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Hey all,
I'm averaging about twelve to thirteen hours on battery. Is that normal?
I only let Gmail sync and I go stretches without even using the phone. Never watch videos or anything intense.
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I can make 18-24 hours with the usage above,i.e, minimal.
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Battery life was ~12 hr. for me on stock ROM with no special attention paid to what's syncing. Since then I've gone to a custom ROM and kernel that allow under-volting the phone to extend battery life. I haven't measured yet but I'd guess I'm in the 16-20 hr. range now.
I'm running 2.3.4 on a custom ROM. I wonder what I'm doing wrong?
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Hog Milanese said:
I'm running 2.3.4 on a custom ROM. I wonder what I'm doing wrong?
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well if you're on a custom rom, then things vary. me myself i get awful drainnage on some and excellent on others. one thing you could do is that you could try using netharcy's kernels or the UV trinity one. be sure to re-calibrate your battery and wipe battery in recovery.
(you dont have to recalibrate battery everytime u flash a rom but i just recommended it so that you can monitor your battery usage more effectively).
I'm easily achieving 24-30 hours with my Nexus S with 9 hours on display, 4 hours of music-listening, 2 hour of voice calls, 4 hour wi-fi browsing.
Running 2.3.4, Netarchy 1.3.1 CFS, zipaligned deodexed custom ROM. 3G is off though, because in my country (and my carrier) 3G doesn't work on the 900mhz band the Nexus S uses.
What is this Netarchy you speak of? My ROM is deodexed and zipaligned.
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Netarchy is a kernel for the phone.
See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936219
Netarchy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=936219 is a replacement for the stock kernel, and it allows under-volting. The idea is to run the phone CPU at a lower voltage, thereby extending battery life. Under-volting has to be included in the kernel when it's compiled, i.e. you can't do it with just any kernel. Trinity UV is another kernel that does UV.
The easiest way to configure the degree of under-volting using Netarchy is Jonathon Grigg's new Proton app http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091382
Okay, I flashed the (stable) Netarchy kernel for my phone and it seems twice as "snappy" but haven't been able to test the battery life yet. I cleared the battery stats in Recovery and am charging it right now. We'll see!...
Hog Milanese said:
Okay, I flashed the (stable) Netarchy kernel for my phone and it seems twice as "snappy" but haven't been able to test the battery life yet. I cleared the battery stats in Recovery and am charging it right now. We'll see!...
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Remember, after the first clearance of the battery stats, the data needs to be re-populated, so you won't have good battery life until after a few charge cycles. Let your battery drain dead, charge it to 100% without interrupting it, then repeat this process somewhere the next few days.
Report back after at least 4 full charge cycles (from 0-100%, not necessarily until your battery is depleted, you can charge at say 70% to 100% and that counts as 30% Each 100% is a complete charge cycle)
hey guys, my phone is in stock, rooted, and I also getting 12-13 hours under medium/heavy use, I want to try this kernel, so what I have to do is download the zip (already did) file and apply it on the recovery menu right?
and what happens when I want to the original kernel?
ps: sorry 4 the noobness... lolz
Using Netarchy and undervolting 25mw my phone can standby 24ish hours on one charge. I can go 12 hours of heavy usage (4 hours screen time etc).
thedauntlessone said:
Using Netarchy and undervolting 25mw my phone can standby 24ish hours on one charge. I can go 12 hours of heavy usage (4 hours screen time etc).
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well that's pretty much what I did yesterday without the netarchy mod. I disconnected my cellphone at 12md, I listened like 4 hours of music, and also checked my email, twitter and facebook, many times, (I was in class so I was super-bored) all in wifi. and with my 3g activated. I think I'm going to disable the 3g when I'm on wifi. I think is kinda logical.
Buried said:
I'm easily achieving 24-30 hours with my Nexus S with 9 hours on display, 4 hours of music-listening, 2 hour of voice calls, 4 hour wi-fi browsing.
Running 2.3.4, Netarchy 1.3.1 CFS, zipaligned deodexed custom ROM. 3G is off though, because in my country (and my carrier) 3G doesn't work on the 900mhz band the Nexus S uses.
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That's INSANE! :O
Mine never achieved half as good as that! my 18 hours include only 2 or 2 1/2 hours of display-on time and usually around half an hour of music!
Are you doing an overboard UV to achieve that?
