Battery life issues - HTC One S

Hello!
I only recently got an HTC One S as my old GS2 broke and I'm damn please with this phone except for the battery. I'm pretty sure I have the S4 version as all the benchmarks say it's 1512 Mhz and running the latest stock JB I believe. Problem is I get like 8-10 hours max out of this battery and that is not even using the phone that much. Is there anything to do/check to help with this poor battery? I already am using all the saving options, remove every unnecessary app that was draining my battery.
Please fellows, this is my first time posting here but I've been browsing this website many many times in search for roms and tutorials, this is the first time though I'm asking for any help.
Anything will be appreciated!

cyygan said:
Hello!
I only recently got an HTC One S as my old GS2 broke and I'm damn please with this phone except for the battery. I'm pretty sure I have the S4 version as all the benchmarks say it's 1512 Mhz and running the latest stock JB I believe. Problem is I get like 8-10 hours max out of this battery and that is not even using the phone that much. Is there anything to do/check to help with this poor battery? I already am using all the saving options, remove every unnecessary app that was draining my battery.
Please fellows, this is my first time posting here but I've been browsing this website many many times in search for roms and tutorials, this is the first time though I'm asking for any help.
Anything will be appreciated!
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Stock ROM?
3G always on?
Bluetooth / GPS on?
Screen on time?
How old is the phone?

Uwe303 said:
Stock ROM?
3G always on?
Bluetooth / GPS on?
Screen on time?
How old is the phone?
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Yes, it's a stock ROM
3G is not always on, I set it to not sync automatically and turn off when the screen is off.
Bluetooth and GPS are never on.
Screen on time is really low as I don't really use it that much. I always am below 30% brightness though.
I can't tell you for sure how old is it but I'd say a year?

Does the battery drain while the screen is off? This phone wastes almost no battery with the sceen off, so if you notice such drain you'll probably have some kind of wakelock. You can check using "wakelock detector" app.
By the way, the battery should last longer then with your GS2, especially with 3g enabled.

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HTC Touch Pro Battery

I have a htc touch pro (sprint) and i love this phone, its amazing i love everything but the battery. It seems to last about 8 hours even when im not using it heavy. Is this normal (i hope not), or just maybe my battery? Any suggestions?
My Fuze lasts about that long in sleep mode too... Not sleep mode all day, I do use it to text and surf the web once in a while.
I think it's normal, but I don't know...
I'm on the Tael Sense ROM
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mastarofaqua said:
I have a htc touch pro (sprint) and i love this phone, its amazing i love everything but the battery. It seems to last about 8 hours even when im not using it heavy. Is this normal (i hope not), or just maybe my battery? Any suggestions?
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when your done with the phone press the power button to lock the phoen this greatly improves battery life turn off wi-fi turn brightness down to half way and select display timeout to 10 second and display sleep to 30 seconds also dont have alot of programs running it the back ground when your done with them close them report back if it helps also do you have any apps or your e-mail that constantly use data? if so switch ti to update ever 15 minutes or more
do you have new battery.....? i have used one , so i have exact same problem...but i will try with new one...
also battery caalibration can help you..to improve performannce of battery.....
I also have the same problem ,can somebody doin something...
This is not normal, if you are on custom ROMs make sure you have installed a matching rilphone.dll (plenty of info on this via search)
Also battery calibation is a big concern after flashing custom roms, I always make sure my battery is 100% charged before flashing as from experience found calibration goes a bit off if you have battery partly charged between 50% to 100% & can be a pain to correct. Read Energys notes in any of his ROM threads on battery calibration.
Also on custom ROMs hard reseting after initial setup is good practice & recommended by most chefs.
Last option is you need new battery.
mastarofaqua said:
I have a htc touch pro (sprint) and i love this phone, its amazing i love everything but the battery. It seems to last about 8 hours even when im not using it heavy. Is this normal (i hope not), or just maybe my battery? Any suggestions?
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This thread is useless if you don't give us any more info. 1. Are you using a stock ROM or a custom one (cdma, since you have Sprint)? 2. What do you mean by '8 hours'? Do you mean that from 9-5, with the phone in standby, it fully drains the battery? Or do you mean 8 hours of uptime (the phone turned on, and using it)? If it's 8 hours of use, that's not terrible, depending on what you're doing. That's a current draw of 168 mA, which is about what I get if I'm listening to music on tcpmp. It's also about the same as having the screen set to 10 (full brightness) and just having it turned on.
If you want actual help for your situation instead of generalities, you need to supply the following info:
ROM
Lockscreen (custom or standard)
Processes running most of the time
Bluetooth on/off a lot of the time?
Wifi on a lot?
3G?
Schedule for syncing email and crap like that
Custom UI?
Do you use the accelerometer a lot?
You may be doing some things that will burn the battery, but there's no way for anyone to know if you don't tell us how you use the device. The easiest thing to do is get tbattery.exe and log your battery usage to find out what is killing it (if it really is burning too fast). There are also other similar apps out there.

