I have a tablet that has periodic random battery drains. Despite using apps such as Better Battery Stats, I've not been able to eliminate these. It occurred to me that a hibernate app would be an ideal solution. I don't need the tablet to remind me of stuff (the phone does that); I just want it to turn on quickly and not to have drained when I wasn't looking. Is there any such app?
I've been using Greenify and it's working pretty well, but you'll need to be rooted.
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Thanks, I'll give Greenify a try. I've not seen any pattern to the problem. It's occasional, but annoying.
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There's also this one, but I'll try Greenify first:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.batrsaver
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Greenify does that pretty good. I've been using it for a while now and my battery performance has improved vastly.
Do any of these apps show actual current drain?
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Maybe just new to the tablet but.. Wi-Fi sucks battery like no tomorrow. Maybe it's the battery monitor built in that doesn't read it right but when Wi-Fi is using 70-80% of the battery (by far bearing screen). Just curious if anyone else has the same thing. Get great battery time with it as long as I'm not paying with it, and in standby it uses next to nothing. Just when on the Wi-Fi goes into overdrive.
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Deathman20 said:
Maybe just new to the tablet but.. Wi-Fi sucks battery like no tomorrow. Maybe it's the battery monitor built in that doesn't read it right but when Wi-Fi is using 70-80% of the battery (by far bearing screen). Just curious if anyone else has the same thing. Get great battery time with it as long as I'm not paying with it, and in standby it uses next to nothing. Just when on the Wi-Fi goes into overdrive.
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My understanding is that the built-in battery monitor just isn't accurate....
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Ok cool. I figured that was the case just as it is with my phone. Just had an older phone that was really accurate so just use to that.
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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 could use some help here...I have been on Turge's Viper ROM for the last few weeks and getting fantastic battery life (increasingly better with each time I charge the battery). Well, today I took my phone off the charger and it has now dropped from fully charged to 80% in just an hour and 1/2, with very light to no usage, and mainly on Wi-Fi. The only thing that I can think of that is different is that I just got a new router. Is it possible that a new router could somehow be impacting battery life? I have not changed any of my wi-fi settings or other settings, really just been "business as usual" with this sudden battery drain.
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions for what could be causing this and how to fix it, please comment!
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Dropped another 10% in the last 15 minutes...
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try increasing wifi scan interval!
Thanks - I'll try that. Where is that option found?
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Sounds more like you have a bad app hung open to me. I would start there
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Would love to be able to do this without a 3rd party app (such as GSam). Any tips would be most appreciated.
Cheers,
Mike.
Mykew said:
Would love to be able to do this without a 3rd party app (such as GSam). Any tips would be most appreciated.
Cheers,
Mike.
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cm10, or black bean has it built in. as well as many other options.
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I know you don't want a third party app but every time I recommend "Battery Widget? Reborn! Beta" people love it.
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Download the Cooltool app. It displays remaining Battery percentage amongst more important stats.
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cm10, or black bean has it built in. as well as many other options.
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Yeah, I've been pretty happy with the features of those ROMs on the phone . However, I understand that the builds aren't quite 'there' yet for the tf700. Using CleanROM atm, which is running like a champ, but could do with a few customisations.
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I know you don't want a third party app but every time I recommend "Battery Widget? Reborn! Beta" people love it.
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Cheers, Seems pretty similar to GSam Battery monitor which I am using. Would like to minimise 3rd party apps if at all possible though. I don't mind using apps, of course, but if it can be themed into the ROM then would rather not have redundancy.
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Download the Cooltool app. It displays remaining Battery percentage amongst more important stats.
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Looks interesting, any idea if it uses up much processor/memory?
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Download the Cooltool app. It displays remaining Battery percentage amongst more important stats.
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Have you found a way to put the graph over the notification bar? The widget is blocked by the notification bar on my tab.
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Have you found a way to put the graph over the notification bar? The widget is blocked by the notification bar on my tab.
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The developer of the app told me that it's a Jelly Bean issue. I know it worked fine with ICS.
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Nevermind.
This one wont shot the percentage in the notification area, but I figured someone might like it.
Dual Battery Widget
It will show the power levels for the Pad's battery and the dock's. If you unplug the dock, it will remember the last power level the dock had and show you that percentage, but will let you know they arent connected anymore.
I'm on stock jelly bean and only getting just under 3 hours of screen on time. This is horrible and besides screen drain I'm getting most of the other drain from wifi. Anyone know whats going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated
Edit. After Google I see it's a known issue
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I'm on stock jelly bean and only getting just under 3 hours of screen on time. This is horrible and besides screen drain I'm getting most of the other drain from wifi. Anyone know whats going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated
Edit. After Google I see it's a known issue
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Try killing off Google maps if it's running.
Shut blue tooth and GPS off if not using them.
These couple of things might help.
One thing to know and remember: The percentage mentioned is not how much of your battery it uses, it's how much of the current battery usage belongs to the app/component.
Running any live wallpapers? Auto brightness? Which power-setting mode? Location services?
i am having the exact same issue, balanced mode, 35% brightness, no gps, bluetooth on etc and having only 3 hours on screen? Unfair because this tablet is perfect other then that
I would assume it's normal, it might use more than it's supposed to but wifi and screen will usually be the worst sinners, depending on what use of course.
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I would assume it's normal, it might use more than it's supposed to but wifi and screen will usually be the worst sinners, depending on what use of course.
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Thanks bud. It's definitely not normal. After doing research I come to find out its a problem with Asus code. Wifi should never be anywhere close to being reported by the battery use stats. Hopefully we will see a fix sooner or later
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If I am not mistaken an update came out either yesterday or today that had the WiFi issues noted in the changelog. Check the ASUS website.
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I looked I didn't see anything but it's great news!
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