There's a lot of misinformation out there, so you need to do some testing. I get 20 hours of regular use or 16 hours of heavy use.
Note that these are my results on a Samsung Galaxy Note i717 running on 4.0.4 ICS stock rom. Your results may vary, particularly if you're using a different OS version!
Don't use Live Wallpapers. They're cool, but consumes lots of battery.
Don't use Sense UI. Again, it's pretty, but not friendly to battery (for HTC users)
Prefer the back button instead of the home button. The back button lets apps decide if they want to run in the background. The home screen often leaves apps running when they don't need to.
Don't use app killers! There's no need for them if you use the back button, and you'll end up crippling other apps because of non-obvious dependencies between apps.
Use WiFi whenever you have access to a network because it uses less battery than 3G. (Shorter distance, lower power.)
Turn WiFi off when you don't have access to a network, otherwise it will keep looking for a WiFi network it can use (which drains battery)
Reduce the frequency at which apps refresh their content. Common offenders are social media clients (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and news or weather apps.
Finally, watch your battery usage under Settings -> About Phone -> Battery -> Battery Use. This will show you what has been using the battery since it was last charged. (So it shows nothing while charging!) If anything unexpected is using the battery, consider replacing it with another app or service.
Best of luck, and enjoy your Android phone!
Original tips from Droid Wiki and applied it on my i717 , it helps try it for yourself
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Consider running at a higher clock speed, and track how well your phone is performing. I've had much more luck getting overclocked phones to last.
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Consider running at a higher clock speed, and track how well your phone is performing. I've had much more luck getting overclocked phones to last.
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On the contrary, under clocking and under volting would give you a better battery life, no need to explain why
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Prefer the back button instead of the home button. The back button lets apps decide if they want to run in the background. The home screen often leaves apps running when they don't need to.
Don't use app killers! There's no need for them if you use the back button, and you'll end up crippling other apps because of non-obvious dependencies between apps.
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I'm not sure if the back button really really close ALL apps as you think and as we want to have like.
I've noticed that this won't work for:
- DrawSomething
- AirDroid
Saiba said:
I'm not sure if the back button really really close ALL apps as you think and as we want to have like.
I've noticed that this won't work for:
- DrawSomething
- AirDroid
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Hmm yea you're right about that but somehow most of you're apps will close so its a big thing to hit the back button instead of home rather than closing them one by one on task manager ...
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There's a lot of misinformation out there, so you need to do some testing. I get 20 hours of regular use or 16 hours of heavy use.
Note that these are my results on a Samsung Galaxy Note i717 running on 4.0.4 ICS stock rom. Your results may vary, particularly if you're using a different OS version!
Don't use Live Wallpapers. They're cool, but consumes lots of battery.
Don't use Sense UI. Again, it's pretty, but not friendly to battery (for HTC users)
Prefer the back button instead of the home button. The back button lets apps decide if they want to run in the background. The home screen often leaves apps running when they don't need to.
Don't use app killers! There's no need for them if you use the back button, and you'll end up crippling other apps because of non-obvious dependencies between apps.
Use WiFi whenever you have access to a network because it uses less battery than 3G. (Shorter distance, lower power.)
Turn WiFi off when you don't have access to a network, otherwise it will keep looking for a WiFi network it can use (which drains battery)
Reduce the frequency at which apps refresh their content. Common offenders are social media clients (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and news or weather apps.
Finally, watch your battery usage under Settings -> About Phone -> Battery -> Battery Use. This will show you what has been using the battery since it was last charged. (So it shows nothing while charging!) If anything unexpected is using the battery, consider replacing it with another app or service.
Best of luck, and enjoy your Android phone!
Original tips from Droid Wiki and applied it on my i717 , it helps try it for yourself
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If possible just switch 2 airplane mode or switch off 3g/2g connection,
When travel becoz network fluctuations causes more battery use.
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If possible just switch 2 airplane mode or switch off 3g/2g connection,
When travel becoz network fluctuations causes more battery use.
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You got a point , switching between 3g to 2g really helps increasing ur battery life like what i said in my post , but switching into airplane mode makes me think twice especially when ur waiting for ur boss's call
somehow u said "if possible" so i also consider that
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I note that some applications eat all battery in a few minutes. Two or three times I had to restore default settings to repair problems with battery.