[Q] Best ROM for battery life?

I get horrible battery life with nearly every ROM Ive used on my Sensation, sometimes drains 10 percent an hour with the screen OFF. I have all data off, no wifi on, no apps running, juicedefender ultimate, and underclock when screen is off, and I read about people who can get a full day while using the total potential of the device. I had the same problem on my old device, so I returned it to T-Mobile and still have problems on the device I got in return. I dont expect to get two days on battery, I just find it crazy that I can barely use my device without the battery draining rapidly. I've considered undervolting but every rom ive downloaded didnt support it, so I was curious if you guys know of any efficient ROMs that save a ton of power and can be undervolted. I'm not very experienced with this kind of stuff and every ROM ive used has been poor on battery life, so help would be appreciated.
I am using InsertCoin ROM and it is running fine.
I used to have a 3% battery drop per every hour the phone was sleeping on stock rom and ARHD ics. Then I tried Virtuous Inquisition and it fixed the issue. Be sure to install the rom with its appropriate radio.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
ICS isn't fully stable yet, but seriously.. give that a try. My battery has doubled its lifespan. I have NO idea what htc/google did, but I get about 12 hours moderate usage and still around 50%. Getting 12 hours back then was what I was hoping I could hit! Now it lasts beyond my expectations
I've also read that you tried undervolting and everything. I just stayed stock and it's great, no effort! no custom kernel, OC/UC , it's amazing. If you read through the threads, I'm not the only one experiencing awesome battery
If you must know, I'm using InsertCoin but I think ARHD and all the other ICS roms will pretty much solve your problem
Thaxtonator said:
I get horrible battery life with nearly every ROM Ive used on my Sensation, sometimes drains 10 percent an hour with the screen OFF. I have all data off, no wifi on, no apps running, juicedefender ultimate, and underclock when screen is off, and I read about people who can get a full day while using the total potential of the device. I had the same problem on my old device, so I returned it to T-Mobile and still have problems on the device I got in return. I dont expect to get two days on battery, I just find it crazy that I can barely use my device without the battery draining rapidly. I've considered undervolting but every rom ive downloaded didnt support it, so I was curious if you guys know of any efficient ROMs that save a ton of power and can be undervolted. I'm not very experienced with this kind of stuff and every ROM ive used has been poor on battery life, so help would be appreciated.
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im still using stock rom. it using 1% nearly 3-4 hours when its in sleeping
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Ok thanks guys ill try various ICS roms over the next week and see if there's a difference.

