PM it was down to 40%ish, got it charged up to about 70%ish around 6PM, by midnight I was around 6% again.
So I think I'm losing around 10%/hr. That's gotta be abnormal, and the battery gets really hot too. At the moment, I have several speculations:
1. Death grip causing the phone to work harder to find signal, and tmo's coverage kinda sucks in my town
2. I have defective unit/battery
3. Some apps behind the scene are killing it. But I've checked what's running behind, even turned off unnecessary stuff using autorun manager. Auto sync is turned of only for gmails. Weather, IMAP mails, pulse, facebook etc are set to pull in couple hrs instead hourly. The battery life cannot be worse than my 2-yr old HD2.
Hey guys. Have you considered bump charging. HTC advised the idea for the HTC desire battery and it in most cases doubles the battery.
Sorry I can't be more specific bit I'm on my phone. I have found the relevant link. Read the 1st post. I'm gonna do it when I get in from my gig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712990
Bump charging kills the battery in long run.
If you have to do it to a brand new handset it can't be good news.
HTC shipping crapy product again!
Customers should not have to put up with this crap and be the beta tester!
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snarestud940 said:
Hi all.
Looking for some serious help. Coming from a Samsung vibrant. I need help with how to save battery life on the sensation. I have been off charger for 5 hours and 51 minutes and am down to 41%. Is this normal? I have been only texting really. I got my data from battery monitor.
Thanks in advance. Anyway to make this better?
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I'd suggest uninstalling battery monitor. I had installed it on my g2x and immediately saw my battery percentage drajning more quickly. Probably because its always running in the background.
The best tip I can give for better battery life is to minimize what you allow to run in the background. Get rid of any task killers, set Facebook/Twitter/Email/etc to sync less frequently, turn off wifi if you're not using it so its not scanning for networks, and so on.
Also install juice defender from the Market. Its free. It has greatly increased my battery life.
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I'd suggest uninstalling battery monitor. I had installed it on my g2x and immediately saw my battery percentage drajning more quickly. Probably because its always running in the background.
The best tip I can give for better battery life is to minimize what you allow to run in the background. Get rid of any task killers, set Facebook/Twitter/Email/etc to sync less frequently, turn off wifi if you're not using it so its not scanning for networks, and so on.
Also install juice defender from the Market. Its free. It has greatly increased my battery life.
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I tried juice defender. Didn't know how to set it up properly. What are good settings for that? And thanks for your help everyone.
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snarestud940 said:
I tried juice defender. Didn't know how to set it up properly. What are good settings for that? And thanks for your help everyone.
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I installed the Plus version because it allows wifi control. I just use the default settings except I change so it doesn't disable wifi. I do that because I use wifi calling at home so I dont want Juice Defender turning off my wifi. I always turn it off manually when I leave the house anyway.
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I installed the Plus version because it allows wifi control. I just use the default settings except I change so it doesn't disable wifi. I do that because I use wifi calling at home so I dont want Juice Defender turning off my wifi. I always turn it off manually when I leave the house anyway.
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Balanced settings? Or whatever it is called?
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Balanced settings? Or whatever it is called?
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Yea Balanced Settings is good if you don't mind it managing your wifi too. In the Plus version I selected Customize instead of Balanced. The only thing I changed was the wifi setting. There's a ton more settings to configure but the default ones work fine for me and I don't have the patience to sift through them all anyway lol
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Yea Balanced Settings is good if you don't mind it managing your wifi too. In the Plus version I selected Customize instead of Balanced. The only thing I changed was the wifi setting. There's a ton more settings to configure but the default ones work fine for me and I don't have the patience to sift through them all anyway lol
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I agree but recommend you take the time to set up each setting on customise mode and you'll be amazed how much extra battery you save fr!!om the default values. Only takes about 5 mins
I checked cpu spy this am and I charge my phone every night. In cpu spy there was only 16min of deep sleep and the and 6 hours of 100 mhz state? Whats going on ? Any one enlighten me it usually goes into deep sleep.
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tyshemi said:
I checked cpu spy this am and I charge my phone every night. In cpu spy there was only 16min of deep sleep and the and 6 hours of 100 mhz state? Whats going on ? Any one enlighten me it usually goes into deep sleep.
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Use BetterBatteryStats to look for any unusually high wakelock times.
Any input
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Do you know what your time since charged was? (I wish it would display total time since charged there...) The "since charged" definition seems weird and hasn't reset on my phone in ages... I've tended to use "since last unplugged".
Pandora appears to be your #1 wakelocker. eBay mobile seems to be pretty bad too.
NetworkLocation wakelocking can be eliminated by unchecking all of the location features in Settings except for when you want network location/GPS.