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I note that some applications eat all battery in a few minutes. Two or three times I had to restore default settings to repair problems with battery.
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can you tell us what are those app ? a little information will be great for all of us
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can you tell us what are those app ? a little information will be great for all of us
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I use better battery stats,
Which give me complete information which app is consuming the maximum battery,
Just search xda you will get the xda free version,
And if you like it you can update it to pro version for its real price
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deadcpu said:
I use better battery stats,
Which give me complete information which app is consuming the maximum battery,
Just search xda you will get the xda free version,
And if you like it you can update it to pro version for its real price
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thanks for the info , ill give it a try
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Nice guide!
But these are very common tips!
Press the thanks button
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Nice guide!
But these are very common tips!
Press the thanks button
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Yes, thanks again for these. much appreciated!
thanks for appreciating my little tip , anyway android headline is giving away a free nexus 4 until today maybe some of you didnt know about this you can still register at their site
http://androidheadlines.com/2012/11/lg-google-nexus-4-giveaway-at-androidheadlines-com.html
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Thanks For Sharing this Information
joshxrain said:
There's a lot of misinformation out there, so you need to do some testing. I get 20 hours of regular use or 16 hours of heavy use.
Note that these are my results on a Samsung Galaxy Note i717 running on 4.0.4 ICS stock rom. Your results may vary, particularly if you're using a different OS version!
Don't use Live Wallpapers. They're cool, but consumes lots of battery.
Don't use Sense UI. Again, it's pretty, but not friendly to battery (for HTC users)
Prefer the back button instead of the home button. The back button lets apps decide if they want to run in the background. The home screen often leaves apps running when they don't need to.
Don't use app killers! There's no need for them if you use the back button, and you'll end up crippling other apps because of non-obvious dependencies between apps.
Use WiFi whenever you have access to a network because it uses less battery than 3G. (Shorter distance, lower power.)
Turn WiFi off when you don't have access to a network, otherwise it will keep looking for a WiFi network it can use (which drains battery)
Reduce the frequency at which apps refresh their content. Common offenders are social media clients (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and news or weather apps.
Finally, watch your battery usage under Settings -> About Phone -> Battery -> Battery Use. This will show you what has been using the battery since it was last charged. (So it shows nothing while charging!) If anything unexpected is using the battery, consider replacing it with another app or service.
Best of luck, and enjoy your Android phone!
Original tips from Droid Wiki and applied it on my i717 , it helps try it for yourself
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Thanks for Sharing this ,
There are a lot of ways to increase the battery life of your Droid. One is adjusting the brightness of your Droid. That way, energy consumption is reduced.
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your welcome sir , hit thanks if u dont mind
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Yup, a little trick I use is to switch auto-brightness off, that way the light sensor doesn't have to keep taking readings. Same with the auto-rotate, it unnecessarily keeps the accelerometer on
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Switching off haptic feedback/setting it to auto also helps a lot.
If on a custom rom, try reducing the vibration motor vibration to 50% one minute of using the vibrator is as good as 10 minutes of ringing.
Further, try changing your cpu governor to something more meek and less performance oriented
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Yup, a little trick I use is to switch auto-brightness off, that way the light sensor doesn't have to keep taking readings. Same with the auto-rotate, it unnecessarily keeps the accelerometer on
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Switching off haptic feedback/setting it to auto also helps a lot.
If on a custom rom, try reducing the vibration motor vibration to 50% one minute of using the vibrator is as good as 10 minutes of ringing.
Further, try changing your cpu governor to something more meek and less performance oriented
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thanks for the additional info you guys are great
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more battery life tips
The tips given so far are great for reducing battery drain, but there is another way to look at battery life.
Batteries degrade and lose capacity. The lithium ion / lithium polymer type batteries used in phones age faster with heat. At room temperature, ~68F a typical phone battery mght lose 7% of it's capacity per year. With each added degree the rate of loss accelerates. As temps increase the rate of loss can become very high. Leave your phone in a car in summer sun and you can lose a measurable amount of capacity in a few hours. Likewise as temps decrease rate of loss slows. If you have a spare battery that you only use on trips, storing it in a refrigerator will slow its decline. Storing in a freezer will slow it slightly more, but introduces a risk of damage from condensation when you take it out to warm. Also, the battery can be damaged by charging when very cold.
