I have to say there are lots of thing that went backwards in the Jelly Bean update, but battery life seems to be worst. With all location services off, all maps location repoting/history off, the idle drain in low cell signal areas is terrible. Way worse than ICS.
I don't see any abnormal processor usage or wake locks. I think this means the radio is to blame.
Damn am I tired of Samsung/Android updates adding new features but making some things worse. I tried to like Android and defend it. I can't do it anymore. It's sloppy and rushed. I hate it now.
I am running stock deodex BLK3 and have had no problems with battery drain. Actually I am getting better than I had on ICS.
Only things done to it are kinda crap mods and removing stock applications. I have GPS on about 50% of the day and hardly ever use wifi.
I'm on cleanrom 5.5.1 and battery life is very good I can easily make it through the day
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
On on stock with Apex launcher. I'm a moderate user (browser, calls etc) and I get 24 hours and still at 30%+ Most of the time I'm on wifi as our building does not have great interior reception.
IP, download Carat app and see what is draining the battery. I assume you already used BetterBatteryStats and there were no wakelocks? Check if there are any apps that are refreshing at short intervals. The battery drain issue should not be that drastic. From my experience, I was completely stock ICS (bloat and all) until the JB update. Right now I am unlocked, rooted and debloated but still stock - and battery life is only slightly worse (VZW remote diagnostics were also disabled). If nothing else works, then wipe/ODIN to stock and see if things are different then.
Scrappy1 said:
I have to say there are lots of thing that went backwards in the Jelly Bean update, but battery life seems to be worst. With all location services off, all maps location repoting/history off, the idle drain in low cell signal areas is terrible. Way worse than ICS.
I don't see any abnormal processor usage or wake locks. I think this means the radio is to blame.
Damn am I tired of Samsung/Android updates adding new features but making some things worse. I tried to like Android and defend it. I can't do it anymore. It's sloppy and rushed. I hate it now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lol don't blame Android. Samsung is the one who puts so much stuff on top of android. If you want a stock android go buy a nexus.. Not a modified version of Android
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
jager420 said:
Lol don't blame Android. Samsung is the one who puts so much stuff on top of android. If you want a stock android go buy a nexus.. Not a modified version of Android
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You are correct, most of my anger should be directed at Samsung. I'm very curious if Nexus devices are free from this eternal flakyness.
Slim Bean
Scrappy1 said:
I have to say there are lots of thing that went backwards in the Jelly Bean update, but battery life seems to be worst. With all location services off, all maps location repoting/history off, the idle drain in low cell signal areas is terrible. Way worse than ICS.
I don't see any abnormal processor usage or wake locks. I think this means the radio is to blame.
Damn am I tired of Samsung/Android updates adding new features but making some things worse. I tried to like Android and defend it. I can't do it anymore. It's sloppy and rushed. I hate it now.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use slim bean and get very good battery life. I spend 8 hours at work with no reception and I will get 34 hours out of my phone if I dont put airplane on and 42 if I do.
Scrappy1 said:
You are correct, most of my anger should be directed at Samsung. I'm very curious if Nexus devices are free from this eternal flakyness.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I came from a galaxy nexus. The battery life was bad, really slow updates, and signal sucked (till jellybean)
I lost about 30m - 1hr of screen on time going to 4.1, but 4.2 seems to have it all worked out again. Hopefully Verizon allows us to have 4.2.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
I've gotten better battery better signal faster GPS on clean Rom(jb)
Clean Romed&themed the [email protected]#out
I think each battery usage is different. Making your screen turn off quicker will save battery, turning off GPS will help too. I would like to know if WiFi or 4G:LTE uses more battery because with an unlimited data plan I can work with it a lot easier one way or the other.
Anybody done any research or have an inkling for one or the other?
Wi-Fi uses less power 4G uses more power, that's a fact.
Sent from using xda premium
I had terrible batt life after updating to JB. On ICS i would get 1% loss each hour when idle, right after the update it was more like 10% each hour. I ended up reading thru tons of posts not only for sgs3 but other phones updating to JB and having batt problems. So i factory reset and formated the sd card then put my files back on it. Then i finally found a post where it was stated that if you have a lot of media either on phone or sd the system will have to index each file, for thumbnails, quicker pinch zoom in gallery etc. That kept my phone awake and killing the battery for a good 12+ hours after the update. Today it finally ended. I am now 24 hours off the charger with 89% batt remaining, making it about .4% discharge per hour. I know this wont solve everyone's problems with the battery drain but maybe it will help some. GL!
I see a big difference for me with the battery between ICS and Jellybean rom. I was on Bean's custom stock build 15 originally and with medium - med heavy use, I see about 15-20% remaining battery after 10+ hours of use. With the new Bean's jelly rom b7, I need to charge before 10 hours with the type of same usage. This morning, I saw a 12% drain in 20 minutes for checking facebook/instagram and some email.
Hulk0069 said:
Wi-Fi uses less power 4G uses more power, that's a fact.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's not true. If you have good LTE coverage it uses less power than WiFi. I have confirmed this checking power consumption with Battery Monitor Widget Pro. I'm losing ~22 mV every 10 minutes with WiFi turned off and pretty good LTE coverage (-100 dBm) and ~28 mV with WiFi on. When there is poor coverage WiFi will be better choice of course.
