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[Q] Battery Life w/ BM ICSv5 and Franco Kernel is GARBAGE!

Please read this before you go crazy on me saying I haven't searched for this because I have. I've updated from every ROM of ICS thats dropped after reading up on them and the fastest and best working everyday ROM for ICS is BrainMaster's ICSv5 with Franco's Kernel 11/25. I haven't tried 11/26 but I've read the colors are much better on 25 and I believe it because its the best my screen has ever looked. SHARP!
So here's my issue. I want this as an everyday user, and I'm sure it can be. I just need to know how to set up the battery so that it lasts longer. I just restarted my phone and cleared all the battery info. Before I unplugged it at 6:30pm EST I had 91%. After very, very minor use (looked up the number for Home Depot and downloaded Amazon Market) I got back home at 9:30 and my battery was at 39%. Thats 60% in 3 hours. Thats terrible. How can I adjust the batter life? Can I use NSTools to do so or do I need to change code? I don't want to change the kernel completely because the colors truly are AMAZING with this version.
Please let me know, and thank you in advance!
Best regards,
Tula

Well, which app or function specifically is causing the drain? Did you look at the battery usage? Were you in an area with poor signal reception?
Before you trash a rom and kernel with a poorly conceived thread, try troubleshooting the problem.
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For what it's worth, the only time I've gotten that kind of battery life is when a NFC process decided to start and run nonstop. No idea why it was running (particularly since I don't have Wallet configured), but since then I keep NFC disabled.
When that happened it was similar battery life - lost about 70% in 3 1/2 hours.

I never once trashed the ROM or the kernel? What are you talking about? Before reading into something for more than what it is you should take it for what it is. I don't know what the problem is, everyone else seems to be having a great amount of battery life. I'm asking on here, in this forum, because I figured someone (maybe a programmer who knows these things) can tell me how to "properly" config it. Idk what the deal is with it but I was looking for insight. I love the ROM and the kernel and I do believe I stated in the post that I wanted to keep it as a daily user. SO, either you can help me and teach me how to fix the problem or teach me to give you what info you need or do me a favor and don't waste my time. I'm looking for answers or suggestions. Not accusations and negativity.
"Poorly concieved thread!" Whats "poorly conceived" about it? The fact that I reached out on a FORUM and asked for HELP? Go comment on somebody else with that bullsh*t.

Reread your thread title; calling something "garbage" is not trashing it?
Reread and answer the questions asked in post #2. Nobody can do anything to help if you don't provide basic information or perform rudimentary problem-solving procedure.
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Did you calibrate battery? I'm on this setup and I'm getting a day.
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FLyTula said:
Please read this before you go crazy on me saying I haven't searched for this because I have. I've updated from every ROM of ICS thats dropped after reading up on them and the fastest and best working everyday ROM for ICS is BrainMaster's ICSv5 with Franco's Kernel 11/25. I haven't tried 11/26 but I've read the colors are much better on 25 and I believe it because its the best my screen has ever looked. SHARP!
So here's my issue. I want this as an everyday user, and I'm sure it can be. I just need to know how to set up the battery so that it lasts longer. I just restarted my phone and cleared all the battery info. Before I unplugged it at 6:30pm EST I had 91%. After very, very minor use (looked up the number for Home Depot and downloaded Amazon Market) I got back home at 9:30 and my battery was at 39%. Thats 60% in 3 hours. Thats terrible. How can I adjust the batter life? Can I use NSTools to do so or do I need to change code? I don't want to change the kernel completely because the colors truly are AMAZING with this version.
Please let me know, and thank you in advance!
Best regards,
Tula
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Well man what i did with mine was calibrated the battery which means charge the battery completely then boot into recovery wipe battery stats then unplug and reboot then use it for 5 mins then charge fully again then unplug and drain completely till it shuts off on its own then fully charge again and it should be calibrated.. sounds like alot.. i kno lol but trust me it works and then if ur battery life doesnt extend after that (which it should) then i would look at what it is thats using the most matter (menu>settings>battery and go from there.. also make sure u have all the apps that will allow u to move to sd moved there it keeps them from running in the background and also make sure ur screen brightness is set low.. i took my auto brightness off and just turned it down just bright enough to see.. i know the colors looks fly like a bag of skittles when u got the brightness up wit franco kernel but it kills battery lol. hopefully that works for u pimpin and sorry for the novel lol just wanted to give u a few options to try.

