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Battery Life

Have one of these, rooted, stock rom on Rogers (LTE).
The battery life seems inconsistent... Some days it seems fine but days like today with 11 hours off the charger, with the two highest battery culprits being android OS (46%) and android system (16%) the battery life is already at 26%.
Other days when its on my desk it uses nowhere near as much...

vect0r said:
Have one of these, rooted, stock rom on Rogers (LTE).
The battery life seems inconsistent... Some days it seems fine but days like today with 11 hours off the charger, with the two highest battery culprits being android OS (46%) and android system (16%) the battery life is already at 26%.
Other days when its on my desk it uses nowhere near as much...
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Your gonna get reamed for posting in the dev section of the forums.

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Your gonna get reamed for posting in the dev section of the forums.
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vect0r said:
Have one of these, rooted, stock rom on Rogers (LTE).
The battery life seems inconsistent... Some days it seems fine but days like today with 11 hours off the charger, with the two highest battery culprits being android OS (46%) and android system (16%) the battery life is already at 26%.
Other days when its on my desk it uses nowhere near as much...
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Man I know I should say something but I'm just gonna sit back and watch this one unfold lol no astroglide
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But seriously though, post this in q&a as you will not get reamed in the ___.
Answer: try one of the roms in this forum since that is what this forum is for, roms and development and such. They should be your answer since your current rom is filled with BS that sucks battery away my friend
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@jayharper08 you are welcome here!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha

I used stock with root and juicedefender battery is fine on mine
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@jayharper08 you are welcome here!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha
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I'm here!
OP, please keep questions in the Q&A section. These guys were nice tonight, which I like to see. Keep it up
Seriously though, OP, development section is for development threads only. Hope you get your answer
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vect0r said:
Have one of these, rooted, stock rom on Rogers (LTE).
The battery life seems inconsistent... Some days it seems fine but days like today with 11 hours off the charger, with the two highest battery culprits being android OS (46%) and android system (16%) the battery life is already at 26%.
Other days when its on my desk it uses nowhere near as much...
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If you are rooted and not afraid of flashing ROMs than get BeastMOD ROM. The name says it all. I m heavy user and i go for a day with full charge.

jayharper08 said:
I'm here!
OP, please keep questions in the Q&A section. These guys were nice tonight, which I like to see. Keep it up
Seriously though, OP, development section is for development threads only. Hope you get your answer
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I realized I posted it there once I left the house and I knew what I was going to come back to.
My bad.

appdroid said:
If you are rooted and not afraid of flashing ROMs than get BeastMOD ROM. The name says it all. I m heavy user and i go for a day with full charge.
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You talking about the TMo version? I did a search and I cant find a Skyrocket or Rogers version of a BeastMOD ROM.
BTW I get have been getting 34-37 hrs @ 20-15% on the BoneSTOCKeteer-v1.0 ROM with med to light use. Your mileage may vary, but stock ROM only lasted a day with the same use.
edit: the more you play with/use your phone the faster the battery is going to peter out no matter the ROM

I noticed that wifi has a big impact on battery life. I hit about 50% of battery life with it on in about 5 hours but with it off and moderate use I can get 2 days use.
Just a thought and I froze lots of the SNS syncing apps with TB. I dont use those since i use another program for FB.

I actually like the ATT Smart Wifi app. Shuts down wifi when not in use. I think the free version of Juice Defender doesn't do that.

I have now owned my 727R for 6 weeks, coming from an iphone 4. I am finding the battery life inconsistent from charge to charge and anywhere from barely adequate to downright poor. Maximum I have ever gotten was 26 hours with minimal use and minimum has been 10 hours with minimal use.
I have installed and use Juice defender, and have looked at a variety of apps such as cpu spy, cpu hound, traffic monitor. I have turned off notification as much as possible and all other tricks under the sun.
My phone does not seem to go to deep sleep often and a lot of times it shows as awake even though the screen was off for a while.
The straw that broke the camle was when I cmpared notes with my clleague who has a Galaxy S (I know, no 4g, no LTE, smaller csreen). But he is getting 90% battery life with wifi and bluetooth on after 7 hours 15 minutes (minimal use). In the same time period I am down to 60% with bluetooth off!
I am not planning on rooting the phone and using custom ROMS or Kernels right now.
What gives? What do I look at to improve battery life?
Thanks

