Other than battery life, I believe the ChaCha is one of the best QWERTY candybar Android devices out there (not much else to choose from...). So, I am on a mission to get as much battery life out of it as possible, without sacrificing much functionality. I've been experimenting over the past few months and here is what I've found:
1) SuperOSR ROM gives me the best battery life (compared to CM9, CM7.2, CM7, HTC Stock, ATT Stock and Telus Stock)
2) Backlight drains a lot of energy, so I set my custom Backlight settings as the attached jpg
3) 600Mhz Max CPU speed is a sweet-spot for battery life vs. performance
I tried to see max life I could get with various items enabled/disabled, here is a summary:
1) Airplane Mode @ 26hrs still 100% remaining
2) Voice Network On (Auto GSM/CDMA) @ 25hrs still 68% remaining
3) Voice & Data Network On (Auto GSM/CDMA), Background Data/Auto Sync Disabled @ 23hrs, still 68% remaining
4) Voice & Data Network On (Auto GSM/CDMA), Background Data/Auto Sync Disabled, Roadsync Exchange every 15mins @ 23hrs, still 66% remaining **
** This is a big one for me. I originally was using the built in Exchange/Email sync (15 min sync time), but this required Background Data and Auto Sync to be enabled. I would usually only make it 15 hrs or so with regular usage. Once I disabled Background Data/Auto Sync and switched to Roadsync (which still works with these disabled), I drastically increased battery life. The only drawback for me is needing to enable background data to use the Play Store (which I rarely use).
I searched for a decent explanation of what these two functions do, and here is my best concise summary:
Background Data: when enabled, applications can send/receive data even when you are not actively using them (i.e. play store app updates, etc.)
AutoSync: strictly controls whether the accounts (under accounts & sync) are allowed to sync on their own or not (i.e. built in exchange, facebook, twitter, weather, news, etc.)
Other items I set that may or may not save small amounts of power:
• Sound
o Vibrate – Off
o Haptic Feedback – Off
o Low Battery Sound – Off
o Pulse Notification Light - Off
• Display
o Auto-Rotate – Off
o Screen Timeout – 30s
o Animation – None
o Window Animation – Off
o Transition Animation – Off
• Performance
o Disable Boot Animation - On
o Surface Dithering – Off
• Sound
o Silent State – Enabled
o Vibrate During Calls – Off
o Mute Camera Shutter
• System Preferences
o Scrolling Cache – Disabled
o Wallpaper Hack – Off
Also implemented the Adreno GPU mod to is uses the GPU instead of CPU.
Hope this info might help someone increase their battery life!
CM7.2 works best for me. 5-7 days without charging.
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CM7.2 works best for me. 5-7 days without charging.
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Wow, that's a really long time! What are the details? I'm assuming data is off, looks like voice network is on, but I'll also assume you didn't use it during this time period (no voice calls, etc.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32368934&postcount=124
My measurements:
- HTC Stock ROM: 3-4 days
- CM9 ROM: 4-5 days
- CM7 ROM: 5-7 days
I use phone mostly for calling and calendar/mail. I have only a few apps/widgets installed.
No GPS, no mobile network data connections, no background data, no automatic sync.
Wifi are only enabled when I need it for sync or internet access.
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Here is my phone setup:
CM7.2 build for HTC ChaCha with librpc.so from SuperOSR (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912771)
ADW Launcher EX version instead of stock launcher.
Governor: Conservative, CPU: 245Mhz - 800Mhz
No animations, no haptic feedback, no live wallpapers.
There are 3 major battery consumers:
CPU: The CPU consumes most of your battery, therefore you should measure your applications/services how much CPU resources they need. There should be no unused services in your running services list and no (unnecesary) widgets which wakes up CPU to update information while the phone is in standby. The Temp+CPU monitor will show how much CPU your system ir using when idle or running some applications. If your device is using more than 4% of CPU when idle, open terminal and type top -m 6 to find which process is waking up CPU.
Display: display should switch off 30 - 60 secs when phone is idle.
Radio: You should enable mobile data connection, bluetooth, GPS, Wifi only when you need it.
Erm, question:
Why 30-60 sec when phone is idle?? Why not 15-30 sec? I mean, if it's in idle, that means that you don't use it. That means that you're not actually looking at the screen for anything. For sure, you might be reading something (like an email, or an SMS) but given the screen size, you won't spend more than 15 seconds reading without scrolling. My two cents. And a penny.