SotYPL said:
That's not true. If you have good LTE coverage it uses less power than WiFi. I have confirmed this checking power consumption with Battery Monitor Widget Pro. I'm losing ~22 mV every 10 minutes with WiFi turned off and pretty good LTE coverage (-100 dBm) and ~28 mV with WiFi on. When there is poor coverage WiFi will be better choice of course.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I will keep that in mind. Thanks
With Wi-Fi the signal is right there no sharing with millions of ppl no searching for signal, with 4g you'll use more power.I've done test with both and my 4g is great but still Wi-Fi uses less examples 4g great signal maybe 12-18hrs battery moderate use...Wi-Fi 1 day 9 hrs same usage.you do the math
Clean Romed&themed the [email protected]#out
My Jelly Bean battery issues are very tied to cell signal level. At home today, with good signal (LTE -100 dbm), I see no idle drain issues with JB. Its just like ICS. However, this last week at work with poor signal (LTE -112 dbm), with JB I had terrible idle drain. In that exact same setting ICS had no issues.
I have a feeling the new radio is doing some hyper spastic searching for better towers now around -110 dbm, where it didnt used to. If my woes at work keep up I'll flash back to ICS radio.
I've gotten great battery also on ics whether on 4g or Wi-Fi that time really didn't matter,I loved the hd radio.but on jb the lk3 is ok I do get faster gps lock.
Clean Romed&themed the [email protected]#out
Related
What Gives?
With wifi on, cell radio, gps and bluetooth off, no notifications, no apps allowed to connect besides sipdroid, I get 30 hours standby on Captivate. Under the same conditions, I get over 250 hours with my iPhone 4...
This can't be a straight hardware issue, I'm at a loss to explain why android is unusable as a wifi-only softphone, while the i4 does the job perfectly.
Are you using a modified ROM? Most modified ROM's don't turn off wifi when sleeping, whereas the official OTA ROM's do.
animalcostumeparty said:
What Gives?
With wifi on, cell radio, gps and bluetooth off, no notifications, no apps allowed to connect besides sipdroid, I get 30 hours standby on Captivate. Under the same conditions, I get over 250 hours with my iPhone 4...
This can't be a straight hardware issue, I'm at a loss to explain why android is unusable as a wifi-only softphone, while the i4 does the job perfectly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Seriously? In a comparison test where you do not even use your $200 phone (with contract) you are concerned about battery consumption? Is it that hard to find a charger in 30 hours? What real world application are you trying to test?
On a side note my Escalade gets the same mpg as my civic hybrid when parked.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
animalcostumeparty said:
What Gives?
With wifi on, cell radio, gps and bluetooth off, no notifications, no apps allowed to connect besides sipdroid, I get 30 hours standby on Captivate. Under the same conditions, I get over 250 hours with my iPhone 4...
This can't be a straight hardware issue, I'm at a loss to explain why android is unusable as a wifi-only softphone, while the i4 does the job perfectly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Odd....i get 20+ actually using the thing though i have noticed battery life is significantly better if you turn it off if you are not going to do anything with it but let it sit on the counter for days....also confirmed working on my evo. Perhaps i should look into developing this theory more
Music player testing
I spent $200 on this piece of junk, compared to my cassette player why is it that 2 years after I last used it it still plays but my captivate won't even power on?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
animalcostumeparty said:
What Gives?
With wifi on, cell radio, gps and bluetooth off, no notifications, no apps allowed to connect besides sipdroid, I get 30 hours standby on Captivate. Under the same conditions, I get over 250 hours with my iPhone 4...
This can't be a straight hardware issue, I'm at a loss to explain why android is unusable as a wifi-only softphone, while the i4 does the job perfectly.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe it is not an android issue either. I have android phones in standby with cell radio off for 10 days. Maybe it is sipdroid - have you considered that?
haters gonna hate.
It's a phone, not an iPod.
granted, i love my captivate.. but i notice power drain when 'idle' with wifi on too.. if i recall, it seems to be more severe depending on the encryption.. (none vs WPA2 tkip+aes)
if im not actively using wifi i tend to turn it off to save juice.
uberjon said:
granted, i love my captivate.. but i notice power drain when 'idle' with wifi on too.. if i recall, it seems to be more severe depending on the encryption.. (none vs WPA2 tkip+aes)
if im not actively using wifi i tend to turn it off to save juice.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You guys do know that you can set the wifi to sleep when the screen is off? The default is fifteen minutes but this can be modified as well.
Setting your wifi sleep policy to never should actually get you more battery life. A strong wifi connection is generally going to use less battery than a 3G data connection, especially if you have less than 4 bars reception. On the stock firmware with wifi sleep set to never I was getting 75+ hour battery life with light use. Basically I was getting 3 days with light use, 2 days with moderate use, and 1 full day with heavy use.
Homeboy's got to be on a leaked 2.2 build. On 2.1, I was getting nearly 4 days on wifi, and 3 days with minimal use on 3g, and that's with the wifi connection set to be always on.