Please read and help me :(

Hello, XDA-Community.
I bought my HTC Sensation XE 3 month ago.
First i must say, the Beats-headset has a very good sound, but it's bad quality.
2 weeks ago, the right headphone stopped working. I gave it back to Media Markt and they sent it back to HTC, i must wait for it-.-
but now the real problem:
i always have got a bad battery life! (lock at the attetchments)
i tried nearly all roms(really a lot), all kernels, i tried to underclock or undervolt an different govenors. i even bought an anker extended battery but it all didnt't changed anything.
after that, i tried to downgrade form fw 3.33 to 3.32 and to downgrade the hboot, but nothing.
does anyone of you have this problem too or can anybody help me?!
its so bad, i even cant get 10 hours with it..
2h and 33 min screen on time an still 9 percent of battery.
Based on your screen on time, that battery life isn't insanely bad. It's not good, but it's not utterly terrible.
Have you tried the simple stuff like lower brightness? Turning BT and GPS off when not in use? Keeping Mobile data turned off? Lower the screen time out to 15 or 30 seconds?
Those things will do wonders for battery life.
Also make sure you're not overclocking with a performance governor on your kernel. That'll burn battery like crazy. Use a more battery friendly governor with your kernels like Badass or even Conservative. And don't clock it up to 1.7 or anything nutty.
Skipjacks said:
Based on your screen on time, that battery life isn't insanely bad. It's not good, but it's not utterly terrible.
Have you tried the simple stuff like lower brightness? Turning BT and GPS off when not in use? Keeping Mobile data turned off? Lower the screen time out to 15 or 30 seconds?
Those things will do wonders for battery life.
Also make sure you're not overclocking with a performance governor on your kernel. That'll burn battery like crazy. Use a more battery friendly governor with your kernels like Badass or even Conservative. And don't clock it up to 1.7 or anything nutty.
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i never use bt or gps. only thing is mobile data.
screen is nearly always on lowest and if not, its auto.
time out is at 45 sec.
if i use bricked kernel, my battery life is better, but every hour my phone reboots less one time.
now i am on faux kernel, underclocked to 1.1 ghz and undervolted to -75. the govenor is intellidemand.
You could try to use a non-sense-based rom like cyanogenmod, for me there was a huge improvement.
Regarding your Problems with random reboots on bricked kernel, just set the minfreq to 384Mhz and it should be alright
Mr.Heinzelman said:
You could try to use a non-sense-based rom like cyanogenmod, for me there was a huge improvement.
Regarding your Problems with random reboots on bricked kernel, just set the minfreq to 384Mhz and it should be alright
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both problems(battery and reboot) are still there after trying this...
How much gaming are you doing? Regardless of how much screen on time you have, games can drain the battery like crazy. What's your usage pattern like? Lots of web surfing over mobile internet? Watch a lot of movies? Games? 2.5 hours of screen on time isn't too bad, but it's not great either.
If all else fails, wipe all except SD card, install ROM, restore apps without data unless that data is extremely important to you. Also make sure your radio and RIL match with something like GetRIL. Match your firmware to your ROM base too (ie. 3.33 firmware for 3.33.xxx.xxx ROM).
Have you tried to put the phone in airplane mode during the night time. Or reset your battery stats?
2.5 hrs of screen on time isn't bad when you also had an additional 6.5 hrs of standby. But the biggest thing you can change to save battery is background data and auto sync. Turn those off and expect big difference. Also don't use auto brightness unless you have to. If your inside then turn it all the way down .
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Hi there, I had absolutely awful battery life on my stock battery! I understand completely what your going through. I did however find a solution . First let me say I've tried just about everything, turning down brightness , turning off sync, switching kernels, turning off gmail, yet still the battery life was awful! So finally I purchased a extended life battery, I choose Anker because the price was low. It did help but I still was not where I wanted to be. Then I decided to purchase a mugen 3500mah battery. It's expensive but worth every penny! Now with heavy use I'm on 100% for two hours. I can use my device heavily for 19, hours and still have 42% battery left ! It's amazing! I wish I got it sooner! It does come with a replacement back cover to fit the battery but my 4g signal is still strong, WiFi works perfectly , navigation works perfectly so no worries about the case interfering with signals. It does make the phone thicker but it still fits in pocket, and feels good in your hand . It does look thicker but who cares with this kind of battery life! Finally I don't have to worry about my battery! If your tired of worrying about battery life then get the mugen 3500mah battery. Buy it directly from mugen because there are too many counterfeit batteries going around on other sites. The downside is it costs 100 dollars but honestly its worth every penny. If your serious about getting a great battery then this is the one. I don't regret getting mine for a second! It makes all the difference in the world! I had to save up to get it but it was worth it. This battery will solve your issues! It solved mine ! Best wishes and hope this helps you.
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, mugen battery. please press thanks if I helped in anyway.
I load my device every Night.
I Often wiped my battery stats, but now change...
Tomorrow i will try to einsalbe Auto Sync.
Passi1909 said:
I load my device every Night.
I Often wiped my battery stats, but now change...
Tomorrow i will try to einsalbe Auto Sync.
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I'd recommend that you don't delete the battery stats. The phone should learn over time and every time you delete them it has to start from scratch again.
but how to calibrate the new battery?
still having so bad battery life, after disabling auto-sync.
You calibrate battery by draining almost down to about 10% then recharge to 100% repeat this process about 4 times and battery will be calibrated. I read your not supposed to drain to zero although some people do during calibration. That's up to you. I read draining to zero can sometimes put the battery into a deep sleep and its very difficult when that happens to get it awake again. So I only go down to 10%. Hope this helps and answers your question.
sent from HTC sensation, soff, 3.33 firmware, viper Rom, sense 4.1, mugen battery. please press thanks if I helped in anyway.
As I understand it the phone/ROM won't allow the battery to be discharged fully to the state that it'd cause a total battery failure. Get CurrentWidget from the Play Store.
I can't remember the Full/Discharge voltages (~4.2V to ~3.5V) but not certain.
Just let the phone charge fully and discharge normally (let it get to a total turn off) a few times and you'll be fine. Please stop wiping the battery stats it just confuses things.