I agree that 15-30 secs would be better. I use 30 secs on my HTC.
Great info peleeks! Thanks! Couple questions:
1) Do you think there is much difference in battery life between CM7.2 (with swapped libprc.so) and SuperOSR? I figure they are both AOSP based.
2) Did you notice a big difference between Ondemand and Conservative CPU governors?
3) You mention about switching off BT, WiFi, GPS, etc. but from what I've read, the GPS is only active when an application (like Maps) requests it, so there is no need to manually turn it on/off. Similarly for BT, it uses very little power in standby mode and only consumes when in an active call.
4) For that screenshot where you get 7 days on battery - how many mins of voice calls are recorded?
Thanks.
1. I think there should be no significant differences between CM7.2 and SuperOSR in terms of battery consumption. SuperOSR by default have some google apps and services installed, however many users reported that SuperOSR has longer battery life.
2. I didn't test ONDEMAND governor.
3. Radio devices still consumes energy even if they are not used. With bluetooth in standby mode my laptop consumes noticeably more power than if I disable device in BIOS. Also for every device there is a service/driver which is running in background, locking system, polling device status, etc. There is a beautiful power widget in CM7.2 and SuperOSR - it is very easy to turn device on or off.
4. About 60 minutes of voice calls.
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3) You mention about switching off BT, WiFi, GPS, etc. but from what I've read, the GPS is only active when an application (like Maps) requests it, so there is no need to manually turn it on/off. Similarly for BT, it uses very little power in standby mode and only consumes when in an active call.
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For this one I can chip in with some info:
Regarding GPS, it might be that the chip stays powered on and acquires your position the moment you turn it on; if you see the GPS icon in the status bar then this is true. It's also related to the Location settings, if you allow your device to use location based info to improve services and whatnot. The effect this has is that every Google product will search for location info, even if that application is not running. Keep this in mind; you might want to disable these options as well.
Bluetooth - It is indeed true that in standby mode it uses less power than active mode (active mode means having a device connected, not necessarily an active call). The problem lies in how the software is implemented by the people who released the drivers for the ROM. Nonetheless, it should be turned off if you're not using it. You can find a thorough analysis of Bluetooth power consumption here: http://nesl.ee.ucla.edu/fw/documents/reports/2007/PowerAnalysis.pdf . At the same time, keep in mind that different Bluetooth versions have different power consumptions. For example a device with BT 2.1 will loose more power when having BT turned on than a device with BT 4.0. Our ChaCha has 3.0 according to gsmarena which has a somewhat improvement in power consumption in different stages.
*background info: I work for a company that develops embedded and off-the-market BT car-kits, therefore I'm sick and tired of BT devices (phones, BT players, tablets, etc.). One quick example that we usually laugh at: iPod Touch 3rd/4th Gen in idle with BT off lasts about 48 hours, give or take. With BT on, not connected to anything, it lasts about 24 hours.
Well, been trying different methods in the last couple of months... CM9 gives the best life while using it the normal way... I can survive almost 46 hours with using data, calling, checking mail and everything. It's nice if you can run that long, but why bother about extra days when you can make it over 24 hours with normal use...
Sent from my HTC ChaCha with CM9 using XDA app.
Thanks Alex for the info and link! Got me doing some more searching on power consumption and came up with this great article:
http://translate.google.com/transla...kulaufzeit-unter-Android-1145579.html&act=url
Combining this info with the one from the article you linked, it seems that Bluetooth and GPS don't really use much in standby mode - a few mW at most. So we shouldn't concentrate on them much when trying to conserve power, but rather to look at the larger consumers like unnecessary Data and Display usage.
Tried a stock ROM this weekend since the stock ROM has much better GPS fix time and faster Bluetooth connect for me. Unfortunately, it also has the dialer bug. I can't seem to find a version of the ROM that doesn't. Also, turning off the "quiet ring on pickup", etc. options has no effect on preventing the bug.
However, I did find a fix that worked great for me: Setting "gsm.proximity.enable=false" in the build.prop file
This disabled the proximity sensor so you have to manually turn off the screen on a call - no big deal for me as I use a BT headset all the time. I can confirm that this does the trick in terms of preventing the dialer bug/drainage issue for me.
Let's see what sort of battery life I get now from the stock rom...