Unlike lead acid batteries which age faster in a partially discharged state, lithium based batteries age faster at higher levels of charge. Some laptops now offer an option to not fully charge the battery which is very helpful for people who mainly use them while plugged in to a charger. The combination of the heat from the laptop plus continuously being at a state of full charge causes rapid ageing. Lithium batteries degrade most rapidly when fully discharged so it is usually recommended to store them 50% charged, roughly 3.75 to 3.80 volts. When storing for very long periods of time one might want to start from little higher state of charge to lessen the risk that the slow internal self discharge doesn't drain the battery too far. Storing at lower temps also slows self discharge.
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So i was doing some messing around and i found that on my phone if i leave data enabled i get ridiculous battery drain while using the phone. Just enabling data and downloading an app of the market dropped me 3%. now if i have 3g data off i get maybe 1-3% drain per hour while using the phone. maybe its just me but i think its 3g data thats draining our battery more then it is the super amoled display.
Yes, 3g data drains the battery. Use the power control widget to turn that, and GPS, off while your not using it. Your battery life will be much better at the expense of things like weather widgets not updating and contacts not syncing.
Now, does this really need to be in the development section??? Come on man, post in general or Q/A or somewhere where it would make sense to post!!!
benjio12 said:
Yes, 3g data drains the battery. Use the power control widget to turn that, and GPS, off while your not using it. Your battery life will be much better at the expense of things like weather widgets not updating and contacts not syncing.
Now, does this really need to be in the development section??? Come on man, post in general or Q/A or somewhere where it would make sense to post!!!
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FYI the power control widget does not have the option to disable 3g data
benjio12 said:
Yes, 3g data drains the battery. Use the power control widget to turn that, and GPS, off while your not using it. Your battery life will be much better at the expense of things like weather widgets not updating and contacts not syncing.
Now, does this really need to be in the development section??? Come on man, post in general or Q/A or somewhere where it would make sense to post!!!
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Yes i know it drains battery but this seems to be excessive compared to other phones ive had (palm pre,htc hero,tmobile g1). Also if there was a Q/A section i would of put it there hehe maybe we can get a mod to make one.
greatzak said:
FYI the power control widget does not have the option to disable 3g data
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where can i turn off 3g?
I noticed the same thing with my phone. It seem when u do anything regarding the 3G your battery gets murdered. Yesterday i was noticing a 10% an hour battery drain with very little use. Over 5 hours i probably sent/received 4 or 5 text and talked for 4 minutes. Today using Juice Defender i noticed much better performance. Maybe only 4% drain with the same amount of usage.
Hopefully this gets addressed by either samsung or the amazing devs around here.
koolhand79 said:
I noticed the same thing with my phone. It seem when u do anything regarding the 3G your battery gets murdered. Yesterday i was noticing a 10% an hour battery drain with very little use. Over 5 hours i probably sent/received 4 or 5 text and talked for 4 minutes. Today using Juice Defender i noticed much better performance. Maybe only 4% drain with the same amount of usage.
Hopefully this gets addressed by either samsung or the amazing devs around here.
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awesome glad im not the only one with excessive drain from 3g
So how do you disable 3g manually?
I recommend Power Control Plus from the Market.
It allows you to make power widgets including 3G data, SD Card Scan, and a working flashlight app!
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3891/samsung-epic-4g-review-the-fastest-android-phone/8
Those battery life numbers dont look good...
Geez, I just looked at that battery review. The review does look bad. I get pretty good battery life on my phone. 10+ hours yesterday with heavy media streaming, talk time, playing games & browsing the internet.
Power Control doesnt work for our phones(at least for me), failing to control 4G & 3G.. something is amiss.. doesnt even notice that i have 4G hardware
Try juice defender, turns off data whenever u shut the screen
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Isnt there a serious delay when restarting 3G on that setting?.. not only that.. but everytime my screen is on, i dont want 3G running, sometimes im gaming, or doing other none internet related things.
Is there a 3G on demand button in juice or ultimate juice? ie.. only waking if prompted by a service needing the net?
Phen0m said:
Isnt there a serious delay when restarting 3G on that setting?.. not only that.. but everytime my screen is on, i dont want 3G running, sometimes im gaming, or doing other none internet related things.
Is there a 3G on demand button in juice or ultimate juice? ie.. only waking if prompted by a service needing the net?
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Lol
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Lol
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so helpful
yes theres a widget that you can use to toggle data on juice defender. you can turn data on , off, or turn it on and have juice defender control it.
