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Swipepad and pageonce in the market

So usually I get really good battery life with MIUI rom I think is the best compare to CM and any sense rom in battery life and I use this 2 apps, well pageonce(bank accounts and bills) I barely start using it cause when it came out for android it look bad compare to my BB pageonce app and swipe pad I really like it cause is like an extra launcher in any app which make app switching faster and stuff, you guys should try them, anyways my battery was really bad today and it doesn't look like they killing my battery but is draining faster then normal and those are the only apps that I never had in MIUI rom, any ideas?

jgalan14 said:
So usually I get really good battery life with MIUI rom I think is the best compare to CM and any sense rom in battery life and I use this 2 apps, well pageonce(bank accounts and bills) I barely start using it cause when it came out for android it look bad compare to my BB pageonce app and swipe pad I really like it cause is like an extra launcher in any app which make app switching faster and stuff, you guys should try them, anyways my battery was really bad today and it doesn't look like they killing my battery but is draining faster then normal and those are the only apps that I never had in MIUI rom, any ideas?
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could be background processing, i.e. grabing info behind the scene's or lyrics etc data yada yada might want to install a os monitor or an app freezer

I got system panel? Will that do?
Any experience with pageonce?
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Battery life
Go to settings - check the battery usage per app.
(I am the android developer of Pageonce...)

+1 for system panel app, it does a great job monitoring everything going on and it also has a nice installer feature.

Which apps help with battery life the best?

Looking for some app to help with battery life?
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Please note that I'm new to this forum, but my suggestion is worth checking out nonetheless.
If your phone is rooted, you could use the app SetCPU to modify the CPU's behaviour. This app will run in the background, and depending on certain parameters set by you (screen on/off, battery below x %, etc.), it can modify the CPU's minimum and maximum clock speeds. You're in control of all the parameters and how the CPU responds to them.
To give a simple example, you can make the CPU run at just 128MHz while the screen is turned off. This will save battery, without affecting performance. You could even overclock the CPU, depending on the ROM you're using and the kernel that's based on - making your phone perform even better when active, while still saving battery when inactive!
You can find the app here. Note that it's downloadable for free from that thread, but there's also a "donate" version in the Android Market, so get that if you want to support the developer.
Hope that helps!

The best app is no app at all. even if you're rooted, most chefs have a custom kernel with all the battery parameter build in where you don't even need setCPU. seriously, what's the logic in increasing battery life when you have supposed "battery saving" running in the background sucking the juice away? be smart with your phone settings because that's ultimately what most battery apps do...with the exception of setCPU, of course.

thunderbread said:
Looking for some app to help with battery life?
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Juice defender is reported to work if setup correctly
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Use logcat to see whats really going on and sucking out the juice.

I have heard a lot too about Juice Defender. I'm going to buy the plus version to see if it works,

It's kinda hard to talk about "battery life app" when you're using dual core, 4,3" beast. logcat+juice is a very good choice but in my opinion best way is to switch from stock rom to something with custom kernel

You may try another ROM. There are lots of custom ROMs which have better battery life but still use sense.
Have a look in "Android Developement" forum...
BTW: what "life" period are you talking about? What is your usage all over about? Battery life depends on many different settings (update intervals, animated widgets or backgrounds, display light, ringtone volume, pocket mode .....)

It's not an app, but your fingers.
I don't think a single app can save your battery life.
I recently installed a custom Gingerbread for my Dell Streak5. (Thanks to DjSteve)
Gingerbread seems a little bit slower than Froyo.
But battery life was extended 10~20%.
You have to check the running services and apps and kill unnecessary apps.
Don't forget to turn off the GPS and location services.
It drains a lot of juice.

[Q] battery drainage for infuse 4g

im having issue with my battery life can anybody give me any advice??

Can you elaborate on what kind of battery life you are getting, what kind of usage, and types of activities like bluetooth, wifi, gps usage etc.. Also, let us know if your stock, or custom rom with custom kernel etc..
I just posted some suggestions in another thread, follow link below and read my suggestions on 3rd post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339479
This is a good place to start. In general though you should be disabling radio's and features that you don't need. Think of it in terms of how you conserve, or should be conserving energy at home. You probably have about a hundred different appliances or light switches that you can turn on at home.. but just because you have them all doesn't mean they should all be on at once! ;-)

i am running the ROM 2.3.5Doctorz RomV8.1 with an infusion 1.1 kernal and i moderatley use my phone and am seeing the battery life of some other people and mines just doesn't compare

xjeffx said:
i am running the ROM 2.3.5Doctorz RomV8.1 with an infusion 1.1 kernal and i moderatley use my phone and am seeing the battery life of some other people and mines just doesn't compare
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Things you can try!
Download CPUSpy from the Market. Check to see if your phone is even going into a deep sleep, If you notice heavy cpu usage then you need to find out exactly which app is causing it and delete it. Widgits and other gizmos that eat ram will also cause bad battery life, try turning sync off, turn data off if your not using it, turn GPS off if your not using it. If you just installed that rom, you need to give it a few days of charge and discharging it completely before the battery can settle in and give you accurate results.
Edit: JuiceDefender is not an option, Recently deleted it to see that I gained back 2% battery after unistalling. Goes to show you battery saver apps don't work.

