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What's the best method to save some battery on this battery draining phone?
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new rom. display low. WiFi off . task killer (not one always on just one run once in awhile. ) turn cpu down. get rid apps don't need and turn sync off
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If you use the device a lot, and enjoy using it a lot, don't sweat it. The prior post has some good suggestions and I recommend reading through the battery life thread in the general section, good info there too.
one can find themselves obsessive with battery life performance to the point of not using the full potential of their device to their enjoyment - like me.
I'm waning myself off of caring too much, making progress...
xxsicknessxx said:
new rom. display low. WiFi off . task killer (not one always on just one run once in awhile. ) turn cpu down. get rid apps don't need and turn sync off
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+1 to this.
I am using Seanz sky icecream sandwich rom, I also run Juicedefender on aggressive I get a full day and halfs worth of battery with moderate to heavy usage.
Sup guys,
I was curious to know while actually using your charge how fast does your device drain the battery. I know it can vary depending on what your doing (video streaming etc) but lets use web browsing as a example. Looks like I lose 1 percent every 3 mins. Does this sound normal?
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luis86dr said:
Sup guys,
I was curious to know while actually using your charge how fast does your device drain the battery. I know it can vary depending on what your doing (video streaming etc) but lets use web browsing as a example. Looks like I lose 1 percent every 3 mins. Does this sound normal?
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just having ur screen on for 3 straight min. could do that, let alone running a program lol.
cnoevl21 said:
just having ur screen on for 3 straight min. could do that, let alone running a program lol.
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Lol figured that but wanted to see everyone's input on their battery use.
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Maybe when you post battery usage also include the time you had the screen on?
If anyone is wondering just hit "display" when you look at battery usage.
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Battery lasted 9 hours with 1 hour and 39 mins of the screen being on / while in use.
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luis86dr said:
Battery lasted 9 hours with 1 hour and 39 mins of the screen being on / while in use.
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to be honest thats not horrible, but i get double that usually. What has saved me battery life is AnTutu's Battery Saver, turning off google location, and using browser to log into facebook instead of the facebook apps.
Ill try that out
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cnoevl21 said:
to be honest thats not horrible, but i get double that usually. What has saved me battery life is AnTutu's Battery Saver, turning off google location, and using browser to log into facebook instead of the facebook apps.
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Last time I tried that it messed with my data connection and completely killed it to the point of wiping data...
You should be able to get 2-3hrs of screen on time per charge cycle. This is also dependent on what you are doing when the screen is on, and also how much your phone is doing with the screen off as well.
Which thing messed with ur data? The battery saver? I had that problem with other battery savers (juice defender, battery doctor) but no problem at all with AnTutus battery saver.
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cnoevl21 said:
Which thing messed with ur data? The battery saver? I had that problem with other battery savers (juice defender, battery doctor) but no problem at all with AnTutus battery saver.
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Antutu killed my data and the other ones worked fine. Now i don't use any and just manage stuff myself.
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I use antutu never had issues with data. Going to do a full restore and reflash a rom to see if I can get more battery life. Seems like I can't get past 9 hours with 2 hours of screen on time.
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Two hour train ride to NYC starting with a full charge finishes with 35-40% remaining.
Stock, rooted, debloated
All location services disabled
Bouncing 3g/4g
wifi disabled
Google music
web browsing in lieu of newspaper.
email polling disabled.
Display is by far biggest drain with music a distant second.
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Just curious but what govenor are you guys using? Been using smartassv2 and just switched to on demand. Wanted to test to see if it would help with battery.
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luis86dr said:
Just curious but what govenor are you guys using? Been using smartassv2 and just switched to on demand. Wanted to test to see if it would help with battery.
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I go 100MHz-800MHz conservative, and almost all my apps run smoothly. If something like an intensive game needs more juice i go 1.2GHz and smartassv2. Ondemand is junk don't use it.
EDIT: I just went 12 hours 29 mins from full to completely dead (powered off) with 2 hours 23 mins of screen on, much of that was heavy web browsing (lots of tabs on Opera) and gaming.
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I go 100MHz-800MHz conservative, and almost all my apps run smoothly. If something like an intensive game needs more juice i go 1.2GHz and smartassv2. Ondemand is junk don't use it.
EDIT: I just went 12 hours 29 mins from full to completely dead (powered off) with 2 hours 23 mins of screen on, much of that was heavy web browsing (lots of tabs on Opera) and gaming.
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what ROM you running?
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luis86dr said:
what ROM you running?
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Eclipse, the only mod I'm using is thunderbolt scripts.
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Eclipse, the only mod I'm using is thunderbolt scripts.
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going to try your setup. Any minor synchronized apps? Like weather for example.
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Interesting. I run TS1.4 w/ PBJ (no ext4) and I went through a number of settings and I could not get sav2 or sio to be lag free. The combination of ondemand and noop yields the best performance for me. Now if I happen to have 5 or more apps going then RAM becomes and issue and I have to march out w/ task killer.
I also 100/1200 for CPU settings, no volt modification.
Up until the latest google maps update last weekend, I have the sensor thingy killing my battery every few days, and that has seemed to clear up.
I also bought one of those extended batteries from ebay w/ 3500Mah and it is a beast (last 1.5 days easy), however a bad result of that is that it interferes w/ the BT and Wifi reception to the tune of -20db so it makes a marginal connection crap. It looks like the charge antenna is on the right, right next to the battery, and the beast sticking out is messing w/ the signal. I am going to try a few different materials over the battery to see if I can sort it out.
It is almost fearsome how quickly the stock battery drains...I mean if I am out work and going out until 3AM, no way it will last unless I use the beast.
luis86dr said:
going to try your setup. Any minor synchronized apps? Like weather for example.