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yes theres a widget that you can use to toggle data on juice defender. you can turn data on , off, or turn it on and have juice defender control it.
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Thank you kind sir
No problem glad to help.
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No you can't shut off 3g the software wont let you
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As we all know that battery backup is one of the only backdrops of Xperia L. So I am making this thread so that we can discuss battery life. Recommend ways of increasing battery life, softwares you use to increase backup, post your battery stats. Tell us how many hours you get.
Hit Thanks if I helped you. :laugh:
I use duBattery saver, Greenify and App cache cleaner. All are certainly very good!
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I use duBattery saver, Greenify and App cache cleaner. All are certainly very good!
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I was also using that battery saver but later found out that the battery saver itself was succking too much ram and battery. You better use only greenify and app cache cleaner. The battery drains a lot by using battery saver but after uninstalling it, I can feel the difference.
Actually, I mainly use that app to quit all the apps running in the background. Check its widget. You can place it on your homescreen and with one touch, all apps are closed
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Actually, I mainly use that app to quit all the apps running in the background. Check its widget. You can place it on your homescreen and with one touch, all apps are closed
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Yeah I am also talking about it. That widget itself sucks too much battery and drains battery. It takes almost 20 MB of ram even when we are not using it.
Yeah it does use a lot of RAM but it does more good than bad. I hope they release a more optimized version, that would be very good.
do try Qualcomm Snapdragon BatteryGuru (available on Play Store), seems to do the trick for me. This combined with STAMINA mode that Sony offers, I can sail through the day easily with enough battery left in the end.
I don't know why everyone complains so much about battery life. I get about 3-4 days out of a charge with medium usage. WTF is wrong with me?
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I don't know why everyone complains so much about battery life. I get about 3-4 days out of a charge with medium usage. WTF is wrong with me?
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What do you use man? how the hell did you got so much battery backup?
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What do you use man? how the hell did you got so much battery backup?
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I don't use a software that promises battery save, only the tools provided by Sony in power management.
Also, brightness is at 0% or at the worst auto-mode. I switched off all the bloatware by Sony + Google Chrome.
And last but not least, I do full charges and un-charges.
Those dark days with the X10 Mini Pro taught me some things, lol!
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I use duBattery saver, Greenify and App cache cleaner. All are certainly very good!
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is it appropriate on unrooting phone ?
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officiallyjun said:
is it appropriate on unrooting phone ?
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Greenify needs root mate
Jipimxe said:
I don't use a software that promises battery save, only the tools provided by Sony in power management.
Also, brightness is at 0% or at the worst auto-mode. I switched off all the bloatware by Sony + Google Chrome.
And last but not least, I do full charges and un-charges.
Those dark days with the X10 Mini Pro taught me some things, lol!
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But everybody recommends that we shouldn't discharge our phone completely as it might be harmful
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But everybody recommends that we shouldn't discharge our phone completely as it might be harmful
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I didn't say I discharge it completely. In the previous screens, I was just outside the house, so I couldn't charge it at all.
Usually I do the charges below 10-15% depending on where I am.
But, yeah, Li-Ion batteries should be fully discharged at least once every 30 charges (give or take), based on what I have read here or in other forums.
Hi!
The past days, I also have the same problem as you guys have..But then, after I did this, my battery does not drain that much..
After 20hrs on Stamina Mode, about 2-3hrs 1-2hrs of gaming, 2-3hrs 1-2hrs of 3G surfing, and downloaded from google play about 150MB, i still have about 58% of battery life on my XL..i know that does not count that much, but it was really a lot compare to the recent days i am using it..
I don't have any installed apps to kill recent apps..i just swipe out the application on the App button( the one on the right side of the home button with two rectangle) and that's it! I even keep the running applications on the application setting to run on its own.. :victory:
Hope this one helps you! Just hit the Get Mad button..
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My brightness is zero since XL is still okay with this setting..
signashoes007 said:
Hi!
The past days, I also have the same problem as you guys have..But then, after I did this, my battery does not drain that much..
After 20hrs on Stamina Mode, about 2-3hrs of gaming, 2-3hrs of 3G surfing, and downloaded from google play about 150MB, i still have about 58% of battery life on my XL..i know that does not count that much, but it was really a lot compare to the recent days i am using it..
