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Battery killer

Something is killing this battery some kind of fierce.
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redishbrown said:
Something is killing this battery some kind of fierce.
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[sarcasm]Whoah...slow down, man...the amount of information you're throwing at us is a bit overwhelming...give us time to catch up on all of this!!!![/sarcasm]

do a fresh wipe and freeze bloatware, you will see a difference, i get 17hrs plus on my phone.

id say my battery is tough!
can last me all day and maybe enough for the next.
moderate use - lots of texting, phone calls, internet use, and some apps.

*sigh*
What rom?
What kernel?
How long of a life do you get?
Post your battery usage statistics. Settings-About Phone-Battery Use will tell you what's been using it since last charge, the app Spare Parts will tell you overall usage.
We can't help you if you don't give us any useful information.

LordButtersI said:
*sigh*
What rom?
What kernel?
How long of a life do you get?
Post your battery usage statistics. Settings-About Phone-Battery Use will tell you what's been using it since last charge, the app Spare Parts will tell you overall usage.
We can't help you if you don't give us any useful information.
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why even bother dude? best way to learn is to solve your own problems, trial and error...

Thanks for all the feedback sarcasim and all. I've never had a battery issue before I installed the recent apk of the new android market. That is my only guess.
Is there a way to revert back and wait for the official update from the market? (I'm still new to android so I'm feeling my way around)
I am running stock rooted. Nothing special on this end.
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I pulled the SIM outta my G2x last week after my N1 came back from the dead.
With the G2x just sitting there without a SIM, being used occasionally for Riptide or Pinball HD and some web browsing/email while watching the tube I get a solid 3 days of battery life. I forget the stupid thing is even on until the alarm goes off every morning at 6:45.
Just don't use the phone part of your $500 phone and it will work great!

solution
it was the downloaded apk for the market. i did a complete reset so this should fix my issue.

Looking for a solution to email, data, and battery life

i want my phone to check email(Gmail) , but still maintain battery life. If I leave data or wifi on 24/7 with sync, it's going to zapp the life out of my batttery. Is there any way can make my email(Gmail) automatically go turn on data or wifi and check my email at certain time during the day then turn it off when done? Or if any1 have any other suggestions I'd would really appreciate the help.

I have email on 24/7 and it doesn't impact battery by much. Are you sure its not other apps?
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there is an app called juice defender that lets you set how often the phone syncs for email. The beta version is free, and lets you set email syncing every 30 minutes. the paid versions let you change that to longer intervals.

jager555 said:
I have email on 24/7 and it doesn't impact battery by much. Are you sure its not other apps?
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may be because i'm on Gingerbread and getting mediocre reception and bad wifi.
mike-y said:
there is an app called juice defender that lets you set how often the phone syncs for email. The beta version is free, and lets you set email syncing every 30 minutes. the paid versions let you change that to longer intervals.
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I never really liked JD cause most of the time i just turn off the things i don't need, but if it lets you do that i'l definitely give it a try. thanks.

I'm checking out juice defender ultimate right now and the triggers app feature doesn't seem to work. I set the browser to connect when opened, but when i opened the browser data or wifi did not turn on.

This app is turning out pretty well. Looks like I missed judged it before. Just a few hiccups here and there but overall its pretty decent.

did you figure out getting data/wifi to turn on and off with the browser?

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qpqpqp said:
i want my phone to check email(Gmail) , but still maintain battery life. If I leave data or wifi on 24/7 with sync, it's going to zapp the life out of my batttery. Is there any way can make my email(Gmail) automatically go turn on data or wifi and check my email at certain time during the day then turn it off when done? Or if any1 have any other suggestions I'd would really appreciate the help.
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I'm using XDA Superpower now. You just need to costumize it and you will get the wifi and 4g on and off. Battery life is good also.

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did you figure out getting data/wifi to turn on and off with the browser?
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Yeah i did, but so far I don't seem to be getting the super battery saving like everyone else mention. It say I increase battery by 2.14 i can't really tell. The data schedule is useful too but, it's kind of pointless when my email check at it's own interval time than the time i set for juice defender (max is 2hours). I have to admit that the auto data connect for the browser is extremely useful. Other than that I don't see much use of this app.

