I find that the battery life is really bad using recent CM10 nightlies. I'm wondering if this is because of using 4.2 Gapps along with it. Has anyone else had any problems with that? There are always wakelocks, and BetterBatteryStats seems to be sh!t these days as well, as it never gives me any details anymore. I lost over 15% overnight in 7 hours when earlier I would only lose about 2%.
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I have updated to the official ICS (AT&T) and now I'm no longer getting much battery life. I had some issues with the update, so I wiped my phone and I have little to no apps.
I used to get 10+ hours of battery life, and now I don't even get 8 idle hours (so now it doesn't even last the work day). I checked Battery Usage after it was down to 20% and cell standby took up 90% of battery life.
I used to run JuiceDefender, but I reinstalled it on ICS.
Why have I lost so much battery life; how can I fix this?
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I have updated to the official ICS (AT&T) and now I'm no longer getting much battery life. I had some issues with the update, so I wiped my phone and I have little to no apps.
I used to get 10+ hours of battery life, and now I don't even get 8 idle hours (so now it doesn't even last the work day). I checked Battery Usage after it was down to 20% and cell standby took up 90% of battery life.
I used to run JuiceDefender, but I reinstalled it on ICS.
Why have I lost so much battery life; how can I fix this?
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I have noticed the same thing on the stock ICS. Also noticed very slow charge times using USB (possibly true with A/C charging but I am normally asleep when I charge with A/C).
Is this just caused by the bloat that they put in? I want to flash a custom ROM just for battery life at this point.
Zenoxio said:
I have updated to the official ICS (AT&T) and now I'm no longer getting much battery life. I had some issues with the update, so I wiped my phone and I have little to no apps.
I used to get 10+ hours of battery life, and now I don't even get 8 idle hours (so now it doesn't even last the work day). I checked Battery Usage after it was down to 20% and cell standby took up 90% of battery life.
I used to run JuiceDefender, but I reinstalled it on ICS.
Why have I lost so much battery life; how can I fix this?
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Im also seeing Cell Standby as a higher % than I used to.
install sky ics rom , this is the best battery . you can easy use more than 15hours . nexus mod 5.04 is also good . and much easier for noob to install . stock sucks .
Try Instigators Kernel. Does wonders for your SR battery....
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Try Instigators Kernel. Does wonders for your SR battery....
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Instigator's kernel is for AOSP (CM9/AOKP) so for ICS based official or roms you will need a different one such as mohan's kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1701189
As for battery loss, there are some cases where if the flash wasnt done with 100% battery it could be reading the battery wrong and some people have had success with recalibrating their battery (look up battery calibration on play store). Now it was said that it really doesnt do anything for battery improvements and was just for stats use or whatever but for some people it helped their devices read the right battery stats.
Hi there,
is someone having high battery drain with JB? Haven't updated yet but I read some posts about massive screen battery usage.. thanks!
My battery is draining so fast since I've updated to JB ... I'm thinking of downgrading to ICS
No problems here. I have updated from 4.0.4 to 4.1.1 through Clockworkmod recovery.
The phone is getting so hot and the battery is quickly drained :'(
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Mine is good actually, very good. Same as ics.
Using doublex rom btw
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semprom said:
No problems here. I have updated from 4.0.4 to 4.1.1 through Clockworkmod recovery.
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Same. And my 4.0.4 install was relatively clean (had flashed the original factory images and only installed very few apps)
In ics i have some drain, here in Jelly Bean and dont have for now, see if Not is a app draining, Because isnt optimize for the New system..
Compared to stock ICS I have some battery drain in stock JB. Battery stats say it's the screen. I have model i9023.
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I've been on JB for about 24 hours, having the same (if not higher) use of the phone, and it seems that there's no "big drain" at all.
No drain at all for me.
For me its good... almost 17 hrs n still 31% battery with 2 hrs of screen on (mostly browsing).
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It's not JB that cause the battery drain but the new features that come with it.
The biggest single cause of battery drain is Google Now. Why?
- it causes Maps/Location services to be running at all times (20 % total battery drain in my case)
- it causes Google calendar to be running almost all the time
- etc
tl;dr; With Google Now enabled expect battery time to drop by 1/3.
Phone getting hot is usually a rouge app, but if you're actually using the phone, the screen will ALWAYS be your top consumer of battery. No way around it.
My screen is using up a lot more battery than on 4.0.4. Just checked my battery now, after being off the charger for 2 hours and Maps has been eating up battery. Mine also gets quite hot when using it. After some mildly heavy use last night, it slowed down to a crawl.
I'm sure Google Now is helping to use a lot of battery too. Isn't this always the way it goes anyway? I had the reboots during a phone call on GB, etc. It takes a couple updates for them to get it just right. Hope 4.1.2 doesn't take too long.
Etyl said:
It's not JB that cause the battery drain but the new features that come with it.
The biggest single cause of battery drain is Google Now. Why?
- it causes Maps/Location services to be running at all times (20 % total battery drain in my case)
- it causes Google calendar to be running almost all the time
- etc
tl;dr; With Google Now enabled expect battery time to drop by 1/3.
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I came to the same conclusion; however I have disabled Google Now (since it is not well supported in my country) and Latitude (that has been enabled following the update) but still, battery is draining ...
As someone said earlier, battery seems to be the same while in sleep mode; but when you're using the phone it's a disaster compared to ICS.