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I want to maximize my battery life while still keeping my smartphone functionality. For instance, I want to still have gmail sent to my phone regularly (every 15 minutes at a minimum), text messages and calls to arrive immediately. I want my google calendar and contacts would be fine once daily, I think.
I wouldn't mind keeping it in 2g mode when not on wi-fi. I have a switch on a toggle, so I could easily switch when I want to browse the web.
I'm running CM7 with the stock kernal. I have setcpu installed and set to 1000 max, 312 min and screen off profile of 312/312, and in-call profile to 608.
I am running JuiceDefender Ultimate, but I'm pretty confused about how to setup the options to best fit my needs.
Would I benefit from using a custom kernal and possibly undervolting? If so, should I use ext3 or ext4? I'm not concerned about speed, as this phone is already as fast as I need. I'm mostly concerned with battery life and functionality/stability. Also, if you have experience with setcpu profiles and/or juicedefender settings, please help guide me.
i'm on cm7 with set cpu at default for screen on, 456 for screen off, default for in call and im at 1 day 16 hrs with 30% battery left.
4g is on, wifi off, gps off, sync on
this is with quite a few texts, some calls, etc, and gmail is pushed to my phone automatically
How to Maximize Battery Life
UPDATED! Improve MiniCM9(nAa) Battery >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25959229#post25959229
Stay tune, there may be additional tips and important notes!
General
Put ur phone to sleep via notification power widget(CM Settings) to prevent wakelocks(awake while screen off).
Conectivity
Turn Wi-fi and Bluetooth off when not in use.
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Wireless and Networks)
Location
Disable Wireless Network Positioning.
(Settings > Location)
Disable GPS Satellites.
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Location)
Display
Manual Brightness: Lowest (0)
Auto-rotate screen: Off
Animation: No animation
Screen Time-out: 30secs or less.
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Screen & display)
For even lower brightness, set dim level to 10 or below
(CM Settings > Display > Automatic Backlight > Screen Dim Level)
Wallpaper and Widgets
Use static background instead of live wallpapers.
Darker wallpapers are recommended for AMOLED screen.
Use less active widgets (high refresh rate)
(Long press Home Screen)
Network
Turn Airplane mode on while you are sleeping.
Turn off Data Transfer (network internet connection) when not in use.
Turn on Airplane Mode when you(user) sleep.
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Wireless & networks)
Use 2G/GSM Only, not 2G+3G/HSDPA.
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks)
Accounts & Sync
Disable background data transfer. (Turn on when using Android Market)
Disable Auto-sync accounts.
(Settings > Accounts and Sync)
Applications
Disallow Mock Location.
(Settings > Applications)
Sound & Vibrations
Set vibration only on silent mode.
Disable haptic feedback. (Vibration on UI interaction)
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Sound)
Language & Keyboard
Disable Keyboard Vibration / Set vibration to 0ms
(Settings > Language & Keyboard)
Rom Modules - Tweaks to your rom. Works for both stock and modded roms.
If there's undervolt module for your rom, use it.
Custom CPU governor such as smartass, smartassV2
(!) For some CM7 Roms, smartass makes your phone very lag, try smartassV2 or ondemand.
CPU & Processor
Reduce processor speed (Underclock).
Choose [powersave/conservative/smartass] governors. (!) Quite laggy.
[APP] SetCPU for Root Users
-Set processor speed and governors.
Extras
Use less UI-replace apps like CallerID, WidgetLocker, GO Locker etc.
Background and Running Apps
Use task killer ONLY for apps/games u wont use for the next few hours.
Dont leave task killer in the notification bar, kill it together.
(!) If u kill every system apps, your phone have to re-run them all over again. Thus battery drains.
(!) Watch what you kill
[APP] Titanium Backup's Freezing function (PAID VERSION)
-Prevent the apps from running without uninstalling them.
-Frozen apps wont be shown in App Drawer and cannot be launched. (You can defrost if you want)
-Safe common system apps to be frozen: (actually most of them are safe, what u freeze is what wont work)
Market (Market wont work)
Gmail (Market wont work)
Google Apps (affects Market)
Google Search (affects Market)
Google Talk
FOTAkill
Pico TTS (Speech to text wont work)
TTS Service (Speech to text wont work)
Voice Search (Voice Search wont work)
Voice Dialer (Voice Dialer wont work)
(!) Don't freeze apps like Sync, Settings, Package Installer, Messaging and some obviously important apps.