i notice with out a lot of changes i get horrible horrible battery life. but with a custom rom like quick wiz. i turn screen down. wifi off. under clock it and use a battery saver plus task killer i get two days moderet (use
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I would suggest since Roger stock rom sucks the life out of the battery to root it and use faux123 kernel and Gideon's script to under clock it. Im using at&t stock rom rooted and faux123 kernel and I haven't had a bad battery day yet.. currently 12hrs moderate use 73% still.... not bad at all. Give it a try.. its not like it could any worse lol
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dmunjal said:
I actually like the ATT Smart Wifi app. Shuts down wifi when not in use. I think the free version of Juice Defender doesn't do that.
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It looks like this isn't available for Skyrocket.
1) Does it work like it should, and does it save battery, or is the battery savings negated by other junk running with it in the background? Reviews seem very mixed.
2) If you got it on a SR, how? Would pulling the APK from another device work?

rezadue said:
I have now owned my 727R for 6 weeks, coming from an iphone 4. I am finding the battery life inconsistent from charge to charge and anywhere from barely adequate to downright poor. Maximum I have ever gotten was 26 hours with minimal use and minimum has been 10 hours with minimal use.
I have installed and use Juice defender, and have looked at a variety of apps such as cpu spy, cpu hound, traffic monitor. I have turned off notification as much as possible and all other tricks under the sun.
My phone does not seem to go to deep sleep often and a lot of times it shows as awake even though the screen was off for a while.
The straw that broke the camle was when I cmpared notes with my clleague who has a Galaxy S (I know, no 4g, no LTE, smaller csreen). But he is getting 90% battery life with wifi and bluetooth on after 7 hours 15 minutes (minimal use). In the same time period I am down to 60% with bluetooth off!
I am not planning on rooting the phone and using custom ROMS or Kernels right now.
What gives? What do I look at to improve battery life?
Thanks
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I hated my skyrocket when I first got it because the battery sucked. Never could make it through a full day of average use. I did a search, found out how to root and install a custom rom and now I love it. I can go a full day and still have 20% left. All I can recommend is rooting and at least remove bloatware. I've never seen a single skyrocket user happy with their battery life on stock. Maybe sell or trade it for another iPhone.
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[Q] battery and cpu problems

Doing a check on wife's atrix2 bc her battery will drain very fast some times and other times not like 3 hours sitting on the table. i downloaded app OS Monitor to see if there was an app sucking the battery down. under message tab the cpu1: shutdown then cpu1:booted secondary processor it keeps repeating that over and over about every 10 seconds. has anyone seen that and is that something that would drain the battery very fast? any help would make my life better thanks

Install supercharged script will increase battery life!
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atrix2 said:
Install supercharged script will increase battery life!
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How do we do that?

Here is the original thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16635544#post16635544
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Questions should be posted in the Q&A Section...
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First of Apex is correct, this should be in Q&A. But since it is asked, we'll try to answer.
A little more info about the phone would be helpful in getting an answer to you. Is your phone root? If so, is it running a custom ROM, and what mods have been done? Is it running ICS or GB?
A good app to find a battery drain is BetterBatteryStats.
I also second the SuperCharged script as a battery saver (in most cases). It is quite easy to setup once you understand how to do it. Also be sure to read all of the first two posts in the thread. You will need to be rooted to run the script.
Hope this helps and hope we can get you squared away.

atrix2home said:
Doing a check on wife's atrix2 bc her battery will drain very fast some times and other times not like 3 hours sitting on the table. i downloaded app OS Monitor to see if there was an app sucking the battery down. under message tab the cpu1: shutdown then cpu1:booted secondary processor it keeps repeating that over and over about every 10 seconds. has anyone seen that and is that something that would drain the battery very fast? any help would make my life better thanks
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Seeing as how you have OS Monitor installed to try and track down the cause for the drastic discharge in battery, I have to assume that your wife's Atrix 2 is not rooted, and you are likely on 2.3.6, since the only way you would be on ICS is by obtaining root access and flashing either of the two leaked versions of 4.0.4. That said, we need to know a little about the 'usage' of the battery that is causing the sudden discharge. If you can go and get a screen capture (with another camera phone or otherwise) and post the screen shot of the battery statistics from navigating to Settings or System Settings>Battery>and show what the linear graph can tell us about the usage of the battery. How long has this issue been occurring? If not long, comparatively to the length you've owned the device, I'd rule out hardware issues. Likely, you have a rogue app, or something else like a kernel or power wakelock that is causing constant drastic discharge rates. I've written up a rather extensive guide for getting the most out of your battery (as seen below in my signature), and you can have a look at that to see if any -or all- of those measures are helpful. It sounds like the battery itself could also be the culprit, but again, without further information to go off of, it's so hard to pinpoint...