The purpose is to have a wifi softphone
It's like splitting the difference between a cell phone and a landline. No contract! Free calls and sms!
When you factor in the savings from losing the contract, the phone (any phone...) pays for itself in less than a year.
Yes, I am on a leaked 2.2 rom. For some reason I assumed battery management would be better...
I need to revert back to stock eclair and test again!
Also, I think this iphone battery might need calibration. It took two full days to lose 20% and then lost 36% in 12 hours. So the results are a better but less shockingly so.
I'll update after a full calibration on the iphone battery and run on the captivate with stock eclair-
animalcostumeparty said:
It's like splitting the difference between a cell phone and a landline. No contract! Free calls and sms!
When you factor in the savings from losing the contract, the phone (any phone...) pays for itself in less than a year.
Yes, I am on a leaked 2.2 rom. For some reason I assumed battery management would be better...
I need to revert back to stock eclair and test again!
Also, I think this iphone battery might need calibration. It took two full days to lose 20% and then lost 36% in 12 hours. So the results are a better but less shockingly so.
I'll update after a full calibration on the iphone battery and run on the captivate with stock eclair-
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm catching your drift now.... If you don't find that flashing back to stock gives you acceptable battery life, try perception 8. Non uv/oc version. That's what I'm on now and it is amazing.
I know exactly what he's talking about. I had my captivate, and battery life was horrible on 2.1 and the leaked 2.2 build. I've had my iPhone 4 for about a week now, and the battery life is significantly better.
Geez, you guys get DAYS worth of usage out of it? I'm lucky to make it through the day! But I'm starting to think I'm just a heavier user. I have a very active Exchange account with Push, 4 more email accounts on 30 minute fetch, handful of widgets on 30 minute updates. WiFi always in use (thanks to the Y5 App), I use remote desktop/vnc a few times a day, and I do everything I can to keep it charged.
During the weekdays I'll get 15 hours of use, weekends I could possibly stretch it out to 24-30. Eh.....that's on Axura.
Was an I phone user. The hardware is great. I os is horrid. Too controlled, too limited. I would expect that you would get good battery life when the phone inhibits you from doing just about everything. Could never see myself going back unless they scrap the os and open it up.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
dressanderc said:
I know exactly what he's talking about. I had my captivate, and battery life was horrible on 2.1 and the leaked 2.2 build. I've had my iPhone 4 for about a week now, and the battery life is significantly better.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The question is... why are you still reading the Captivate forum? If you were completely satisfied with the switch it seems like you would only be reading iPhone dev forums.
animalcostumeparty said:
Yes, I am on a leaked 2.2 rom. For some reason I assumed battery management would be better...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It actually should be a lot better in 2.2. My friend who owns an HTC Desire said his battery life increased by about 75% after the 2.2 update (though he may be exaggerating, who knows). The reason our battery life gets worse with the 2.2 roms is because they're all based off of unfinished leaked roms, which still have a lot of bugs and aren't completely optimized for our devices. I expect things to get significantly better once the official 2.2 rom is released or when/if we get a 2.3 port from the nexus s.
my captivate lasts more than 30 hours lol
my phone lasts 60+ hrs with light use and everything on. normal use and i get about 40.
There are a lot of battery threads out there, but i wanted to try something new. I want to see how much our phones drain in real world situations. So here are the rules:
1. Use your phone normally for ten minutes.
2. Note your battery percent at the beginning and then at the end.
3. Post details about what you did, what ROM you're using, and the percent battery drain.
Hopefully we can compare our experiences and learn something.
I used my phone to surf a few websites, send one text, and use xda app. Started at 80% and ended at 77%. Using rcmix3d at 50% brightness.
I know there are tons of factors that affect battery drain, and I'm not trying to be scientific. I'm just curious how we all compare!
Sent from my HTC Inspire™ 4G using XDA Premium App
The only way you will get a decent idea is to test with others in your area as it will depend alot in signal strength. I would use more battery if I was bouncing between signals instead of having a steady connection.
shermanshen said:
There are a lot of battery threads out there, but i wanted to try something new. I want to see how much our phones drain in real world situations. So here are the rules:
1. Use your phone normally for ten minutes.
2. Note your battery percent at the beginning and then at the end.
3. Post details about what you did, what ROM you're using, and the percent battery drain.
Hopefully we can compare our experiences and learn something.
I used my phone to surf a few websites, send one text, and use xda app. Started at 80% and ended at 77%. Using rcmix3d at 50% brightness.
I know there are tons of factors that affect battery drain, and I'm not trying to be scientific. I'm just curious how we all compare!
Sent from my HTC Inspire™ 4G using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Screen-on time is the only thing I ever look at. I've only managed to squeeze about 5h45m, out the sense-based gb ROM I've been using.
The phone does really well in standby on most if not all roms that have been flashed properly, don't have non-rom-related battery hogging app issues, and, as zelendel mentioned, signal issues.
It's this big fat screen that's obviously the biggest battery sucker.
Scott_S said:
Screen-on time is the only thing I ever look at. I've only managed to squeeze about 5h45m, out the sense-based gb ROM I've been using.