Once again this is confusing because we have both S and 4g phones here, and they use different technologies and have differing battery lives.
I do hope they have separate forums for these soon...
Anyway, my Sprint 4G got 10 hours tops, usually more like 8 with average usage. (calls, gmail sync, internet, etc. throughout the day.)
Going on 18 hours today on my S4G with moderate use. Calls, texts, browsing, music. My battery is reporting 18% left right now. Was also without service for nearly an hour (inside a building) and we all know what that does to your battery.
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I have the european version of the SNS with LCD.
On stock 2.3.4 (not rooted or anything) with wlan on and gmailsync i theoretically have standbytime 12days +
My (rooted) SGS before with AMOLED had 30hours standby with the same settings...
9 hour display time? I doubt its true maybe yours stats are bugged happens to me
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Alright so my skyrocket is rooted with the faux kernel and sky ics 7.4 speed rom. My battery lasts me roughly until 6pm everyday when taken off the charger at 6am for school (obviously aren't using it during school) so that to me, is crap battery life for such a large battery capacity especially only using HSPA+ no LTE. cpu set at 1.5ghz uv -75mv, ondemand governer, screen off to 384mhz. Noticed Android System uses nearly as much battery as display, at minimum brightness.
Can anyone help me reduce this or give me any tips for better battery life?
in the pics below, i left my phone idle overnight after a 100% charge before going to bed at around 12am. woke up with the phone at 98%.
under moderate useage it will die 10%/45 minutes.
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Alright so my skyrocket is rooted with the faux kernel and sky ics 7.4 speed rom. My battery lasts me roughly until 6pm everyday when taken off the charger at 6am for school (obviously aren't using it during school) so that to me, is crap battery life for such a large battery capacity especially only using HSPA+ no LTE. cpu set at 1.5ghz uv -75mv, ondemand governer, screen off to 384mhz. Noticed Android System uses nearly as much battery as display, at minimum brightness.
Can anyone help me reduce this or give me any tips for better battery life?
in the pics below, i left my phone idle overnight after a 100% charge before going to bed at around 12am. woke up with the phone at 98%.
under moderate useage it will die 10%/45 minutes.
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I bought a external charging kit + spare battery package that samsung sells for around $40. An external charger (equivalent to charging your phone on AC while the power is turned off) is the best charging you can give your battery. The worst type of charging is charging your battery while the phone is on connected to a computer through USB.
Of course, who wants to charge with the phone turned off? That's why you should get this package. I never worry about charging my phone. When I'm running low, I just do a quick battery swap. A seriously annoying issue with this phone becomes a non-issue.
I also make sure I try to do a deep cycle charge. I always let it drain to around 5-15% before I swap batteries.
kind if irrelevant but this might be the first phone I might not root or mess with for a while 2nd day of use.stock everything and i'm running on 1 day and like 6+ hours on battery idk if that's the born or not but i'm not on lte either just thought I would share this lol
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kind if irrelevant but this might be the first phone I might not root or mess with for a while 2nd day of use.stock everything and i'm running on 1 day and like 6+ hours on battery idk if that's the born or not but i'm not on lte either just thought I would share this lol
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derik, how often are you using your phone and do you have facebook or any apps pushing notifications?
I do have Facebook and the accuweather widget that auto updates also Yahoo email.use the browser a moderate amount sent and received a good 200 texts.about 2 hours of calls total and mess with settings and use this app..id say pretty moderate use but that's pretty good I think and i'm coming from the infuse
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Alright so my skyrocket is rooted with the faux kernel and sky ics 7.4 speed rom. My battery lasts me roughly until 6pm everyday when taken off the charger at 6am for school (obviously aren't using it during school) so that to me, is crap battery life for such a large battery capacity especially only using HSPA+ no LTE. cpu set at 1.5ghz uv -75mv, ondemand governer, screen off to 384mhz. Noticed Android System uses nearly as much battery as display, at minimum brightness.
Can anyone help me reduce this or give me any tips for better battery life?
in the pics below, i left my phone idle overnight after a 100% charge before going to bed at around 12am. woke up with the phone at 98%.
under moderate useage it will die 10%/45 minutes.
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I have a JuiceDefender profile that might be able to help you, send me a message. Also check my thread on the battery thing and see if it works for you.
I'd say that 12 hrs is pretty normal provided you don't shut down radios.