IMO, syncing email all the time doesn't consume much battery life at all. If you stay on wifi, that'll definitely drain your battery though.
It's always on for me with two email accounts, and I'm getting 18 hours with slightly above average use. Light or moderate use puts me over 24 hours easily.

im a moderate to heavy user. i never disconnect wifi and my email is always connected. so is my trillian. my battery lasts a minimum of 20 hours. what kills your battery is the facebook, sugarsync, twitter, and all those of social apps that updates every 15 min. the problem is, if you dont have a good signal, it will keep searching nonstop and that is what kills your battery.
also, are you undervolting?

jager555 said:
im a moderate to heavy user. i never disconnect wifi and my email is always connected. so is my trillian. my battery lasts a minimum of 20 hours. what kills your battery is the facebook, sugarsync, twitter, and all those of social apps that updates every 15 min. the problem is, if you dont have a good signal, it will keep searching nonstop and that is what kills your battery.
also, are you undervolting?
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I agree. I have a weak 4g signal so I get much better battery life with wifi.

Undervolting helps,also depends on what ROM you use...so far,Valhalla has given me the best battery life personally..

Anyone running Valhalla 1.1 wanna give me some UV settings? ...I tired dsexton's settings for icbinb but it just makes my phone reboot.
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Then it is not stable for your phone.... That's weird that it reboots on gb...
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I've been using BatteryCalibration when loading new ROMs. I felt a bit of an improvement on battery life since I started using it.

Woot. This is normal use, though. Not heavy use.
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Google maps using ~33% battery all the time

Hey guys,
I've been using my AT&T One X for about 3 weeks now, and the battery life is pretty bad, I'd say around 12 hours tops, not what I would expect from a phone that topped battery life charts in the reviews. I have noticed that Google Maps takes up 33% of my battery life when I don't use it, and even more when I do. Has anyone else noticed this? Shouldn't it be close to 0 when I don't use it? Its as if it stays fully opened constantly in the background.

benraf said:
Hey guys,
I've been using my AT&T One X for about 3 weeks now, and the battery life is pretty bad, I'd say around 12 hours tops, not what I would expect from a phone that topped battery life charts in the reviews. I have noticed that Google Maps takes up 33% of my battery life when I don't use it, and even more when I do. Has anyone else noticed this? Shouldn't it be close to 0 when I don't use it? Its as if it stays fully opened constantly in the background.
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Do you use the location services? That may be what is eating your battery if you do. You could try to uninstall it, reboot, then reinstall from the market and see if that helps any.

benraf said:
Hey guys,
I've been using my AT&T One X for about 3 weeks now, and the battery life is pretty bad, I'd say around 12 hours tops, not what I would expect from a phone that topped battery life charts in the reviews. I have noticed that Google Maps takes up 33% of my battery life when I don't use it, and even more when I do. Has anyone else noticed this? Shouldn't it be close to 0 when I don't use it? Its as if it stays fully opened constantly in the background.
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12 hours is pretty standard for a good smartphone
But yes turn off location services or force close Google maps, it should help
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6.7.0 version of maps does not have the battery drain issue. The latest version of maps on the market has serious battery usage issues!
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I have to force close maps often. Something turns it on randomly and I can't figure out what it is. It's not the gps because I've tested it after force closing it and it didn't turn maps back on. If I don't force close it after a reboot it will use up a lot of battery.
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Try updating the Settings
benraf said:
Hey guys,
I've been using my AT&T One X for about 3 weeks now, and the battery life is pretty bad, I'd say around 12 hours tops, not what I would expect from a phone that topped battery life charts in the reviews. I have noticed that Google Maps takes up 33% of my battery life when I don't use it, and even more when I do. Has anyone else noticed this? Shouldn't it be close to 0 when I don't use it? Its as if it stays fully opened constantly in the background.
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in Location > Location & Google search - Turn this off or don't select this, hope this will help. (apps will ask for permission if gps is needed)
this helped a bit for me.,

Make sure Google Latitude isn't running. That can be a big battery killer.

Ya, I noticed Google Maps keeps opening up in the background ALL THE TIME. I will force kill it, refresh running tasks, and it's there again. Chews up about 24MB. Thanks for the tip about location services, I'll try turning that off and see what happens.

It seems to be primarly when it has updates. If you install the updates the battery drain will go away.

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It seems to be primarly when it has updates. If you install the updates the battery drain will go away.
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Pretty sure this isn't true. I had good problem without any pending updates.
I installed the autostarts app ($1.50) and disabled Google Maps from auto starting, that seemed to help a lot.
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I get quite mixed performance - sometimes I get the maps app taking a lot of battery, sometimes not. See battery life images from my One X below, taken 10 days apart. On one I got 2 1/3 days life without maps running; on the other I got 12 hours with maps taking 38%. I haven't installed any new apps in that time, although I have applied market updates.
I've been trying to track this down using Carat and BetterBatteryStats, but no luck yet. @benraf, if you figure this out, please let us know.
Cheers.