JG & Freshie, thank you. And Braneless, you must be Braneless, because if YOU could read you'd see that my title says BATTERY LIFE is garbage. Not the ROM or the Kernel. BATTERY LIFE!
You seriously are 0 for 2 with trying to make me look like an idiot. I guess thats why you have almost 600 post and only 50 some odd thanks. Because half the time you're just bashing people trying to make it seem like you know it all when you can't even read a title correctly.
As far as the battery, I followed your instructions JG and also I started from the beginning and deleted all installs and reset to factory. I then installed each ROM from v1 all the way up and now EVERYTHING works and I got almost 2 hours out of my phone today and used 9%! WHOOHOOO!
Thanks again to the read Googlers who want to HELP OUT instead of trying to make people look like idiots.
AWESOME!

I had this problem too, but in my case it was the Google Wallet app. It drained the my battery in like 4 hours. After uninstalling it, all went back to normal.

Now if you said battery life on a rom kernel combo was FANTASTIC.
What would that imply? Thanks guys etc.
You go through all the trouble to make the thread but not spend a couple seconds to check what actually used up the battery.

Omfg this thread title just made lol all over the place haha
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FLyTula said:
JG & Freshie, thank you. And Braneless, you must be Braneless, because if YOU could read you'd see that my title says BATTERY LIFE is garbage. Not the ROM or the Kernel. BATTERY LIFE!
You seriously are 0 for 2 with trying to make me look like an idiot. I guess thats why you have almost 600 post and only 50 some odd thanks. Because half the time you're just bashing people trying to make it seem like you know it all when you can't even read a title correctly.
As far as the battery, I followed your instructions JG and also I started from the beginning and deleted all installs and reset to factory. I then installed each ROM from v1 all the way up and now EVERYTHING works and I got almost 2 hours out of my phone today and used 9%! WHOOHOOO!
Thanks again to the read Googlers who want to HELP OUT instead of trying to make people look like idiots.
AWESOME!
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Glad i can help

I'd recommend trying out Nexus MV 2.xx its the best daily driver so far. battery will make it through the day, i used it for a quite a while. Now trying out the alpha 13, but will go back to MV if this doesn't cut it. I tried BM too but didnt notice too much difference from Kwiboo and the earlier CM9 A 11.

Looking for some guidance in VZW GSIII rooting

My wife has the GSIII from Verizon and is experiencing massive battery drain issues. She doesn't really use any TouchWiz features and apparently the recent update from Verizon breaks LTE and creates a lot of problems. I told her to hold off on the update for now. I'm thinking, at this point, that rooting and installing a stock-based ROM might be the best route. There's just so much bloat running in the background.
I'm familiar with rooting, as I have a rooted Nexus 4 with a custom kernel. Just looking for some suggestions on a clean simple ROM. She doesn't need anything fancy or feature loaded. She actually seems to like the stock 4.2.2 on my N4. Any ROMs/kernels that have proven themselves for you guys? I'm not at all familiar with the modding community for the GSIII but eager to learn...!

If you want to root and stay as stock as possible, go with CleanRom! There is nothing better!!
Also, have you looked at your wife's battery stats to see what's causing the drain? Post some shots of the battery graph so we can help you out.

z06mike said:
If you want to root and stay as stock as possible, go with CleanRom! There is nothing better!!
Also, have you looked at your wife's battery stats to see what's causing the drain? Post some shots of the battery graph so we can help you out.
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Not sure how detailed any non-root apps can be. I looked at the battery stats and the Android OS is a huge offender. Also, there has even been drain when she puts the phone into airplane mode overnight. I turned off automatic location updating in Maps and have tried some little tricks to extend battery life, but it's been non-effective. I will look into CleanRom....! (I'll also see about posting screenshots when I can...)

Download Gsam battery monitor and look into the wakelocks!

killswitch11 said:
Not sure how detailed any non-root apps can be. I looked at the battery stats and the Android OS is a huge offender. Also, there has even been drain when she puts the phone into airplane mode overnight. I turned off automatic location updating in Maps and have tried some little tricks to extend battery life, but it's been non-effective. I will look into CleanRom....! (I'll also see about posting screenshots when I can...)
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I don't think BetterBatteryStats requires root but I may be wrong.