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Try mhx's new rom 2.6, by far best on battery life. Seeing 16-26 hours based on people reviews...
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My battery is also terrible i'm using an extended battery and now i can make 16hours of average usage
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Stock kernel sux for on screen time. Use a custom kernel and undervolt. I was getting 8 hours on stock, k or I'm getting about 13 with heavy usage, so trust me when I say u don't need to flash a new rom, but a kernel is a must. Strongly recommend sky-kernel 009m by faux
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Anyone wanna tell me how to extract the JuiceDefender backup so I can share it?
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If not mistaken if hit backup in JD it will put backup file on root of sdcard.. it does mine
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icenight89 said:
Stock kernel sux for on screen time. Use a custom kernel and undervolt. I was getting 8 hours on stock, k or I'm getting about 13 with heavy usage, so trust me when I say u don't need to flash a new rom, but a kernel is a must. Strongly recommend sky-kernel 009m by faux
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I think I read somewhere that faux's kernels don't support Wifi tethering. Is this still true? Do other custom kernels have this problem?
I flashed the Paradox rom on the T989 forums with Faux's Skyrocket kernel and I didn't download System Tuner with this ROM (Just kept it the way it was) and it has zero lag and from 6 am to 2am the next night, I only went down to 32% so battery life is the most amazing I've had ever
I had a similar problem on my old captivate. I found a rogue app that was using a ton of battery. Like 74% of my battery. Bat stats said it was Android OS using it. Delete some of the recent apps you may have installed b4 you noticed the bad battery life. I am on SkyICS 7.4 my battery life is pretty good. The rogue app that I found was a game Pirates from Disney.
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Running SkyICS 7.4
I put up a thread with JuiceDefender profile for all. Check it out and let me know how it works.
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12 hours isn't too bad for a Skyrocket.
On my phone, I'm rooted, running SkyIce ROM with Faux Kernel. My usage is as follows:
Display-64%
Android System-6%
Android OS-5%
Cell Standby-2%
I average around 10 hours of heavy (constant) use, and about 16 hours with normal use. I'm quite satisfied with the Skyrockets battery life. I've only had the phone for 10 days, so the battery is still settling in. It's much better than the battery life on the SGS II, which got around 8-11 hours.
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I have a Nexus S 4G. Right now i'm running CM7 with a Trinity Kernel. so far i get about 8~ hours of battery out of it. I'm really convinced there is a better combo out there. Any takers? Preferably GB, but I can deal with ICS if it means a longer battery life. On screen time is about 2-3 hours throughout a charge. I know there is something out there! help me out XDA!
Dude.... 8 hours.... I hope you mean screen time..... else everything would be better than what you have now!
Greetzz, Jojoost.
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8 hours is crazy...This was taken on CNA 1.4 + Matr1x cfs 17.5 BEFORE calibrating my battery.
yeah, idk why only 8 hours. maybe i am using my phone too much? just got home from school, it's been 5 hours and 10 minutes. phone is at 20%. 50% of display time. please help! best recommendation? your pictures are not showing up btw. thanks!
I fixed the images in the last post and I took another one today.
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8 hours is crazy...This was taken on CNA 1.4 + Matr1x cfs 17.5 BEFORE calibrating my battery.
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probably a stupid question, but how do you calibrate your battery, I've been somewhat disappointed lately in my battery life.
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probably a stupid question, but how do you calibrate your battery, I've been somewhat disappointed lately in my battery life.
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The easiest way is to download the battery calibration app off Google Play and follow the instructions.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5uZW1hLmJhdHRlcnljYWxpYnJhdGlvbiJd
or do it manually through CWM recovery.
1. Fully charge your battery.
2. Boot into recovery
3. Go to Advanced->Wipe Battery Stats and reboot.
4. Recommended to let your battery fully discharge and then fully recharge without break
5. Profit.
i calibrated my battery, so hopefully it increases the battery life! i would still like rom/kernel combo recommendations though thanks!
Kalim´s CM9 NIGHTLY 20120310 has amazing battery life with standard kernel. Much better then any ROM before.
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i calibrated my battery, so hopefully it increases the battery life! i would still like rom/kernel combo recommendations though thanks!
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If you want GB i recommend Oxygen and for ICS Codename Android.
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Euroskank CM9 kangs, updates every day, works like a charm for me, running with Trinity T132, get about 20 hours battery life with moderate use.