[APP] Autostarts
-Managing apps running automatically in most situations.
-e.g: during startup, after startup, widgets updating...
CyanogenMod Settings (Only available in Cyanogenmod Settings)
-Render Effect - N1 Calibrated
-Overscroll Effect - Disable
(CM Settings > Interface)
-Automatic Backlight Settings - Set Dim Level + Uncheck Allow light decrese
-Screen on/off animation - Disable
(CM Settings > Display)
-Haptic Feedback Tweaks - Disable all
(CM Settings > Input)
-CPU Settings - Adjust accordingly.
(CM Settings > Performance > CPU Settings)
-VM Heap Lower it, increase it if u play HD games.
(CM Settings > Performance)
Battery Saver App
Search on Google Play, there's tonnes.
[APP]
Titanium Backup
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
Autostarts
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts
SetCPU for Root Users
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mhuang.overclocking
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I think automatic brightness is the best. If you go out during the day you won't be able to see anything on 0 brightness.
It's probably more convenient to just buy a second battery.
Good guide for those desperate for more battery life though.
Green Power is a much simpler alternative to Juice Defender and seems to work a lot better too!
Also there is no need for a task killer if you are running GB. Complete waste of time.
Task killer is much easier than GB internal app control. Save time, not waste time.
But remember FC task killer together thats all.
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Automatic brightness is good but not battery saving. The screen sensors have to work all the time and keep adjusting brightness. :/
Yes, we cant see anything under the sun. Thats the con.
1 more tip, uninstall useless aps
I have a Samsung Galaxy S running the FASTY ROM, and when I switched over to this ROM, I noticed I went from 6-hour battery life to 2-3 days battery life!
Go to every Apps that has Notification Interval in their setting, it updates in background although not display in the Accounts & Sync
Leave you phone off. Usually gets me unlimited power and run times.
armoredkin said:
Go to every Apps that has Notification Interval in their setting, it updates in background although not display in the Accounts & Sync
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Dont get what u mean. Any example?
spinrite said:
Leave you phone off. Usually gets me unlimited power and run times.
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Thats a basic knowledge and everyone should know this.
Nice tips. But the battery depands on rom, some of them uses a lot of battery
kelvinloo said:
Nice tips. But the battery depands on rom, some of them uses a lot of battery
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yes. CM7 uses more than CM6.
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- Use less certain apps.
Thanks for the tips.. most of them are pretty obvious though
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Thanks for the tips.. most of them are pretty obvious though
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That means you are good in saving battery.
There have been good tips mentioned but I would like to add that all those battery saver apps just do nothing. These kinds of apps are just ads while some of them like juice defender offer androidees a paid version (Ultimate, Pro etc) which is just another trick where it may be useful for lazy guys who can't turn wifi, bluetooth or other connections or apps off themselves!
I haven't actually tried any of ROMs which are told to be effective (like "undervolt") and on this position I must admit that manufacturers' ads for their mobile products are just lies as I have a SGS2 and whenever I start to play a HD game or connect via wifi it just starts to drain the battery times times more than the advertised battery life!
The only and reliable way of saving battery could be just using carefully: HD games for maximum 30-45 min and wifi connection for 2-3 hours. Playing movies or music could be run in a more span of time like 4-5 hours. Otherwise you will have no remaining for calling or necessary usages!
Jetroid said:
There have been good tips mentioned but I would like to add that all those battery saver apps just do nothing. These kinds of apps are just ads while some of them like juice defender offer androidees a paid version (Ultimate, Pro etc) which is just another trick where it may be useful for lazy guys who can't turn wifi, bluetooth or other connections or apps off themselves!
I haven't actually tried any of ROMs which are told to be effective (like "undervolt") and on this position I must admit that manufacturers' ads for their mobile products are just lies as I have a SGS2 and whenever I start to play a HD game or connect via wifi it just starts to drain the battery times times more than the advertised battery life!
The only and reliable way of saving battery could be just using carefully: HD games for maximum 30-45 min and wifi connection for 2-3 hours. Playing movies or music could be run in a more span of time like 4-5 hours. Otherwise you will have no remaining for calling or necessary usages!
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Yes, thats why i dont recommend saving apps. Just for lazy people.
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Nice tips. But the battery depands on rom, some of them uses a lot of battery
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It's true, but other things also affect battery life (many of which the OP mentioned).