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Do you know what your time since charged was? (I wish it would display total time since charged there...) The "since charged" definition seems weird and hasn't reset on my phone in ages... I've tended to use "since last unplugged".
Pandora appears to be your #1 wakelocker. eBay mobile seems to be pretty bad too.
NetworkLocation wakelocking can be eliminated by unchecking all of the location features in Settings except for when you want network location/GPS.
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Hey ent If I.uncheck location by cell data will my weather app.still.update location?
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I assume you were listening to Pandora during that time, in which case, that wakelock is normal. Playing music from your device will also hold a wakelock when the screen is off. If you weren't listening to Pandora at all, then something is wrong.
Whoa. Why the heck is eBay holding that wakelock . Check your notification settings and if it's still holding it, clear its data and try again. Otherwise, I'd uninstall it. I always use the browser to access eBay anyway.
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Do you know what your time since charged was? (I wish it would display total time since charged there...) The "since charged" definition seems weird and hasn't reset on my phone in ages... I've tended to use "since last unplugged".
Pandora appears to be your #1 wakelocker. eBay mobile seems to be pretty bad too.
NetworkLocation wakelocking can be eliminated by unchecking all of the location features in Settings except for when you want network location/GPS.
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Thanks got most of it kinked out but what about cell location if I.turn that of will fancy.widget update
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Thanks got most of it kinked out but what about cell location if I.turn that of will fancy.widget update
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No. In the device settings, turn GPS off until you need it and leave network location checked/enabled. Go into Fancy Widget under weather settings and UNcheck/disable GPS location (GPS is unnecessary for weather updates), verify that network location is checked. Then, I would recommend changing your refresh settings (to update less frequently). I'd bet you have it set to update more frequently than an hour. I also use Fancy Widget and mine is set to 3 hours. This should take care of your network location wakelock (unless another app is also updating with network location).
BTW if Wifi is on but not connected, in Froyo it seems to scan way too often regardless of build.prop setting. Netloc should wakelock less if wifi is off.
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BTW if Wifi is on but not connected, in Froyo it seems to scan way too often regardless of build.prop setting. Netloc should wakelock less if wifi is off.
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Good.idea thanks.ent
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Simba501 said:
I assume you were listening to Pandora during that time, in which case, that wakelock is normal. Playing music from your device will also hold a wakelock when the screen is off. If you weren't listening to Pandora at all, then something is wrong.
Whoa. Why the heck is eBay holding that wakelock . Check your notification settings and if it's still holding it, clear its data and try again. Otherwise, I'd uninstall it. I always use the browser to access eBay anyway.
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Use BetterBatteryStats to look for any unusually high wakelock times.
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Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see an app by that name, at least on the Android market!
Nor on Amazon's app market.
TIA!
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Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see an app by that name, at least on the Android market!
Nor on Amazon's app market.
TIA!
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tishoo said:
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see an app by that name, at least on the Android market!
Nor on Amazon's app market.
TIA!
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Google is your friend. It isn't a Market app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Hey ent i noticed after trial and error that phone stays on 100mhz while charging ?but when disconnected it hits deep sleep and there has been no bad wakelocks.wonder if thats y we get slow charge
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I installed BetterBatteryStats because I was curious as to why my phone always seemed to drain so quickly. I am rooted and running infused 1.5.3. I have very few widgets, one that actually accesses anything, and don't do much but surf the net or the forums in the morning. I would unplug it at 6:30 and go to work. By about 8 or so I would already be at 90% or less. That was me hardly using it. Well I hope I got my answer. Apparently Beautiful Widgets was KILLING me on the wakelocks! I wish I took a picture of it before I uninstalled it but jesus it was bad! Thanks for the good info I'm gonna keep an eye on it and see how it does.
Oh funny thing is, I was not even running Beautiful Widgets! I use Fancy Widget instead lol.
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I installed BetterBatteryStats because I was curious as to why my phone always seemed to drain so quickly. I am rooted and running infused 1.5.3. I have very few widgets, one that actually accesses anything, and don't do much but surf the net or the forums in the morning. I would unplug it at 6:30 and go to work. By about 8 or so I would already be at 90% or less. That was me hardly using it. Well I hope I got my answer. Apparently Beautiful Widgets was KILLING me on the wakelocks! I wish I took a picture of it before I uninstalled it but jesus it was bad! Thanks for the good info I'm gonna keep an eye on it and see how it does.
Oh funny thing is, I was not even running Beautiful Widgets! I use Fancy Widget instead lol.
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Awesome. I love reading stuff like this.
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tyshemi said:
Hey ent i noticed after trial and error that phone stays on 100mhz while charging ?but when disconnected it hits deep sleep and there has been no bad wakelocks.wonder if thats y we get slow charge
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No, slow charge is a few other things. ALL android phones wakelock when charging.