I don't have any installed apps to kill recent apps..i just swipe out the application on the App button( the one on the right side of the home button with two rectangle) and that's it! I even keep the running applications on the application setting to run on its own.. :victory:
Hope this one helps you! Just hit the Get Mad button..
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My brightness is zero since XL is still okay with this setting..
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Your battery backup is too much dude. I don't know how can you even get it. Even my brightness is set at zero
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Your battery backup is too much dude. I don't know how can you even get it. Even my brightness is set at zero
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Try it sir..So that it could be conclude that this will help saving battery life..:highfive:
One more thing, I tried sending via Bluetooth with Stamina Mode, and it does not send successfully..need to turn off the Stamina Mode first before it can send..
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Your battery backup is too much dude. I don't know how can you even get it. Even my brightness is set at zero
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sorry dude, it just only about 1-2hrs of gaming, not 2-3hrs.. sorry for this.. same with web browsing.. also 1-2hrs only.. i will edit it.. :crying:
As I said earlier that I use dubattery saver, I just got their pro version. In this version, the app reduces the cpu freq. when the phone is not in use provided you have a rooted phone
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I got around 22 hours of battery with stamina mode on and mobile data on for 5-6 hours
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I have tested my phone in many ways and here are my results:
Battery drain:
Stand by (no stamina mode): -1%/hour
Stand by (STAMINA mode): -0,4%/hour
Hard use with brightness 100% (3g/wifi open, bluetooth open): -29%/hour
Hard use with brightness 50% (same use): -23%/hour
AnTuTu Battery Test (100% Brightness and full 100% CPU use): -35%/hour (and 50,4 degrees Celcious (???))
I dont think it is a good battery at all, for hard users!
Didn't see it posted so I though I be the first, If it was sorry.
How to Increase Battery Life on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 or Simply how to make it last longer though out the day. Have another Tip? Leave a comment and let me know, Ill add them.
My Top 10 Tips for saving Battery Life.
1- Enable power saver
2- Disable unnecessary features & gestures
3- Turn off WiFi & Bluetooth when not needed
4- Delete unused widgets
5- Close applications that you are not using
6- Toggle From 4G to 2G
7- Disabling Background Data:
8- Changing Application Sync Settings:
9- Set Brightness to ” Auto ” and lower Timeout Duration:
10- Avoid Live wallpapers, instead set Dark wallpapers.
Thanks for the tips. But if I follow that, what's the point to use such an advanced smartphone?
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Thanks for the tips. But if I follow that, what's the point to use such an advanced smartphone?
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Samsung crams SO many features into their phone I doubt you or really anyone uses all of them regularly (it's not like you can't turn anything you want back on). Also some of these are just temporary when you really need to conserve power; like Power Saver, which really degrades the performance of the processor and GCU or switching to 2g data.
Tip No. 11 Turn your Phone Off...
Thanks a lot.. But if turn off the device saves a lot of battery jeje.
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- Turn off mobile data when you're not using it. This can save you about 3 days of battery live. In one go.
- Turn off Auto Sync. Did you seriously think something that connects to the internet all the time did not drain your battery?
- Don't use Auto modes. Yes, this includes brightness. IT'S A SENSOR, GENIUS. Sensors require power. Just turn down the brightness yourself. (30% is more than sufficient in ordinarily lit rooms.)
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Thanks for the tips. But if I follow that, what's the point to use such an advanced smartphone?
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Well have you every been stuck without a way of charging? There's times I know I wont be able to charge my phone and it might die so i do these things in order to improve and prolong my battery life.
Take a brick charger with you :laugh::laugh:
Unless you mean to do this when you're running low once in a blue moon, then ok.
Otherwise what's the point of the phone?
I do the literal opposite of your list.
Full brightness (unless I'm in a dark room)
4g
Syncing 4 gmail accounts
Syncing Microsoft exchange calendar
Power saving mode off
Facebook connected
I do have a fully charged original note 3 spare battery on me at all times though.
But I rarely need to use it before 7 pm (12 hours after taking it off the charger in the morning).
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Well have you every been stuck without a way of charging? There's times I know I wont be able to charge my phone and it might die so i do these things in order to improve and prolong my battery life.
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Yes, I do have. My solution is tha I will carry 3 oem batteries...plus a 10000 mah battery power bank.
I only got the spare battery yesterday.