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Don't measure you battery life in terms of time since last charge. Measure it in terms of on-screen time.
2-3 hours of ON SCREEN TIME is average battery life.
I can roughly get about 4-5 hours if my brightness is down to level 6 (using brightness levels.) In my opinion the ROM doesn't really affect the battery life at all. Mainly the kernel you are using, scheduler, govenor, maximum frequency etc. I recommend using the Matr1x kernel as bedalus has tested that it uses the least amount of power of all kernels under similar conditions.
15 hours,1d, 8hrs since last charge ~ all don't mean a thing since your phone shouldn't drop any significant amount of percentage during DEEP SLEEP. When your phone is ON (screen on) that is when your battery should deplete.
If I leave my phone overnight for about 10 hours, I would drop maybe 1%. That's because the screen wasn't on; no activity needed significant power.
My on screen time is 3-4 hours, last time I checked. The crazy stuff is when my phone screen is off. Last night I went to bed for 9 hours battery was at 85. Woke up at 84. Two nights ago I went to bed for 10 hours with 90%. Woke up at 90%. I've never had such great off screen profiles. I'm going to calibrate the battery today and hope for something better.
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
AOKP (Milestone 4)
Air Kernel (3.45)
OC 800/100 (Lionheart)
LIve OC (100 - Noop)
I bought a new Nexus S off eBay recently. It came with Android 2.3.4 but I ran the update.zip files to get it up to 4.0.4 and am now awaiting JB OTA. Plan to keep this thing completely stock for the time being, so I'm especially interested in battery expectations for a totally stock phone.
My phone came with some cheap-o third party battery. It's only 1400 mAh, and it is NOT the OEM Samsung battery. I'm getting HORRIBLE battery life with it. See attached screen shots, which show battery loss of nearly 7% per hour IN AIRPLANE MODE, WIFI OFF, PHONE NOT BEING USED AT ALL. You can also see that there were no wake locks, and that the phone was in deep sleep for 99% of time off battery. Yes, it was losing 7% per hour even in that state.
I assume that the third-party battery that I have is just ridiculously crappy and cheap. Can anybody give me an idea of what a reasonable expectation of battery life should be with the OEM Samsung battery? I'm assuming I should be able to get 3-4 hours screen-on time + 14-16 hours off-charger. All I will be using the phone for is browsing web, email, and XDA. No gaming, no movies, no music. So I'm hoping 3+ hours screen on & 14+ hours off-charger is a reasonable expectation with OEM Samsung battery.
If anybody can confirm that my third-party battery just sucks and I should get better battery life with an OEM battery, I would greatly appreciate it. If this is normal battery life with OEM battery while in AIRPLANE MODE and not even using the phone, then I don't think I can tolerate that.
Many thanks.
You should get that which you estimate. I have an oem battery on stock 4.0.4 and get those sort of hours even though it is about 18months old.
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You should get that which you estimate. I have an oem battery on stock 4.0.4 and get those sort of hours even though it is about 18months old.
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Awesome. Thanks for the info. Shocking how terrible this third-party battery that came with the phone is. Can't wait until OEM battery arrives!
The battery management on this phone isn't good compared to my previous phone. I've just learned to deal with it. Carry an extra charger. Your guess is about right. On a good day, my phone will last about 17 hours with almost 3 hours screen on. If its just wifi data usage, I can stretch it a bit more. Unless you plan on crippling your phone, don't expect anything amazing.
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You should get that which you estimate. I have an oem battery on stock 4.0.4 and get those sort of hours even though it is about 18months old.
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The battery management on this phone isn't good compared to my previous phone. I've just learned to deal with it. Carry an extra charger. Your guess is about right. On a good day, my phone will last about 17 hours with almost 3 hours screen on. If its just wifi data usage, I can stretch it a bit more. Unless you plan on crippling your phone, don't expect anything amazing.
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Thanks for the response. 3 hours screen-on + 17 hours standby is fine for me. As you can see from my OP, what I'm currently getting on the crappy third-party non-OEM battery is far worse than that.
for me it's always around 3.5 h screen on with constant 3g/H on.
i didnt experience any significant differences on my battery life with different kernels, roms or tweaks. just my experiences.
one question lads since we r on this topic ;
when i was on customs ics roms with stock kernel, my battery was always charging till 96%, now I'm running Gnex port with stock kernel and my battery is charging until it reach 100% capacity.
is this feature of JB ?
thanks in advance.