However, I just wanna add one thing which I'm sure many of you already know. But the reason I am mentioning it is because I witnessed this work on two Samsung Phones belonging to my friend and his wife: Galaxy Pro & Galaxy Mini (name of the phones, not my friends ).
At first, and on stock rom(not rooted) their battery life was horrible; and by horrible I mean less than 6 hours of usage (<24 hours idle).
I googled it and read somewhere, that fully recharging the phone then draining it completely (until it switches off itself) every day for a few days, the battery life will improve noticeably.
I told them about it; they tried it; and after only 3 days they started to notice the difference. They told me that it really made a difference. Now their battery life is 6-7 hours usage. 48 hours idle.
I know those numbers sound unrealistic but somehow it worked.
I have read this before, and it seems to be a common thing for battery life.
I haven't tried it on my DesireHD because I'm always hopping between different ROMs..
I hope this would be helpful for someone...
... my two cents Cheers!
Nice tips, thanks
Ways to maximize your battery life.
Generally when it comes to battery life I try to use those two tricks which work very well with ICS Roms.
I use ondemandx governor 122-1612MHz with suspend_freq=122MHz.
In order to achieve lowest power consumption in standby. You can tune manually Vdd at 122MHz =suspend_freq to the lowest value.
I also change in /system/buid.prop the value of ro.ril.disable.power.collapse to 0 instead of one by default in order to allow deeper sleep of the air interface.
Over all the type of ROM you are using, the age and capacity of your battery in your device also play a roll in the average time you get out of your device
soomuch said:
Generally when it comes to battery life I try to use those two tricks which work very well with ICS Roms.
I use ondemandx governor 122-1612MHz with suspend_freq=122MHz.
In order to achieve lowest power consumption in standby. You can tune manually Vdd at 122MHz =suspend_freq to the lowest value.
I also change in /system/buid.prop the value of ro.ril.disable.power.collapse to 0 instead of one by default in order to allow deeper sleep of the air interface.
Over all the type of ROM you are using, the age and capacity of your battery in your device also play a roll in the average time you get out of your device
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1612MHz, what rom is that??
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I've only had my nexus for a week now and I'm trying to hunt down the reason I'm getting poor battery life. At first it was nlp wakelocks but that went away on its own somehow. Now its my wifi draining battery, in 8 hours of idle overnight it went from 100% to 79% and wifi was the top usage. I've never seen this before on any phone with any rom so I'm not sure what to do about it.
Hi,
Try Settings/Wi-Fi/Menu/Advanced/ and untick Scanning always available...
This is what I did to improve my battery:
1. Location Services : If you are not in a neighborhood with a lot of wifi spots you will most likely feel this draining your battery life. Under settings make sure that Location Services is set to battery saving and not High accuracy.
2. Widgets : Weather widgets, games eat battery by constantly fetching information . Check the settings for these widgets and make sure they are using wifi and not updating the weather information every 30 mins or so. I keep my settings to update weather information every hour to keep it reasonable. The Gmail widget sometimes eats your battery too. I removed the widget and used an icon in the dock at the bottom to check my email. Another thing I noticed was that some widgets are just more battery intensive than others. For example I found HD widgets consumed nearly twice as much battery as Chronus on the home screen but both displayed the same information.
3. Restart your phone : Sometimes residual processes from closed apps could cause issues. Restart your phone if you haven't done it in a while and it should clear up any unnecessary things.
4. Keep wifi on during sleep : I made sure my phone uses wifi even when its sleeping. 3g / 4g eats the battery like crazy if you turn off wifi when your phone sleeps. This should be a default setting as pointed out by some users. In my case it had been changed probably when I was tinkering with the phone. You can find this setting in the Settings -> Wifi -> advanced -> Keep wifi on during sleep.
You can also use apps like Greenify , Tasker , and Llama.
5. Don't use Automatic Brightness : Turns out if the sensors are constantly looking to adjust brightness it takes up more battery. I set my brightness at around 60% and it works just fine throughout the day.
6. Use wifi over 3G/4G/LTE if possible
7. Switch off wifi when using Data: Android doesnt switch off your WiFi when you use data because Google wants you to use it for Locations and help build their database of networks.Switch off WiFi completely when using data to save a good chunk of battery.
8. Turn off Vibration on touch : Typing uses quite a bit of battery over the course of a day. Try switching Vibration on touch off.