Jelly Bean Android OS bug?

Has anyone else had their Android OS showing as a higher than normal battery usage since updating to JB? I updated Friday and it's been around 16% ever since, today it has 35 minutes of awake time longer than screen on..

I haven't noticed it since the jb update, but it did happen to me on ICS quite a bit. A simple reboot of the phone seemed to fix it. At least worth a shot.
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I haven't noticed it since the jb update, but it did happen to me on ICS quite a bit. A simple reboot of the phone seemed to fix it. At least worth a shot.
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Thanks, I'll give that a shot, battery life still seems to be great so I'm just curious
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My apologies, thanks Kenny

Nozzles Brewin said:
Thanks, I'll give that a shot, battery life still seems to be great so I'm just curious
My apologies, thanks Kenny
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I have not seen any issue yet.

I've noticed a huge battery drain with JB. I'm experimenting with a few different fixes.
The one I've noticed the biggest difference with is turning off Google Now. This was KILLING my battery. I really won't know how much this fixes the problem until a full day of work.
I've also noticed that just with using my phone for a few minutes, it gets really hot. (Back, lower right)
(I've even did a wipe and reload trying to resolve these issues but nothing has changed.)

I read on another thread that if you updated using the "non data wipe" version of the JB ROM, that this is one of the side effects.
Try installing JB fresh with everything wiped,

I had the huge battery drain after JB update, ended up disabling couple of google apps tweaking couple of location/gps settings and now I'm back to about 1% drain per hour when phone is in idle/deep sleep. For some reason either the update or one of the apps was keeping the phone constantly awake so i had to pull the battery/restart couple of times. Also for some reason the keep screen on while charging was on in the developer options, i think that's why the phone took forever to charge first time after the update. Hope this will be of some help to you guys, gl!

Better Battery Stats, which is available on xda, is a recommended app to determine which apps are causing battery draining issues. From how I use it, unplugging from the charger to when your phone dies, it is most accurate in detailing what's been using battery the most but it works best when the phone is idle. The few times I've had Android OS or Android System taking up battery, it helped me detail which app was the cause however it takes a few hours to properly identify battery draining apps which is expected.
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Thanks all, I also tweaked some location settings and battery life is back to normal

[Q] Upgrade to Jellybean Finally?

I have been sticking to ice cream sandwich as I saw that there were several negative reviews about the jelly bean update specifically regarding battery life. I was wondering whether I should update or stick to ICS. Also I am rooted currently on ICS, what is the best way to update to JB?

Flash a jellybean rom, and the new modems.
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Hmm, I was kind of looking for an evaluation of battery life mainly and whether its worth it to actually upgrade since I treasure my battery life, so have they been able to fix the issues with jb?

Mansterzz said:
Hmm, I was kind of looking for an evaluation of battery life mainly and whether its worth it to actually upgrade since I treasure my battery life, so have they been able to fix the issues with jb?
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There are several threads to help with battery life on jb.

Maybe I set up my device differently but I have not noticed any degradation in battery vs tw and this is from a month of consistent use.
I happen to do a similar setup and use all the same apps and I honestly can't tell a dif in day to day battery life. I still get close to or over 6 hrs screen on time on cm10.1 vs beans 14/13 w the stock kernel in a decent signal area on 4glte pi only and no WiFi at all but I use a Samsung OEM extended 3000 mah.

I too was pretty concerned about battery life. After researching, it turns out most battery related issue is centered around Google Now. This turns out to be true. Just turn off Google Now, then go into Maps>Setting>location setting, uncheck everything (especially "report from this device"), and you won't have any battery issue.
Also, install Greenify, and greenify everything that should go into deep sleep mode when you're not using the phone.