The phone does really well in standby on most if not all roms that have been flashed properly, don't have non-rom-related battery hogging app issues, and, as zelendel mentioned, signal issues.
It's this big fat screen that's obviously the biggest battery sucker.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My phone does great in standby as well, but seems to die quick when I'm actually using it. I've never had an issue with the phone dying on me though as I recharge every night. I think i had a little better battery life on miui than I'm getting now.
I know there are many many factors that go into battery performance, I'm just curious what other people actually get when using their phones.
Sent from my HTC Inspire™ 4G using XDA Premium App
shermanshen said:
My phone does great in standby as well, but seems to die quick when I'm actually using it. I've never had an issue with the phone dying on me though as I recharge every night. I think i had a little better battery life on miui than I'm getting now.
I know there are many many factors that go into battery performance, I'm just curious what other people actually get when using their phones.
Sent from my HTC Inspire™ 4G using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've gotten accustomed to putting my phone on the charger before bed as well. Mine pretty much will last the entire day... Off charger at ~8-9am, back on it at ~12am.
Averaging about 5 hrs screen on time with usually no voice calls of significant length, WiFi on, gps off, relatively stable signal.
I'm running Inspired Ace 1.0.1, and the 04.11_M2 radio. Seems I was getting a little better with the OTA radio, but signal fluctuated a lot more on that one, than with the 04.11_M2.
Edit: doesn't really use your testing procedure, just more of a general feeling, as there's so many other contributing factors...
10 minutes of on-line gaming (storm8 games) = 10% drain
WiFi off, gps off, mobile data on, screen brightness on auto, stock rom
zuriken said:
10 minutes of on-line gaming (storm8 games) = 10% drain
WiFi off, gps off, mobile data on, screen brightness on auto, stock rom
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Holly crap that's a heavy drain. I couldn't possibly use this phone with that type.of battery drain. Thanks to our great dews I managed a little over 7h screen on time. Could only accomplish that by reducing the screen brightness and UC to 768mhz. Stick speed and auto brightness I get about 6-6 1/2 screen on.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using Tapatalk
My battery will drain about 5% if I even just leave it sitting for ten minutes... I JUST rooted my Inspire and flashed the RCMix3D ROM, and it almost seems worse. Have background data, auto sync, wifi, gps, bluetooth, all that stuff shut off, too. I love this rom, but really want to find one that improves battery life!
elijahpr said:
My battery will drain about 5% if I even just leave it sitting for ten minutes... I JUST rooted my Inspire and flashed the RCMix3D ROM, and it almost seems worse. Have background data, auto sync, wifi, gps, bluetooth, all that stuff shut off, too. I love this rom, but really want to find one that improves battery life!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You probably got a bad flash, or have something else running, as I mentioned in your recent thread.
Did you full wipe prior to flashing?
Try out gingerbeast, if you still have battery issues with that, after properly wiping prior to flashing of course, then it's hardware, as that ROM has produced some record-breaking battery life performance.
Mine has twice decided to randomly have days where it just drains like crazy. The battery is a lot warmer and just dies out in like 6 hours with very minimal usage. the majority of the time my battery is great but the last 2 days and then about a month ago it did this. No reason for it either, I have made no changes on my device.
Anybody seen this?
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App
Scott_S said:
You probably got a bad flash, or have something else running, as I mentioned in your recent thread.
Did you full wipe prior to flashing?
Try out gingerbeast, if you still have battery issues with that, after properly wiping prior to flashing of course, then it's hardware, as that ROM has produced some record-breaking battery life performance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I did a full wipe before flashing. I'll be sure and try that out tomorrow, I really hope it helps. If the issue is hardware, should I contact HTC? After I believe you said my phone should still be under warranty, I called them, and indeed it is. The rep I had before must have been new or something. Thanks
From a full charge, on TPGB with wifi, gps, and sync on, and everything refreshed 3-4hrs, I lasted about 8 hours. I was using super accurate gps for 20 minute intervals or so, but it lasted the day I'd say. Some occasional web browsing.
Lucky for me my head unit on my car has a usb port. For this whole trip I left it off though.
ok so here's the deal.. my phone has been off the charger for about 4 hours and im already down to 40% left. I live in a 4g area but it is spotty in many areas, including my workplace. I have gps (for weather updates and nav, when i need it) and wifi on at all times. i am running the EP4P modems on GummyCharged Froyo ROM 2.0. I have the screen brightness turned all the way down. No overclocking.
Kernel: 2.6.32.9 [email protected] #30
I have tried several different methods to calibrate the battery but it doesnt seem to help. When i'm at home and using wifi the battery life is pretty good. so is it my modem? the ROM? my kernel? Can anyone help me get the most out of my phone? I've tried various modems but have stuck with GC since I loaded it back in sept.
If you are in a spotty area, that can happen. Searching for signal and 4G/3G switching can drain the battery very fast. I would try putting the phone in cdma mode while you are at work or any other spotty area.