I get over 5 hours of screen use in 12-18+ hours :$.... I've done a lot of tweaking though. I'd try to find an extended battery if I were you. This is actually really normal battery life as reported by many other users. Or close enough to 'normal'. Smart phones suck with battery.
@Above: The Nexus S actually only charges to 96%. Anything past that is just a cosmetic effect. Meaning it isn't really charging past 96%. Your custom kernels probably just limited the charging percent. The stock JB kernel wouldn't do that.
Nexus S (GMS i9020a)
Paranoid (1.6 - 4.0.4)
Matrix Kernel (CFS - 20.0)
Ondemmand (800/100)
Deep Idle (On - Noop)
Live OC - 105 (400/800)
BLX - 98 (Inverted Apps)
I get 2H voice calls on 2G with 30% signal, 3H screen on time, half of it is wifi browsing, some is videos/media, some is News apps, and still have 25% left.
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I get over 5 hours of screen use in 12-18+ hours :$.... I've done a lot of tweaking though. I'd try to find an extended battery if I were you. This is actually really normal battery life as reported by many other users. Or close enough to 'normal'. Smart phones suck with battery.
@Above: The Nexus S actually only charges to 96%. Anything past that is just a cosmetic effect. Meaning it isn't really charging past 96%. Your custom kernels probably just limited the charging percent. The stock JB kernel wouldn't do
r u getting 5hs+ while using 3g/h connection?
if yes could share ur knowledge how to do it?
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309041291a said:
I get over 5 hours of screen use in 12-18+ hours :$.... I've done a lot of tweaking though. I'd try to find an extended battery if I were you. This is actually really normal battery life as reported by many other users. Or close enough to 'normal'. Smart phones suck with battery.
@Above: The Nexus S actually only charges to 96%. Anything past that is just a cosmetic effect. Meaning it isn't really charging past 96%. Your custom kernels probably just limited the charging percent. The stock JB kernel wouldn't do
r u getting 5hs+ while using 3g/h connection?
if yes could share ur knowledge how to do it?
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Normally I use 3G. I tried 2G + WiFi and I got close to 6 hours. Just mess around with your phone a bit
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Paranoid (1.6 - 4.0.4)
Matrix Kernel (CFS - 20.0)
Ondemmand (800/100)
Deep Idle (On - Noop)
Live OC - 105 (400/800)
BLX - 98 (Inverted Apps)
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charged through usb, might be alive longer than usually.
Thanks for all the replies,
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Yeah I only get about 10 hours max, airplane mode, no screen usage. Stock battery, plus tried a third party battery. Same issue.
My screen on battery time isn't too bad, it's just like... my phone doesn't know how to idle or something. But no wakelocks etc. Tried stock, a few roms, a few kernels, battery calibration, removing all apps, nothing changes it.
Have to charge twice a day if I even start doing some light usage
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Yeah I only get about 10 hours max, airplane mode, no screen usage. Stock battery, plus tried a third party battery. Same issue.
My screen on battery time isn't too bad, it's just like... my phone doesn't know how to idle or something. But no wakelocks etc. Tried stock, a few roms, a few kernels, battery calibration, removing all apps, nothing changes it.
Have to charge twice a day if I even start doing some light usage
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I have the SPH-D720 (NS4G) and my settings are:
100/800 MHz; NO OC & NO UV
Sio ~ OnDemand
Airplane Mode (Deactivated Phone) NO Mobile DATA
Matr1x v22 CFS
Deep IDLE ON
AOKP Milestone 6
1600 mAh Anker
I use 50% Screen Brightness and i can manage anywhere from 10-28Hours.
Yesterday i woke up turned on my phone @ 100% and didn't touch it for 8Hours and it only dropped 2%. Netflix 5Hours of screen on time. At the end of the day i managed this. Screenies below
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I have the SPH-D720 (NS4G) and my settings are:
100/800 MHz; NO OC & NO UV
Sio ~ OnDemand
Airplane Mode (Deactivated Phone) NO Mobile DATA
Matr1x v22 CFS
Deep IDLE ON
AOKP Milestone 6
1600 mAh Anker
I use 50% Screen Brightness and i can manage anywhere from 10-28Hours.