I was still running on full mode before the spare battery. I made sure my phone was always charging (while at office, car or home).
blackout720 said:
Well have you every been stuck without a way of charging? There's times I know I wont be able to charge my phone and it might die so i do these things in order to improve and prolong my battery life.
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Indeed... I do 7 hours a day by train, in which I have a 70% chance that I might have to spend half of that checking the travel advisor for an alternative route. I know what it is like all too well....
To me battery life is more valuable than knowing my neighbour managed to write a Q on her visit to the bathroom.
Is there any way to turn off data when the screen is turned off in the settings? Similar to the htc ones power saving option
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Is there any way to turn off data when the screen is turned off in the settings? Similar to the htc ones power saving option
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I think juice defender does that.
The thing I like about the Note 3 is that battery life is not an issue anymore, provided that I can charge it overnight.
Today, I've been on battery for 17 hrs straight, including phone calls, 90 minutes of navigation, Internet use etc. And there's still 28% battery left.
My point is: if the battery life is much less, there's something wrong, and you should investigate that before turning to measures like in the first post. Use an app like Wake Lock Detector or Better Battery Stats to check what is draining your battery.
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I don't actually have a Note 3. Still on Note II but I check in here for feedback.
I would suggest people to purchase the Android Tuner app. It ain't cheap unless u buy it in a sale, but it crams many utilities into one program meaning you don't have to run several different apps. These include battery information/tweaks, overclock/undervolt, ram management, screen off tweaks like disable data or wifi when there's no network activity such as streaming music, backup options like titanium pro, etc etc and much much more of varying complexity depending on how far you want to delve into it.
All in all, a wonderful app and worth every penny.
crislevin said:
I think juice defender does that.
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Yeah. But I was hoping it would be built into the settings
Yeah the features are there for us to use. And betteries to drain
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could someone clarify this for me?
when you turn off
"Auto Sync"
or enable
"Restrict Background Data"
what does it do exactly?
does it mean I would no longer get notifications for WhatsApp, Twitter, Gmail?
Hi,
''Snapdragon™ BatteryGuru is a battery life saver app that extends battery performance and improves overall user experience by intelligently making changes that optimize device functionality in phones with Snapdragon mobile processors. This app:
• Delivers longer battery life with fewer charges, acting as a battery life extender
• Intelligently learns how you use your Snapdragon-powered smartphone and optimizes your device without disabling smartphone functionality
• Requires no user configuration - Snapdragon BatteryGuru automatically learns and adjusts the smartphone settings so you don’t have to
After a brief 2-4 day introduction period, Snapdragon BatteryGuru learns the user’s behaviors and then notifies the user that it is ready to extend the battery life and improve the experience. Snapdragon BatteryGuru continues to operate in the background, deepening its understanding of the user and further optimizing the experience over time.''
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Play Store link
FAQs - Snapdragon BatteryGuru
I share this app for those who don't know this app and want to test. There is some good feedbacks for other devices. Personnaly I don't use it so don't ask me if battery life is better or worse, test by yourself, share your feedbacks, etc...
That wifi function was what i missed from xperias stamina mode and this has tons more. Hopefully the app keeps at light weight and dont end up drain battery itself.
Looks good! Lets put it to test.
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I just installed it. Not expecting much, but we'll see.
We'll see how this works, seems like it could be decent. It says 4 days to calibrate, so be wary of that, crackflashers!
First night deep sleep battery usage dropped from ~60mAh to 24mAh. Seems like a realdeal. :thumbup:
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In used this on my DNA and noticed no improvement. I wonder what it'll do with the S800. Going to try again.
I installed it & when it came out of the dormant mode to start saving battery for me, it asked me to keep the location sharing always ON in the LG UI settings, which i had disabled to save battery, i don't understand why does it need location ON?
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rkaria1970 said:
I installed it & when it came out of the dormant mode to start saving battery for me, it asked me to keep the location sharing always ON in the LG UI settings, which i had disabled to save battery, i don't understand why does it need location ON?
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I don't understand this either. But.... I am at 52% battery with almost 4 hours off screen time and my location services have been on constantly. I believe I read the location services were to determine when it can turn wifi on and off. I'm not 100% on that.
This app didn't do much on my one.
Imo the g2 doesn't need it
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I will report back when learning mode is done, sucks that it needs the location services turned on,that alone might defeat its purpose I think.