Turn off wifi and gps if you are not currently using them, wifi scans for networks regularly and you may have apps/widgets that are using the gps/ network location services while you are idle
also, my battery stats say that display is using up 45% (as of now) of my battery life with 23 mins of usage time. I have the wifi turned on for my convenience, but it doesn't scan for networks as i've turned that function off. I will try the cdma switch, but I have also tried that before and I don't think it makes too much of a difference.
leaveone said:
also, my battery stats say that display is using up 45% (as of now) of my battery life with 23 mins of usage time. I have the wifi turned on for my convenience, but it doesn't scan for networks as i've turned that function off. I will try the cdma switch, but I have also tried that before and I don't think it makes too much of a difference.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The battery usage metrics aren't useful until you've been up for several hours. And having the screen using a high percentage is ideal -- it means that the rest of the system is throttling like it is supposed to.
How long have you been on GummyCharged? A few weeks into having that on my phone happily, battery life took a nose dive similar to what you are experiencing. I flashed back to stock and battery life is much better. Waiting for official GB before trying another ROM.
bluevolume said:
The battery usage metrics aren't useful until you've been up for several hours. And having the screen using a high percentage is ideal -- it means that the rest of the system is throttling like it is supposed to.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i see your point but im now at 5 hours uptime with 23% battery left.. light/medium usage. display still says 46% battery use with 25 mins of usage time. that seems like incredibly too much battery drainage.
also, when i put the phone into cdma mode do i select the home or automatic option, and what is the difference?
schnablebg said:
How long have you been on GummyCharged? A few weeks into having that on my phone happily, battery life took a nose dive similar to what you are experiencing. I flashed back to stock and battery life is much better. Waiting for official GB before trying another ROM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i flashed GC onto my phone in mid september. since then i've tried calibrating the battery several times. a totally futile exercise it seems. What setup are you running now? 2.2.1 with EE4 modem? Rooted?
The only thing that has solved my battery problems is juice defender. Sitting idle for eight plus hours at night I only drop about 3-5%. Of choose it still drains just as quickly while using the phone but it will help if you're in a spotty area because data is turned off if your screen is off.
Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA App
I've never had good luck using a modem from one rom with a DIFFERENT rom/kernel. Always docreased my performance.
I find it odd that Battery is the only issue you are having.
Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA App
I have similar issues. After rooting and flashing Humble on my phone, my battery life sucked, much much worse than stock.
I then put the standard 2.3.6 on it and it still sucks. Full 4G all day, barely use it.
It's sat on my desk at work all day today. Sent a few texts. I've installed betterybatterystats and nothing is taking up a large portion of partial wakelocks.
Really don't understand how people are getting such good numbers...
I find that by far and away the best way to increase battery life is to lock my phone in 3G unless I am downloading something & want the 4G speed.
I have a home screen widget that turns 4G on/off & only turn on 4G occasionally. I do not leave WiFi on although I leave GPS on at all times & find that uses almost no battery life whatever.
~John
jmilacek said:
I have similar issues. After rooting and flashing Humble on my phone, my battery life sucked, much much worse than stock.
I then put the standard 2.3.6 on it and it still sucks. Full 4G all day, barely use it.
It's sat on my desk at work all day today. Sent a few texts. I've installed betterybatterystats and nothing is taking up a large portion of partial wakelocks.
Really don't understand how people are getting such good numbers...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I thought my battery was bad then i looked at that graph. I don't even get it... The screen is mostly off and the signal is green most of the time.
It may be some rogue app on your phone. Backup your apps and do a factory reset. If your battery life significantly improves, restore your apps one by one and find the culprit.
Sent from my Gummy Charged GBE 2.1 using XDA App
JihadSquad said:
I thought my battery was bad then i looked at that graph. I don't even get it... The screen is mostly off and the signal is green most of the time.
It may be some rogue app on your phone. Backup your apps and do a factory reset. If your battery life significantly improves, restore your apps one by one and find the culprit.
Sent from my Gummy Charged GBE 2.1 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I see that you're running GC GBE 2.1, did they happen to fix the hotboot issue that im experiencing in the older release?
leaveone said:
i flashed GC onto my phone in mid september. since then i've tried calibrating the battery several times. a totally futile exercise it seems. What setup are you running now? 2.2.1 with EE4 modem? Rooted?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just stock EE4, unrooted, will do OTA as soon as I get the notification. Battery life is not that good, I can get 14 or so hours of use leaving it on 3G most of the time, but on Gummy I would get 50+% drain just having it sit overnight. Now leaving it sit overnight doesn't kill it.
leaveone said:
I see that you're running GC GBE 2.1, did they happen to fix the hotboot issue that im experiencing in the older release?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hotboots are there but only like one every 2 days. The status bar glitch is still there. I use gc because i can't stand the default lock screen.
Sent from my Gummy Charged GBE 2.1 using XDA App
JihadSquad said:
Hotboots are there but only like one every 2 days. The status bar glitch is still there. I use gc because i can't stand the default lock screen.
Sent from my Gummy Charged GBE 2.1 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hmmm.. and what glitch is that?
leaveone said:
hmmm.. and what glitch is that?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you pull out the charger at 100%, it force closes (rest of phone is usable) and comes back inn a few seconds.