The phone shouldn't count CPU/screen/etc usage against charge current at all but it does. It seems to do it less so on GB. Still does it, but the spikes seem lower even if I crank stability test. Gonna be a while before I can test a navigation run.
Seems like on GB, difference between screen off and running stability test with screen on is about 200 mA. Haven't tested in that much detail on froyo. Another way of putting that - putting the screen on and cranking CPU will reduce charge rate by at least 1/3 of the 600 mA charge limit.
I have no idea how to fix this. I've tried three roms eaglssblood ice singhui and Hellfire Phoenix. I installed Trinity on Phoenix yet it is still draining battery. Why?
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Try calibrating your battery.
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There is a rogue app in your drawer. download watchlist app, it will keep track on other apps which are hogging your system.
Battery calibration won't and doesn't do anything useful... its more then likely an app or something running constantly. What's your screen on times? Post a screenshot of your battery usage.
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Get the app BetterBatteryStats.
Use it to check partial wakelocks.
It will change your life.
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I'm on 2.3.4 with practically all the bloat and more removed, holy hell battery is terrible for me... if testing to find rouge apps doesn't work I'm gonna factory reset and just not install any thing. Today I didn't hardly use my phone (no work) sat around on the computer, paid some bills watched some movies and TV, sent two text messages and read 3 emails battery was at 65% after 3 ½ hours... 3 of which was idle time and screen off. Never had it so bad before.
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mt3g said:
I'm on 2.3.4 with practically all the bloat and more removed, holy hell battery is terrible for me... if testing to find rouge apps doesn't work I'm gonna factory reset and just not install any thing. Today I didn't hardly use my phone (no work) sat around on the computer, paid some bills watched some movies and TV, sent two text messages and read 3 emails battery was at 65% after 3 ½ hours... 3 of which was idle time and screen off. Never had it so bad before.
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Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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Alright deleted it, will report tomorrow, phone is fully charged now so I will unplug it, and let it sit over night on 4g and report back tomorrow.
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I'm on 2.3.4 with practically all the bloat and more removed, holy hell battery is terrible for me... if testing to find rouge apps doesn't work I'm gonna factory reset and just not install any thing. Today I didn't hardly use my phone (no work) sat around on the computer, paid some bills watched some movies and TV, sent two text messages and read 3 emails battery was at 65% after 3 ½ hours... 3 of which was idle time and screen off. Never had it so bad before.
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and i thought it was just me...
kwes1020 said:
Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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gonna give this a shot
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and i thought it was just me...
gonna give this a shot
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Same here. Hopefully this will help but will also dig deeper
Lost 20% in 7 hours, much better!!!! Thanks kwes
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Lost 20% in 7 hours, much better!!!! Thanks kwes
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Anytime. That's usually the first thing I do when I install a rom based on lg stock. That app runs constantly eating data and ram. You will usually gain almost 1mb of open ram by just deleting it.
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Ya I knew there was something I was missing, considering my average use on most 2.3.3 roms would be at least 16-20 hours, I was barely getting 10-11 hours after the update. So thanks again!
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Ya I knew there was something I was missing, considering my average use on most 2.3.3 roms would be at least 16-20 hours, I was barely getting 10-11 hours after the update. So thanks again!
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On what type of usage? I can hardly get more than 8 hrs on medium usage .
What the hell is qem_warlock .it's been on my kernel warlock since I unplugged.
I pretty much don't play games and don't stream music or anything like large data usage. I call text browse and read articles and such, XDA and Facebook is about it for other usage though, light in most eyes, and I under-clock the phone to 700's usually.
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I pretty much don't play games and don't stream music or anything like large data usage. I call text browse and read articles and such, XDA and Facebook is about it for other usage though, light in most eyes, and I under-clock the phone to 700's usually.
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Not to say anyone wont do it, but that's a hard thing to do, 700 underclock Most Oc of to 1.4 lol.
Funny though at 700 it probably runs just as fast as default 1ghz speed.
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As far as these phone have come battery are a step behind,more on dual core phones.Although if battery is such a big deal and you absolutely need it just buy extra battery and chargeable adapter,problem solved
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Not to say anyone wont do it, but that's a hard thing to do, 700 underclock Most Oc of to 1.4 lol.
Funny though at 700 it probably runs just as fast as default 1ghz speed.
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Ya I agree, the phone at 600ish on stock kernel runs just fine for texting and calls and checking Facebook... usually what I run when I'm out at bars with my friends cause it usually ends up being a weekend without my charger, I've over clocked the phone maybe twice, no point in my eyes lol.