Use rom toolbox to freeze it till you can figure it out.
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Google maps is like a virus! That's why I always use mapquest.
On a more serious note, I wouldnt mind figuring this out.
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Do you have GPS turned on? When I went to Orlando, I had GPS on and Maps navigating for about 4-5 hours, and the most it used was 8% of my total battery. The screen should always be the biggest consumer of battery.
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Google now?

I'm curious to know how many people are using Google now on their nexus s. I find it to be a huge battery drain so always turn it off. Do other users feel the same?
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Jamalsid said:
I'm curious to know how many people are using Google now on their nexus s. I find it to be a huge battery drain so always turn it off. Do other users feel the same?
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I use it regularly since the start, I have no noticeable battery drain.

I use it and don't mind it, I get around 2 days of battery with moderate use and some calls. Wi-fi is always on, localization services are always on, mobile data (3G) is always off. It lasts me more than one day even if I keep using the phone so I'm fine with it.
I would say it 'eats' 10 to 50% more battery per charge depending on usage. If you have it mostly in standby you are more likely to notice the battery hit. If you keep using the phone for one thing or another, it won't make much difference.
With 4.2.1 it seems to hold pretty well while being very snappy. The official 4.1.2 follows the same trend (lasting around 2 days with the same use), but I really liked how fast it got with Air Kernel. I usually have around 200 MB free.
I'm currently using Rasbeanjelly (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028718) with Air Kernel #270 (CM,Voodoo Colors http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469842) and noop+SmartAssV2 setup. So far battery seems to hold up fine through the day. The only real downside I got from this was the occasional sleep of death (while using the phone, very weird, I would report it to the maintainer but I can't as I'm new around here), a FC when accessing Chrome settings (seems to be related with google sync feature) and the less stellar performance when changing orientation (same kernel and official 4.1.2 ROM doesn't have the issue).
Although it is handy sometimes, I think the worst aspect is the 'nagging' that Google Now has. Last time I got a "WTF" expression was with it saying that I walked 40Km that month more 20 than the last month, a nice feature, but completely unexpected, I would like to have a proper access to that kind of cards and the information that they provide... If you search weather it won't give you the same weather card shown automatically by it (at least for me).... one of these says it will be ready to take over the world...

G next should do you pretty well
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Never used it so far.
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I find it useless. I have my weather app, and I have my lottery app. Hockey has been cancelled, so I have no scores to keep checking. What would I use it for? Random google search? Meh.

I hate every time I accidentally hit the search button.
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I use Google Now because I'm fascinated by the creepiness of it. I like that when I'm at work, it tells me how long it will take me to get home if I leave now. I was confused when one Saturday at 11:45 am it was giving me the locations of nearby restaurants, then my wife said it's probably because it's almost lunch time. Google Now knows what I want before I do!
I haven't tried turning it off to save battery life yet, but I unplug from the charger at 6:30 am and plug in at midnight no problem.
I hate every time I accidentally hit the search button.
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I just disabled the search key in CM10. Check if your ROM has the option?

Kolero said:
I use Google Now because I'm fascinated by the creepiness of it. I like that when I'm at work, it tells me how long it will take me to get home if I leave now. I was confused when one Saturday at 11:45 am it was giving me the locations of nearby restaurants, then my wife said it's probably because it's almost lunch time. Google Now knows what I want before I do!
I haven't tried turning it off to save battery life yet, but I unplug from the charger at 6:30 am and plug in at midnight no problem.
I just disabled the search key in CM10. Check if your ROM has the option?
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thank God, I always hated that.
google now / voice search is miserable on the nexus s.

I've been using it since I got it and I like it. No noticeable battery drain as far as I'm concerned. Never used the search key in-app, so I don't miss it.
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....I use it every day-it works fine for me since I put system-language to us-english. As I am in Germany it was not so rich on info in my home- language settings.
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I use it every day because it is fantastic! I can get lots of information from it. I love it.