Sent from my Gummy Charged GBE 2.1 using XDA App
leaveone said:
ok so here's the deal.. my phone has been off the charger for about 4 hours and im already down to 40% left. I live in a 4g area but it is spotty in many areas, including my workplace. I have gps (for weather updates and nav, when i need it) and wifi on at all times. i am running the EP4P modems on GummyCharged Froyo ROM 2.0. I have the screen brightness turned all the way down. No overclocking.
Kernel: 2.6.32.9 [email protected] #30
I have tried several different methods to calibrate the battery but it doesnt seem to help. When i'm at home and using wifi the battery life is pretty good. so is it my modem? the ROM? my kernel? Can anyone help me get the most out of my phone? I've tried various modems but have stuck with GC since I loaded it back in sept.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you prob shouldnt be using that ROM..its kinda outdated...just flash the new ALL IN ONE ODIN of EP4D...my battery life is pretty sick...i left it unplugged all night and saw a tiny drop..my phone was connected via wifi tho..if my phone is in 4g the battery loses pretty quickly or if my screen is on ultra bright..
I'm running the stock, rooted, manually-debloated EP4P and I've been getting downright stellar battery life.
My kids watched an hour of Netflix this morning while getting ready, and now (almost 10 hours later), I'm still at 63%.
But! (and here's the kicker) - I leave WiFi on all the time (I'm contemplating buying Woofi to save even more battery when I'm not at home or work) and have my WiFi sleep policy set to "Never".
This is (one of) the key(s). It doesn't matter how strong your 3G or 4G signal is, WiFi will always save you battery. 3G is less battery intensive per-time, but much more battery intensive per-byte. 4G is less battery intensive per-byte, but much more battery intensive per-time. WiFi is much more battery intensive per-time, but wildly less battery intensive per-byte.
In other words, for the same download, you'll use the least battery on WiFi (even with a slower than LTE connection), 4g in the middle, and 3G the most.
AlexDeGruven said:
I'm running the stock, rooted, manually-debloated EP4P and I've been getting downright stellar battery life.
My kids watched an hour of Netflix this morning while getting ready, and now (almost 10 hours later), I'm still at 63%.
But! (and here's the kicker) - I leave WiFi on all the time (I'm contemplating buying Woofi to save even more battery when I'm not at home or work) and have my WiFi sleep policy set to "Never".
This is (one of) the key(s). It doesn't matter how strong your 3G or 4G signal is, WiFi will always save you battery. 3G is less battery intensive per-time, but much more battery intensive per-byte. 4G is less battery intensive per-byte, but much more battery intensive per-time. WiFi is much more battery intensive per-time, but wildly less battery intensive per-byte.
In other words, for the same download, you'll use the least battery on WiFi (even with a slower than LTE connection), 4g in the middle, and 3G the most.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
is there an odin file for what you have or did you do the manually debloating after rooting?
Hey how does this look for battery life guys? Any tips to make it better?
Btw, I get no signal inside school so 7 hours of that was little/no signal.
Devices:
Samsung Galaxy S3 - stock JB leak
HTC Incredible - JB Inc RC3
kyle1087 said:
Hey how does this look for battery life guys? Any tips to make it better?
Btw, I get no signal inside school so 7 hours of that was little/no signal.
Devices:
Samsung Galaxy S3 - stock JB leak
HTC Incredible - JB Inc RC3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Since you know you don't get a signal inside your school, you might as well turn off mobile data or even just airplane mode it while you're in there.
I agree, turn off the radio so you don't waste the battery. Maybe you can use something like Tasker to do it for you only when in class.
awalkerz said:
I agree, turn off the radio so you don't waste the battery. Maybe you can use something like Tasker to do it for you only when in class.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tasker is very difficult to use. I have tried and failed. haha. but i found an app called autopilot that will basically do the same thing youre looking for. it will check for signal strength and enable airplane mode if its low. then recheck in intervals to see if it should turn airplane mode off.
Yeah. Idk why I dont already do that. Lol. But I do seem to get a little bit worse battery when using it. Not too bad but not like before
Devices:
Samsung Galaxy S3 - stock JB leak
HTC Incredible - JB Inc RC3
Just turn off data in school. You'll still be able to receive calls and texts without data. I'm using the Synergy JB R106 build and I'm getting decent battery life.
kyle1087 said:
Hey how does this look for battery life guys? Any tips to make it better?
Btw, I get no signal inside school so 7 hours of that was little/no signal.
Devices:
Samsung Galaxy S3 - stock JB leak
HTC Incredible - JB Inc RC3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The cell standby is calculated incorrectly so don't worry about that. It's not really using up any battery.
For the exception where it's trying to locate the towers.