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Not to say anyone wont do it, but that's a hard thing to do, 700 underclock Most Oc of to 1.4 lol.
Funny though at 700 it probably runs just as fast as default 1ghz speed.
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When underclocked to 750 or below 1 processor is not running and vice versa
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kwes1020 said:
Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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i can confirm this helped battery life, thanks! also if any of you still have telenav on the 2.3.4 update, getting rid of that helped me out too
Nike + running was finally released for android and I can't wait to try it. Any runners here in this section? That would be a great way for us to be competitive and share our scores.
Now I do have a couple questions that I would like to get answered
1. I know he iPhone/iPod used a Nike + piece that u stick in ur shoes, will that work with out phones too??
2. I know for a fact that this also runs with our GPS so I would like to know how bad does it drain the battery and also is it accurate and reliable.
That's all for know and let us runners unite. I found a new track near my house and this would be a great way to learn how long it is.
I've always had a fear of tripping and destroying my phone while running. All I carry while running are keys, Id, a knife, and a flashlight.
GPS will drain your battery pretty fast especially if it needs to pull down any information over a data connection at the same time. The GPS in our phones is good for about 5-15m accuracy.
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Yea I would imagine the battery wodnt last to long but long enough for a good run.... have you guys seen the commercial for the Nike + shoes they have with the sensors built in... really cool
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Why don't you just Google map it? I live in the city and just map where I run too and then back lol...
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DJLamontagneIII said:
Yea I would imagine the battery wodnt last to long but long enough for a good run.... have you guys seen the commercial for the Nike + shoes they have with the sensors built in... really cool
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No I haven't seen the shoes. I did buy the 2012 airmax for 170 last month. Too bad they didn't come with the sensor which I was hoping they did but its not a big deal. I don't really use maps mt3g, but ill try and ssee how long the trail is using that and compare it to Nike + readings.
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BionicSniper said:
I've always had a fear of tripping and destroying my phone while running. All I carry while running are keys, Id, a knife, and a flashlight.
GPS will drain your battery pretty fast especially if it needs to pull down any information over a data connection at the same time. The GPS in our phones is good for about 5-15m accuracy.
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Don't forget the music. GPS, data, and music all at once is a killer. I guess u don't have to play music but it makes it easier for me. I just got the zagg smartbuds so I have to test it out
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Just took the app out for the first time today, worked pretty well except at first it didn't track me because I turned the screen off... (GPS went to sleep) be sure to use the built in lock on the bottom left when running with the app! GUI looks nice and I don't get why it has such negative reviews on the play store, seems pretty much bug free for me. You don't need a shoe sensor, it's entirely GPS based. Definitely a hard hitter on battery life, but that's expected with the GPS polling for your coordinates all the time and the always on screen.
viewfindr said:
Just took the app out for the first time today, worked pretty well except at first it didn't track me because I turned the screen off... (GPS went to sleep) be sure to use the built in lock on the bottom left when running with the app! GUI looks nice and I don't get why it has such negative reviews on the play store, seems pretty much bug free for me. You don't need a shoe sensor, it's entirely GPS based. Definitely a hard hitter on battery life, but that's expected with the GPS polling for your coordinates all the time and the always on screen.
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Thanks for the input, now my question is can u use the sensor if u go out and buy one so u can not use the GPS and maybe save battery life?
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I've used RunKeeper a few times and it seemed to do fine. Anyone want to post a comparison between the two?
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I've used RunKeeper a few times and it seemed to do fine. Anyone want to post a comparison between the two?
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Never used run keeper, I'm gonna have to test it out. Downloading it now to see it
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moeahmad1995 said:
Thanks for the input, now my question is can u use the sensor if u go out and buy one so u can not use the GPS and maybe save battery life?
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I don't think so, that's only for Apple. I don't see any option in the app for syncing with the sensor, so my guess would be GPS is the only option.
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I don't think so, that's only for Apple. I don't see any option in the app for syncing with the sensor, so my guess would be GPS is the only option.
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Yeah I was trying to find it in settings and I couldn't. Ohh well, atleast we have an app so we shouldn't complain.
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Finally tried it out..it's pretty accurate even with fair or weak GPS. When the GPS is strong/locked on it outlines your path on the map thought it was cool to see a circle shaping on my phone as I ran. Keeps time and distance correctly (compared distance on phone to distance outlined on sign at beginning of running trail). Overall love the app, just wish GPS was more stable but that's not the app..it's our damnnnnn G2x.
Nice review, what was distance on the sign vs what the Nike app said?
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Yea it was it very accurate, off by a meter or foot (whatever the app measures distance by lol) sign was at 67 and the app said 65..PS that was just half of the trail