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Possible fix for 4.3 battery drain

First off, in on us cellular. But here goes nothing.
I'm not exactly sure what happened but after the massive battery drain I've been having, I decided to try a new Rom. I chose Carbon. So I'm installing it and it wouldn't let me install the 4.3 gapps package I had, so I used an older 4.2.
Normally at work, after about four hours, I'd be close to dead. Today it's at 60. While you may not think that's great battery life, to me, it is. I think most of my drain is the Crappy signal. Either way, my battery seems to be lasting longer. It's been on Wi-Fi, 4g, 3g, and no signal with a lot of screen time.
Was it Carbon? Or is the new gapps screwed up and the 4.2 ones work correctly? I know the new ones come with Location services which I've been reading is a massive drain. I don't know. All I know is that it's been four hours and my battery is nowhere near dead.
After posting that nry battery lasted 8 hours when on the other Rom with 4.3 gapps, I barely made it four.
Take it for what it's worth
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MODS, PLEASE MOVE IF YOU FEEL THIS WOULD BE BETTER ELSEWHERE
First off, in on us cellular. But here goes nothing.
I'm not exactly sure what happened but after the massive battery drain I've been having, I decided to try a new Rom. I chose Carbon. So I'm installing it and it wouldn't let me install the 4.3 gapps package I had, so I used an older 4.2.
Normally at work, after about four hours, I'd be close to dead. Today it's at 60. While you may not think that's great battery life, to me, it is. I think most of my drain is the Crappy signal. Either way, my battery seems to be lasting longer. It's been on Wi-Fi, 4g, 3g, and no signal with a lot of screen time.
Was it Carbon? Or is the new gapps screwed up and the 4.2 ones work correctly? I know the new ones cone with McCain services which I've been reading is a massive drain. I don't know. All I know is that it's been four hours and my battery is nowhere near dead.
After posting that ny battery lasted 8 hours when on the other Rom worn 4.3 gapps, I barely made it four.
Take it for what it's worth
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This definitely belongs in Q/A. I'll get a mod to move it for you. I couldn't really say why but if 4.2 gapps worked for you with no perceivable drawbacks then cool. Were you trying 4.3 gapps with a new download or were you using just the same zip? Also, you didn't clarify what exactly was draining your battery in the first place. Have you tried using BetterBatteryStats or Wakelock Detector to pinpoint the issue? Lastly, what are "McCain services"? I did try an online search but understandably nothing but results for "John McCain" shows up.

IWell I used the zip I always used on the 4.3 roms. Maybe because carbon has a build number of 4.3.1 it didn't recognize it? I don't know. I was running pac man for clarification and there was a lot of wake Locks even with location serVices turned off. I should have made a screenshot I guess.
Though there was some for Google stuff, some rilj ones. It was basically phone crap and not actually apps like say Facebook, because we know apps like that drain it too. But no, the wake locks were under android stuff and there was hundreds. I think the rilj had 300+. I wish I could remember the rest but I can't. I've seen no drawbacks using 4.2 gapps on 4.3. Even on the carbon website, there wasn't any links. They just said to use 4.2. I don't know.
I figured I would post this. Maybe using 4.2 gapps I 4.3 is the solution. Maybe it's not. Maybe I got lucky. I can't give a definite answer. Just sharing what happened to me. And thanks for getting it moved
Also, day two, 3 hours into work and I'm at 70 percent. Like I said, some of you may not think that's great, but I use my phone a lot so 8 hours compared to 4 is great.
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crackedvenom2 said:
IWell I used the zip I always used on the 4.3 roms. Maybe because carbon has a build number of 4.3.1 it didn't recognize it? I don't know. I was running pac man for clarification and there was a lot of wake Locks even with location serVices turned off. I should have made a screenshot I guess.
Though there was some for Google stuff, some rilj ones. It was basically phone crap and not actually apps like say Facebook, because we know apps like that drain it too. But no, the wake locks were under android stuff and there was hundreds. I think the rilj had 300+. I wish I could remember the rest but I can't. I've seen no drawbacks using 4.2 gapps on 4.3. Even on the carbon website, there wasn't any links. They just said to use 4.2. I don't know.
I figured I would post this. Maybe using 4.2 gapps I 4.3 is the solution. Maybe it's not. Maybe I got lucky. I can't give a definite answer. Just sharing what happened to me. And thanks for getting it moved
Also, day two, 3 hours into work and I'm at 70 percent. Like I said, some of you may not think that's great, but I use my phone a lot so 8 hours compared to 4 is great.
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I hate when it happens like that. When its unspecific stuff and Google related, I'm not too sure what actually resolves the issue for me. But hey, maybe this will resolve someone else's issues in the future. Per your battery life, usually folks get about 4 hours screen on time, if those stats you posted are improvements for you then you're definitely doing something right.