Anyways, i'm on CM10 latest night build and i'm getting awesome battery life, along with the VRL15 radio and RPM
I have "my profiles lite" it lets you set times you can have the airplane mode activate so if you have brakes at certain times it will come on at that time
I have used the app called NoBars, which puts the phone in airplane mode when it loses signal for a set amount of time. It then retries after another set amount of time. Sure, you don't restore the connection immediately after getting back to a signal, but it works pretty well overall.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
rlatjs17 said:
Just turn off data in school. You'll still be able to receive calls and texts without data. I'm using the Synergy JB R106 build and I'm getting decent battery life.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How's the synergy rom treating you in comparison to CleanRom 4.0?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
Jellybean ROMs have all been worse on the battery life IME, so I am interested in seeing what the official JB stock will do. I have heard that part of project butter for Jellybean was to ramp the CPU to max upon touch interaction which could be a clue as to why it is worse.
manaox2 said:
Jellybean ROMs have all been worse on the battery life IME, so I am interested in seeing what the official JB stock will do. I have heard that part of project butter for Jellybean was to ramp the CPU to max upon touch interaction which could be a clue as to why it is worse.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
leak has a wakelock issue.. hopefully the next leak or ota will fix it.. but i still like me some jbtw lol
i dont understand how people get days on end with the stock battery......I end up using about 25-30% every hour i'm using it with various battery hungry processes disabled. Now I'm using an extended 4500 mah battery that I hate because it ruins the cosmetic appeal of the phone by making it look fat and heavy. I feel theres something I'm missing in all of this.......
I am not rooted before anyone asks what programs I use.
pwhoeler said:
i dont understand how people get days on end with the stock battery......I end up using about 25-30% every hour i'm using it with various battery hungry processes disabled. Now I'm using an extended 4500 mah battery that I hate because it ruins the cosmetic appeal of the phone by making it look fat and heavy. I feel theres something I'm missing in all of this.......
I am not rooted before anyone asks what programs I use.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
its easy to manipulate your battery screen to be on for many hours.
your screen on time is a better indicator of how your battery is performing.
all is dependent on settings o course though.
ya went back to synergy ics rom and its night and day my battery last forever on this ics rom with lean kernel at 1.7ghz compared to stock speeds on jb and this ics rom is SO smooth has google now so im not to worried about jb till they get battery life straightened out.
Loving CR4 and the battery.
It was asked how the battery is on CleanRom4... it's doing great! I don't have specific but let me say I use my phone all day for surfing XDA forums as well as standard apps/mms. Talk about 2 hours total daily for work. Even throw in some Netflix and I don't charge it except for every other day.
I would say that's great battery life.
:good:
Battery life is normally different from each person but similar results may happen
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
I'm on Synergy r111 and I get great battery life, 5 hrs average on screen time with brightness at 50% n newest radio n rpm. Before only used to average around 3 hrs. I even managed to get 6.5 hrs at one point.
Sent from my Secret Base in Outer Space
On I5 my battery life was 15hrs with 3hrs screen on. On J1 im at 20hrs, 2hrs screen on, 44% to go...both setup the exact same.
I've been satisfied with battery life on cleanrom le 3.5 thus far. I'm not a heavy user but I'll get 3 hours screen time easily. Tried going back to ICS after jb and I can't lol
Hey not sure if im even putting this in the right thread but im very new to rom and kernel flashing etc
Im running CleanRom 5.0 and Beastmode 4.3 Kernel
My battery life right now is 30% after 8 hours...what am i doing wrong both the rom and kernel have allegedly good battery life...i recently flashed both like 2 days ago...am i supposed to let the kernel and rom calibrate etc before i freak out about the poor battery?
My screen is using abt 60%
voice 20%
standby 5
whats app 4% phone idle 4%...not sure what other info to provide but can anyone help me make modifications for better battery life
im using kernel tuner i tried governor: badass, wheatley, intellidemand..my screen brightness is veryy low i took it off auto because i felt it was sucking it even faster. I dont think im overclocking...random apps like youtube, facebook etc are running in the background is this a huge problem?
someone pls help!
thanks
What is your screen on time?
60% brightness isnt "low" by any means, I usually leave mine on 40%. You made a good choice to take the phone off auto brightness.
Personally I got really bad battery life with beastmode. I now run flar2's experimental 1.5 GHz kernel and couldn't be happier.
Radios also have a significant impact on battery life. The 2.29 radio + ril has worked best for me with battery life.
Sent from my HTC One X
Yeah you have to keep in mind how you're using your phone. If your screen is on for a lot of taht 8 hours, that's a decent run.
ECEXCURSION said:
What is your screen on time?
60% brightness isnt "low" by any means, I usually leave mine on 40%. You made a good choice to take the phone off auto brightness.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Think he means screen is using 60% on the battery usage stats, not screen brightness.
60% is fairly high. I think he just has the screen on a lot. Brightness may also be a factor. Only about 4-5 hours if screen-on time is to be expected on low brightness.
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda app-developers app
Battery life
Hey guys, I've recently bought a AT&T HTC One X. This is my first smartphone, and it is fully stocked, locked bootloader and no root, android 4.0.4 and software version 2.20.502.7, really like the phone. However, I am not really impressed with the battery life. I would usually charge it over night for around 8 hours, take it off in the morning at around 08:00, take it to school, casually check facebook/gmail, maybe watch one or two videos and by the time I get home at around 15:30, the battery would be at around 15%. I was wondering whether this is normal and if there is any point of my rooting the device and flashing any custom roms?