Ok. So I had previously disabled Google Now because it drained so much battery. But I was wanting to use it since the updates keep getting better so here's what I did to where it isn't destroying battery anymore.
I have Latitude and location updating turned off in Maps, but found out enabling Google Now turned location updating back on. So once you have Now enabled, go into Maps and uncheck where it says "Update my location from this device". It still works fine because I have location reporting (or something like that) turned on in Google sync in Settings. It still uses wifi and/or the towers to update your cards, but Maps isn't taking chunks out of the battery anymore.
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zebarnabe said:
With 4.2.1 it seems to hold pretty well while being very snappy. The official 4.1.2 follows the same trend (lasting around 2 days with the same use), but I really liked how fast it got with Air Kernel. I usually have around 200 MB free.
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I'd like to know how the heck you have around 200mb free and still have a functioning system... At most I can get is around 170mb free... But at that, the phone becomes unstable because I had to shut off some system apps...
I'm using Matr1x now... But was using Air for a long while before switching... I'm also on the same ROM but for crespo4g
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Exchange Services uses 30% of battery in Kit Kat

Is it just me or is exchange services hogging the battery in Kit Kat it says in my battery usage that its used 30% of the battery power.?! This was never like this in jelly bean..? Please someone correct me if I'm wrong but is this actually the case.?
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maconsultant said:
Is it just me or is exchange services hogging the battery in Kit Kat it says in my battery usage that its used 30% of the battery power.?! This was never like this in jelly bean..? Please someone correct me if I'm wrong but is this actually the case.?
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it's been reported in the google product forums. Some are reporting battery drain, some having problems connecting to their exchange servers( authentication fails). Other (me included on this) Exchange connects, but push mail is erratic. Also, items read on the phone do not get marked read on the server.
In the mean time, I am using touchdown from the play store (30 day trial) hoping that google will get it sorted. Using touchdown, the battery drain is gone, and push mail works flawlessly...
Frankly, it's the only thing that is bugging me on this phone. I shouldn't have to go to a third party for a solution....
Mark

Agreed thanks for the word I thought I was crazy.. I'll try touchdown.. I have 3 exchange accounts so my phone never really gets a rest the way it is now. I hope they fix this asap.
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That's discouraging. I have push disabled with 1 hour sync for now
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Set mine up this am and its showing only 6%. And that includes the initial full downloads.
I really like the new look....matches the look and feel and functionality of my gmail.
One thing I hate though... I wish it would auto download attachments.
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maconsultant said:
Is it just me or is exchange services hogging the battery in Kit Kat it says in my battery usage that its used 30% of the battery power.?! This was never like this in jelly bean..? Please someone correct me if I'm wrong but is this actually the case.?
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Actually, I switched to Touchdown on my Nexus 4 running Jelly Bean 4.3 because Exchange Services absolutely killed my battery. Tried everything I could find to fix it, and never could. And from the searches I did at the time I wasn't alone.
So far, Exchange Services is behaving on my Nexus 5, but I'm concerned to see that the problem could come back.

Funny i disabled the contacts portion of the exchange sync on 3 of my 4 exchange accounts and i DO NOT see this big battery hit anymore. must have been a glitch, i will be watching it closely now..

I use touchdown. No issues with battery.
Plus it keeps your email encrypted which is kind of important for most companies.

akenis said:
Set mine up this am and its showing only 6%. And that includes the initial full downloads.
I really like the new look....matches the look and feel and functionality of my gmail.
One thing I hate though... I wish it would auto download attachments.
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I did have a quick 30% run on my battery the other day where email/exchange took about 15%. I have a weird routine of turning airplane mode on and off due to my job. Something got stuck on...
Still got great battery that day. On a normal day I'm seeing 5 hr screen on....wow compared to a rare 3hr day on the Note with 3200 Mahr Anker.
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akenis said:
I did have a quick 30% run on my battery the other day where email/exchange took about 15%. I have a weird routine of turning airplane mode on and off due to my job. Something got stuck on...
Still got great battery that day. On a normal day I'm seeing 5 hr screen on....wow compared to a rare 3hr day on the Note with 3200 Mahr Anker.
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Your exchange account is set to push, right?
Go to settings > corporate
Its flicking between syncing and last updated, right? I think its syncing every other second, which is whats draining the battery. I just turned off the sync for that until they release a fix

Ditto for battery drain issues. I hadn't noticed it as much until today where after 3 hours my battery had dropped 40% and I wasn't even using it. Checked and it was due to exchange services.
I wont go with a third party solution so hopefully this gets fixed soon.

I haven't had any issues with enhanced email either