Battery

Hey not sure if im even putting this in the right thread but im very new to rom and kernel flashing etc
Im running CleanRom 5.0 and Beastmode 4.3 Kernel
My battery life right now is 30% after 8 hours...what am i doing wrong both the rom and kernel have allegedly good battery life...i recently flashed both like 2 days ago...am i supposed to let the kernel and rom calibrate etc before i freak out about the poor battery?
My screen is using abt 60%
voice 20%
standby 5
whats app 4% phone idle 4%...not sure what other info to provide but can anyone help me make modifications for better battery life
im using kernel tuner i tried governor: badass, wheatley, intellidemand..my screen brightness is veryy low i took it off auto because i felt it was sucking it even faster. I dont think im overclocking...random apps like youtube, facebook etc are running in the background is this a huge problem?
someone pls help!
thanks
What is your screen on time?
60% brightness isnt "low" by any means, I usually leave mine on 40%. You made a good choice to take the phone off auto brightness.
Personally I got really bad battery life with beastmode. I now run flar2's experimental 1.5 GHz kernel and couldn't be happier.
Radios also have a significant impact on battery life. The 2.29 radio + ril has worked best for me with battery life.
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Yeah you have to keep in mind how you're using your phone. If your screen is on for a lot of taht 8 hours, that's a decent run.
ECEXCURSION said:
What is your screen on time?
60% brightness isnt "low" by any means, I usually leave mine on 40%. You made a good choice to take the phone off auto brightness.
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Think he means screen is using 60% on the battery usage stats, not screen brightness.
60% is fairly high. I think he just has the screen on a lot. Brightness may also be a factor. Only about 4-5 hours if screen-on time is to be expected on low brightness.
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda app-developers app
Battery life
Hey guys, I've recently bought a AT&T HTC One X. This is my first smartphone, and it is fully stocked, locked bootloader and no root, android 4.0.4 and software version 2.20.502.7, really like the phone. However, I am not really impressed with the battery life. I would usually charge it over night for around 8 hours, take it off in the morning at around 08:00, take it to school, casually check facebook/gmail, maybe watch one or two videos and by the time I get home at around 15:30, the battery would be at around 15%. I was wondering whether this is normal and if there is any point of my rooting the device and flashing any custom roms?
I have disabled all the AT&T bloatware, decreased my screen brightness to around 25%, no live wallpapers, disabled auto syncing, wifi and mobile data mobile switched on only when I use it, only have a weather/clock widget and a couple of games. So I have been researching about rooting and customer roms for about a month now, and found out that some members have amazing battery life times with Cleanroms and custom kernels, so I was wondering whether the latest 5.1 Cleanrom with a Beastmode kernel 4.4 would cause any damage to my phone and whether any of you guys are using it?
Thanks for your time!
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Hey guys, I've recently bought a AT&T HTC One X. This is my first smartphone, and it is fully stocked, locked bootloader and no root, android 4.0.4 and software version 2.20.502.7, really like the phone. However, I am not really impressed with the battery life. I would usually charge it over night for around 8 hours, take it off in the morning at around 08:00, take it to school, casually check facebook/gmail, maybe watch one or two videos and by the time I get home at around 15:30, the battery would be at around 15%. I was wondering whether this is normal and if there is any point of my rooting the device and flashing any custom roms?
I have disabled all the AT&T bloatware, decreased my screen brightness to around 25%, no live wallpapers, disabled auto syncing, wifi and mobile data mobile switched on only when I use it, only have a weather/clock widget and a couple of games. So I have been researching about rooting and customer roms for about a month now, and found out that some members have amazing battery life times with Cleanroms and custom kernels, so I was wondering whether the latest 5.1 Cleanrom with a Beastmode kernel 4.4 would cause any damage to my phone and whether any of you guys are using it?
Thanks for your time!
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Are you using LTE? I found that my battery would drain very quickly when set to use LTE, even if I'm on wifi. I guess the LTE towers were further away or something because my signal would drop really low. I leave my phone on 4g for the most part now, only switching to LTE when I really need it, and I can get two days of battery with light usage. I've only recently flashed CleanROM so I would expect it to get better, but it's too early to tell. I've only got 22 minutes of screen time, but my phone has been on for 9 hours and it's at 85%.