I had the same issue with mine as well... Charged completely last night before going to bed disabled wifi gps bt etc... Woke up this morning with 38%... I was blown away.... Since have odin back to till i get home to mess with it.... I know everyone has there oww personal preference and i respect that... You have aby suggestions on rom "with working bt", kernal, modem etc... And tweaks/ non tweeks that will get good use?
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Well my experience is Juice defender works very well...especially if you understand how it works and what it is doing. But in your case you are probably have other unrelated issues.
Cpuspy might point you in the right direction but it could be as simple as looking at your settings: applications : running and see if any are continuously "restarting". On new roms I typically see what's running (i.e. sns is problem app for myself) and if I don't like it then use TitaniumBackup to freeze the apps. That combined with juice significantly increases my Infuse's battery life on the various ROMs I've used.

I'm running the original stock Froyo 2.2 UCKH1, I've been on battery for 1day and 17 hours before going dead. Check your apps, check cpu usage. Otherwise you got a bad battery.
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okay so i downloaded cpu spy and i seen that my phone was running at 1.2 ghz most of the time so i set up voltage control to conservative and I saw a big difference and i un installed my task manager

xjeffx said:
okay so i downloaded cpu spy and i seen that my phone was running at 1.2 ghz most of the time so i set up voltage control to conservative and I saw a big difference and i un installed my task manager
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Glad your getting things straightened out, Check out an app called Android Assistant from the Market. Gives a lot of details about your battery, what processes are running and allows you to kill them, also allows certain apps not to run when you boot the phone, cleans cache and history, allows you to move apps to SD, it's got a bunch of tools you may find useful and best of all its free and uses absolutely no battery as for it doesn't run as a service or hang in the background.

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Glad your getting things straightened out, Check out an app called Android Assistant from the Market. Gives a lot of details about your battery, what processes are running and allows you to kill them, also allows certain apps not to run when you boot the phone, cleans cache and history, allows you to move apps to SD, it's got a bunch of tools you may find useful and best of all its free and uses absolutely no battery as for it doesn't run as a service or hang in the background.
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i just have one lil problem whenever i set my govenor to conservative and save it as save on boot it want save always says on demand when i reboot

xjeffx said:
i just have one lil problem whenever i set my govenor to conservative and save it as save on boot it want save always says on demand when i reboot
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Are you sure it's not a kernel issue?

[Q] Any tips on saving battery on Sensation ?

So i just got a deal for a cheap Sensation and decided to give it a try. After a few days, i really like the Sense UI + ICS but find the battery is pretty bad compare to my GS2.
The Sensation drains about 8% overnight while the gs2 drains 2-3% overnight, both with nothing on. When playing music (doing nothing else,screen off) the battery drains a whopping 5%/h. while i dont think the gs2 would drain more than 1%/h just playing music. I thought the battery life on both phones should be more or less the same given the same specs and battery capacity (1650 vs 1520).
To be more specific, my ROM is ARHD 6.5.0 ICS, i havent installed any new app yet, i have the follwing widgets on : email, messages, weather, contact, task, music. I'm not sure if the drainage is coming from those widgets.
One more question, is there any way to quickly change brightness ? (like sliding the status bar as with the gs2). Auto brightness may be draining more battery but going through setting->display->brightness every single time is painful.
Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you.

download just defence i got a good result of it underclock your phone a bit to

Is there a kernel that allows undervolting which is fully compatible with ARHD6 ICS ?

dullahan263 said:
Is there a kernel that allows undervolting which is fully compatible with ARHD6 ICS ?
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something like this should do im not sure havent seen any other kernel for sensetion 3.32 base UV'ed

Juice Defender is a good option to test out, even using default settings it's pretty good with helping battery usage/drain.
Otherwise ARHD is using Sebastian's kernel at this point and you have the choice of using the 1.2 or OC'd 1.5 Ghz speed when flashing. If you're concerned you can use the 1.2 version or flash the 1.5 and just set the clock speed using something like SetCPU, available here on XDA, or System Tuner, from the Market.
As far as I know right now, the kernels are not allowing UV because the official source hasn't been released yet. Once source is released/obtained then things like UV and other deeper optimizations can be done by the awesome kernel developers here.