Yeah, I know others say they can get up to 12 and 24, but I have never seen those Stats before but like I said, I'm on my phone a lot and when it starts running for 8 hours, I'm happy. I just couldn't take it dying on me after 3-4 hours. That's ridiculous. I have two batteries but even before the day was over I had to switch them both out. I'm happy. Maybe I'll have my girl reinstall her pac man and install 4.2 gapps then we could figure out if it's the gapps or pac man. All I know is my phone is running better this way and I wanted to throw it out there.
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Excessive Battery Drain 4%/hr

Hey,
Having a problem with my N5 draining my battery @ 4% / hr even when idle. According to the battery screen in settings the culprit is Android OS @ 32%.
I'm running CM M2 (stock kernel) on TMobile. I've got WiFi + Bluetooth on. NFC is off.
For comparison the phone has been on battery for 6hrs with only a few minutes screen on time and is at 61%.
Thoughts?
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Any apps draining that shouldn't be? Turn auto brightness off and keep around 30%. Screen always takes the most.... clearly. Could be fault of CM since they are nightlies and those are always a work in progress. Post in CM thread, always read previous post in that thread for battery issues.

I'm running stock ROM, and getting the same amount of battery drain as you. I'm pretty sure this is coming from wlan_rx_wake wakelocks if you have wifi on while this is draining. Though having data on doesn't help me, I just get bam_dmux_wakelocks. Try better battery stats to see what wakelocks are keeping your phone awake. I have tried everything to get wlan_rx_wake to stop, yet it hasn't. Would love if someone knew how to fix this battery drain.

Just installed better battery stats. Will report back in a few days.
I do suspect WiFi as well. I was out on LTE all day yesterday and the drain was < 1% / hr and after 12+ hrs I was at 80%.
I have geenified a lot of apps. No luck so far
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Turn off bluetooth. Android OS being the main culprit means an app is keeping it awake. Also, I've bad experience (at least in my s3 days) with CM with regards to battery. Try switching ROMS and try franco kernel as well (great battery life without gimping performance)

Your coverage can have a huge impact on battery drain. At work I have poor coverage and my battery will be low by the end of the day at home its good I will have less battery drain with more usage.
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Cpudan80 said:
Just installed better battery stats. Will report back in a few days.
I do suspect WiFi as well. I was out on LTE all day yesterday and the drain was < 1% / hr and after 12+ hrs I was at 80%.
I have geenified a lot of apps. No luck so far
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I think the easiest thing to see if it's ROM related or app related is to just backup your current ROM and re-flash the ROM without anything (besides your basic absolute must need app but try and avoid if possible) and try it for a day. If you still have the battery drain, then it's the ROM, in which case, I suggest using a different ROM. I recommend Omni or Cataclysm. If not, then it might be an app burning through your battery then.

I am not able to let my phone go on for 24 hours without charging. I definitely need to charge it daily. I tried turning off the wifi and data and all background apps and services, just the android stuff is running, still can't go over 24 hours. At most is around 20 - 22 hours on standby.

I'm having same issues. On stock rom.
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And I thought that getting 5.5% / h is normal (with LTE on) with syncing accounts and stuff.

Mine used to be so good. What's happened
Does the above screen shot mean anything?
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kraven001 said:
And I thought that getting 5.5% / h is normal (with LTE on) with syncing accounts and stuff.
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Anything over 1% per hour while idling, whether wifi or lte, is unacceptable.
Post your BBS logs people. If you're going to post screenshots, at least post all of the screens. Less work for you to hand over the log.