Valohtar said:
Are you using LTE? I found that my battery would drain very quickly when set to use LTE, even if I'm on wifi. I guess the LTE towers were further away or something because my signal would drop really low. I leave my phone on 4g for the most part now, only switching to LTE when I really need it, and I can get two days of battery with light usage. I've only recently flashed CleanROM so I would expect it to get better, but it's too early to tell. I've only got 22 minutes of screen time, but my phone has been on for 9 hours and it's at 85%.
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Wow, that sounds good, even with that much screen time the standby is much better than on my device. Sorry I forgot to mention, I live in the UK and LTE or 4G is only available in major cities. However, my phone is AT&T and is sim-unlocked, and I get the '4G' mark on the top of the screen, therefore I think it might be the HSPA+ that is available in my area, which I rarely use anyway.
Is it the stock kernel that you have flashed with the rom?
Thanks.
Valohtar said:
Are you using LTE? I found that my battery would drain very quickly when set to use LTE, even if I'm on wifi. I guess the LTE towers were further away or something because my signal would drop really low. I leave my phone on 4g for the most part now, only switching to LTE when I really need it, and I can get two days of battery with light usage. I've only recently flashed CleanROM so I would expect it to get better, but it's too early to tell. I've only got 22 minutes of screen time, but my phone has been on for 9 hours and it's at 85%.
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Same here. I'm in and out of LTE all day, so I just leave it on hsdpa unless I am in a solid area and tethering. Made a massive difference in my battery life.
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda app-developers app
ostimarko said:
Wow, that sounds good, even with that much screen time the standby is much better than on my device.
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Just because that person got a particular battery life by toggling off LTE, don't assume that you will get the same results. Battery life often tends to be very reception and location specific.
I leave LTE on 24/7 (as well as WiFi, and brightness on 40%), and can get close to 48 hours on a charge with low usage.
Also, bear in mind that you can't toggle LTE off on AT&T stock ROMs.
ostimarko said:
However, my phone is AT&T and is sim-unlocked, and I get the '4G' mark on the top of the screen, therefore I think it might be the HSPA+ that is available in my area, which I rarely use anyway.
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That's correct, on stock AT&T ROMs, the "4G" icon means HSPA+. If its on LTE, it will say "4G LTE".
My guess is that you are just having reception issues. Flashing ROMs and kernels may get you slight improvements in battery. But don't expect it to make a huge difference, or you will likely be disappointed. A different radio may also help.
redpoint73 said:
Just because that person got a particular battery life by toggling off LTE, don't assume that you will get the same results. Battery life often tends to be very reception and location specific.
I leave LTE on 24/7 (as well as WiFi, and brightness on 40%), and can get close to 48 hours on a charge with low usage.
Also, bear in mind that you can't toggle LTE off on AT&T stock ROMs.
That's correct, on stock AT&T ROMs, the "4G" icon means HSPA+. If its on LTE, it will say "4G LTE".
My guess is that you are just having reception issues. Flashing ROMs and kernels may get you slight improvements in battery. But don't expect it to make a huge difference, or you will likely be disappointed. A different radio may also help.
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Thank you, I will have this in mind. I was wondering whether it was due to reception or was it just the batter malfunctioning. In your opinion, would it be better to wait for the Jelly Bean update and see whether the battery life improves?
Thanks.

[Q] God awful battery life on latest Synergy Rom release???

Hi, I just installed Synergy Rom on my phone about a week ago and I have been experiencing terrible battery life. It only last 10 hours max which I don't understand because I used to get a whole 24 hours out of one charge. I've calibrated the battery and let it run at least 3 cycles of complete charge and discharge. I turn off data, wifi, gps, auto sync, etc while not using it. I even turn off auto backlight and turn it to the lowest setting to try and save some battery there, but to no avail. Can anyone help me?? I'm using ziggy kernel as well in case anyone was wondering. Oh one more thing! When I do use the phone I tend to use it somewhat heavily but most of the time I'm in class or at work where I don't touch it. I thought maybe it was because I don't get good cell reception on campus and it was constantly searching and trying to maintain a signal but I'm not sure. Anyone know what's going on?! haha Thanks for any help!
Use the app for betterbatterystats to see what could be causing the drain.

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