I have disabled all the AT&T bloatware, decreased my screen brightness to around 25%, no live wallpapers, disabled auto syncing, wifi and mobile data mobile switched on only when I use it, only have a weather/clock widget and a couple of games. So I have been researching about rooting and customer roms for about a month now, and found out that some members have amazing battery life times with Cleanroms and custom kernels, so I was wondering whether the latest 5.1 Cleanrom with a Beastmode kernel 4.4 would cause any damage to my phone and whether any of you guys are using it?
Thanks for your time!
ostimarko said:
Hey guys, I've recently bought a AT&T HTC One X. This is my first smartphone, and it is fully stocked, locked bootloader and no root, android 4.0.4 and software version 2.20.502.7, really like the phone. However, I am not really impressed with the battery life. I would usually charge it over night for around 8 hours, take it off in the morning at around 08:00, take it to school, casually check facebook/gmail, maybe watch one or two videos and by the time I get home at around 15:30, the battery would be at around 15%. I was wondering whether this is normal and if there is any point of my rooting the device and flashing any custom roms?
I have disabled all the AT&T bloatware, decreased my screen brightness to around 25%, no live wallpapers, disabled auto syncing, wifi and mobile data mobile switched on only when I use it, only have a weather/clock widget and a couple of games. So I have been researching about rooting and customer roms for about a month now, and found out that some members have amazing battery life times with Cleanroms and custom kernels, so I was wondering whether the latest 5.1 Cleanrom with a Beastmode kernel 4.4 would cause any damage to my phone and whether any of you guys are using it?
Thanks for your time!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you using LTE? I found that my battery would drain very quickly when set to use LTE, even if I'm on wifi. I guess the LTE towers were further away or something because my signal would drop really low. I leave my phone on 4g for the most part now, only switching to LTE when I really need it, and I can get two days of battery with light usage. I've only recently flashed CleanROM so I would expect it to get better, but it's too early to tell. I've only got 22 minutes of screen time, but my phone has been on for 9 hours and it's at 85%.
Valohtar said:
Are you using LTE? I found that my battery would drain very quickly when set to use LTE, even if I'm on wifi. I guess the LTE towers were further away or something because my signal would drop really low. I leave my phone on 4g for the most part now, only switching to LTE when I really need it, and I can get two days of battery with light usage. I've only recently flashed CleanROM so I would expect it to get better, but it's too early to tell. I've only got 22 minutes of screen time, but my phone has been on for 9 hours and it's at 85%.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow, that sounds good, even with that much screen time the standby is much better than on my device. Sorry I forgot to mention, I live in the UK and LTE or 4G is only available in major cities. However, my phone is AT&T and is sim-unlocked, and I get the '4G' mark on the top of the screen, therefore I think it might be the HSPA+ that is available in my area, which I rarely use anyway.
Is it the stock kernel that you have flashed with the rom?
Thanks.
Valohtar said:
Are you using LTE? I found that my battery would drain very quickly when set to use LTE, even if I'm on wifi. I guess the LTE towers were further away or something because my signal would drop really low. I leave my phone on 4g for the most part now, only switching to LTE when I really need it, and I can get two days of battery with light usage. I've only recently flashed CleanROM so I would expect it to get better, but it's too early to tell. I've only got 22 minutes of screen time, but my phone has been on for 9 hours and it's at 85%.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same here. I'm in and out of LTE all day, so I just leave it on hsdpa unless I am in a solid area and tethering. Made a massive difference in my battery life.
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda app-developers app
ostimarko said:
Wow, that sounds good, even with that much screen time the standby is much better than on my device.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just because that person got a particular battery life by toggling off LTE, don't assume that you will get the same results. Battery life often tends to be very reception and location specific.
I leave LTE on 24/7 (as well as WiFi, and brightness on 40%), and can get close to 48 hours on a charge with low usage.
Also, bear in mind that you can't toggle LTE off on AT&T stock ROMs.
ostimarko said:
However, my phone is AT&T and is sim-unlocked, and I get the '4G' mark on the top of the screen, therefore I think it might be the HSPA+ that is available in my area, which I rarely use anyway.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's correct, on stock AT&T ROMs, the "4G" icon means HSPA+. If its on LTE, it will say "4G LTE".
My guess is that you are just having reception issues. Flashing ROMs and kernels may get you slight improvements in battery. But don't expect it to make a huge difference, or you will likely be disappointed. A different radio may also help.
redpoint73 said:
Just because that person got a particular battery life by toggling off LTE, don't assume that you will get the same results. Battery life often tends to be very reception and location specific.
I leave LTE on 24/7 (as well as WiFi, and brightness on 40%), and can get close to 48 hours on a charge with low usage.
Also, bear in mind that you can't toggle LTE off on AT&T stock ROMs.
That's correct, on stock AT&T ROMs, the "4G" icon means HSPA+. If its on LTE, it will say "4G LTE".
My guess is that you are just having reception issues. Flashing ROMs and kernels may get you slight improvements in battery. But don't expect it to make a huge difference, or you will likely be disappointed. A different radio may also help.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you, I will have this in mind. I was wondering whether it was due to reception or was it just the batter malfunctioning. In your opinion, would it be better to wait for the Jelly Bean update and see whether the battery life improves?
Thanks.