Yeah. More than likely Google Now, but what do people expect? It's feature heavy! I for one use Autostarts(root only) for Maps and a few others that like to just fire up for some random action taken by the user. I used GN for a bit but I don't find myself ever really using it on a daily basis.
absolutely NO drain here!
Turn off Google Now.
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Yeah. More than likely Google Now, but what do people expect? It's feature heavy! I for one use Autostarts(root only) for Maps and a few others that like to just fire up for some random action taken by the user. I used GN for a bit but I don't find myself ever really using it on a daily basis.
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I wasn't expecting anything besides being able to CASUALLY use my phone during the day, at least send a few text messages before battery dies, which seems to be impossible since the update.
I haven't actually used my phone normally yet, but what type of life are you expecting out of the phone? If you're clearing 10 hours, I'd say that's good territory. Is your phone being constantly held awake? Just crying battery drain without giving any details won't help us help you determine the issue. This phone has never had what I would call great battery management for what my usage pattern has always been. Post a screenshot of your next usage pattern and maybe I or somebody else can help you.
After I flashed CM10, my battery has been dying incredibly quickly. Previously I used Beans, and experienced no problems. I checked and on Paranoid Android the same problem occurs.
I assume this isn't normal, and my battery is fine when I have the stock rooted.
Here's a screenshot of my battery.
I don't know, I was getting mediocre battery life on CM10 then flashed the latest nightly 8-10 from invisiblek and my battery life has been amazing.
Try making a purely clean install possibly? I would say if you are still having battery issues it may be your battery itself..
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I flashed the VRBLK1 build a few days ago with the Rom Manager app and everything seems to work great except for the battery life, even with 4g turned off with the Phone Info app. Just sitting on standby drains about 3-5% of the battery per hour. I am running full stock, unbloated, rooted & unlocked. Is any one else experiencing this with this build? Is there a better kernel for battery usage or a rom that has a few customization's to run better without getting into a fully cutom rom? I'm probably one of a few but I actually like touchwiz for the most part. Also I was searching around and found a link off of droid_life.com and it shows the newest leak being VRBLK3. Any info on that build? I searched here but couldn't find anything for that build. I tend to only trust downloads and such from xda. Never had a problem with what you guys put out!
Well I found the newest leak (VRBLK3) on here and flashed that with Odin and rooted and unlocked bootloader. But my battery still seems to be draining way to quick even when the phone is sleeping. Any suggestions on getting better battery life. Maybe a bad battery? Or am I just delusional in how long I think a battery should last?
I see a lot of posts about mediaserver killing the battery, have you checked that?
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When I check battery usage the top three are Android System 51%, Screen 15% and Media 7%. Is the Media what you are referring to with media server?
battery life my be ****ty on the first charge cycle... then you should see a big improvement once media server settles down.
Yeah let it settle. After every newly flashed Rom, the phone needs to "organize" all the media on the device. Once that is done, phone should be back to normal. This process could take a while, depending on how much media is present.
Sorry I haven't replied in several days, went out of town and dint check the forum. Thanks for the advice! My battery is lasting a lot longer now, I am easily going all day depending on how much I use 4G and such. I guess what it needed was time for the media server to settle like you guys said. Thanks again for the advice!
I came into this all wrong. All I ever wanted was to increase my battery life through longer percentages of phone idle and standby and prolonging draining of my batter when in use since every few minuets I'm on the internet 1-2% drops....JUST USING THE INTERNET. I've heard stories of people who have had two days standby and increased battery when on certain roms such as sky-jellybean. I thought flashing a different rom would fix my battery life but I was wrong. After reading stickies and flashing countless roms, I'm still frustrated. If anyone has a solution, I would most appreciate it.
vcjha said:
I came into this all wrong. All I ever wanted was to increase my battery life through longer percentages of phone idle and standby and prolonging draining of my batter when in use since every few minuets I'm on the internet 1-2% drops....JUST USING THE INTERNET. I've heard stories of people who have had two days standby and increased battery when on certain roms such as sky-jellybean. I thought flashing a different rom would fix my battery life but I was wrong. After reading stickies and flashing countless roms, I'm still frustrated. If anyone has a solution, I would most appreciate it.
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There is a whole battery life help thread. Screen time on is really what to look for. Problems with stand bye time are more an issue of wake locks. Those can be seen using better battery stats. I am currently at 25 hrs since charge with 1 hr screen time on and 53% battery using MIUI 12-7
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Mike on XDA said:
There is a whole battery life help thread. Screen time on is really what to look for. Problems with stand bye time are more an issue of wake locks. Those can be seen using better battery stats. I am currently at 25 hrs since charge with 1 hr screen time on and 53% battery using MIUI 12-7
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Can you please direct me to the thread. I've went on countless threads that have just told me, "turn this off, turn this off, turn the brighness down, etc. Problem is I've already done most of this.
vcjha said:
Can you please direct me to the thread. I've went on countless threads that have just told me, "turn this off, turn this off, turn the brighness down, etc. Problem is I've already done most of this.
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It was like the 6th link down in general
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831528
Here is the link to better battery stats (BBS). There is a free apk of the free version near the bottom of the op. It is normally a paid app in the play store
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Also, download CPU spy and check to make sure your phone is going into deep sleep without issue
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