Man I couldn't imagine shutting down all the things I use. Only thing I turn off is GPS when I am not using it on tw. On cm10.1 I leave everything on and don't try to save battery...no issues. I do agree with going into maps and turning off location reporting

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So , I have decided to upgrade to JB, but Ive forgotten how i should do this. Im rooted currently on ICS, but Im not sure if I have an unlocked bootloader ( how would i check?) .
Can anyone suggest a tutorial as to how I would go about doing this since im rooted.

Why don't you just flash a JB ROM? If you want to factory OTA I would search "how do I unroot my S3."
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Battery life with Liquidsmooth 2.3 Official...

So lately I've been working late and I am allowed to use my phone to listen to music at work. On days that I work late, I am forced to bring my phone charger to work because it doesn't last me all day, not even close. According to my battery page in settings, I've had a screen time of only 40 minutes today, and listened to roughly only 20 minutes of music with a few short texts sent here and there and I'm already down to 74% battery life. I am running the most recent official Liquidsmooth (2.3 release) and have my brightness turned way down, and the CPU turned down to a max of 1124Mhz. I am also running the kernel that comes with the ROM, which I'm almost positive is LeanKernel.
Is it normal to be draining my battery this fast with not even an hour of screen time and barely using it? I even turn off data usage when I don't use my phone because I'm concerned about battery life. Is there anything I can do to improve battery life? I don't even touch the Voltage Settings and Advanced Settings under the Performance section, because I don't want to touch anything I don't know what to do or what settings make the ROM unstable. Anyone who can suggest good settings for more stable battery life, even if it sacrifices performance would be a huge help too! Thank you in advanced
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Hear hear. Great rom but something is burning my battery in this rom.

I agree! I love it, I've tried so many ones and this is the only one I've been completely satisfied with basically every aspect! Except the only thing I can complain about is the battery life. Anyone have any suggestions?! I'm already down to 55% battery now
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Same here. I'm only getting about 10-12 hours of battery life. Read some suggestion about using the KT747 kernel but not sure which download to use. Touchwiz 4.1.2, AOSP Jellybean 4.2 Linux 3.0, AOSP Jellybean 4.2 Linux 3.2?
~One confused noob.

pestalilla said:
Same here. I'm only getting about 10-12 hours of battery life. Read some suggestion about using the KT747 kernel but not sure which download to use. Touchwiz 4.1.2, AOSP Jellybean 4.2 Linux 3.0, AOSP Jellybean 4.2 Linux 3.2?
~One confused noob.
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The correct kernel is the AOSP 3.4 Linux version. That being said I just flashed that kernel with 2.2 last night and it seized up my phone. Nandroid now. So that was a bad night.

arathorn4 said:
The correct kernel is the AOSP 3.4 Linux version. That being said I just flashed that kernel with 2.2 last night and it seized up my phone. Nandroid now. So that was a bad night.
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Thanks! I downloaded and flashed it. No problems here. Just need to find the correct tweaks for better battery life.

Let me know what you find. I'm still on the stock lean kernel for LS

I'm curious as well what these battery tweaks are. I installed liquidsmooth 2.4 over the weekend and have since moved back to my rooted stock primarily because of battery drain. I really like the aosp interface but can't afford to have it rape my battery. I was getting like 6 Hrs only on a charge. With my stock rooted rom I get about 19 Hrs on a full charge.

I am using liquidsmooth 2.4 and have been going for 17hrs today still got 20% left. I have the lean kernel that it flashes with and never had battery issues.
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I am using liquidsmooth 2.4 and have been going for 17hrs today still got 20% left. I have the lean kernel that it flashes with and never had battery issues.
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Wow that's impressive. Did you do a clean install of the rom or did you do a upgrade from a previous version? Did you have do any post install tweaks other than the usual (settting screen brightness to low and etc)?

Mayimbe007 said:
Wow that's impressive. Did you do a clean install of the rom or did you do a upgrade from a previous version? Did you have do any post install tweaks other than the usual (settting screen brightness to low and etc)?
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Clean install of the rom. I actually came from hyper drive. No other tweaks done. I leave anything off that I am not using. Don't leave nfc or bluetooth on. Don't use sync for very much.
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Today I took it off charge at 6 and I have used 92 minutes of talk time, 50 texts(kinda low), xda, email, Internet, YouTube, and some other forums and I still have 42 percent. Other than text messages I would say I have used the phone moderate to heavy.
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