I used it for a couple of days after 4 days of calibration, i can hardly find any difference. Uninstalled it.
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I installed it & when it came out of the dormant mode to start saving battery for me, it asked me to keep the location sharing always ON in the LG UI settings, which i had disabled to save battery, i don't understand why does it need location ON?
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Because it learns places you use wifi and will turn it on and off depending on where you use it.
Guys. The app is designed for people that use their smartphone. Most people leave location services on. Try using your phone with location services OFF and UNINSTAL the app. See how much battery you use. Then use the the app. It causes a HUGE increase in battery. But if you usually leave location off, you won't see much of a difference
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I count about 42% difference on this. My Juicedefender config gives me 96% on average. I'll stick to that.
I've been calibrating for two days and I'm hoping that after calibration has finished, I can just leave my wifi and gps on all the time and it will know when to turn it on and off without my input.
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I've been calibrating for two days and I'm hoping that after calibration has finished, I can just leave my wifi and gps on all the time and it will know when to turn it on and off without my input.
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That's exactly how it works I am a flash aholic though:/ so can't use this app
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I'm not a flashaholic but I'm seriously looking forward to the day I can flash CM onto my Wind D801!!!! I used CM on my S2 and I really see the value in CM!
I just installed it. Not expecting much, but we'll see.
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I just installed it. Not expecting much, but we'll see.
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At least you'll have the inevitable uninstall to look forward to
It's not looking promising but I'll mess with it a few more days just for giggles.
I seem to be using MORE battery after finishing the learning period. In the morning I check a few news sources then don't touch the phone again until about 10am where I've been, according to the Guru battery indicator 99%. This morning I was at 96%.
Besides changing some autosync settings it didn't apear to do much before and seems the same now.
I know this will be completely relative to the amount of notifications you have pushed to the sw2 but....what kind of impact are you seeing in regards to your phone's battery life?
Basically, does reduction in phone screen-on time and foreground cpu processes negate the impact of the bt and smartwatch connect running in the background of your phone?
Thanks!
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I know this will be completely relative to the amount of notifications you have pushed to the sw2 but....what kind of impact are you seeing in regards to your phone's battery life?
Basically, does reduction in phone screen-on time and foreground cpu processes negate the impact of the bt and smartwatch connect running in the background of your phone?
Thanks!
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Difficult to quantify accurately without a with and without comparison on a strictly like for like basis but I haven't noticed any significant impact on my phone's battery life. I was worried that maintaining a constant bluetooth link and keeping SmartConnect and the SW's notification elements constantly running in the backgroung (ie, not Greenified) would be a big drain but I've not seen any of this. If anything, not having to constantly get my phone out and turn the screen on everytime it receives some form of message may well be saving my phone's battery - it's certainly been much more convenient for me.
Nexus 5 (rooted, stock 4.4.2)
Prepagan said:
Difficult to quantify accurately without a with and without comparison on a strictly like for like basis but I haven't noticed any significant impact on my phone's battery life. I was worried that maintaining a constant bluetooth link and keeping SmartConnect and the SW's notification elements constantly running in the backgroung (ie, not Greenified) would be a big drain but I've not seen any of this. If anything, not having to constantly get my phone out and turn the screen on everytime it receives some form of message may well be saving my phone's battery - it's certainly been much more convenient for me.
Nexus 5 (rooted, stock 4.4.2)
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Same. I was worried also about BT, but nothing happened Once i saw Smartwatch Map2 consuming battery, but it is gone too. I found some feedbacks about that app consuming battery, but that's another story and always can be uninstalled...
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Thanks! This is exactly what I was hoping to hear.
The SW2 happened to be on sale at Best Buy today, needless to say I'm now part of the club! =)
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Welcome mate! Enjoy your new toy
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I'm pretty satisfied too, it doesn't seem to drain too much the phone battery! The only thing i noticed was the gmail extension for smartwatch, in the first days it seemed to have a little bit more of battery drain compared to the other extensions, so i removed it. With Watchit you can see the notifications of gmail also, so no problems at all welcome to the SW community
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Wore my watch and used my Samsung GS3 (rooted 4.1.2, BoneStock 3.4) and it chewed up battery way faster than normal. Previously my rooted phone could get two days between charges with light usage and definitely through a full day with moderator heavy use. Only extensive GPS use would wear it own under a day. Using SW2 seems to draw just under the GPS draw. I only have the stock Sony extensions for Gmail, messaging, slide show, music, calendar. I read that the Gmail extension draws a lot battery but I can't use other notification apps like Watch It so I push all my email to my Gmail account to get notifications on my watch.