Aerowinder said:
Anything over 1% per hour while idling, whether wifi or lte, is unacceptable.
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+1 just disable feauteres you don't use. I have auto-sync enabled but I check only the very necessary syncing (gmail for me). Disable location report from google, Google now, OK Google hotword detection... And even greenify those battery killing apps (check partial wakelocks and alarms)

I have the same behavior with about 4% drain per hour screen
off idle when I use a CM nightly from about the last 10 days with bricked kernel. So I'm still with my january 07th. CM Nightly which has no drain at all.

The culprit for me is an EntriesRefresh wakelock coming from google.quicksearchbox. No idea what that is -- but it appears to be a common source of problems on KK ROMs across all devices.
i do like Google Now so I don't want to greenify that. Hopefully google will fix the app soon enough.
Anyone have any other thoughts/suggestions?
-- Dan

If I disable everything on my phone , maybe I can get the 1% / hour, but frankly I don't see the point.
I like google now, I like my emails syncing and getting notified about things - that's why I use a darn smartphone, otherwise I would get a "dumb" phone that idles.

How do you export all on bbs?
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Does your battery screen for Android OS look like this -
Or this -
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Cpudan80 said:
The culprit for me is an EntriesRefresh wakelock coming from google.quicksearchbox. No idea what that is -- but it appears to be a common source of problems on KK ROMs across all devices.
i do like Google Now so I don't want to greenify that. Hopefully google will fix the app soon enough.
Anyone have any other thoughts/suggestions?
-- Dan
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Google Now isn't inherently bad on battery. Are you using GEL?
I do Greenify it, but only because it has no purpose for me.

Aerowinder said:
Google Now isn't inherently bad on battery. Are you using GEL?
I do Greenify it, but only because it has no purpose for me.
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Not using Google Experience Launcher just the regular AOSP launcher, but Google Now is enabled and the search box is on my launcher (but its not voice activated.)
What is the quick search box exactly? When I went to greenify it, greenify said that it was a system app and that greenifying it could cause problems.
-- Dan

Standby battery life

Hello i think my battery life it's not so good as the other's people. In standby (screen off) i see consumption around 1% per hour with 2g network and closed data.
Also, i have the greenify and i sleeping all applications except go sms pro, SwiftKey, and alarm clock.
I
After update to 4.4.2 kitkat i have did factory reset in settings.

They use custom kernel to save battery life
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all people in this topic using custom kernel?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52055705#post52055705

giorgos3924 said:
Hello i think my battery life it's not so good as the other's people. In standby (screen off) i see consumption around 1% per hour with 2g network and closed data.
Also, i have the greenify and i sleeping all applications except go sms pro, SwiftKey, and alarm clock.
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After update to 4.4.2 kitkat i have did factory reset in settings.
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Same problem here, let me know if you get any solutions?

buntysatya said:
Same problem here, let me know if you get any solutions?
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i am waiting for answers...
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no custom kernel, all stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52035812&postcount=589

I'm no expert in battery life of the moto g, i'm still trying to get used to the phone but for me having spent 1% per hour in a day with no use and those settings is pretty good, i mean if i go to sleep with 70%+ battery left, i don't even bother to charge the phone.
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yes, <1,5% is good in idle but it can be better because for me, its 0,3-0,5%/h, sometimes only 0,1%/h (it means 0,6-3% max. for my 6 hour night)

Geenify
Maybe the apps which you didnt greenify cause this battery drain ( not sure if this is a high drain as im using tweaky one Rom with faux kernel.. Maybe try to greenify those apps which you dont habe greenified now one after the other and tell us if it made a difference.. Also look in your settings if you disabled all things you dont need like print GPS etc.. Hopefully this helps

ItzzAce said:
Maybe the apps which you didnt greenify cause this battery drain ( not sure if this is a high drain as im using tweaky one Rom with faux kernel.. Maybe try to greenify those apps which you dont habe greenified now one after the other and tell us if it made a difference.. Also look in your settings if you disabled all things you dont need like print GPS etc.. Hopefully this helps
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Would you recommend to greenify motorola services? I did once and couldn't check for updates and get it back working was a pain in the arse. I am currently having around 1% drain with wifi on 24/7 but once I had around 0.4 to 0.6%/h. Can't find wakelocks aswell, currently on stock kernel and rom.

I dont think that Motorola services darin mich battery..

I want the moderator to ban me.

downgrade your OS to make it work again.