Yesterday i woke up turned on my phone @ 100% and didn't touch it for 8Hours and it only dropped 2%. Netflix 5Hours of screen on time. At the end of the day i managed this. Screenies below
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try 2 achieve this on 3G/H ;-)
mejobloggs said:
Yeah I only get about 10 hours max, airplane mode, no screen usage. Stock battery, plus tried a third party battery. Same issue.
My screen on battery time isn't too bad, it's just like... my phone doesn't know how to idle or something. But no wakelocks etc. Tried stock, a few roms, a few kernels, battery calibration, removing all apps, nothing changes it.
Have to charge twice a day if I even start doing some light usage
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10 hours in airplane mode is really bad. Are you sure you don't have any apps that are constantly syncing? Have you disabled Google Backup Transport. I had my Nexus on airplane mode all day yesterday and it still had plenty of juice left after 12 hours.
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try 2 achieve this on 3G/H ;-)
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not hard at all. ill give it ago, and see what i can whip up
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not hard at all. ill give it ago, and see what i can whip up
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ok
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ok
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Here u go
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i am thinking of getting a SG3 locally that is really cheap. whats your battery life like now a days especially SCreen on time!
and if you can let me know what ROm/kernal or are u stock. that would help me in my decision.
thanks guys
The gs3 gets respectable battery life IMO.
3 - 4 hrs screen on time (4 when on Wi-Fi all day).
Running synergy r373 with ziggys kernel. Stock battery.
i got 7hr screen on time once, but that was once.
i get around 4-5 on average.
7 hours on screen time at best maybe more with the battery saving apps and Greenify. 5 hours is the norm for me. I am running Plasma VIII with Kt747 kernel.
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7 hours on screen time at best maybe more with the battery saving apps and Greenify. 5 hours is the norm for me.
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how in gods name are you all getting 7 hours screen on time on the Verizon galaxy 3????????
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how in gods name are you all getting 7 hours screen on time on the Verizon galaxy 3????????
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Battery saving apps but like I said in my post that 5 hours is the norm for me. You can squeeze as much as possible from a phone by doing as little as possible on your phone. 7 hours is the highest possible for this phone
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Battery saving apps and strictly Internet but like I said in my post that 5 hours is the norm for me.
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can some of you post screen shots of the screen on time?
This was an exceptional day, like I said. I average 4-5 hours of screen on time. I am running a 2200mah battery. That is only like a 5% increase over the stock one though. even if you take 5% away from that its beyond impressive.
This is my battery life after close to 3 hours. It looks like I am well on my way to 7 hours.
I'm assuming min brightness at all times for anything over 5 hrs? I run auto since I'm outdoors all day which may explain why 3-4 is my avg
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I'm assuming min brightness at all times for anything over 5 hrs? I run auto since I'm outdoors all day which may explain why 3-4 is my avg
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I am on auto also but my phone is in my pocket most of the time while outside with only music playing which depending on the music app doesn't eat up much battery.
Roughly around 7-8 hours of screen on time. With Hyperdrive ROM/Zeus Kernal and connected to Wi-Fi at work and home.
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Roughly around 7-8 hours of screen on time. With Hyperdrive ROM/Zeus Kernal and connected to Wi-Fi at work and home.
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Awww yeah
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Awww yeah
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Gotta rep ya somehow man. :highfive:
Update of my battery life.
Pretty Decent
I'm getting an average of around 10 hours with three hours of screen time. Not doing any games and have 4G of most of the time though so that helps. And Juice Defender makes a big difference too. I'm running rootbox with BMS kernel-Governor asswax with sio scheduler
I don't have the specifics but I could run all day (10am to 2am ish) with moderate use and either WiFi or data always on when I was stock. Flashed PACman ROM and the battery life has taken a pretty sharp nosedive. Really digging the ROM so I'm looking for some kind of work around.
Right now, 66%, unplugged for 12 hours, 38 minutes screen on time. Screen on will go up now that I am off work and catching up on all the days events.
How do you upload screenshots from the phone? I keep hanging on waiting for response.
Sent from my PACmaned SCH-I535
I get about 7.5 hours out of the stock battery with the screen on about 30% of the time. I'm on Carbon 1.6.1.
By the way, I love your pick. Let's go Pens!
I have an screenshot app for that called Screenshot UX. Oh here is another screenshot.