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I have a Note 3 and had this watch since xmas and i can say with all the test i made, with battery monitors, checking wakelocks, trying 2 identical days with and without the watch tethered, there is no significant impact of this watch on the battery life of my Note 3, there is less than 2% difference between the days i have the watch connected and those i dont. That could be considered as a margin of error. Or maybe one day a had a couple more notifications that the other, anyways, there is no significant impact.
my phone battery is bad but I haven't noticed that the battery drain more with the smartwatch 2,
before using the smartwatch 2 I had always running BT on the background (so I can step in to the car and connect with the radio ),
In fact yesterday i uses my smartwatch 2 allot in in place of my phone and my phone fell down when i was home normally it will shut down hours before!
So I think it doesn't effect allot of you'r phone batery.
It's currently chewing up a good 20% plus of my battery consumption. Well, "com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware.extension.userLabel" is chewing up 20% plus. I think that's the long winded name for "Smart Connect", that or the "SmartWatch 2" app.
"com.sonyericsson.extras.liveware.extension.userLabel" under 'included packages' states:
Facebook - Smart Extras
Weather Widget - Smart Extras
Find Phone - Smart Extras
Twitter - Smart Extras
Missed Call - Smart Extras
I'm assuming that however I have those Smart Extras setup determines how much impact it has on the battery i.e. Weather Widget - Smart Extras updating the weather every 15 minutes will eat up more battery then setting it to every 1 hour.
Question: If you install something like "Watchify", and you use that to handle notifications for what is being currently handled by the Smart Extras in the list above, is it safe to remove "Smart Connect"?
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Question: If you install something like "Watchify", and you use that to handle notifications for what is being currently handled by the Smart Extras in the list above, is it safe to remove "Smart Connect"?
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If you remove Smart Connect I believe your watch will loose connection with your phone. At least that's what I found.
Try it for yourself though, easy enough to put back on.
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If you remove Smart Connect I believe your watch will loose connection with your phone. At least that's what I found.
Try it for yourself though, easy enough to put back on.
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Yes I think you're right. Delving deeper in to third party apps it would seem they all use Smart Connect as a kind of vehicle between watch and phone.
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Chris_c81 said:
Yes I think you're right. Delving deeper in to third party apps it would seem they all use Smart Connect as a kind of vehicle between watch and phone.
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Wow. As I mentioned earlier, Smart Connect was hogging a good 20%+ battery. I have been monitoring it all day and I've been out at work on my mobile data during that time. Now I've been back home on WiFi only a couple of hours, Smart Connect has dropped right down to 5% battery usage! Would definitely seem as though while its using the mobile data to forward notifications it hits the battery harder then it does over WiFi.
That sort of makes sense as under normal circumstances mobile data, as it's constantly trying to find best signal, always hits the battery harder then WiFi which is generally pretty stable. So factor in Smart Connect and it makes sense.
I really need to see what my phones battery life would be like had I not been charging it on and off throughout the day. I'll try and start at 100% tomorrow morning and just let it run till I'm home and see what percentage it drops and how much of that drop was Smart Connect.
My phone is the Note II. Going forward battery capacity will be high on my priority prerequisite list for my next mobile phone.
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I use 2x battery, to just turn on auto-sync/wifi/3g every 15 minutes, rather than having permanent push. Saves tonnes of power if you can content yourself with that.
It also has a SmartWatch extension which is nice.
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I use 2x battery, to just turn on auto-sync/wifi/3g every 15 minutes, rather than having permanent push. Saves tonnes of power if you can content yourself with that.
It also has a SmartWatch extension which is nice.
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Yes, I also use 2x battery, and I can confirm this. In my opinion the best battery saver out there. And works nicely with the SW2.
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nice trick that 2x battery, data always chews a lot of battery, but with the z ultra, that screen is a killer, alltough i put it on 20% brightness and still see ok, but since i got the SW2 it does drain faster, idk why is that, before i had this toy i could go a solid day listening to grooveshark and googling contantly, now i had to buy a magnetic dock to keep it going.Oh what we do for our gadgets )