9. Use Franco Kernel: : This will require rooting your device however it makes it a lot more power efficient.
10. Turn down the Facebook refresh rate : Make sure it updates not very often( every 3-4 hours) or never. IMO your phone is better off without Facebook or any other battery hog social networking apps.
Hey guys, just wanted to throw out what I have found re: reasonable battery life.
As most of you know, you can tell when the phone is not getting what I consider reasonable battery life.
Here are the things that I found worth doing:
1: Greenify apps if you can. Unfortunately, Facebook is one of the worst violators of battery and if you greenify it, you will go a long way towards having decent battery life. Of course, then you don't get your Facebook notifications, but for me, this is a plus.
2: Battery Doctor. You can set it to kill apps when the screen is off. There is a whitelist as well so you can keep certain apps running instead being killed.
3: Adjust the auto brightness curve. This seems to work well. Keep the screen reasonably bright but no more than necessary. I think this might work better than just a fixed brightness level because if the area gets really bright, at least the screen will react and become brighter so you can still see the screen. To me, the screen is a battery killer.
4: If you have a super AMOLED display supposedly you can black out the screen with a dark UI. Not sure how much this helps.
5: Custom Kernel. I have only tried IceCode and insanity. Both were giving reasonable battery life. I tried the lower voltage tables in IceCode but didn't notice much difference.
For me, even though I tried several different ROMs, if I did the above, I got reasonable standby/sleep times. It was usually 1 to 1.5 percent per hour in sleep. When the screen was on, battery life was totally dependent on screen brightness. For me, reasonable is with decent use - check/reply to mail a few times an hour, browse web, text, talk abut an hour a day, etc... from 7a-3p and still have around 70% left. For me, the phone still needs charging every day though. Any other tips???
For Facebook, I use the Tinfoil For Facebook app, which is pretty much just a wrapper of the mobile browser version. Beside the battery drain the official app causes, the privacy concerns with the addition of them listening in on your mic makes this worth it.
Hi all. Can anyone please suggest which Rom & kernel combination gives best battery life for Ville c2 . Main use is web browsing on mobile data & some casual gaming.
I recently got this device and am new to this (c2) forum.
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I use the "Snapdragon BatteryGuru" application.
A feature I love is that I can set what apps have to be updated ever, when I use them or basing on my use. For example I installed Facebook, Twitter, a mail client and Skype on my phone. I can choose that the mail client has to be updated ever, Facebook and Twitter basing on my use, and Skype when I use it.
BatteryGuru can enable some features like the Wi-Fi or the Mobile data basing on my use. For example, I surf the internet between 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM. The Snapdragon's application registers this activity and it will automatically enable internet connection between 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
Another feature I like is that I can enable a low power mode when the battery reaches a choosen level and disable, for example, the mobile data, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, apps update, etc.
Awesome app!
I saw that app. Will need to check it out. Sounds like useful features.
Thanks! I'll try Greenify with Facebook.
I'm quite satisfied with the AOSPA 4+ ROM (stock kernel). I unplug the phone at 9am and around 10pm - 56% battery remaining (with Greenify + Auto brightness + Dark UI theme) with normal usage like browsing/checking emails/phone calls every now and then.
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I have tried this mode (which keeps only the clock, phone, address book and messaging functionality - I wonder if this is android's or doogee's native mode) overnight and the phone used 4 per cent of battery in 8 hours. This is pretty amazing compared to 20% in 'super' mode, with a number of other tweaks, such as brevent.
This would be the mode of choice for any extended periods, however, switching between the extreme and normal mode is rather clumsy. The button mapper, blockit, non-onboard alarm clock widget, Lux - they all require restarting.
I have tried a number of non root solutions so far:
using brevent to disable maps, inbox, google app, chrome and gmail, which were shown as the main offenders in wakelock detector.
Still, the phone never gets into deep sleep even for a second - except in this extreme mode.
Is it wakelocks that drain the battery? Once I have rid myself of all the google apps, which is not ideal at all, the first three wakeup triggers are: android system, phone service and google services. Still the battery use is 20% of a 5500 battery per night.
I have switched off wifi and bt scanning, I switch off bt and wifi when not using, do not let google track my location, switch off gps..
Doogee s60 users, has anyone tested a way to switch from normal and extreme mode (perhaps using automation) in a quick, unabsorbing way?