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Weather Channel, turned sync as low as possible to the point where there is nothing in my status bar and I go into the app to check it.
Friendcaster set on 1 hour updates.
Also no latitude!! Make sure you are signed out of latitude in Maps and never open that app. It updates your location to google which wakes the phone and stuff.
Hey guys I would just like ppl opinion on the various battery saving apps that are available on the market.
Do you think they actually work? best apps(in your opinion) and best configuration to save most battery.
I have juice defender and and it always says that it is saving me somewhere around 1.6 but I'm not totally sure that that is the case.
I have not had it installed for the last couple of days and my battery doesn't seem to be noticeable y worse than when it was installed
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I have stopped using them. I have think it depends in how a person uses their phone to start with. All of those options, can be done manually. I personally got tires of switching to different profiles for what I was doing. I haven't noticed much difference myself.
but, that is just my experience.
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chrism.brunner said:
I have stopped using them. I have think it depends in how a person uses their phone to start with. All of those options, can be done manually. I personally got tires of switching to different profiles for what I was doing. I haven't noticed much difference myself.
but, that is just my experience.
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Yes well that's the way I'm going I think. They taking up space and memory on phone and not really getting any noticeable benefit from having them installed.
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gavmac said:
Yes well that's the way I'm going I think. They taking up space and memory on phone and not really getting any noticeable benefit from having them installed.
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They do keep us occupied ...... for about a week. That's worth something I guess.
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The battery on my phone is going iPhone-ish, I need one of the battery saving apps, Are there any decent ones yet?
I would try Bataria from the market. Its free, and doesn't use much resources to do its job. I think the best is to manually adjust different settings on your phone. Same results, nothing running in the background to do it.
I am using Greenpowe.
Battery apps are usually crap. The only ones that really work are the ones that modify how your phone's software works. And those almost always require root access.
If by chance you are rooted, I recommend SetCPU, Autostarts and Autokiller. SetCPU will allow you to set profiles such as throttling while the screen is off, which will save you a ton of battery. Autostarts will stop custom apps from starting with your phone's OS, which leads to less background processes. And Autokiller will ensure that you have plenty of free memory for less tasks being killed and restarted. That alone has the potential to make a huge difference in your battery life.
I'm not trying for snarky, but
An app can't save battery by running
But you can save battery by turning something off
Yoshiofthewire said:
I'm not trying for snarky, but
An app can't save battery by running
But you can save battery by turning something off
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I totally agree.
My uncle uses juice defender, but I think it's better for the battery to manage everything yourself.
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yeah I've been using Juice Defender. It does save some battery life.
If you have a horrible phone like mine, juice defender ultimate works wonders. My LG optimus m gets about 12 hours of life without it, and about 18 hours with it.
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On my OG EVO I used juice defender plus and it helped out greatly. Saw 1.8x a couple of times. On the new EVO LTE I don't use a thing and it keeps going and going and going...
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i seem to get pretty bad battery life with my tablet, about 5 hours,
i'm thinking of using a battery saver app, but i don't know if i should because i worry these apps will harm my tablet,
how do these "battery saver" apps work? it always runs in the background to monitor battery/change settings,.... so it even makes our tablet drain battery quicker? (because it always runs in the background)
some apps also have feature like "fast charge, continuous charge, fully charge cycle, trickle charge". how can it change the "charging way" that asus made? i heard trickle charge is charging with low current and help extend battery life, but how can it lower the current?
this is what i worry the most, does it do something that physically harm my battery?
if you use an app like this, do you see any battery life improvement, and if so, which app would you recommend using?
thanks
I use eugenea CPU sleeper for quad core
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I would say how long have you had the tablet? 5 hours is a bit ridiculous. If its new just give it some time and you should start seeing better battery life. If not you probably got a bad battery. Talk to asus about that. I don't even know of any tablet on the market that cant get more than 5 hours. With something that bad a battery saver app wont help.
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More info like what screen time etc, download app sucker and CPU spy. See what's using battery
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seshaz said:
More info like what screen time etc, download app sucker and CPU spy. See what's using battery
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Where do you find app sucker?
lazer9 said:
Where do you find app sucker?
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Just dl gsam battery
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I can't seem to figure out the difference between the screen being on and the device being awake... I thought they were the same thing?
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Screen on is the screen is physically on. Awake is the processor is running an apps are using power. You wouldn't want awake to be a lot unless your screen is on a lot. If it is, that means something is running while your screen is off(wake lock). Typically resulting in a bad battery drain.
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tu3218 said:
Screen on is the screen is physically on. Awake is the processor is running an apps are using power. You wouldn't want awake to be a lot unless your screen is on a lot. If it is, that means something is running while your screen is off(wake lock). Typically resulting in a bad battery drain.
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What apps are known for running in wake lock? Is it a system problem?
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if i remember correctly, better battery stats is a highly recommended app for monitoring wakelocks/battery usage
ddurandSGS3 said:
if i remember correctly, better battery stats is a highly recommended app for monitoring wakelocks/battery usage
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I've heard of GSam as well as better battery stats, and then being differently priced, is there a key difference or advantage to one or the other? Dropping a buck more for better battery doesn't bother me, I just don't wanna have to buy both in the end.
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Better battery stats is very powerful, it reads pretty much everything. It will take a bit of research to understand all of its functions though. It also uses root permissions to dig deep into the kernels power consumption. If you really don't want to donate (pay), the paid version is available in the apps section for free for xda members.
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Better battery stats is very powerful, it reads pretty much everything. It will take a bit of research to understand all of its functions though. It also uses root permissions to dig deep into the kernels power consumption. If you really don't want to donate (pay), the paid version is available in the apps section for free for xda members.
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Where is this apps section?