torumsie said:
Juice Defender is a good option to test out, even using default settings it's pretty good with helping battery usage/drain.
Otherwise ARHD is using Sebastian's kernel at this point and you have the choice of using the 1.2 or OC'd 1.5 Ghz speed when flashing. If you're concerned you can use the 1.2 version or flash the 1.5 and just set the clock speed using something like SetCPU, available here on XDA, or System Tuner, from the Market.
As far as I know right now, the kernels are not allowing UV because the official source hasn't been released yet. Once source is released/obtained then things like UV and other deeper optimizations can be done by the awesome kernel developers here.
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or you use a funny app called antutu cpu master and just UV yourself

Alienator9191 said:
or you use a funny app called antutu cpu master and just UV yourself
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Actually didn't realize it would do it, awesome and thank you!
I normally perform my UVing through System Tuner Pro, but the options are not available at this time, I just checked, so I didn't realize another app that also allowed UV would still allow it. See what I get for assuming...... lol

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.antutu.CpuMasterFree&feature=search_result

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I'm actually looking at it right now and the others and thinking about getting the Smart Profiles app by AnTuTu, my Volume Control+ Pro has been giving me problems recently.

torumsie said:
I'm actually looking at it right now and the others and thinking about getting the Smart Profiles app by AnTuTu, my Volume Control+ Pro has been giving me problems recently.
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because its for sound boost only, idk what u seek but it wont handle your volume into time but just boost it, i also noticed it doesnt work on sense but will on nonsense roms

Battery problems absolutely solved with "3g off" widget, on the market. I don't need anything more than basic phone and sms for hours at a time so I just hit the widget. Takes a few seconds to sync latest mail when it comes back on but less time than that to just find a 4g link. Great when I'm at the ofc where my mail gets pushed to my laptop anyway.
Very useful also in a weak-signal area, stops drain due to signal-search.
Juice Defender is very good for battery life but this solution is even better although the widget does require manual intervention when the screen comes back up. I use both. Possibly JD paid app automates the whole process.
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ecdy said:
Battery problems absolutely solved with "3g off" widget, on the market. I don't need anything more than basic phone and sms for hours at a time so I just hit the widget. Takes a few seconds to sync latest mail when it comes back on but less time than that to just find a 4g link. Great when I'm at the ofc where my mail gets pushed to my laptop anyway.
Very useful also in a weak-signal area, stops drain due to signal-search.
Juice Defender is very good for battery life but this solution is even better although the widget does require manual intervention when the screen comes back up. I use both. Possibly JD paid app automates the whole process.
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use at JD the data traffic enabler sets it of when u tik it
on again when u tik it then you can set the acc to push when u want it idk if jd does that to i think i did find it once

[Q] terrible battery life on cm11

batery life is draining real fast on cynogenmod 11. is there some app or something to give me bettery battery life. i hear the kernal can be changed to increase battery life how is that possible???

better battery life
You should use a task killer to kill apps you are not using (especially before locking it.) Also use an app like set CPU to adjust the voltage and minimum clockspeed.

prezzi said:
batery life is draining real fast on cynogenmod 11. is there some app or something to give me bettery battery life. i hear the kernal can be changed to increase battery life how is that possible???
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you can use the greenify app...
I think its the best app for battery (Acc. to me)
Yes you can flash a custom kernal also if your phone has one!!!

divyamg28 said:
you can use the greenify app...
I think its the best app for battery (Acc. to me)
Yes you can flash a custom kernal also if your phone has one!!!
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so then do think custom roms use less battery life than stock roms.... and will a custom kernal save battery life?
and i will try the greenify app an let u knw how it goes

jbaker22 said:
You should use a task killer to kill apps you are not using (especially before locking it.) Also use an app like set CPU to adjust the voltage and minimum clockspeed.
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minimizing the clockspeed may slow the device down rite? so is there a toggle twitch for powersave and normal mode?

prezzi said:
so then do think custom roms use less battery life than stock roms.... and will a custom kernal save battery life?
and i will try the greenify app an let u knw how it goes
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many custom roms have tweaks to increase the battery life....and custom kernal will also save your battery too!!!

divyamg28 said:
many custom roms have tweaks to increase the battery life....and custom kernal will also save your battery too!!!
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so where then can i get a custom kernel for me device to save battery?

What is your device?
There are several things to do to save your battery. Hibernate apps with greenify is amazing. I've tested and really works. Decrease screen brightness and activity time, limit processes to 3 or 4 in development options also help a lot.